Restrictions and Limitations
Scheduled reload restrictions and limitations:
- Scheduled reload is not supported when zero touch deployment (ZTD) is in progress.
- Scheduled reload is not performed when an image install is in progress at the specified time.
- Scheduled reload is not performed when the secure boot feature is enabled and the startup configuration is not protected or the startup configuration is modified after protecting it.
- When you change the system time, using the network time protocol (NTP) commands, after configuring a scheduled reload at specific date and time, the scheduled reload completes at the configured time. You can cancel and reconfigure the scheduled reload if required. For example, if system time is 10:00 and scheduled reload time is at the 18:00 on same day, changing the system time to 11:00 does not impact the scheduled reload time.
- When you change the system time, using the NTP commands, after configuring scheduled reload for a specific time interval, the remaining reload time adjusts according to the time change. You can cancel and reconfigure the scheduled reload if required. For example, if the system time is 10:00 and the scheduled reload is in 5 hours, changing the system time to 11:00 changes the remaining time to 4 hours.
- When you change the system time zone, the scheduled reload time also changes in accordance with the time zone change.
- if you change the system time to a time later than the configured reload time, the scheduled reload cancels and system logs generate to notify you to reschedule the reload.
- Dell Technologies recommends saving the running configuration before the scheduled reload. Changes that are made in the running configuration are lost unless you save the running configuration before the scheduled reload time.
- Perform the scheduled reload within 30 days from the time of configuration.
- The scheduled reload configuration is not persistent across reloads if you reload the switch before the scheduled time, then the scheduled reload is ignored.
- You can only schedule a reload 30 days from the current date.
- Dell Technologies recommends enabling system log monitoring in SSH sessions when you schedule reload of the switch. This configuration notifies the other users of the scheduled reload time.