Dell FORCE10 Open Automation Configuration

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Open Automation Framework | 92Open Automation FrameworkOpen Automation Framework is supported onplatforms: zDell Force10’s Open Automation Framework is designed to provide an open,industry standards-based automation technology that simplifies the management ofdynamic virtual data centers and reduces risk and overhead.With the Open Automation Framework, resources in a virtualized data center aremanaged more flexibly and efficiently without requiring the manual reconfigurationof virtual switches (vSwitches), virtual machines (VMs) on network servers, and VMcontrol software each time there is a change in the network. Automated provisioningof network resources during virtual machine migration ensures that connectivity andsecurity policies are maintained.Industry-standard scripting languages, such as Perl and Python, are used to automatethe monitoring and management of network devices. Virtual resources can be quicklyallocated to adapt to configuration changes. Failure of a network device is morequickly detected and resolved. As a result, network uptime increases.Automated bare metal provisioning allows you to reduce operational overhead byautomatically configuring Force10 switches, accelerating switch installation, andsimplifying operating system upgrades.Support for multiple, industry-standard hypervisors, virtual switches, and systemmanagement tools ensure that automated solutions work within an establisheddata-center environment in which heterogeneous server, storage, and networkingequipment interoperate. In addition, Open Automation allows you to customizeautomated solutions for your current multi-vendor virtualization environment.An onboard Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) provides a user-friendly wayto monitor and manage a data center network. HTTP and HTTPS daemons run onsupported switches to provide additional management capability, such as the RESTapplication programming interface (API).The Open Automation Framework consists of the following network managementtools:• Bare Metal Provisioning• Smart Scripting• Virtual Server Networking