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
Virtual Server Networking
Virtual server networking (VSN) provides the following:
• Automatic re-provisioning of virtual local area networks (VLANs) when you migrate virtual machines (VMs).
• Support for multiple hypervisors, such as VMware and Citrix XenServer.
To ensure that network connectivity, quality of service (QoS), and security policies are maintained when you migrate VMs, virtual data
centers require a dynamic network infrastructure. To automatically re-provision VMs and associated VLANs during virtual machine
migration, VSN facilitates communication between the Dell EMC Networking switches and the VM management software.
As a result, VSN greatly simplies many of the tasks associated with virtualized computing environments. Network administrators can
manage the network while server administrators can manage the servers. When you migrate VMs, you do not have to manually recongure
the VLAN.
VSN software supports the following hypervisors:
• VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0
• Citrix XenServer 5.6/6.0
REST API
Representational state transfer (REST)-application programming interface (API) provides tools that allow you to manage Dell EMC
Networking OS switches by in-house or third-party system management tools. The program management environment and set of
interfaces communicate directly with the third-party system management tools, thus avoiding the need for a dedicated network
management tool. REST API simplies network management and reduces the number of management tools you need.
• Common third-party management tool sets are supported as plug-ins to Open Automation, including Dell EMC AIM, EMC Smarts Ionix,
IBM Systems Director, HP Network Automation (NA), CA Spectrum Infrastructure Manager, and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).
• Industry standard management protocols are supported, such as simple network management protocol (SNMP) (Get and Set) and
REST.
• User protocols are supported, such as CLI/CLI-script, XML (Get and Set), and web-based commands.
REST-API greatly improves the network manageability by allowing the Dell EMC Networking switches to be managed by third party system
management tools via standard program interfaces.
The programmatic management environment and set of interfaces communicate directly with the third-party system management tools,
avoiding the need for a dedicated network management tool. As a result, the network management is simplied and the number of
management tools are minimized.
Web Server
Open Automation supports web connectivity through its web server with HTTP[S] support. The web server consists of both HTTP and
HTTPS daemons running on a switch.
Open Automation Framework
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