The Power-Up Phase; Using Poweron Auto Provisioning - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Using PowerOn Auto Provisioning

4 Script execution
5 Post-installation reload
Within these phases, other processes and decision points occur. The following illustration shows a POAP
process flow:
See Setting Up the Network Environment to use POAP, on page 30
process.
Figure 5: The POAP Process

The Power-Up Phase

When you power-up a switch for the first time, it loads the software image that is installed at manufacturing,
and only tries to find a configuration file from which to boot. When a configuration file is not found, the
POAP mode starts.
During startup, a prompt appears, asking if you want to abort POAP and continue with the normal setup. You
can choose to exit or continue with POAP.
No user intervention is required for POAP to continue. The prompt that asks if you want to abort POAP
Note
remains available until the POAP process is complete.
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for more information on the POAP
Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide
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