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Table 5: BOF Parameters, Defaults and Descriptions (Continued)

Parameter	Default Value	Description and Notes
persist	off	Specifies whether the system will create a per‐
		sistency file (.ndx) which will preserve system
		indexes (for example, 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 will be ignored on
		reboot, and the HP VSC will obtain its manage‐
		ment IP via a DHCP exchange (assuming there
		is a properly configured DHCP server on the
		network).

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:

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