Reference Guide

208 | Bare Metal Provisioning 2.0
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Restrictions
BMP 2.0 is supported on the user ports and management ports of a switch.
BMP 2.0 is not supported in a stacking environment.
Overview
On a new factory-loaded switch, the switch boots up in JumpStart mode. You can reconfigure a switch to
reload between Normal and JumpStart mode.
• JumpStart (BMP) mode: The switch automatically configures all ports (management and user ports)
as Layer 3 physical ports and acts as a DHCP client on the ports for a user-configured time (DHCP
timeout). This is the default startup mode. It is set with the
reload-type jump-start command.
• Normal mode: The switch loads the FTOS image and startup configuration file stored in the local
flash. New configurations require that the Management IP and Management Interface be configured
manually. This mode is set with the
reload-type normal-reload command.
To reconfigure a switch to reload between Normal and JumpStart mode, use the
reload-type command.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
reload-type {normal-reload |
jump-start [config-download {enable |
disable}] [dhcp-timeout minutes]
[vendor-class-identifier description]}
CONFIGURATION Reload a switch running BMP version 2.0 in either
Normal or JumpStart mode. If you reload in
JumpStart mode, you can configure:
• config-download: Whether the switch boots up
using the configuration file downloaded from the
DHCP/file servers (enable) OR if the downloaded
file will be discarded and the startup configuration
file stored in the local flash will be used (disable).
• dhcp-timeout: The amount of time the switch waits
for a DHCP server response before reverting to
Normal mode and loading the startup configuration
from the flash. The default time is infinity (no limit),
which makes the switch continue to wait forever
unless the stop jump-start command is given.
Range: 0 to 50 minutes. If you enter 0, the switch
waits until it receives a response from a DHCP
server.
Default: By default, DHCP timeout is set to 0. The
switch tries to contact a DHCP server an infinite
number of times.
• vendor-class-identifier description: You can
optionally include a brief description in the user
defined field in DHCP option 60. You can enter a
maximum of 64 characters.