Zero-day PICOS Switch-Deployment Workflow

The automated provisioning of deploying PICOS on a bare metal switch involves the following two steps:

Step 1     Stage the switch ready for automated deployment in the AmpCon server:

1. Your supply partner provides you with the new switch's serial number and ships the switch to the site.

2. IT admin stages the switch ready for automated deployment by

a. Entering serial number of the switch and selecting the switch model in AmpCon.

b. Staging the switch to make it ready for Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP). Switch deployment includes pushing PICOS image, configuring the switch and then installing a valid license.

                 To do step 1, follow steps in section Staging a Switch for Automated Deployment in AmpCon.

Step 2     Automated provisioning of a new 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.

To do step 2, follow steps in section Installing PICOS on Bare Metal Switches using AmpCon.