Zero Touch Deployment

Table 1. Zero Touch Deployment product support

Feature

Product

Release introduced

Zero Touch Deployment

5320 Series

Fabric Engine 8.6

5420 Series

VOSS 8.4

5520 Series

VOSS 8.2.5

For the most current information on switches supported by ExtremeCloud™ IQ, see ExtremeCloud™ IQ Learning What‘s New.

Zero Touch Deployment enables a switch to be deployed automatically with ExtremeCloud IQ but you still need to onboard the switch on the ExtremeCloud IQ side. When the switch powers on, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Client obtains the IP address and gateway from a DHCP Server, and discovers the Domain Name Server, connecting the switch automatically to Extreme Management Center or ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine or to ExtremeCloud IQ cloud management application.

The switch integrates with ExtremeCloud IQ using IQAgent.

Zero Touch Provisioning Plus (ZTP+) provides Extreme Management Center or ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine connectivity to the switch.

For more information about ExtremeCloud IQ Agent, see ExtremeCloud IQ Agent. For more information about ZTP+, see Zero Touch Provisioning Plus .

To use zero touch functionality, your switch must be in a Zero Touch Deployment-ready configuration mode, which means the switch cannot have existing primary or secondary configuration files loaded. Factory shipped switches are Zero Touch Deployment ready because they deploy without configuration files. However, existing switches require manual preparation before Zero Touch Deployment can function.

To prepare an existing switch for Zero Touch Deployment, the switch must boot without a configuration file. Perform one of the following actions: