DellEMC OS9/OS10/OS6 prepare for Ansible

Switch Side

For OS6 (N-Series)

You do create a default account via the console line

console(config)# username admin password yourpassword 
console(config)# enable password yourpassword

Set a management ip, using the OOB.

console(config)# username admin password yourpassword
console(config)# enable password yourpassword
console(config)# interface  out-of-band
console(conf-if)# ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 255.255.255.0 ip.of.your.gw
console(conf-if)# exit
console(config)# ip ssh  server

and enable ssh server

console(config)# ip ssh server

For OS9

Adding an account

OS9(conf)#username ansible password xxxx privilege 15

Set a management ip

OS9(conf)#interface managementethernet 0/0
OS9(conf-if-ma-0/0)#ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx
OS9(conf-if-ma-0/0)#no shutdown
OS9(conf-if-ma-0/0)#exit

Enabling SSH

OS9(conf)#ip ssh server enable

Ansible use SSH to sent order, set rate limit to pretect againt “Ansible DDos”.

OS9(conf)#ip ssh connection-rate-limit 60

For OS10

By default account is (admin/admin), and ssh is enable

Prefered create a “ansible” account

OS10(config)# username ansible password ansiblepassword

Set a management ip

OS10(conf)#interface mgmt 1/1/1
OS10(conf-if-ma-1/1/1)#no ip dhcp
OS10(conf-if-ma-1/1/1)#ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx
OS10(conf-if-ma-1/1/1)#no shutdown
OS10(conf-if-ma-1/1/1)#exit
OS10(conf)# do commit

First test with Ansible (some script exist on github). Download and check your setting
https://github.com/Dell-Networking/ansible-dellos-examples

You can also find some extend scripts (building a clos fabric / Upgrade Switch…) all this exemple can be find on github.
https://github.com/Dell-Networking