Recovering from a Failed Start on the Z9000 System
A system that does not start correctly might be attempting to boot from a corrupted Dell Networking OS
image or from a mis-specified location.
In this case, you can restart the system and interrupt the boot process to point the system to another
boot location. Use the
set
command, as described in the following steps. For details about the
set
command, its supporting commands, and other commands that can help recover from a failed start, the
GRUB
chapter in the
Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide
.
1.
Power-cycle the chassis (pull the power cord and reinsert it).
2.
Press the ESC key when the following message appears:
Press Esc to stop autoboot...
(during bootup)
Press ESC key
3.
Use the arrow keys to select “Force10 Boot” from the list, then press the “C” key to enter GRUB CLI
mode. The command prompt changes to
grub>
.
GRUB mode
4.
Set the Primary Boot Parameter.
GRUB mode
set primary_boot=’f10boot location’
5.
(Optional) Set the Secondary and Default Boot parameters.
GRUB mode
set secondary_boot=’f10boot location’
set default_boot=’f10boot location’
6.
Save all variables individually.
GRUB mode
save_env primary_boot
save_env secondary_boot
save_env default_boot
NOTE: This command must be used once for each environment variable. If this step is not
completed, the chassis reboots continually.
7.
Reboot the chassis.
GRUB mode
reboot
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Summary of Contents for Z9000
Page 1: ...Dell Configuration Guide for the Z9000 System 9 7 0 0 ...
Page 80: ...grub reboot 80 Management ...
Page 128: ... 0 Te 1 1 Te 1 2 rx Flow N A N A 128 Access Control Lists ACLs ...
Page 491: ...Figure 70 Configuring OSPF and BGP for MSDP Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 491 ...
Page 496: ...Figure 73 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 1 496 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Page 497: ...Figure 74 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 2 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 497 ...
Page 498: ...Figure 75 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 3 498 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Page 760: ...Figure 100 Single and Double Tag TPID Match 760 Service Provider Bridging ...
Page 761: ...Figure 101 Single and Double Tag First byte TPID Match Service Provider Bridging 761 ...