Administrator Guide

Contents
1 About this Guide....................................................................................................9
Audience................................................................................................................................................9
Supported Platforms and Required Dell Networking OS Versions..................................................... 9
Conventions........................................................................................................................................ 10
Related Documents.............................................................................................................................10
2 Open Automation Framework..........................................................................12
Bare Metal Provisioning.......................................................................................................................13
Smart Scripting.....................................................................................................................................13
Virtual Server Networking................................................................................................................... 14
REST API...............................................................................................................................................14
Web Server with HTTP Support.......................................................................................................... 15
3 Bare Metal Provisioning.....................................................................................16
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................16
How it Works....................................................................................................................................... 16
Prerequisites.........................................................................................................................................17
Industrial Standard Upgrades with BMP..............................................................................................17
BMP Process Overview....................................................................................................................... 18
BMP Operations...................................................................................................................................18
Configure BMP.................................................................................................................................... 19
BMP Mode......................................................................................................................................19
Normal Context.............................................................................................................................20
Normal Mode................................................................................................................................ 20
BMP Commands and Examples..........................................................................................................21
System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode.............................................................................. 21
BMP Mode: Boot and Set-UP Behavior..............................................................................................23
Reload Without a DHCP Server Offer...........................................................................................23
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a Dell Networking OS Offer.................................... 24
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer and no Configuration File......................................................25
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a DNS Server............................................................26
DHCP Offer Vendor-Specific Option for BMP...................................................................................27
DHCP Offer Relay Option 82..............................................................................................................27
Software Upgrade Using BMP.............................................................................................................27
Apply Configurations Using BMP Scripts........................................................................................... 28
Preconfiguration Scripts............................................................................................................... 28
Auto-Execution Scripts................................................................................................................. 29
Post-Configuration Scripts........................................................................................................... 29
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