Administrator Guide

Configure Auto-Configuration mode using the reload-type bmp command. Reload the switch in

Configuration mode using the reload command.

Apply Configurations Using BMP Scripts

With Dell Networking OS version 9.1(0.0) or later, Open Automation supports a scripting environment

when a BMP or Normal reload occurs. BMP uses pre-configuration scripts, while a Normal reload-type

uses an auto-exec script. The BMP post-configuration script runs on its own, without any BMP or Normal

reload-type restrictions.

Preconfiguration Scripts

In BMP, the Dell Networking OS first accesses the image, then the configuration file or preconfiguration

script from the DHCP offer.

Use preconfiguration scripts to:

• verify the integrity of the Dell Networking OS image the DHCP offer downloads

• dynamically decide what types of configurations to apply to your system based on various factors

such as network reachability, port status, or neighbor discovery

• use LLDP to monitor and generate reports for CPU and memory utilization, port traffic status, and to

perform link and topology checking

You can provide a preconfiguration script in DHCP option 209 to either configure the switch or

download a configuration file. The script can download a configuration file or apply CLI commands. If

present in the downloaded configuration, post-configuration script CLIs are executed.

You can set the system to retry downloading a configuration up to six times or to automatically save the

downloaded configuration or script on the switch.

After the configuration applies, it triggers a post-configuration script to ensure that the configurations

and switch functions are correct.

Define configuration parameters on the DHCP server for each chassis based on the chassis MAC Address

or Vendor-Class-Identifier in DHCP offer 60 or a combination of both.

The configuration scripts like PERL, Python, and Ruby are supported, if the SmartScript package is pre-

installed on the system.

The system supports preconfiguration scripts in EXPECT, TCLSH, and ZSH.

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