What does "Would you like to terminate autoinstall? [yes]:" mean？

[Keisuke Kuroshima]

We use WS-C3650-48TD-S（IOS：16.3.5b）and I've got the message "Would you like to terminate autoinstall? [yes]:" when I tried to erase startup-configuration.

Here is what I would like to ask, 　                     　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------①What kind of feature is "autoinstall"? (Does this enable us to do the fundamental settings that are necessary at first?)

②According to the page below, C3650 has some default settings for ACL and QOS etc..  Does the initial configuration that I would use "autoinstall" differs from the one that I would not?                                                                                 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     解決済み: Cisco 3850X - ACL turns up without configuring ? - Cisco Community                                                           【Cisco】Catalyst設定 #Network - Qiita

I really appreciate it if you kindly anwer these questions.

[M02@rt37]

Hello @Keisuke Kuroshima 

Autoinstall is a zero-touch config loader via DHCP/TFTP. Not interactive... Switch C3650 support that feature.

[Keisuke Kuroshima]

Thank you very much for answering my question.

I would really appreciate if you provide some website or document where the information you explained is mentioned.  Sorry for bothering you. 

[M02@rt37 · Accepted solution]

Hello @Keisuke Kuroshima 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/fundamentals/configuration/xe-3se/cat3650/fundamentals-xe-3se-3650-book/cf-autoinstall.html#GUID-AD9A7EF5-E1CF-4772-AF0D-A91ACBE4FD2C

[Keisuke Kuroshima]

Thank you for sharing that information !!

I will go over it so that I can figure out the Autoinstall feature more.