Addendum

Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP)

This chapter describes the Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) enhancements that apply to the S4810, S4820T,

S6000, Z9000, and MXL platforms

Support for BMP on the S6000 Switch

Starting with Dell Networking OS Release 9.3(0.0), BMP 3.1 is supported on the S6000 platform. For

details about the commands and configuration procedures of BMP 3.1, refer the Open Automation Guide.

Enhanced Behavior of the stop bmp Command

The stop bmp command behaves as follows in different circumstances:

• While FTOS image upgrade is in-progress, aborts the BMP process once the FTOS image is upgraded.

• When applying configurations from file, aborts the BMP process after all configurations are applied in

the system.

• When running pre-configuration or post-configuration scripts, stops execution of the script and

aborts the BMP process immediately.

• While downloading the configuration or script file, aborts BMP process after download, neither applies

configuration nor runs the script.

When you enter the CONFIGURATION mode during the BMP process, warning or error messages are

displayed appropriately to avoid any configuration conflicts between user and the BMP process.

Removal of the Deprecated User-Defined String

Parameter With reload-type Command

The user-defined-string parameter available with the reload-type command, which was

deprecated in Dell Networking OS release 9.2(0.0) and earlier, is now removed. The

vendor-class-

identifier parameter replaces the user-defined-string parameter.

Inclusion of Service Tag Information in the Option 60

String

You can now configure the vendor class identifier up to a maximum of 128 characters. In the vendor

class identifier (option 60) string, the User String field is also included with the Type, Hardware, Serial

Number, Service Tag and OS Version fields.

Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP)