Users Guide

About this Guide
This document describes the components and uses of the Open Automation Framework designed to run on the Dell EMC Networking
operating system (OS).
Open Automation includes support for:
• Bare metal provisioning (BMP)
• Open management infrastructure (OMI)
• Puppet
• Representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API)
• Smart scripting
• Virtual server networking (VSN)
• Web server
Topics:
• Audience
• Open Automation Features and Supported Platforms
• Conventions
• Related Documents
Audience
This document is intended for data center managers and network administrators responsible for virtualization and system management. You
must have a basic knowledge on virtualization technology and networking to work with the Open Automation framework.
NOTE
: Although this document contains information about protocols, it does not provide complete information about protocol
conguration and usage. For this information, see the documents listed in Related Documents.
Open Automation Features and Supported Platforms
The following table lists the Dell EMC Networking Open Automation features and the supported platforms.
Table 1. Open Automation Features and Supported Platforms
Platform Bare Metal
Provisioning
(BMP)
Open
Management
Interface
(OMI)
Puppet Smart Scripts Virtual Server
Networking
(VSN)
Representatio
nal State
Transfer
Application
Programming
Interface
(REST API)
Web Server
S4810 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
S4820T Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
S3048–ON Y Y Y Y N Y Y
S4048–ON Y Y Y Y N Y Y
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