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Smart Scripting Smart Scripting provides: • Support for industry-standard languages, such as Perl and Python, avoiding the need to learn a new proprietary scripting language • Customization of device monitoring and management to suit your network needs, including custom maintenance tasks, discovery programs, and event logging for faster problem resolution Smart scripting increases network availability and manageability by allowing network administrators to deploy custom monitoring and management scripts on Dell Force10 switches. Using custom scripts, network administrators can implement version control systems, automatically generate alerts, create custom logging tools and automate management of network devices. Any function that can be performed through the FTOS command-line interface (CLI) can be performed with smart scripting. The scripting environment provided by Smart Scripting (Perl, Python, and UNIX shell scripts) makes it easy for IT administrators to quickly develop scripts without having to learn a new scripting language. Virtual Server Networking Virtual Server Networking (VSN) provides: • Automatic re-provisioning of VLANs when you migrate virtual machines (VMs). • Support for multiple hypervisors, such as VMware and Citrix XenServer. Virtual data centers require network infrastructure to be dynamic to ensure that network connectivity and QoS and security policies are maintained when VMs are migrated. VSN facilitates communication between Dell Force10 switches and VM management software to automatically re-provision VMs and associated VLANs during virtual machine migration. As a result, VSN greatly simplifies many of the tasks associated with virtualized computing environments. Network administrators can manage the network while server administrators manage the servers. No manual VLAN reconfiguration is required when you migrate VMs. VSN software supports the following hypervisors: • VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0 • Citrix XenServer 5.6/6.0 Open Automation Framework | 11

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Smart Scripting
Smart Scripting provides:
•
Support for industry-standard languages, such as Perl and Python, avoiding the
need to learn a new proprietary scripting language
•
Customization of device monitoring and management to suit your network needs,
including custom maintenance tasks, discovery programs, and event logging for
faster problem resolution
Smart scripting increases network availability and manageability by allowing
network administrators to deploy custom monitoring and management scripts on Dell
Force10 switches. Using custom scripts, network administrators can implement
version control systems, automatically generate alerts, create custom logging tools
and automate management of network devices. Any function that can be performed
through the FTOS command-line interface (CLI) can be performed with smart
scripting.
The scripting environment provided by Smart Scripting (Perl, Python, and UNIX
shell scripts) makes it easy for IT administrators to quickly develop scripts without
having to learn a new scripting language.
Virtual Server Networking
Virtual Server Networking (VSN) provides:
•
Automatic re-provisioning of VLANs when you migrate virtual machines (VMs).
•
Support for multiple hypervisors, such as VMware and Citrix XenServer.
Virtual data centers require network infrastructure to be dynamic to ensure that
network connectivity and QoS and security policies are maintained when VMs are
migrated. VSN facilitates communication between Dell Force10 switches and VM
management software to automatically re-provision VMs and associated VLANs
during virtual machine migration.
As a result, VSN greatly simplifies many of the tasks associated with virtualized
computing environments. Network administrators can manage the network while
server administrators manage the servers. No manual VLAN reconfiguration is
required when you migrate VMs.
VSN software supports the following hypervisors:
•
VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0
•
Citrix XenServer 5.6/6.0