Enable Auto Script from the Remote Console for Use with TFTP or a USB Stick

Use this feature to copy the same settings to each of your SX IIs.

To do this, a configuration script file with the SX II's settings is created.

Example Script

Script Result Example

Create the file and then do one or both of the following to distribute it to the appliances -

• Save the file to a TFTP server with the same name DSX2_SERIAL.autoscript. The first time a new SX II boots up, it contacts the DHCP server and retrieves the IP address of the appliance, and the DHCP server sends the SX II the TFTP server IP address.

  Once contacted, the configuration file is sent from the TFTP server, the configuration settings are applied to the appliance, and the appliance reboots.

  No manual intervention is required with this method.

  Note that SX II must receive the TFTP server address from one of these settings:

  • DHCP next-server (siaddr)
  • TFTP server address (option 66). This option takes precedence if both are specified.
• Save the file to USB stick. The file can then be brought to each appliance and used to configure it.

  

1. Access and configure the SX II you want to create a configuration file from.
2. Select Device Settings > Auto Configuration.
3. The name of the script is listed at the top of the Auto Script Configuration section. Read-only

• Enable automatic script configuration via USB stick:

1. Prepare your USB stick and then plug it in to a USB port on the front or back of SX II. See Prepare a USB Stick for an Auto Configuration File.
2. Select the "Enable Automatic Script Configuration via USB Stick" checkbox.
3. Click OK to create the script. A success message is displayed on the page.

   

• Enable automatic script configuration via TFTP server:

1. Select the "Enable Automatic Script Configuration via TFTP Stick" checkbox.
2. The TFTP Auto Script Settings section is enabled.
3. Select when scripts are run on the appliances -
   • Execute Script Only Once - the script will only be executed on the appliance the first time it boots up and not again. Changes must be made manually afterward.
   • Execute Script On Every Bootup If Script Has Changed - updates are applied to the appliances upon bootup when the script changes.

     Note that SX II only runs a script if it is different from the last script that was run. This applies regardless of the option selected here.

     SX II remembers most recently executed script, including the time the script was run.

4. Select how the IP address is configured -
   • Retrieve TFTP IP Address via DHCP - Note that to do this, IP auto configuration must set to DHCP and enabled on the SX II. See Disable or Enable DHCP in SX II.
   • Set TFTP IP Address Manually - enter the IP address in the field provided.
5. Click OK.