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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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 (BMP)
• Open management infrastructure (OMI)
• Puppet
• Representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API)
• Smart scripting
• 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, see 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
S4048–ON 9.8(0.0P5) or later
S3048–ON 9.8(0.0P2) or later
S5000 9.6(0.0) or later
S6000 9.0.2.0 or later
S6000–ON 9.7(0.0) or later
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