Auto configuration (multi file read – Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

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FILE LOCATION: C:\Users\gina\Desktop\Checkout_new\Dell Plasma\User

Guide\Plasma_UGSystemConfig.fm

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Device - On the device, one of the following cases may exist:

If

Configuration Auto-Config is selected, the device is configured

with the configuration file on the TFTP server only if the Startup

configuration file is empty.

If

Force Configuration Download at Next Startup is selected, the

device is configured with the configuration file on the TFTP server

whether the Startup configuration file is not empty or not.

Auto Configuration (Multi File Read Method)

If the one-file method has failed and the TFTP Server IP address has been

provided by the DHCP Server, the switch applies the multi-file method to

download the configuration file. The following steps are performed by the

switch:

• The switch gets the hostname, as described below.

If the hostname was provided by the DHCP server, this hostname is

used.

If the hostname has not been provided by a DHCP server, and if the

user has configured the

sysName variable, its value is used as a

hostname.

If neither of the above occurred, the switch uses the

fp-net.cfg

Filename List on the TFTP server. Each file in this list is a text file

containing commands, each of which:
• Occupies one line.
• Has the following format:

ip host

hostname

ip-addr

. Each line

maps an IP address to a hostname. When the switch identifies its

own IP address in this list, the hostname associated with it is used.

• The switch tries to download a configuration file with the following names:

hostname-config

hostname.cfg if the previous file does not exist

host.cfg if the previous files do not exist

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