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
Bare Metal Provisioning
Bare metal provisioning (BMP) is included as part of the Dell EMC Networking OS image and is supported on the S4810, S4820T, S3048–
ON, S3100 Series, S4048–ON, S5000, S6000, S6000-ON, S6010–ON, S6100–ON, Z9100–ON, Z9500, C9010, IOA, FN–IOM, and MXL
platforms.
Introduction
BMP improves operational eciency to your system by automatically loading pre-dened congurations and Dell EMC Networking OS
images using standard protocols such as dynamic host conguration protocol (DHCP) and common le transfer mechanisms.
Bare metal provisioning:
• Reduces the time to install and congure the network device.
• Helps eliminate conguration errors and ensure consistent congurations.
• Functions on a single system or on multiple systems.
• Includes simple network management protocol (SNMP) support.
• Includes support for pre- and post-conguration scripts.
How it Works
With BMP, the system retrieves a conguration le or a pre–conguration script indicated in the DHCP oer.
Using the pre–conguration script, you can:
• Verify the integrity of the boot image the DHCP oer downloads.
• Decide what type of congurations you want to apply based on your network reachability, port status, and neighbor discovery.
• Monitor your CPU, memory utilization, port trac status, or perform link and topology checks with the link layer discovery protocol
(LLDP).
• Retrieve and apply the conguration from a central repository.
If you disable BMP, Normal mode provides Autoexec support. Using the Autoexec feature, you can apply script–based congurations at
system start-up.
Prerequisites
Before you use BMP to auto-congure your Dell EMC Networking switch, congure the following:
• External DHCP server (required) — a network device oering conguration parameters.
• File server (required) — a network device for storing and servicing les.
• Domain name server (DNS) (optional) — a server that associates domain names in the network with IP addresses.
• Relay agent (optional) — an intermediary network device that passes messages between the DHCP clients and the DHCP server when
the server is not on the same subnet. It can also provide IP addresses for multiple subnets.
For more information, see Domain Name Server Settings and File Server Settings.
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