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Article Number: 000198774

Dell Networking operating system install by ONIE Install - Fresh Install

Summary: Operating system Install using ONIE Install - Fresh Install

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Instructions

Prerequisites:  

NOTE: Once ONIE started in ONIE install mode, ONIE install mode persists until an operating system is installed successfully.
  1. Active console connection to the switch
  2. Access to the ONIE>ONIE Install
  3. IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway (if needed) assigned to management interface either using DHCP or manually
  4. File Server details with operating system software loaded.
 

Instructions:  

  1. Perform the 'onie-nos-install' command. HTTP, FTP, and TFTP options available. 
ONIE:/ # onie-nos-install ftp://user:password@x.x.x.x/PKGS_OS10-Enterprise-10.5.3.2.89buster-installer-x86_64.bin
 
  1. The system will upload the operating system and then install the image into both partitions.
Example system output:
discover: installer mode detected.
Stopping: discover... done.
Info: Attempting ftp://user:password@x.x.x.x/PKGS_OS10-Enterprise-10.5.3.2.89buster-installer-x86_64.bin ...
Connecting to x.x.x.x (x.x.x.x:21)
installer            100% |*******************************|   776M  0:00:00 ETA
ONIE: Executing installer: ftp://user:password@x.x.x.x/PKGS_OS10-Enterprise-10.5.3.2.89buster-installer-x86_64.bin
Initializing installer ... OK
Verifying image checksum ... OK
OS10 Installer: machine: dellemc_s5248f_c3538
Deleting logical volume SYSROOT ... OK
Creating logical volume SYSROOT ... OK
Creating ext4 filesystem on SYSROOT ... OK
Extracting OS10 ...
OK
Installing OS10 on primary volume ...
OK
Setting up shared data ... OK
Synchronizing standby image ... OK
OS10 installation is complete.
 
  1. Once the system has completed image install into both partitions, the system will reboot and boot using the primary partition. OS10 example:
GNU GRUB GUI Showing Boot selection example
Figure 1: Boot selection example
  1. Once system presents the username prompt, log in to the system using default credentials (OS10: user=admin, password=admin)
Dell EMC Networking Operating System login prompt
Figure 2: OS10 login prompt example
  1. Verify that the operating system was successfully loaded into partitions. OS10 example:
Dell EMC Networking Operating System "show version" Output
Figure 3: Show version output example

Dell EMC Networking Operating System "show boot detail" output
Figure 4: Show boot detail example

 

For further assistance, see Dell SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release Documentation or reach out to Dell Technologies Technical Support.

See related KB article 125512: Dell SmartFabric OS10 Info Hub 

Article Properties

Affected Product

N Series, PowerSwitch, S Series, OS9, Dell EMC Networking MX5108n, Dell EMC Networking MX9116n, PowerSwitch N4000 Series, SmartFabric OS10 Software

Last Published Date

01 Mar 2023

Version

2

Article Type

How To

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