Service Manual

Contents
1 About this Guide..................................................................................................10
Audience..............................................................................................................................................10
Supported Platforms and Required Dell Networking OS Versions................................................... 10
Conventions......................................................................................................................................... 11
Related Documents............................................................................................................................. 11
2 Open Automation Framework..........................................................................13
Bare Metal Provisioning.......................................................................................................................14
Smart Scripting.................................................................................................................................... 14
Virtual Server Networking....................................................................................................................15
REST API...............................................................................................................................................15
Web Server with HTTP Support.......................................................................................................... 15
3 Bare Metal Provisioning.....................................................................................16
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................16
How it Works....................................................................................................................................... 16
Prerequisites........................................................................................................................................ 16
Industrial Standard Upgrades with BMP..............................................................................................17
BMP Process Overview........................................................................................................................17
BMP Operations...................................................................................................................................18
Configure BMP.................................................................................................................................... 18
BMP Mode......................................................................................................................................19
Normal Context.............................................................................................................................20
Normal Mode................................................................................................................................ 20
BMP Commands and Examples......................................................................................................... 20
System Boot and Set-Up Behavior in BMP Mode..............................................................................20
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.................................... 23
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer and no Configuration File..................................................... 24
Reload with a DHCP Server Offer Without a DNS Server............................................................ 25
DHCP Offer Vendor-Specific Option for BMP...................................................................................26
DHCP Offer Relay Option 82..............................................................................................................26
Software Upgrade Using BMP.............................................................................................................27
Apply Configurations Using BMP Scripts............................................................................................27
Preconfiguration Scripts................................................................................................................27
Auto-Execution Scripts................................................................................................................. 28
Post-Configuration Scripts........................................................................................................... 28
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