04-21-2007 07:48 AM - edited 03-05-2019 03:36 PM
According to this (from 2900XL configuration guide):
When you boot your switch, the DHCP client can be invoked and automatically
request configuration information from a DHCP server under the following
conditions:
? The configuration file is not present on the switch.
? The configuration file is present, but the IP address is not specified in it.
? The configuration file is present, the IP address is not specified in it, and the
service config global configuration command is included. This command
enables the autoloading of a configuration file from a network server.
If I remove config.text from switch. The switch will boot with default configuration without sending out DHCP discovery.
If I have config.text with "service config" inside, the switch will send broadcast to look for bootp server but still not DHCP.
On 2912XL, I am using "12.0(5)WC17" (c2900xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC17.bin); on 3524XL I am using "12.0(5)WC15" (c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC15.bin).
Can someone explain to me how to config this two switches for DHCP based autoconfiguration? Thanks
04-21-2007 09:05 AM
I think your IOS is too old and doesn't support the feature.
According to the Cisco Feature Navigator (http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp) "Autoinstalling Using DHCP for LAN interfaces" only became available in 12.1(5).
04-22-2007 05:42 AM
Thank you, Cbalfour.
Searching all over Cisco web site, looks like I am already using the latest release for 2900XL.
Following your link, I did not see the info you bring up. Are you sure it's about switch autoconfiguration, not router?
04-22-2007 09:12 AM
Not sure why you would want to bother , hardcode the address and be done with it , then you know what the address is .
04-22-2007 01:59 PM
We have about 30 switches in the lab for each vlan. We would like to have a centralized standard configuration for each setup.
04-25-2007 10:05 AM
Can someone answer my question?
04-26-2007 05:12 AM
Your comments is highly appreciated.
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