Users Guide

Boot Command Line Interface
To access this BOOT_USER mode, first boot your Dell 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 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 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 Networking OS.
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