Installation Guide

32 HP VSC Software Installation
The following procedure updates the BOF and save the updated bof.cfg file on the “user” disk
CF1:.
Note: The “image” disk CF2: has a default bof.cfg file, but any user modified bof.cfg
should be stored on the “user” disk CF1.
This installation procedure assumes:
1. The HP VSC software has been successfully installed.
2. The user is at the HP VSC console and waiting to log in for the first time.
The information that is configured in the BOF is the following:
• The IP address of the Management IP interface (192.168.1.254 in the example below).
• As appropriate, the IP addresses of the primary, secondary and tertiary DNS servers
(10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2 and 10.0.0.3 respectively in the example below).
• The DNS domain of the HP VSC (example.com in the example below).
• The IP next hop of any static routes that are to be reached via the Management IP interface
(one static route to subnet 192.168.100.0/24 via next hop 192.168.1.1 in the example
below).
• [Optional] Index persistence file for SNMP managed HP VSCs
1. Log in to the HP VSC console as administrator
At the “login as:” prompt, use the default administrator username (“admin”) and password
(“admin”) to log into the system and be at the root CLI context:
*A:NSC-vPE-1#
2. Assign the Management IP address
To navigate to the Boot Options File context, enter “bof<Enter>” and the prompt will
indicate a change to the bof context:
persist off
Specifieswhetherthesystemwillcreateaper‐
sistencyfile(.ndx)whichwillpreservesystem
indexes(forex ample,theIPinterfaceMIB
objectindex)acrossasystemreboot.This
parameteristypicallyturnedonwhentheHP
VSCismanagedwithSNMP.
ip-address-dhcp
nodefault Thisoptionalparametershouldbeconfigured
intheHPVSCbof.cfgtotriggerDHCPresolution
atbootup.Whenthiscommandispresent,if
anaddressispresentitwi llbeignoredon
reboot,andtheHPVSCwillobtainitsmanage‐
mentIPviaaDHCPex change(assumingthere
isapr
operlyconfiguredDHCPserveronthe
network).
Table5:BOFParameters,DefaultsandDescriptions(Continued)
Parameter DefaultValue DescriptionandNotes