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• Programmatic Management
• Web GUI and HTTP server
You can use these components together or independently to extend and add
functionality to the FTOS operating system without requiring updates to an FTOS
release.
Figure 2-1. Open Automation Framework
Bare Metal Provisioning
Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) provides the following features:
• Automatic network switch configuration and automated configuration updates
• Enforced standard configurations
• Reduced installation time
• Simplified operating system upgrades
Automated bare metal provisioning reduces operational expenses, accelerates switch
installation, simplifies upgrades and increases network availability by automatically
configuring Dell Force10 switches. BMP eliminates the need for a network
administrator to manually configure a switch, resulting in faster installation,
elimination of configuration errors and enforcement of standard configurations.
With bare metal provisioning, after a switch is installed, the switch searches the
network for a DHCP server. The DHCP server provides the switch with an IP address
and the location of a file server, such as TFTP. The file server maintains a
configuration file and an approved version of FTOS, the operating system for Dell
Force10 switches. The switch automatically configures itself by loading and
installing an embedded FTOS image with the startup configuration file.
Web GUI and
HTTP Server
Programmatic
Management
Bare Metal
Provisioning
Smart
Scripting
Virtual Server
Networking
Note: The Open Automation Framework is referred to as Open Automation in the rest of this document.
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