Reference 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.

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.

Restrictions

BMP 2.0 is supported on the user ports and management ports of a switch.

Reconfiguring Jumpstart and Normal Modes

On a new factory-loaded switch, the switch boots up in Jumpstart mode. You can reconfigure a switch

to reload between Normal and Jumpstart mode.

Jumpstart

(BMP) mode

The switch automatically configures all ports (management and user ports) as

Layer 3 physical ports and acts as a DHCP client on the ports for a user-configured

time (DHCP timeout). This is the default startup mode. It is set with the

reload-

type jump-start command.

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