The Staging provisioning process includes the following operations:
pushing a PicOS® image
configuring the switch
installing a valid license in the switch.
Following are the required steps for the automated provisioning of a new switch:
IT operator racks the new switch, powers the switch on and connects it to either an in-band or out-of-band network.
ONIE (Open Network Install Environment) is required on the Bare Metal switch. Please read the Installing PICOS on Bare Metal Switches using AmpCon document to load properly load the PICOS image.
After loading image, the switch will register with the AmpCon server to get configuration and obtain a valid license.
White-Box Switches
Download and install MobaXterm.
Open MobaXterm, and then create a session to connect with the switch.
Obtain the PicOS® image from the AmpCon-DC server by running the command:
wget http://<AmpCon-Server-IP>/onie |
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Replace <AmpCon-Server-IP> with the IP address of your AmpCon-DC server.
Run the following commands. The switch will be restarted and automatically register with the AmpCon-DC server. Wait for the registration process to complete.
chmod a+x onie sh onie |
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Log in to the AmpCon-DC UI, click Service > Switch. You can see the status of the switch is “Provisioning Success”.
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