Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 (Bmp 3.0); Overview - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

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Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 (BMP 3.0)

Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) is a feature that improves operational efficiency to the system by

automatically loading pre-defined configurations and FTOS images using standard protocols such as

DHCP and common file transfer mechanisms.

Bare Metal Provisioning:

reduces the time to install and configure the network device.

helps eliminate configuration errors and ensure consistent configurations.

can be used on a single system or on multiple systems.

With BMP 3.0, the system can retrieve a configuration file or a pre-configuration script indicated in the

DHCP offer. Using the pre-configuration script, you can:

verify the integrity of the boot image downloaded from the DHCP offer.

decide what type of configurations you want to apply based on factors such as your network

reachability, port status, and neighbor discovery.

monitor your CPU and memory utilization, your port traffic status, or perform link and topology

checking with LLDP.

retrieve a configuration from a central repository.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Prerequisites

Important Information

BMP Process Overview

Preparing BMP

Reload Modes

is included as part of the FTOS image. It is supported on platforms

Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 (BMP 3.0) |

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