Reference Guide

254 | Bare Metal Provisioning 2.0
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Restrictions
BMP 2.0 is supported on the user ports and management ports of a switch.
Overview
On a new factory-loaded switch, the switch boots up in Jumpstart mode. You can reconfigure a switch to
reload between Normal and Jumpstart mode.
• Jumpstart (BMP) mode: The switch automatically configures all ports (management and user ports)
as Layer 3 physical ports and acts as a DHCP client on the ports for a user-configured time (DHCP
timeout). This is the default startup mode. It is set with the
reload-type jump-start command.
• Normal mode: The switch loads the FTOS image and startup configuration file stored in the local
flash. New configurations require that the Management IP and Management Interface be configured
manually. This mode is set with the
reload-type normal-reload command.
To reconfigure a switch to reload between Normal and Jumpstart mode, use the
reload-type command.
The reload settings that you configure with the
reload-type command are stored in non-volatile memory
and retained for future reboots. Enter the
reload command to reload the switch in the current configured
mode: Normal or Jumpstart mode.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
reload-type {normal-reload |
jump-start [config-download {enable |
disable}] [dhcp-timeout minutes]}
EXEC Privilege Reload a switch running BMP version 2.0 in either
Normal or Jumpstart mode. If you reload in Jumpstart
mode, you can configure:
• config-download: Whether the switch boots up
using the configuration file downloaded from the
DHCP/file servers (enable) OR if the downloaded
file will be discarded and the startup configuration
file stored in the local flash will be used (disable).
• dhcp-timeout: The amount of time the switch waits
for a DHCP server response before reverting to
Normal mode and loading the startup configuration
from the flash. The default time is infinity, which
makes the switch continue to wait forever unless the
stop jump-start command is given.
Range: 1 to 50 minutes.
Default: The switch tries to contact a DHCP
server an infinite number of times.
stop jump-start EXEC Privilege This command stops the jumpstart reload process while it
is in progress and changes the reload type to Normal
mode.
If the command is initiated while the switch is
downloading an image or configuration file, the
command takes effect when the DHCP release is sent.