Dell MX9116n EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.0 - Page 113

6 Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 provisioning OS10 supports automated switch provisioning - configuration and monitoring - using: • RESTCONF API - REST-like protocol that uses HTTPS connections. Use the OS10 RESTCONF API to set up the configuration parameters on OS10 switches with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)-structured messages. You can use any programming language to create and send JSON messages; see RESTCONF API. • SmartFabric Services fabric automation - Automate the configuration of OS10 switches in Isilon backend, PowerEdge MX, and VxRail turnkey solutions; see Dell EMC PowerEdge MX SmartFabric Services Configuration and Troubleshooting Guide. • Linux DevOps ecosystem - OS10 provides access to an unmodified Linux (Debian) operating system that allows you to benefit from the Linux DevOps ecosystem. Programmers can write applications in Python or C/C++ to execute on an OS10 switch. • Ansible - Third-party DevOps tool. Ansible is a powerful, open-source IT automation engine that provides a simple way to automate application software and IT infrastructure. Ansible allows you to remove complexity from these environments and accelerate DevOps initiatives; see Using Ansible and Example: Configure OS10 switch using Ansible. Using Ansible Ansible works by connecting to your nodes using SSH and pushing out small programs, called Ansible modules, to them. Ansible includes hundreds of network modules to support a wide variety of network device vendors. Ansible uses a simple, powerful and agentless automation framework. For more information, go to Network Automation with Ansible. Dell EMC Networking Ansible solutions Dell EMC Networking Ansible solutions are based on an open ecosystem that allows organizations to choose from industry-standard network applications, network operating systems, and network hardware. Use Ansible to provision and manage Dell EMC switches for rapid new device deployment and network configuration changes. Ansible also allows you to track running network device configurations against a known baseline for both Dell EMC and third-party operating systems. The Ansible modules for Dell EMC Networking solutions allow organizations to reduce the time and effort required to design, provision, and manage networks by providing these benefits: • Agentless - No new software is required to install on switches. • Powerful - End-to-end automation of the configuration of bare metal switches using the Dell EMC Open Automation framework. • Easy-to-use - Dell EMC Networking modules ship with the Ansible distribution. There is nothing extra to install. • Best practice - Uses CLI user authentication to centralize and monitor session management. Dell EMC Networking Ansible modules Ansible ships with a number of modules that can be executed directly on remote hosts or through playbooks. The collection of modules is called the module library. Modules are discrete units of code that are used from the command line or in a playbook task. You can also write your own modules. Starting with Ansible 2.2, the Ansible core supports Dell EMC Networking modules. Use these modules to manage and automate Dell EMC switches running OS6, OS9, and OS10. Dell EMC Networking modules are executed in local connection mode using CLI and SSH transport. The following OS10 modules are integrated into the Ansible core: • dellos10_command: Runs show commands or EXEC mode commands through Ansible. For example, show version command output displays the current OS version running on a switch. • dellos10_config: Runs OS10 configuration commands through Ansible. • dellos10_facts: Retrieves the running configuration from an OS10 switch. Dell EMC Networking Ansible roles Ansible roles allow you to automatically load variable files (vars_files) and tasks based on a known file structure. Grouping content by roles allows the roles to be easily shared with other users. These roles are abstracted for OS6, OS9 and OS10. Download Dell EMC Ansible Networking roles from https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For information and examples about how to use the Ansible roles, see Dell EMC Networking Repositories. Ansible inventory file The inventory file contains the list of hosts on which you want to run commands. Ansible can run tasks on multiple hosts at the same time. Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 provisioning 113