Dell FORCE10 Open Automation Open Automation Guide - Page 9
Open Automation Framework, Virtual Server Networking - software
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2 Open Automation Framework Open Automation Framework is supported on platforms: z Dell Force10's Open Automation Framework is designed to provide an open, industry standards-based automation technology that simplifies the management of dynamic virtual data centers and reduces risk and overhead. With the Open Automation Framework, resources in a virtualized data center are managed more flexibly and efficiently without requiring the manual reconfiguration of virtual switches (vSwitches), virtual machines (VMs) on network servers, and VM control software each time there is a change in the network. Automated provisioning of network resources during virtual machine migration ensures that connectivity and security policies are maintained. Industry-standard scripting languages, such as Perl and Python, are used to automate the monitoring and management of network devices. Virtual resources can be quickly allocated to adapt to configuration changes. Failure of a network device is more quickly detected and resolved. As a result, network uptime increases. Automated bare metal provisioning allows you to reduce operational overhead by automatically configuring Force10 switches, accelerating switch installation, and simplifying operating system upgrades. Support for multiple, industry-standard hypervisors, virtual switches, and system management tools ensure that automated solutions work within an established data-center environment in which heterogeneous server, storage, and networking equipment interoperate. In addition, Open Automation allows you to customize automated solutions for your current multi-vendor virtualization environment. An onboard Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) provides a user-friendly way to monitor and manage a data center network. HTTP and HTTPS daemons run on supported switches to provide additional management capability, such as the REST application programming interface (API). The Open Automation Framework consists of the following network management tools: • Bare Metal Provisioning • Smart Scripting • Virtual Server Networking Open Automation Framework | 9