Service Manual

Contents
1 About this Guide....................................................................................................9
Audience................................................................................................................................................9
Open Automation Features and Supported Platforms ....................................................................... 9
Conventions........................................................................................................................................ 10
Related Documents.............................................................................................................................10
2 Open Automation Framework..........................................................................13
Bare Metal Provisioning.......................................................................................................................14
Smart Scripting.................................................................................................................................... 14
REST API...............................................................................................................................................15
Web Server...........................................................................................................................................15
3 Bare Metal Provisioning.....................................................................................16
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................16
How it Works....................................................................................................................................... 16
Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................ 16
Industry Standard Upgrades with BMP............................................................................................... 17
BMP Process Overview........................................................................................................................17
BMP Operations...................................................................................................................................18
Configure BMP.................................................................................................................................... 18
BMP Mode......................................................................................................................................19
Normal Context.............................................................................................................................20
Normal Mode................................................................................................................................ 20
BMP Commands and Examples......................................................................................................... 20
System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode..............................................................................20
BMP Mode: Boot and Set-UP Behavior..............................................................................................23
Reload Without a DHCP Server Offer...........................................................................................23
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a Dell Networking OS Offer.................................... 23
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer and no Configuration File..................................................... 24
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a DNS Server............................................................ 25
DHCP Offer Vendor-Specific Option for BMP...................................................................................26
DHCP Offer Relay Option 82..............................................................................................................26
Software Upgrade Using BMP.............................................................................................................27
Apply Configurations Using BMP Scripts............................................................................................27
Pre–configuration Scripts............................................................................................................. 27
Auto–execution Scripts................................................................................................................ 28
Post–configuration Scripts........................................................................................................... 28
Using the Pre–configuration Script..............................................................................................28
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