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
Version Description
9.3(0.0) Introduced on the S6000.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL Switch. Updated the parameters for S4810, S4820T, and Z9000.
9.1(0.0) Updated the command mode from EXEC Privilege to GLOBAL CONFIGURATION.
Updated the parameter from jumpstart to bmp. Added support for the config-scr-
download and user-defined-string commands. Supported platforms are S4810,
S4820T, and Z9000.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
9.0.0.0 Introduced in Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.1.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Related Commands
• show reload-type — displays the current Reload mode (BMP mode or Normal mode).
• stop bmp — stops the BMP process and prevents a loop if the DHCP server is not found.
retry-count
Allows you to congure the number of retries for downloading the Dell EMC Networking OS image and conguration le.
S4810, S4820T, S3048–ON, S3100 series, S4048–ON,
S4048T–ON, S5000, S6000, S6000–ON, S6010–ON, S6100–
ON, Z9100–ON, Z9500, C9010, IOA, FN-IOM, and MXL
Syntax
retry-count number
To reset the number of retries, use the no retry-count number
Parameters
retry-count
number
Enter the keyword retry-count, then the number of times to retry downloading the
Dell EMC Networking OS image, conguration le, or script le from the DHCP / le
servers, if the servers are not reachable. The retry limit is from 0 to 6. If the retry limit is 0,
no retry performs. The default is 0.
Defaults none
Command Modes RELOAD-TYPE CONFIGURATION
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
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S4048T–ON and S6010–ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100–ON.
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