County DC techs debate whether ZTP requires a pre-staged USB stick on every leaf. Which statement correctly describes network-based ZTP for Juniper DC switches?
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Short Explanation
Think of USB staging as hand-delivering a paper map to every truck, while network ZTP is the GPS that downloads the route. Juniper DC ZTP is built around DHCP and a reachable file server, not a mandatory thumb drive on every leaf. The county debate should land on network-assisted provisioning as the defining method.
Full Explanation
Juniper ZTP for data-center platforms is network-assisted: devices obtain DHCP information and then fetch configuration and often images from a file server. Pre-staged USB can be used in other workflows, but it is not the defining dependency of ZTP. ZTP does not remove underlay routing requirements or force static addressing from first boot; it automates initial provisioning when the management path and services are correctly designed.