Script Execution Phase - Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Configuration Manual

Using PowerOn Auto Provisioning
POAP Process
If no DHCP offers meet the requirements, the switch does not complete the DHCP negotiation (request and
acknowledgment) and an IP address is not assigned. The POAP process is reinitiated until it succeeds or you
manually abort the POAP process.
Figure 8: DHCP Discovery Phase

Script Execution Phase

Once the device has bootstrapped itself using the information in the DHCP acknowledgement, the switch
downloads the script file from the TFTP server or the HTTP server.
The switch runs the configuration script, which downloads and installs the software image and downloads a
switch-specific configuration file.
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