Installing ONES Agents 2.1

Overview

ONES requires user to install the below agents on SONiC NOS to allow Network Orchestration and Visibility

• ONES Orchestrator Agent for Network Orchestration

• ONES Telemetry Agent for Telemetry Data Streaming (Network Visibility)

ONES Agent 2.1 Version allow the user to add a new controller without doing the complete installation again, earlier user had to tune the Agent configuration file or perform the complete installation again with the new controller IP

NOTE: for non-SONiC switches,

• OpenConfig feature on its NOS needs to be enabled for Network Visibility (Telemetry Data Streaming)

• Network Orchestration is not supported

SONiC NOS upgrade scenario - Impact on ONES Agents

• SONiC NOS Upgrade could be done either via

  • ONES UI (Inventory-->Devices)

    • Instead of using FM - Orchestrator Agent

    • Orchestrator Agent takes a backup of FMCLI, ONES Agents and associated services to the /host folder.

    • After a successful upgrade, Orchestrator Agent restores these files

  • Traditional method (ZTP, sonic-installer CLI)

    • The user needs to reinstall ONES Agents again