Dell Force10 Z9000 FTOS Configuration Guide for Z9000 System - Page 240

www.dell.com | support.dell.com • 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: 240 | Bare Metal Provisioning 3.0 (BMP 3.0)