Dell PowerConnect 5548 User Guide - Page 339
Auto Configuration Multi File Read Method, hostname, ip-addr
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• Device - On the device, one of the following cases may exist: - If Configuration Auto-Config is selected, the device is configured with the configuration file on the TFTP server only if the Startup configuration file is empty. - If Force Configuration Download at Next Startup is selected, the device is configured with the configuration file on the TFTP server whether the Startup configuration file is not empty or not. Auto Configuration (Multi File Read Method) If the one-file method has failed and the TFTP Server IP address has been provided by the DHCP Server, the switch applies the multi-file method to download the configuration file. The following steps are performed by the switch: • The switch gets the hostname, as described below. - If the hostname was provided by the DHCP server, this hostname is used. - If the hostname has not been provided by a DHCP server, and if the user has configured the sysName variable, its value is used as a hostname. - If neither of the above occurred, the switch uses the fp-net.cfg Filename List on the TFTP server. Each file in this list is a text file containing commands, each of which: • Occupies one line. • Has the following format: ip host hostname ip-addr. Each line maps an IP address to a hostname. When the switch identifies its own IP address in this list, the hostname associated with it is used. • The switch tries to download a configuration file with the following names: - hostname-config - hostname.cfg if the previous file does not exist - host.cfg if the previous files do not exist Dell PowerConnect 55xx Systems User Guide 339