https://community.cisco.com/t5/nexus-devices/poap-with-n9kv-and-nexus-dashboard/m-p/5377895#M560 <P>I'm trying to set up a CML lab for inband eVPN poap deployment from Nexus Dashboard.<BR />So far it's going well but I am running into the boot issue and I'm not sure how to fix it (or if it's even possible).<BR />I would like the end result to be:<BR />- A user wipes the config of all the switches and boots them<BR />- ND performs poap and we import the switch into ND</P><P>The issue is that I seem to have one of two options.&nbsp; Either I use the default initial config to fix the bootloader problem, and the user will have to log into each switch, write erase and reload, or I remove the config, the switch does a proper Poap but when it reloads the user needs to console into each switch to boot out of the boot prompt.</P><P>I tried putting a boot statement in freeform but that didn't work.&nbsp; I also tried setting the boot image when I import the switch but even it the image exists, it tries to download it.&nbsp; Is there a way to set the boot variable on a 9kv switch but still boot into Poap discovery?</P> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:01:32 GMT mmacdonald70 2026-03-19T19:01:32Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/nexus-devices/poap-with-n9kv-and-nexus-dashboard/m-p/5377895#M560 <P>I'm trying to set up a CML lab for inband eVPN poap deployment from Nexus Dashboard.<BR />So far it's going well but I am running into the boot issue and I'm not sure how to fix it (or if it's even possible).<BR />I would like the end result to be:<BR />- A user wipes the config of all the switches and boots them<BR />- ND performs poap and we import the switch into ND</P><P>The issue is that I seem to have one of two options.&nbsp; Either I use the default initial config to fix the bootloader problem, and the user will have to log into each switch, write erase and reload, or I remove the config, the switch does a proper Poap but when it reloads the user needs to console into each switch to boot out of the boot prompt.</P><P>I tried putting a boot statement in freeform but that didn't work.&nbsp; I also tried setting the boot image when I import the switch but even it the image exists, it tries to download it.&nbsp; Is there a way to set the boot variable on a 9kv switch but still boot into Poap discovery?</P> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:01:32 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/nexus-devices/poap-with-n9kv-and-nexus-dashboard/m-p/5377895#M560 mmacdonald70 2026-03-19T19:01:32Z