Users Guide

Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP)

Bare Metal Provisioning 2.0 is included as part of the Dell Networking OS image.

BMP improves accessibility to the S5000 switch by automatically loading pre-defined configurations and boot

images that are stored in file servers. You can use BMP on a single switch or on multiple switches.

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

BMP 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.

Topics:

• Prerequisites

• Restrictions

• Reconfiguring Jumpstart and Normal Modes

• Jumpstart Mode

• File Server

• Domain Name Server

• Switch Boot and Set-up Behavior in Jumpstart Mode

Prerequisites

Before you use BMP 2.0 to auto-configure a supported Dell Networking switch, first configure a DHCP server

and a file server in the network.

Optionally, you can also configure a domain name server (DNS). For more information, refer to

DHCP Server/Configuration, Domain Name Server, and File Server.

NOTE: If the S5000 switch is connected to upstream aggregation switches that have virtual link trunking

(VLT) enabled and the DHCP and file servers are reachable through the VLT link aggregation group (LAG)

interface, configure the VLT members with the lacp ungroup member-independent vlt command.

This allows the S5000 switch to establish communication with the VLT switches.

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