Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC Networking Open Automation Guide 9.14.1.0 November 2018
- About this Guide
- Open Automation Framework
- Bare Metal Provisioning
- Introduction
- How it Works
- Prerequisites
- Industry 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 EMC Environment Variables
- Dell EMC Proprietary Utilities
- Dell EMC SmartScript Utilities
- SQLite
- NET SNMP Client
- Limits on System Usage
- Supported UNIX Utilities
- Creating a Username and Password for Smart Scripting
- Logging in to a NetBSD UNIX Shell
- Downloading Scripts to a Switch
- Network File System (NFS)
- 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 clear-all
- package install
- package uninstall
- script (run)
- script (stop/resume/clear/kill/unschedule)
- script event-handler
- script execute (EXEC mode)
- script execute
- script get
- script path
- script remove
- script trigger-event
- show packages
- show script
- start shell
- triggered-by
- switch script limit
- username (event handler)
- username
- SNMP MIBs
- 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

config
VSN retrieves conguration information from the Hypervisor and implements any
necessary conguration changes automatically.
Defaults cong
Command Modes HYPERVISOR
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell EMC Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.6(0.0) Introduced on the S5000.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.8.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Usage Information
You can use the mode command to change how virtual-server information is retrieved in an existing Hypervisor
session.
The following log messages display when you use the Hypervisor mode check option to retrieve conguration
information on virtual servers:
Dec 1 04:57:48: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %VSNMGR-5-VSN_VLAN_DISCOVERY: Te 0/35, Vlan:
4001-4008,4011-4012
Dec 1 04:56:46: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %VSNMGR-5-VSN_VLAN_WITHDRAWAL: Te 0/35, Vlan:
4001-4008,4011-4012
package install
Installs an Open Automation package, such as VSN. This command downloads the package from the specied location and installs it in the
internal ash memory on a switch.
S4810, S4820T, S5000, and MXL Switch
Syntax
package install location
Parameters
location
Enter the location where you want to install an Open Automation package, where location
is one of the following values:
• flash://filename — Installs the VSN package le stored in ash memory on the
switch.
•
ftp://userid:password@host-ip-address/file-path — Logs in and
installs VSN from a le stored on an FTP server.
• tftp://host-ip-address/file-path — Installs VSN from a le stored on a
TFTP server.
• nfsmount://filepath — Copies from a le stored on an NFS mount le system.
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