AOS 6.4.3 Remote Configuration

[jimleong]

Does anyone have this working - downloading boot.cfg to "blank switch" on power-up?

If so, can you provide configuration file on your DHCP server - dhcpd.conf ?

I am receiving IP_HELPER: relayRecvAck - TFTP Boot file Name Option is NULL or greater than 64 and REMOTE_CONFIG: DHCP Response not received in 30 sec

My dhcpd.conf from RHEL5 DHCP SERVER -

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ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

authoritative;

subnet 172.31.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 172.31.2.10 172.31.2.15;
option ip-forwarding off;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 172.31.2.255;
option tftp-server-name "171.31.2.100";
filename "boot.cfg";
}

subnet 172.31.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 172.31.3.10 172.31.3.15;
option ip-forwarding off;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 172.31.3.255;
option tftp-server-name "171.31.3.100";
filename "boot.cfg";
}

[jimleong]

I have gotten further with the RHEL DHCP dhcpd.conf setup.

The 6850 now responds - Remote_Config: DHCP Response message received in remote config and Remote_Config: Instruction File should be Extension .alu instead of .cfg

The file being download onto the switch on boot-up via TFTP is named "boot.cfg" and was obtained from another working switch's /flash/certified/boot.cfg

Do I just have to rename the boot.cfg to boot.alu? Or how do I generate this .alu file?

For your info, the RHEL 5 dhcpd.conf now looks like this -

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ddns-update-style interim;
ignore client-updates;

default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

# comment out if non-master SAN
authoritative;

subnet 172.31.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 172.31.2.10 172.31.2.15;
option ip-forwarding off;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 172.31.2.255;
option tftp-server-name "171.31.2.100";
option bootfile-name "boot.cfg";
}

subnet 172.31.3.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 172.31.3.10 172.31.3.15;
option ip-forwarding off;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 172.31.3.255;
option tftp-server-name "171.31.3.100";
option bootfile-name "boot.cfg";
}

THANK YOU for your help!!!

[benny]

There is an additional instruction file which will give you the chance to e.g. automatically upgrade the AOS image.

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! Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch OS6850 – Instruction file version 1.2.1
! Firmware version
Firmware version:OS_6_4_3_520_R01
Firmware location:/home/firmware
! Configuration file 
Config filename:boot_OS6850.cfg
Config location:/home/config
! Debug file
Debug filename:None
Debug location:None
!Script file
Script filename:OS6850_script.txt
! Primary File Server
Primary server:192.168.10.1
Primary protocol:FTP
Primary user:admin
! Secondary File Server
Secondary server:192.168.10.2
Secondary protocol:SFTP
Secondary user:admin

I haven't tried this feature yet, I believe the instruction file should be offered via the bootfile variable instead of boot.cfg.

Hope this helps.

-benny