Service Manual

Contents
1 About this Guide....................................................................................................9
Audience................................................................................................................................................9
Supported Platforms and Required Dell Networking OS Versions..................................................... 9
Conventions........................................................................................................................................ 10
Related Documents.............................................................................................................................10
2 Open Automation Framework..........................................................................12
Bare Metal Provisioning.......................................................................................................................13
Smart Scripting.....................................................................................................................................13
REST API...............................................................................................................................................14
Web Server with HTTP Support.......................................................................................................... 14
3 Bare Metal Provisioning.....................................................................................15
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 15
How it Works....................................................................................................................................... 15
Prerequisites.........................................................................................................................................15
Industrial Standard Upgrades with BMP............................................................................................. 16
BMP Process Overview........................................................................................................................16
BMP Operations...................................................................................................................................17
Configure BMP.....................................................................................................................................17
BMP Mode......................................................................................................................................18
Normal Context............................................................................................................................. 19
Normal Mode.................................................................................................................................19
BMP Commands and Examples..........................................................................................................19
System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode.............................................................................. 19
BMP Mode: Boot and Set-UP Behavior..............................................................................................22
Reload Without a DHCP Server Offer...........................................................................................22
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a Dell Networking OS Offer.................................... 22
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer and no Configuration File......................................................23
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a DNS Server............................................................24
DHCP Offer Vendor-Specific Option for BMP...................................................................................25
DHCP Offer Relay Option 82..............................................................................................................25
Software Upgrade Using BMP............................................................................................................ 26
Apply Configurations Using BMP Scripts........................................................................................... 26
Preconfiguration Scripts............................................................................................................... 26
Auto-Execution Scripts................................................................................................................. 27
Post-Configuration Scripts............................................................................................................27
Using Preconfiguration Scripts..................................................................................................... 27
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