User guide

Getting Started and Upgrading AOS Automatic Management Features
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Switch Management Guide March 2015 page 1-3
Automatic Management Features
All switches that ship from the factory with AOS Release 7.3.4.R01 will default to Virtual Chassis mode
and attempt to run the automatic VC, automatic remote configuration, and automatic fabric protocols. The
automatic features can be disabled during the switch reboot or after the switch has finished booting if
desired.
When a switch boots with no configuration file or with a configuration file with a size of 0 bytes, the
following boot processes occur:
1 Automatic Virtual Chassis - The switch will run the automatic VC protocol and try to automatically
configure the VFLs and setup a VC. The time to complete this process will vary depending on the config-
uration. Please see Chapter 12, “Configuring Virtual Chassis” for additional information.
2 Automatic Remote Configuration - Once the automatic VC process is complete, the automatic
remote configuration process will begin. It can take approximately 180 seconds for this process to
complete if there is no remote configuration server available. Please see Chapter 13, “Managing Auto-
matic Remote Configuration Download” for additional information.
Note: The automatic remote configuration download process can be aborted at any time by entering auto-
config-abort command, for example:
-> auto-config-abort
3 Automatic Fabric - Once the automatic remote configuration process completes, the automatic fabric
process will begin. Please see Chapter 14, “Configuring Automatic Fabric” for additional information.
Note: The automatic fabric process can be disabled at any time by entering auto-fabric admin-state
command, for example:
-> auto-fabric admin-state disable
Automatic Management Feature Guidelines
• This boot process only applies to switches that boot without a configuration file, such as newly shipped
switches from the factory with AOS Release 7.3.4.R01.
• The automatic features can be disabled at the start of the switch boot process by pressing 'y' when
prompted. The switch will boot into standalone mode with all automatic features disabled. Please see
“Standalone or Virtual Chassis Mode” on page 1-5 for additional information.
• To prevent a switch from re-running the automatic fabric process upon the next reboot enter write
memory to save the configuration to the configuration file.
• A message similar to the one below may be seen during the Automatic Remote Configuration process.
This is normal as the switch attempts the process between VLANs 1 and 127.
Wed Mar 18 19:16:12 : ipv4 vlan warning message:
+++ vm vlan dereg fail 117 (127)