Users Guide

DHCP and USB Auto-Configuration 545
Table 14-2 displays the determining factors for issuing unicast or broadcast
TFTP requests.
Monitoring and Completing the DHCP Auto Configuration Process
When the switch boots and triggers an Auto Configuration, a message
displays on the console screen to indicate that the process is starting. After
the process completes, the Auto Configuration process writes a log message.
When Auto Configuration has successfully completed, the show running-
config command can be used to validate the contents of configuration.
Saving a Configuration
The Auto Configuration feature includes an AutoSave capability that allows
the downloaded configuration to be automatically saved; however, AutoSave
is disabled by default. If AutoSave has not been enabled, you must explicitly
save the downloaded configuration in nonvolatile memory on the stack
master. This makes the configuration available for the next reboot. In the
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host.cfg
Default config file Yes
Table 14-2. TFTP Request Types
TFTP Server
Address
Available
Host-specific Switch
Config Filename
Available
TFTP Request Method
Yes Yes Issue a unicast request for the host-specific
router config file to the TFTP server
Yes No Issue a unicast request for a default network
or router config file to the TFTP server
No Yes Issue a broadcast request for the host-
specific router config file to any available
TFTP server
No No Issue a broadcast request for the default
network or router config file to any available
TFTP server
Table 14-1. Configuration File Possibilities