Reference Guide

Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP)

Bare metal provisioning (BMP) is supported on the Dell Networking OS platform.

In a data center network, BMP automates the configuration and updating of switches, ensuring standard

configurations across the installed devices.

You can configure autoconfiguration on a single switch or on multiple switches. BMP allows you to set

up a stack with a minimum of effort, but is also useful for quick configuration of a single switch.

For more information about BMP in Auto-Configuration mode, refer to the Open Automation Guide.

BMP 3.0 eases configuration by providing the following key features:

• Boot images and running configurations are specified in a DHCP server.

• Files are automatically downloaded from a file server and the switch applies.

• Switch access is allowed through all ports (management and user ports) with or without DHCP-based

dynamic IP address configuration of a switch.

• Booting up in Layer 3 mode with interfaces already in No Shutdown mode and some basic protocols

enabled to protect the system and the network.

• Supports pre-configuration and post-configuration scripts to automatically load predefined

configurations and Dell Networking OS images using DHCP and common file transfer mechanisms.

reload-type

Configure a switch to reload as a DHCP client in BMP mode with all ports configured for Layer 3 traffic or

in Normal mode.

Syntax

reload-type [bmp | normal—reload {[auto—save {enable |

disable}] | [config-scr-download {enable | disable}] | [dhcp-

timeout minutes]| retry-count number | vendor-class-identifier

description]

Use the disable bmp command to stop the BMP process.

Parameters

bmp (Default) Enable the BMP reload type. The system acts as a

DHCP client and downloads the Dell Networking OS image,

configuration and boot files from a specified DHCP server.

normal-reload Enable the normal reload type and disable BMP reload type.

The system retrieves the Dell Networking OS image and

startup-configuration files from the flash after performing a

reload.

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