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System ZTP

The tolt system ztp is used to configure and administer ZTP or Zero Touch Provisioning which is a way to bring a factory fresh unit at installation to fully operational with no user intervention. 

The following table is used for controlling ztp behavior:

System ZTP configurable attributes:

Attribute  Values  Default  Req Description
Config-password String N/A N Password used if HTTP interface requires a password to download
Config-username String N/A N Password used if HTTP interface requires a password for config file download.
Config-url URL N/A N The http URL that should be used for the ztp config file download.
Download-password String N/A N The password to be used when performing software downloads
Download-url URL N/A N The URL to use when performing software downloads.
Download-username String N/A N The password to use when performing software downloads
Primary-version String N/A N If manually configuring the ztp config parameters allows specifying the version number configured for the primary bank.
Restore-password String N/A N The password to be used when the system is performing restores
Restore-url URL N/A N The URL to use when downloading restore files.
Restore-username String N/A N The username to be used when downloading a restore file from http server
Secondary-version String N/A N The version number of the load to be placed into the secondary bank when manually entering the ztp config file
Ztp-mode Enabled | disabled Enabled N Allows enabling or disabling of ztp mode.

 

System ZDP Status Attributes 

Attribute  Values Comment
Ztp-state Init
dhcp
config
update
restore
error
complete		 Init- ztp is initializing and starting up.
dhcp – ztp is attempting to obtain an IP via DHCP.
config – ztp is attempting to download the configuration.
update – ztp is attempting to update the software version
restore – ztp is restoring database from a downloaded file
error – ztp has encountered an error.
complete – ztp has executed all tasks in the ztp config file and is not complete.  ZTP will be disabled and system will attempt go to system state of NORMAL
Last-execution-time Date time Shows the date time of the last execution of ztp.
Last-result Result string Shows the result of the last ztp execution.
History   Container for ztp history records.
Session Date time Container for last ztp session.
Timestamp String The timestamp of when the ztp event occurred for this history entry.
State Init
dhcp
config
update
restore
error
complete		 The state transition that occurred.
Result String The result of the ztp history state, pass or fail.

 

  • Command Path – tolt>system >ztp>config>
  • Module – tolt
  • Container – system
  • Container – ztp
  • Container – config
  • Types – 
    • Config-password – Password used if HTTP interface requires a password to download.  .
      • string
    • Config-username – Password used if HTTP interface requires a password to download.
      • string
    • Config-url – The http URL that should be used for the ztp config file download.
      • url
    • Download-password – The password to be used when performing software downloads.
      • string
    • Download-url – The URL to use when performing software downloads.
      • url
    • Download-username – The password to use when performing software downloads.
      • string
    • Primary-version – If manually configuring the ztp config parameters allows specifying the version number configured for the primary bank.
      • string
    • Restore-password – The password to be used when the system is performing restores.
      • string
    • Restore-url – The URL to use when downloading restore files.
      • url
    • Restore-username – The username to be used when downloading a restore file from http server.
      • string
    • Secondary-version – The version number of the load to be placed into the secondary bank when manually entering the ztp config file
      • string
    • Ztp-mode – Allows enabling or disabling of ztp mode
      • Enabled | disabled (Default enabled)

Edit ZTP Settings

  • Command Path – tolt>system>ztp>config>
  • Module – tolt
  • Container – system
  • Container – ztp
  • Command – config
  • Types – Example Parameters
    • config-password Tellabs-1
    • config-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config
    • config-username tellabs
    • download-password tellabs
    • download-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/download/
    • download-username tellabs
    • primary-version SR34.0_620134
    • restore-password tellabs
    • restore-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config/ztp-restore-CIRA4234500004.cli
    • restore-username tellabs
    • secondary-version SR34.0_620131
    • ztp-mode enabled

 

  1. From the MDS1-ESUA<config># command line, input tolt system ztp config config-password Tellabs-1 config-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config config-username tellabs download-password tellabs download-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/download/ download-username tellabs primary-version SR34.0_620134 restore-password tellabs restore-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config/ztp-restore-CIRA4234500004.cli restore-username tellabs secondary-version SR34.0_620131 ztp-mode enabled, and press Enter. 
  2. Input commit and press Enter. Outputs similar to the following are displayed:
MDS1-ESUA<config># tolt system ztp config config-password Tellabs-1
config-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config config-username tellabs 
download-password tellabs download-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/download/ 
download-username tellabs primary-version SR34.0_620134 
restore-password tellabs restore-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config/ztp-restore-CIRA4234500004.cli 
restore-username tellabs secondary-version SR34.0_620131 ztp-mode enabled <enter>
MDS1-ESUA<config># commit <enter> 
commit complete.
MDS1-ESUA<config>#_

 

Show running-config Tolt System ZTP Config

  • Command Path – show>running-config>tolt>system>
  • Command – show
  • Command – running-config
  • Module – tolt
  • Container – system

 

  1. From the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input show running-config tolt system, and press Enter. 
  2. Outputs similar to the following are displayed:
MDS1-ESUA# show running-config tolt system dns config <enter>
System message at 2025-08-15 12:00:00...
Commit performed by admin via tcp using ztp.
MDS1-ESUA# show running-config tolt system ztp config
tolt system ztp config ztp-mode disabled
tolt system ztp config config-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config
tolt system ztp config config-username tellabs
tolt system ztp config config-password Tellabs-1
tolt system ztp config download-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/download/
tolt system ztp config download-username tellabs
tolt system ztp config download-password tellabs
tolt system ztp config primary-version SR34.0_620134
tolt system ztp config secondary-version SR34.0_620131
tolt system ztp config restore-url http://172.28.152.65:6202/config/ztp-restore-CIRA4234500004.cli
tolt system ztp config restore-username tellabs
tolt system ztp config restore-password tellabs
MDS1-ESUA#_

 

Show Tolt System ZTP Status

  • Command Path – show>tolt>system>ztp>status
  • Command – show
  • Module – tolt
  • Container – system
  • Container – ztp
  • Command – config

 

  1. From the MDS1-ESUA# command line, input show tolt system zdp status, and press Enter. 
  2. Outputs similar to the following are displayed:
MDS1-ESUA# show tolt system zdp status <enter>
tolt system ztp status last-execution-time 2025-09-05T15:16:31.836762Z
MDS1-ESUA#_

 

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