Bare Metal Provisioning (Bmp); Reload Conditional Nvram-Cfg-Change - Dell Force10 S4810P Reference Manual

Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP)

Bare metal provisioning (BMP) is supported on the Dell Force10 S55, S60, S4810, and Z-Series platforms. BMP version
1.5 is supported on the S55 and S60 platforms. BMP 3.0 is supported on S4810 and Z-Series platforms.
In a data center network, BMP automates the configuration and updating of switches, ensuring standard configurations
across the installed devices.
You can configure autoconfiguration on a single switch or on multiple switches. BMP allows you to set up a stack with a
minimum of effort, but is also useful for quick configuration of a single switch.
For more information about BMP in Auto-Configuration mode, refer to the
BMP 3.0 eases configuration by providing the following key features:
• Boot images and running configurations are specified in a DHCP server.
• Files are automatically downloaded from a file server and applied by the switch.
• Switch access is allowed through all ports (management and user ports) with or without DHCP-based dynamic
IP address configuration of a switch.
• Booting up in Layer 3 mode with interfaces already in No Shutdown mode. Enables only some basic protocols to
protect the system and the network.
• Supports preconfiguration and postconfiguration scripts to automatically load predefined configurations and
FTOS images using DHCP and common file transfer mechanisms.

reload conditional nvram-cfg-change

After saving the BMP configuration, use this command to perform a reload on the chassis to upgrade any configuration
changes that have changed the NVRAM content.
Z-Series, S4810
Syntax reload conditional nvram-cfg-change
Defaults none
Command Modes EXEC
Command History
Version 9.1(0.0)
Usage Use the reload conditional nvram-cfg-change command on a switch running
Information
BMP 3.0 to upgrade any NVRAM changes to the chassis caused by the following CLI
commands: stack-unit {unit} stack-group, stack-unit {unit} port
{fanout-portid} portmode quad, asf-mode, cam-acl, buffer-
profile.
Open Automation Guide .
Introduced on Z9000 and S4810.
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