DELL N3000 User Manual

Auto Image and Configuration Update

be using the same configuration file and/or image on the USB device. This 

method allows different IP addresses to be assigned, but the same 

configuration file or image is downloaded to multiple switches.
After the current switch has been configured and/or upgraded and the 

completion message is displayed on the switch, the current line in the *.setup 

text file will be marked as used. This allows you to use the *.setup file for 

additional switches without manually changing the file. You can then remove 

the USB device and insert it into the next switch to begin the process again. 

Also, the switch MAC address of the switch that has been automatically 

configured is added to the beginning of the line (if no MAC address was 

specified in the file) for lines using the IP address lookup method so that the 

MAC and IP address combinations are recorded within the *.setup file for 

future use bindings. 
At the start of the next USB auto download, if all lines in the *.setup file are 

marked as already “in-use” or “invalid,” and there is no MAC address match 

for a switch, the process will halt, and a message similar to the following is 

displayed on the console: 

<###> APR 22 08:32:43 Error: Auto Configuration has 

terminated due to there being no more lines available 

for use within the USB file “XXXXX.setup”.

The *.text configuration file identified in the *.setup file contains the 

running-config to be loaded on to the switch. The configuration file specified 

in the *.setup file should exist on the USB device. For information about the 

format and contents of the *.text file, see Editing and Downloading 

Configuration Files.

If the Auto Configuration process includes a switch image upgrade, the name 

of the image file should be included in the *.setup file. The specified image 

file should exist on the USB device.

The setup file must have a *.setup extension or this part of the feature will 

never begin. If there are multiple .setup files located on the USB device, the 

dellswitch.setup file will take precedence.