254 | Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 (BMP 3.0)
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• Pre-configuration Scripts
• Post-configuration Scripts
• Auto-execution Scripts
• Configuration Tasks
• Script Examples
Prerequisites
Before you use BMP 3.0 to auto-configure a supported Dell Force10 switch, you must first configure:
• An external Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server (required) - a network device
offering configuration parameters
• File Server (required) - a network device for storing and servicing files.
• Domain Name Server (DNS) (optional) - a server that associates domain names in the network with IP
addresses.
• Relay Agent (optional) - an intermediary network device that passes messages between DHCP clients
and the DHCP server when the server is not on the same subnet. It can also provide IP addresses for
multiple subnets.
For more information, see Domain Name Server and File Server.
Important Information
BMP 3.0 is supported on the user ports and management ports of a switch.
If your network has VLT enabled on aggregator switches and you are configuring the ToR switch to load
using BMP, ensure the aggregator switches are configured with the
lacp ungroup member-independent
vlt command if the DHCP and file servers are reachable via the interface configured as part of VLT LAG.
Bare Metal Provisioning works to ease configuration in the following key areas:
• 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.
• Use the DHCP offer to access the configuration file or a pre-configuration script.
BMP Process Overview
When the system boots up in the default BMP mode, the following items are requested:
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