Setup Guide

NOTE: To apply the startup conguration, cancel the default BMP setup using the stop bmp command from the console. To

disable BMP for the next reload, use the boot-type normal-reload command in reload-type conguration mode.

Normal Mode

When reloaded in Normal mode, the switch boots up with the management port in No Shutdown mode.

If the management IP address is present in the start-up conguration le, it is assigned to the management interface. If the management IP

address is not present in the start-up conguration le, no IP address is assigned. You can connect to the management port with an IP

address on the same network and log in to the system through a telnet or SSH session.

To congure a switch to reload using Normal mode, follow this step.

• Congure a switch to use Normal mode.

RELOAD – TYPE mode

boot-type normal-reload

• DHCP Conguration — Normal mode does not require a separate DHCP server conguration.

• Dell EMC Networking OS Image Retrieval — The Dell EMC Networking OS image is loaded from the local ash memory.

BMP Commands and Examples

You can congure BMP on supported switches using a series of commands.

To enable BMP mode on your switches, and to apply congurations or run scripts using the BMP commands, see the Bare Metal

Provisioning CLI section.

System Boot and Set-up Behavior in BMP Mode

The following steps describe the system boot up process.

1 The system begins the boot up process in BMP mode (the default mode).

2 In BMP mode, the default status of the external interface is set to no shutdown and the internal server facing port is set to

shutdown.

3 The system sends DHCP discover on all the interface-up ports.

00:02:14: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER

sent on Ma 0/0.

4 The IP address, boot image lename, and conguration lename are reserved for the system and provides the DHCP reply (the one-

le read method). The system receives its IP address, subnet mask, DHCP server IP, TFTP server address, DNS server IP, bootle

name, and conguration lename from the DHCP server.

5 If a DHCP oer has neither an image path nor a conguration le path, it is an invalid BMP DHCP oer and is ignored. The rst DHCP

oers the following to choose from:

• IP address

• Dell EMC Networking OS image

• Conguration le or pre–conguration script

• IP address and Dell EMC Networking OS image OR IP address and conguration le or pre–conguration script

6 DHCP OFFER is selected. All other ports except the port on which the oer was received and selected are set to Shutdown mode.

00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DHCP_OFFER: DHCP OFFER

received on Te 0/21 IS SELECTED.

00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_REQUEST: DHCP REQUEST sent

on Te 0/21.

00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_ACK: DHCP ACK received on

Te 0/21.

00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_BOOT_OFFER: DHCP acquired

IP 13.4.4.44 mask 255.255.255.0 server IP 13.4.4.1.

00:02:26: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_BOOT_OFFER: DHCP tftp IP

Bare Metal Provisioning