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Auto Image and Configuration Update
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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
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:
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 
Copy the configuration files to a USB device.
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.