Administrator Guide

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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 (BPM)
• Smart scripting
• Virtual server networking (VSN)
• Representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API)
• Web graphic user interface (GUI) and HTTP 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, refer to the
documents listed in Related Documents.
Supported Platforms and Required Dell Networking OS
Versions
Dell Networking switches supports Open Automation on the following OS versions.
Dell Networking
Platform
Minimum Operating Software
S4810 8.3.10.1 or later
S4820T 9.2(0.0) or later
Z9000 9.0.0.0 or later
(SmartScripts and SmartUtil support only)
S5000 9.6(0.0) or later
S6000 9.0.2.0 or later
MXL 9.2(0.0) or later
Z9500 9.5(0.1) or later
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