Dell Force10 MXL Blade - Boot Commands; System Boot and Set-Up Behavior

106 | Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP)
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Boot Commands
System Boot and Set-Up Behavior
When the system boots up in BMP mode all ports, including the management port on the master unit are
placed in L3 mode in a no shut state. The system acts as a DHCP client on these ports for a period of time
(dhcp-timeout). This allows the system time to send out a DHCP DISCOVER on all the interface up ports
to the DHCP Server in order to obtain its IP address, boot image filename, and configuration file from the
DHCP server.
1. System begins boot up process in BMP mode (default mode).
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
reload-type jump-start auto-save dhcp-timeout
minutes config-download [enable |disable]
retry-count
EXEC Privilege Reload the system in BMP mode.
To reload in non-BMP mode, enter reload-type
normal command.
Enter config-download enable to download the
configuration file from the DHCP server.
Enter config-download disable so that the system
uses the start-up configuration file on the flash.
Enter auto-save enable to configure the auto-save
option for the downloaded configuration file.
The retry-count is to configure the number of
entries for configuration download.
The
dhcp-timeout (1 to 50 minutes) is the amount
of time the system waits for a DHCP server
response before reverting to Normal mode and
loading the start-up configuration files from the
flash. The default time is infinity; if no time is set,
the system continues to wait unless the stop
jump-start command is given.
stop jump-start
EXEC Privilege This command stops the jump-start reload process
while it is in progress.
If the command is initiated while the system is
downloading an image or configuration file, the
command takes effect when the DHCP release is
sent.
Note: Configure the system to boot in Normal mode (NOT using BMP) by entering the reload-type normal
command.