<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:35 AM Jay Pipes <<a href="mailto:jaypipes@gmail.com">jaypipes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 12/20/2018 09:33 AM, Curtis wrote:<br>
> No, it doesn't do inventory management. It's like a small base OS for <br>
> network switches, they come with it, boot up into it, and you can use it <br>
> to install other OSes. At least that's how it's used with the whitebox <br>
> switches I have. With ONIE it'd install the OS, then the initial OS <br>
> could register with some kind of inventory system.<br>
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What about for non-network devices -- i.e. general compute hardware? <br>
After all, edge is more than just the network switches :)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure; that's a good question. I was just using it as an example of a piece of ZTP related technology that has been adopted by vendors who build physical devices and include them by default, though of course, only a subset of network switches. :)</div><div><br></div><div>If ONIE was a good example, and it could not be used for general compute hardware, then perhaps something like it could be built using lessons learned by ONIE. I dunno. :)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Curits<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Best,<br>
-jay<br>
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