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1. Ensure the DHCP Options configuration is defined for all NIOS DHCP servers/DHCP ranges that will inter-operate with the Automation Change Manager. 
2. Configure the NIOS appliance to forward Syslog notifications to NetMRI; on the NIOS appliance, choose Grid –> Grid Manager –> Members –> Grid Properties. Choose UDP as the transport protocol.
3. Ensure the NIOS appliance is running the NTP protocol:
   1. From the Grid tab, select the Grid Manager tab -> Members tab -> Grid_member check box.
   2. Expand the Toolbar and click NTP -> NTP Member Config. If the Enable this Member as an NTP Server checkbox is enabled, nothing else needs to be done and you continue to Step 4.
4. Ensure the TFTP server is up and running with the desired initial configuration files ready for download, and reachable within the network. 
5. The required admin user accounts should receive the appropriate notifications when Bare Metal Provisioning jobs occur. Consult the topic Defining a Job Notification for more information.
6. Ensure that the proper license is installed in the NetMRI appliance by going to Settings icon –>Setup –> Settings Summary; check the Module Settings list. Automation Change Manager should read Enabled. (If necessary, also ensure the proper license is already installed in the NIOS system.)
7. Register NetMRI with the NIOS system. This is done in NIOS through the following:
   1. From the Dashboards tab, select the Tasks tab.
   2. In the Automation Tasks pane, click the down arrow gadget and select ACM Registration.
      1. Under ACM Settings, do the following:
         1. Enter the IP address or resolved host name of the Automation Change Manager system supporting the Automation task pack. Optionally, you can load a CA certificate from NetMRI to NIOS to secure communications between the two systems.
         2. Enter the ACM Admin Password.

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1. 1. 1. Click Register to commit settings.

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1. 1. 1.  After registration, the ACM Registration menu item changes to read ACM Deregistration to support disconnection from the Automation Change Manager appliance.

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1. To set NetMRI to receive

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1. syslog messages from the NIOS appliances running DHCP, do the following on the NIOS system: 
   Choose
   1. 1. From the
   Grid tab – >Grid Manager –> Members. Any member in the NIOS network running DHCP shows a green box under the DHCP column, indicating the members of the network that act as DHCP servers.
   2. Click the checkbox for at least one of the members running DHCP. (You can select more than one to perform this action.)
   3. Choose Grid Properties, and then choose Monitoring.
   4. Enable the Log to External Syslog Servers checkbox.
   5. To define NetMRI to receive Syslog messages, click the Add icon of the External Syslog Servers table and enter the Address information in the new row. Choose UDP as the transport. (Other table row settings should normally be left at their defaults.)
   6. Click Save and Close.

   Individual NIOS appliances may need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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   1. 1. Dashboards tab, select the Tasks tab.
      2. In the Automation Tasks pane, click the down arrow gadget and select ACM Registration.
      3. Under ACM Settings, do the following:
         1. Enter the IP address or resolved host name of the Automation Change Manager system supporting the Automation task pack. Optionally, you can load a CA certificate from NetMRI to NIOS to secure communications between the two systems.
         2. Enter the ACM Admin Password.
      4. Click Register to commit settings. After registration, the ACM Registration menu item changes to read ACM Deregistration to support disconnection from the Automation Change Manager appliance.
   2. Set up the DHCP protocol in the NIOS appliances. On each NIOS system running DHCP that you expect to participate in auto-configuring network devices, set the DHCP ranges as follows.

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   1.  For the NIOS Grid, do the following:
      1. Choose the Grid tab –> Grid Manager –> Services. Select DHCP. All members in the NIOS network running DHCP show a green box under the DHCP column, indicating members acting as DHCP servers.
      2. Click the link for the member with a DHCP range you want to use for serving DHCP configuration to new devices through ACM. The Members Home page for the select appliance appears, displaying the list of DHCP ranges running on the appliance.
      3. Select the checkbox for the DHCP Range to modify and click Edit.
      4. Click IPv4 DHCP Options and scroll to Custom DHCP Options.

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   1. 1. For Cisco devices, choose option 66 and enter the FQDN

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   1. 1. or the IP address of the TFTP server (which

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   1. 1. can be the NetMRI system, a NIOS appliance, or another system).

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   1. 1. Click Save and Close.

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   1. 1. Follow the same steps for any other DHCP range as necessary.

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   1. In the NetMRI appliance, choose Settings icon –> General Settings –> Advanced Settings and make sure

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   1. that the Discovery Ignore Duplicate MACs

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   1. and the Discovery Truncate IP History settings are turned on.

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   1. Choose Settings icon –> Setup –> Credentials –> CLI and add a new USER credential of admin/infoblox, with an ENABLE password of infoblox. These credentials are pushed to the bare metal device after it boots with its TFTP configuration.

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   1. Choose Settings icon –> Setup –> Credentials –> SNMPv1/2c and click the autoconfig community string (it defaults to Priority 16). Click Edit and change its Priority value to 1.

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   1. In the SNMPv1/2c page, click New and create a new community string infoblox. Assign it a Priority value of 2 and click Add.

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   1. Continue to the following topic, Deployment for Bare Metal Provisioning, Pt. 2

   To set NetMRI to receive syslog messages from the NIOS appliances running DHCP, do the following on the NIOS system:

   1. 1. Choose the Grid tab – >Grid Manager –> Members. Any member in the NIOS network running DHCP shows a green box under the DHCP column, indicating the members of the network that act as DHCP servers.
      2. Click the checkbox for at least one of the members running DHCP. (You can select more than one to perform this action.)
      3. Choose Grid Properties, and then choose Monitoring.
      4. Enable the Log to External Syslog Servers checkbox.
      5. To define NetMRI to receive Syslog messages, click the Add icon of the External Syslog Servers table and enter the Address information in the new row. Choose UDP as the transport. (Other table row settings should normally be left at their defaults.)
      6. Click Save and Close. Individual NIOS appliances may need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

   Deployment for Bare Metal Provisioning, Pt. 2

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