Users Guide

Boot Command Line Interface

To access this BOOT_USER mode, rst 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 cong retries

• boot write net cong retries

• boot zero

• default-gateway

• etheraddr <macaddr>

• ignore enable-password

• ignore startup-cong

• 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 conguration.

Syntax

boot change primary | secondary | default}

Parameters

primary

Enter the keyword primary to congure the boot parameters used in the rst attempt to

boot Dell Networking OS.

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