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12 | Open Automation Framework
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• Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interface
• Web Server with HTTP Support
You can use these components together or independently to extend and add
functionality to the Dell Networking OS without requiring updates to a Dell
Networking OS release.
Figure 2-1. Open Automation Framework
Bare Metal Provisioning
Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) provides the following features:
• Automatic network switch configuration and automated configuration updates
• Enforced standard configurations
• Reduced installation time
• Simplified operating system upgrades
Automated bare metal provisioning reduces operational expenses, accelerates switch
installation, simplifies upgrades and increases network availability by automatically
configuring Dell Networking switches. BMP eliminates the need for a network
administrator to manually configure a switch, resulting in faster installation,
elimination of configuration errors
, and enforcement of standard configurations.
With bare metal provisioning, after a switch is installed, the switch searches the
network for a DHCP server. The DHCP server provides the switch with an IP address
and the location of a file server, such as TFTP. The file server maintains a
configuration file and an approved version of Dell Networking OS, the operating
system for Dell Networking switches. The switch automatically configures itself by
loading and installing an embedded Dell Networking OS image with the startup
configuration file.
Note: The Open Automation Framework is referred to as Open Automation in the rest of this document.