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a. If you use the optional bootfile-name command, the filename can be 256 bytes. If you
specify the filename field in the DHCP offer, the filename can be 128 bytes. The name can be a
fully qualified URL or a filename only.
b. When a Dell Networking OS build image is found, the system compares that build image to the
version currently loaded on the chassis.
• If there is a mismatch between the build images, the system upgrades to the downloaded
version and reloads.
00:02:55: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Downloaded Image Major Version : 1
00:02:55: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Downloaded Image Minor Version : 0
00:02:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Downloaded Image Main Version : 0
00:02:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Downloaded Image Patch Version : 1216
00:02:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Flash A Image Major Version : 9
00:02:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Flash A Image Minor Version : 3
00:02:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Flash A Image Main Version : 0
00:02:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_RELEASE_HEADER_INFO:
Flash A Image Patch Version : 57
00:02:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-2-BMP_DOWNLOAD_START: The Dell
Networking OS image download has started.
00:03:29: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DOWNLOAD: The Dell
Networking OS image download is successful.
00:03:31: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_MD5_VALIDATE_SUCCESS: The
Dell Networking OS image MD5 Checksum Validation Successful.
Erasing Sseries Primary Image, please wait
• If the versions match, the system downloads the configuration file or preconfiguration
script.
00:03:07: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-2-BMP_DOWNLOAD_START: The config
file download has started.
00:03:19: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DWNLD_FILE_IS_SCRIPT_FILE:
The downloaded file is a script file.
00:03:19: %STKUNIT0-M:CP
%BMP-5-BMP_DWNLD_CONFIG_SCRIPT_SUCCESS: The config/script file
download is successful.
00:03:21: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_PRE_CONFIG_SCRIPT_BEGIN:
The Pre-Config Script has started to Execute.
..
00:04:30: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_PRE_CONFIG_SCRIPT_END:
Pre-Config script completed with return status 0.
c. If you download the configuration file or preconfiguration script from the server, the flash
ignores any saved startup configuration. If you do not download the configuration file or
preconfiguration script from the server, the startup configuration file on the flash loads in
Normal reload.
7. When the Dell Networking OS build image and configuration file or preconfiguration script
download, the IP address is released.
NOTE: In the preconfiguration script, the DHCP IP address is released after the script executes.
8. The system applies the configuration. The system is now up and running and you can manage it as
usual.
9. SHA256/MD5 hash verifies the integrity of the files BMP downloads. For each file, the relevant
filename.sha256 or filename.md5 must be present in the same location as the file.
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