Users Guide

BMP Mode

In BMP mode, there are two types of contexts: factory-default context and normal context.

Factory-Default Context

BMP is enabled with the default parameters (no dhcp-timeout and config-scr -download). In this context, you cannot enter

CLI commands. By default, the BMP syslog messages are disabled. When BMP is about to start, the following message displays:

This device is configured to enter Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP).

BMP will now attempt to download an image, configuration file or boot script

using DHCP.

You can only interact with the switch using the console. If you open the console and enter any key, the input is discarded and the following

message displays:

This device is in Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) mode.

BMP is attempting to download an image, configuration file or boot

script using DHCP.

To continue with the standard manual interactive mode, it is

necessary to abort BMP.

Press A to abort BMP now.

Press C to continue with BMP.

Press L to toggle BMP syslog and console messages.

Press S to display the BMP status.

[A/C/L/S]:

NOTE

: In the Factory-Default context, the console only accepts A/C/L/S input.

• Enter S to display the BMP status (show boot bmp). If you enter another key while BMP is running, it displays the previous message

and repeats the process.

• Enter A to stop BMP. The following actions occur:

– Aborts BMP

– Disables BMP for the next reload (which is a Normal reload)

– Initializes the BMP context variable in NOVRAM

– Applies the startup conguration, if it exists, or the Default conguration

• Enter C to continue with the BMP process. If you enter another key while BMP is running, it displays the previous message and repeats

the process.

• Enter L to toggle the BMP syslog messages. By default, the messages are disabled. The rst L enables the BMP messages and the

second

L disables the BMP messages.

NOTE

: If the switch starts in Factory-Default context in the next reload, the BMP messages are disabled again irrespective of

the L status in the previous session.

Normal Context

To auto–congure a switch, before you use BMP mode, rst congure a DHCP, DNS, and le server in the network.

NOTE

: By default, a syslog severity level greater than two does not display. Enable syslog before applying the pre–conguration

script which helps identify any conguration errors.

To help congure a new factory loaded switch, the switch boots up in the default BMP mode. You can recongure the switch to reload

either in BMP mode or Normal mode.

Bare Metal Provisioning