Provisioning a New Switch Automatically

The automatic provisioning process includes the following operations:

• Obtaining a PicOS® image from the AmpCon™-DC server

• Installing PicOS®

• Configuring the switch based on system configurations and site configurations

• Installing a valid license in the switch

• Following are the required steps for the automated provisioning of a new switch:

  1. IT operator racks the new switch, powers the switch on and connects it to either an in-band or out-of-band network.

  2. 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.

  3. After loading image, the switch will register with the AmpCon server to get configuration and obtain a valid license.

Prerequisites

• Ensure that you have completed the following operations:

  • Configure the system configuration, which contains the default username and password of the switch. For more information, see Adding System Configurations.

  • Configure the switch model for the model of the switch to provision. For more information, see Configuring Switch Models.

  • Configure a switch configuration for the switch to provision. For more information, see Adding Switch Configurations.

  • Stage the switch to provision. For more information, see Staging Switches.

• Ensure that the Hardware ID of the switch to provision are added to the AmpCon-DC license. For more information, see Preparing Licenses.

Provisioning White-Box Switches

1. Download and install MobaXterm.

2. Open MobaXterm, and then create a session to connect with the switch.

3. Obtain the PicOS® image from the AmpCon-DC server by running the command:

Replace <AmpCon-Server-IP> with the IP address of your AmpCon-DC server.

4. Run the following commands. The switch will be restarted and automatically register with the AmpCon-DC server. Wait for the registration process to complete.

5. Log in to the AmpCon-DC UI, click Service > Switch. You can see the status of the switch is “Provisioning Success”.

Provisioning Black-Box Switches