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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-dened congurations and boot images that are stored in le

servers. You can use BMP on a single switch or on multiple switches.

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

BMP eases conguration by providing the following key features:

• Boot images and running congurations are specied in a DHCP server.

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

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

conguration 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

• Reconguring 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-congure a supported Dell Networking switch, rst congure a DHCP server and a le server in the

network.

Optionally, you can also congure a domain name server (DNS). For more information, refer to DHCP Server/Conguration, 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 le servers are reachable through the VLT link aggregation group (LAG) interface, congure 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.

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