Auto Config

Overview

Auto Config is a software feature that automatically configures a switch when the device is initialized and no configuration file is found on the switch. Auto Config is accomplished in three phases:

1Assignment (configuration) of an IP address for the device

2Assignment of a TFTP server

3Obtaining a configuration file for the device from the TFTP server

Functional Description

The Auto Config feature initiates when a switch is turned on and the startup-config file is not found. Auto Config is successful when a configuration file is downloaded to the switch from a TFTP server.

The Auto Config process requires DHCP to be enabled by default.

NOTE: The downloaded configuration file is not automatically saved to startup-config. An administrator must explicitly issue a save request in order to save the configuration.

The Auto Config process depends upon the configuration of other devices in the network, including:

DHCP or BOOTP server

TFTP server

DNS server (if necessary)

IP Address Assignment

If BOOTP or DHCP is enabled on the switch and an IP address has not been assigned, the switch issues requests for an IP address assignment. The behavior of BOOTP or DHCP with respect to IP address assignment is unchanged by the addition of the Auto Config feature. That is, the following information returned from the server is recognized:

IP address (yiaddr) and subnet mask (option 1) to be assigned to the switch

IP address of a default gateway (option 3), if needed for IP communication

After an IP address is assigned to the switch, if a hostname is not already assigned, Auto Config issues a DNS request for the corresponding hostname. This hostname is also displayed as the CLI prompt (as in response to the hostname command).

Assignment of TFTP Server

The following information is also processed, and may be returned by a BOOTP or DHCP server:

Name of configuration file (bootfile or option 67) available for download from the TFTP server.

Identification of the TFTP server providing the bootfile. This can be obtained from any of the following fields:

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6200 SERIES specifications

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