Configuring POAP

PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) automates the process of upgrading software images and installing configuration files on devices that are being deployed in the network for the first time.

For more information about POAP, see the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html/

Enabling POAP

Enabling POAP

POST http://<mgmt0_IP>/api/mo/sys.json

{
  "topSystem": {
    "children": [
      {
        "bootBoot": {
          "attributes": {
            "poap": "enable"
}}}]}}

{
    "imdata": []
}

<System>
  <boot-items>
    <poap>enable</poap>
  </boot-items>
</System>

CLI Commands

The CLI commands are equivalent to the payload examples displayed in the pane on the right. Click the DME tab in the top-left corner of the right pane to view the JSON payload. Click the YANG tab to view the XML payload.

boot poap enable

Note: The property information for this example was added in Release 9.3(3).

Verifying a DME Configuration
The following table contains the distinguished name (DN) for each managed object (MO) in the DME payload. Issue a GET request using the DN to verify the configuration was posted or to get information about the configured properties of a particular object.

MO	DN
topSystem	sys
bootBoot	sys/boot

bootBoot Properties

The following table contains information about the bootBoot properties in the DME payload. For more information about the properties and MOs, see the NX-API DME Model Reference linked in the Related Documentation section below.

Property Name	Data Type	Description	Values
poap	boot:Poap (scalar:Enum8)	Boot Poap Enable Disable	SELECTION: 0 - disable 1 - enable DEFAULT: disable

Related Documentation

For other CLI options, see the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Command Reference:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/products-command-reference-list.html

See the NX-API DME Model Reference for detailed information about classes and attributes described in the payload:

https://developer.cisco.com/site/nx-os/docs/nexus-model-reference/

For information about using the payloads, see the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/products-programming-reference-guides-list.html

Disabling POAP

Disabling POAP

POST http://<mgmt0_IP>/api/mo/sys.json

{
  "topSystem": {
    "children": [
      {
        "bootBoot": {
          "attributes": {
            "poap": "disable"
}}}]}}

{
    "imdata": []
}

<System>
  <boot-items>
    <poap>disable</poap>
  </boot-items>
</System>