When autoconfigure is enabled, the router performs a DHCP discovery or solicit (IPv6) to get the IP address of the out-of-band (OOB) management port.
The OOB management port can support a DHCP client for IPv4, IPv6, or dual stack. For dual stack, both IPv4 and IPv6 DHCP are configured. When the offer for either of the address families arrives, the management port is configured with the IP address in the offer. Eventually, both offers arrive and the management port is configured with both address families.
When a DHCP client is configured using autoconfigure, all image and license files should be placed and loaded from the CF. The configuration file could be loaded from the network, but Nokia recommends that the config file be on the CF as well. The configuration file is not loaded until the DHCP client offer is received and programmed successfully for the management port IP address, or the DHCP client timeout is expired.