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
Normal Context
To auto-configure a switch, before you use BMP mode, first configure a DHCP, DNS, and file server in the
network.
NOTE: By default, a syslog severity level greater than two does not display. Enable syslog before
applying the preconfiguration script which helps identify any configuration errors.
To help configure a new factory loaded switch, the switch boots up in the default BMP mode. You can
reconfigure the switch to reload either in BMP mode or Normal mode.
NOTE: To apply the startup configuration, cancel the default BMP setup using the stop bmp
command from the console. To disable BMP for the next reload, use the reload-type normal-
reload command.
Normal Mode
When reloaded in Normal mode, the switch boots up with the management port in No Shutdown mode.
If the management IP address is present in the start-up configuration file, it is assigned to the
management interface. If the management IP address is not present in the start-up configuration file, no
IP address is assigned. You can connect to the management port with an IP address on the same network
and log in to the system through a telnet or SSH session.
To configure a switch to reload using Normal mode, follow this step.
• Configure a switch to use Normal mode.
GLOBAL CONFIGURATION mode
boot-type normal-reload
• DHCP Configuration — Normal mode does not require a separate DHCP server configuration.
• Dell Networking OS Image Retrieval — The Dell Networking OS image is loaded from the local flash
memory.
BMP Commands and Examples
You can configure BMP on supported switches using a series of commands.
To enable BMP mode on your switches, and to apply configurations or run scripts using the BMP
commands, refer the Bare Metal Provisioning CLI section.
System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode
The following steps describe the system boot up process.
1. The system begins the boot up process in BMP mode (the default mode).
2. The system sends DHCP discover on all the interface-up ports.
00:02:14: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %BMP-5-BMP_DISCOVER: DHCP DISCOVER
sent on Ma 0/0.
3. The IP address, boot image filename, and configuration filename are reserved for the system and
provides the DHCP reply (the one-file read method). The system receives its IP address, subnet
mask, DHCP server IP, TFTP server address, DNS server IP, bootfile name, and configuration filename
from the DHCP server.
Bare Metal Provisioning
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