Auto Image and Configuration Update 359
Managing Auto Configuration (CLI)
This section provides information about the commands you manage the 
Auto-Install Configuration feature on the switch. For more information about 
these commands, see the 
PowerConnect 7000 Series CLI Reference Guide
 at 
support.dell.com/manuals.
Managing Auto Configuration
Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to 
manually activate the Auto Configuration process and download a 
configuration script from a remote system to the switch, validate the script, 
and activate it.
NOTE: The Auto Configuration feature begins automatically when the switch is 
booted and no startup-config file is found or if the system boots and finds the 
boot host dhcp command in the startup-config file.
Command Purpose
configure Enter Global Configuration mode.
boot autoinstall start Enable the Auto Configuration feature on the switch.
boot host dhcp Enable Auto Configuration for the next reboot cycle. The 
command does not change the current behavior of Auto 
Configuration, but it does save the command to NVRAM.
boot host autosave Allow the switch to automatically save the configuration file 
downloaded to the switch by the Auto Configuration feature.
boot host retrycount 
retries
Specify the number of attempts to download the file (by 
sending unicast TFTP requests, and if unsuccessful, 
broadcast TFTP requests) specified in the response from the 
DHCP server. 
The range for 
retries 
is 1–3.
boot host autoreboot Allow the switch to automatically reboot when the image is 
successfully downloaded through the Auto Configuration 
feature.
exit Exit to Privileged Exec mode.
show boot Displays the current status of the Auto Configuration process.