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About this Guide
This document describes the components and uses of the Open Automation Framework designed to run
on the Dell Networking operating system (OS).
Open Automation includes support for:
• Bare metal provisioning (BMP)
• Open management infrastructure (OMI)
• Puppet
• Representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API)
• Smart scripting
• Virtual server networking (VSN)
• Web server
Audience
This document is intended for data center managers and network administrators responsible for
virtualization and system management. You must have basic knowledge about virtualization technology
and networking to work with the Open Automation framework.
NOTE: Although this document contains information about protocols, it is not intended to provide
complete information about protocol configuration and usage. For this information, see the
documents listed in Related Documents.
Open Automation Features and Supported Platforms
The following table lists the Dell Networking Open Automation features and the supported platforms.
Table 1. Open Automation Features and Supported Platforms
Platform Bare
Metal
Provisioni
ng (BMP)
Open
Management
Interface
(OMI)
Puppet Smart
Scripts
Virtual
Server
Networkin
g (VSN)
Representational
State Transfer
Application
Programming
Interface (REST
API)
Web
Server
S4810 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
S4820T Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
S3048–
ON
Y Y Y Y N Y Y
S4048–
ON
Y Y Y Y N Y Y
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