Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell Networking Open Automation Guide December 2015
- About this Guide
- Open Automation Framework
- Bare Metal Provisioning
- Introduction
- How it Works
- Prerequisites
- Industrial Standard Upgrades with BMP
- BMP Process Overview
- BMP Operations
- Configure BMP
- BMP Commands and Examples
- System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode
- BMP Mode: Boot and Set-UP Behavior
- DHCP Offer Vendor-Specific Option for BMP
- DHCP Offer Relay Option 82
- Software Upgrade Using BMP
- Apply Configurations Using BMP Scripts
- Using the Post-Configuration Script
- Using Auto-Execution Script (Normal Mode Only)
- Timers in Pre–configuration and Post–configuration Scripts
- Script Examples
- BMP Operations on Servers Overview
- File Server Settings
- Domain Name Server Settings
- BMP MIB Support
- Bare Metal Provisioning CLI
- Open Management Infrastructure
- Puppet
- Smart Scripting
- Overview
- Download the Smart Scripting Package
- Dell Proprietary Utilities
- Dell SmartScript Utilities
- SQLite
- NET SNMP Client
- Limits on System Usage
- Supported UNIX Utilities
- Creating a User Name and Password for Smart Scripting
- Logging in to a NetBSD UNIX Shell
- Downloading Scripts to a Switch
- Setting a Search Path for Scripts
- Scheduling and Executing Scripts
- Running a Script from the UNIX Shell
- Running Scripts with User Privileges
- Smart Scripting CLI
- disable
- execute
- mount nfs
- package install
- package uninstall
- script (run)
- script (stop/resume/clear/kill/unschedule)
- script event-handler
- script execute (EXEC mode)
- script execute (CONFIGURATION mode)
- script get
- script path
- script remove
- script trigger-event
- show packages
- show script
- start shell
- triggered-by
- switch script limit
- username (event handler)
- username
- Virtual Server Networking
- Virtual Server Networking CLI
- REST API
- HTTP and HTTPS
- XML
- Important Points to Remember
- REST Authentication
- Request Query Parameters
- Sample BGP Configurations
- HTTP Status Error Codes
- REST API — Protocol Data Unit (PDU) Structure
- Configurations
- Operational
- Operational Data for IPv6
- Management Information Base (MIB)
- IETF Interface Operations
- REST API Framework to Execute the CLIs
- Samples of the config-command
- Samples of the EXEC command
- Samples of the show-command
- REST API CLI
- Web Server with HTTP Support
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Open Automation Framework
The Dell Networking S4810, S4820T, S3048–ON, S4048–ON, S5000, S6000, S6000-ON, Z9500,
Z9100–ON, and MXL platforms support the Open Automation framework.
The Open Automation framework provides an open, industry standards-based automation technology
that simplifies managing dynamic virtual data centers and reduces risk and overhead.
With the Open Automation framework, resources in a virtualized data center are efficiently managed
without requiring manual reconfiguration of virtual switches (vSwitches), virtual machines (VMs) on
network servers, and VM control software each time there is a network change. Automated provisioning
of network resources during VM migration also maintains connectivity and security policies.
To automate monitoring and network device management, the Open Automation framework uses
industry standard scripting languages, such as Perl, Python, and Ruby. To adapt to required configuration
changes, you can quickly allocate virtual resources. In addition, a network device failure is more quickly
detected and resolved; as a result, network uptime increases.
Automated bare metal provisioning (BMP) allows you to reduce operational overhead by automatically
configuring Dell Networking switches, accelerating switch installation, and simplifying operating system
upgrades.
Support for multiple, industry standard hypervisors, virtual switches, and system management tools
ensure that automated solutions work within an established data-center environment in which
heterogeneous server, storage, and networking equipment inter-operate. In addition, Open Automation
allows you to customize automated solutions for your current multi-vendor virtualization environment.
An onboard web-based graphical user interface (GUI) provides a user-friendly way to monitor and
manage a data center network. To provide additional management capability, HTTP and HTTPS daemons
run on supported switches, such as the representational state transfer (REST) application programming
interface (API).
The Open Automation framework consists of the following network management tools:
• Bare metal provisioning
• Open management interface
• Puppet
• Smart scripting
• Representational state transfer application programming interface
• Web server with HTTP support
To extend and add functionality to your Dell Networking OS without requiring updates to the OS release,
use these components together or independently.
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Open Automation Framework