diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/dataplane/dataplane-bm.yaml b/xos/configurations/cord/dataplane/dataplane-bm.yaml
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+---
+- hosts: switch_volt
+  sudo: yes
+  tasks:
+  - name: Create tunnel port on br-lan
+    openvswitch_port:
+      bridge=br-lan
+      port={{ grename }}
+      state=present
+
+  - name: Set up GRE tunnel to vCPE
+    shell: ovs-vsctl set Interface {{ grename }} type=gre options:remote_ip={{ bm_addr }}
+
+- hosts: baremetal
+
+  user: root
+  sudo: no
+  tasks:
+  - name: Create br-lan
+    openvswitch_bridge:
+      bridge=br-lan
+      state=present
+
+  - name: Create tunnel port
+    openvswitch_port:
+      bridge=br-lan
+      port={{ grename }}
+      state=present
+
+  - name: Configure GRE tunnel to vOLT switch
+    shell: ovs-vsctl set Interface {{ grename }} type=gre options:remote_ip={{ volt_addr }}
+
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/dataplane/generate-bm.sh b/xos/configurations/cord/dataplane/generate-bm.sh
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+source ~/admin-openrc.sh
+
+get_ip () {
+    LABEL=$1
+    NETWORK=$2
+    nova list --all-tenants|grep $LABEL|sed "s/^.*$NETWORK=//g"|sed 's/; .*$//g'|awk '{print $1}'
+    }
+
+NODES=`sudo bash -c "source /root/setup/admin-openrc.sh ; nova hypervisor-list" |grep cloudlab|awk '{print $4}'`
+I=1
+for NODE in $NODES; do
+    IP=`getent hosts $NODE | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+    echo switch_volt$I    ansible_ssh_host=$( get_ip mysite_volt flat-lan-1-net) grename=gre-bm-$I bm_addr=$IP
+    echo bm$I           ansible_ssh_host=$IP grename=gre-bm-$I volt_addr=$( get_ip mysite_volt lan_network)  ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/root/.ssh/id_rsa
+    I=$(( I+1 ))
+done
+
+# a kludge for now -- just rerun the onos_volt step for each baremetal machine
+
+echo "[switch_volt]"
+I=1
+for NODE in $NODES; do
+    echo switch_volt$I
+    I=$((I+1))
+done
+
+echo "[baremetal]"
+I=1
+for NODE in $NODES; do
+    echo bm$I
+    I=$((I+1))
+done