Dell N2000, N3000, N4000 Auto Configuration Example

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Auto Configuration Example
A network administrator is deploying three Dell Networking switches and
wants to quickly and automatically install the latest image and a common
configuration file that configures basic settings such as VLAN creation and
membership, RADIUS server settings, and 802.1X information. The
configuration file also contains the command boot host autosave so that the
downloaded configuration is automatically saved to the startup config.
This section describes two ways to enable automatic configuration file
download:
• Enabling USB Auto Configuration and Auto Image Download
• Enabling DHCP Auto Configuration and Auto Image Download
Enabling USB Auto Configuration and Auto Image Download
This example describes how to deploy three switches and automatically install
a custom configuration file on the switch and upgrade each switch with the
latest software image by using the USB Auto Configuration feature. The
switches have the following MAC addresses:
• Switch A: 001E.C9AA.AC17
• Switch B: 001E.C9AA.AC20
• Switch C: 001E.C9AA.AC33
To configure each switch with a static IP address, you can include the IP
address in the .setup file or in the configuration file (.text) for the switch.
Otherwise, the switch can obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the
network.
To use USB auto configuration:
1
Create a default config file for each switch. The configuration files are
named
switchA.txt , switchB.txt , and switchC.txt . For
information about creating configuration files, see Managing Images and
Files.
2 Copy the configuration files to a USB device.
3 Copy the image file to the device. In this example, the image file that each
switch will download is named
N2000vR.5.4.1.stk .