This section lists the common infrastructure management functions that are available in Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite (Automation Suite).
Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite provides a web-based user interface (UI), and an Application Programming Interface (API). You can use these interfaces to perform remote infrastructure management tasks. Some of the features may currently be available only in one interface. For information about the APIs (REST and gRPC), see the Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite API Guides available at the Developer portal.
Feature | Interface (Web user interface/API) available | Function |
User management | Web user interface, APIs | Manage users, their assigned roles, and provide Automation Suite access. You can grant users with specific access and privileges that are allocated to them according to their assigned role. |
License management | Web user interface, APIs | Upload, validate, activate, and download licenses. |
Manual discovery | Web user interface, APIs | Create locations, sites, resource pools, and resources, and collect their inventory. |
Media management | Web user interface, APIs | Manage Firmware, operating system, Server Configuration Profile (SCP) media, or license media. |
Operating system deployment | Web user interface, APIs | Deploy an operating system. |
Power control | Web user interface, APIs | Perform various actions on compute resources such as power on or off. |
Provisioning hardware | Web user interface, APIs | Provision multiple compute resources with hardware profile templates. You can update Firmware versions and different attributes such as BIOS, BMC, and RAID settings. |
Resource life cycle management | Web user interface, APIs | Manage the life cycle of resources, and monitor the health of onboarded resources. |
View inventory | Web user interface, APIs | View the inventory of onboarded devices. |
Factory reset | Web user interface, APIs | Provide a way to restore a component to factory settings. |
Remote serviceability and support | Web user interface, APIs | The Embedded Service Enabler (ESE) is embedded in Automation Suite and allows connection to the Dell back end through the Secure Connectivity Gateway (SCG) for remote serviceability support. The SCG is an aggregator of multiple products from one customer site and is deployed as a virtual machine (VM) external to Automation Suite. |
Logs | Web user interface, APIs | View the collected logs in OpenSearch and export logs. |
Backup and restore | Web user interface, APIs | Schedule and perform manual backups. |
Software Development Kit (SDK) | Web user interface, APIs | Manage and configure blueprints, and secret files. |