Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 239)

Configuring System Information 237
Use the Auto Configuration page to enable the switch to be automatically configured when it is
initialized and cannot find a configuration file. With Auto Configuration enabled, the switch obtains an
IP address and downloads a configuration file from a TFTP server.
NOTE: The Auto Configuration process requires the DHCP client on the switch to be enabled by default. The Auto
Configuration feature also depends upon the configuration of other devices in the network, including a DHCP or
BOOTP server, a TFTP server and, if necessary, a DNS server.
To display the Auto Configuration page, click System > Advanced Settings > Auto Configuration in
the tree view.
Figure 6-114. Auto Configuration
The Auto Configuration page contains the following fields:
• Auto Configuration Mode — Enables (Start) or disables (Stop) the Auto Configuration feature on
the switch. Select Start to initiate sending a request to a DHCP server to obtain an IP address of a
server and the configuration file name. If it obtains the server address, Auto Configuration proceeds to
search for and download a configuration file from the server. If successful, it applies the configuration
file to the switch. After starting the Auto Configuration process, you can monitor the status of the
process by the messages in the Auto Configuration State and Retry Count fields.
• Auto Save Mode — Specifies whether to save the automatically downloaded configuration file to the
startup configuration.
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Enable — Automatically saves the configuration file to the startup configuration.
– Disable — Uses the configuration file as the running configuration only. When the switch reboots,
it will load the configuration from the startup configuration file.
• Retry Count — Indicates the number of times to attempt the auto configuration process during boot
up. The number of times the switch has attempted to contact the TFTP server during the current
Auto Configuration session.
• Auto Configuration State — Shows the current state of the Auto Configuration process.