Enhanced Zero Touch Provisioning
(ZTP+)
Enhanced Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP+)
is a method for devices to communicate with Extreme Management Center (XMC).
Enhanced Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP+) allows an SLX device to verify the existing image,
upgrade if necessary, or obtain the initial configuration from the Extreme
Management Center (XMC). ZTP+ uses a Cloud Connector plugin installed on the SLX
device to communcate with XMC to set the following intial configuration.
- Image upgrade
- Static Management IP
- Gateway IP
- DNS Server IP and Domain
Name
- HostName
- SNMP configuration
(V1/V2/V3)
- NTP Server IP and Timezone
Configuration
Pre-requisites and
Dependencies
The following are the pre-requisites to install ZTP+.
- On-premise DHCP server
configured to receive ZTP+ enabled devices.
- DNS configuration
extremecontrol.<domainname>
- XMC/NetSight Server (Version
8.2 and above)
- SLXOS version 19.0.1 or
higher
Please refer to the ZTP+ Device Configuration section in the XMC documentation for
information to upload SLX firmware and configure ZTP+.
