Administrator Guide

Boot Command Line Interface
To access this BOOT_USER mode, first boot your Dell EMC Networking platform. When you see the “Press ESC to stop auto-boot”,
press the ESC key to log into BCLI
You enter BOOT_USER mode immediately, as indicated by the BOOT_USER# prompt.
NOTE: All commands in this chapter are in Boot_User mode. These commands are supported on the Dell EMC
Networking platform.
You cannot use the Tab key to complete commands in this mode.
Topics:
• boot change
• boot message
• boot show net config retries
• boot write net config retries
• boot zero
• default-gateway
• etheraddr <macaddr>
• ignore enable-password
• ignore startup-config
• interface management ethernet ip address
• NVRAM erase
• reload
• serial console
• show bootvar
• show default-gateway
• show interface management ethernet
• show serial console baud rate
• watchdog <string>
boot change
Change the primary, secondary, or default Dell EMC Networking OS boot configuration.
Syntax
boot change {primary | secondary | default}
Parameters
primary
Enter the keyword primary to configure the boot parameters used in the first attempt to
boot Dell EMC Networking OS.
secondary
Enter the keyword secondary to configure boot parameters used if the primary operating
system boot selection is not available.
default
Enter the keyword default to configure boot parameters used if the secondary operating
system boot parameter selection is not available. You can configure this option to any of
the available type, for example flash/usb/ftp/tftp.
Defaults None
Command Modes BOOT_USER
Command History
Version Descriptiion
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100.
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