Administrator Guide

a. When you disable FCoE initialization protocol (FIPs) mode:

• If both filename.sha256 and filename.md5 are not present, the image is downloaded

without validation.

• If both filename.sha256 and filename.md5 are present, SHA256 validation has a higher

priority compared with MD5 validation.

• If filename.sha256 or filename.md5 alone is present, the corresponding type of

validation is completed.

b. When you enable FIPs mode:

• MD5 validation is not used. BMP checks only for the filename.sha256 and not

filename.md5.

• If filename.sha256 is present, it uses SHA256 validation or the image downloads without

SHA256 validation.

– Syslog for SHA256VALIDATION success on downloading an image file and

configuration/pre-script file:

00:03:07: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_SHA256_VALIDATE_SUCCESS: The

Dell

Networking OS image SHA256 Checksum Validation Succeeded.

00:01:15: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_SHA256_VALIDATE_SUCCESS: The

Config/Script SHA256 Checksum Validation Succeeded.

– Syslog for SHA256VALIDATION failure on downloading an image file and configuration/

pre-script file:

00:03:22: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-2-BMP_SHA256_VALIDATE_FAILURE: The

Dell

Networking OS image SHA256 Checksum Validation Failed.

00:03:22: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-2-BMP_SHA256_VALIDATE_FAILURE: The

Config/Script SHA256 Checksum Validation Failed.

BMP Mode: Boot and Set-UP Behavior

When you configure a switch to reload in BMP mode, one of the following scenarios may occur.

• Reload Without a DHCP Server Offer

• Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a Dell Networking OS Offer

• Reload with a DHCP Server Offer and no Configuration File

• Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a DNS Server

• Preconfiguration Scripts

• Post-Configuration Scripts

• Auto-Execution Scripts

Reload Without a DHCP Server Offer

A switch is configured to reload in BMP mode. If the DHCP server cannot be reached, the system keeps

on sending DISCOVER messages.

00:03:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER

sent on Ma 0/0.

00:03:56: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER

sent on Te 0/21.

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