Deploying And Configuring Servers For Automatic Configuration - HP 12500 Configuration Manual

Figure 50 Configuration file acquisition process
Deploying and configuring servers for automatic
configuration
To implement automatic configuration, you do not need to perform any configuration on the device.
However, you must deploy DHCP, TFTP, and DNS servers and properly configure the servers to cooperate
with the device as follows:
DHCP server—Assigns the device a set of parameters for automatic configuration, which might
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include a temporary IP address, a configuration file name, a TFTP server domain name, a TFTP
server IP address, and a DNS server IP address. For more information about the DHCP server, see
Layer 3—IP Services Configuration Guide.
• TFTP server—Stores files needed for device automatic configuration, including the configuration
files and host name files. For more information about TFTP, see "Configuring TFTP."
DNS server—Resolves the device's temporary IP address to its host name so the device can request
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a configuration file named in the format host name.cfg from the TFTP server. The DNS server might
also need to resolve the TFTP server domain name to the TFTP server IP address. For more
information about the DNS server, see Layer 3—IP Services Configuration Guide.
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