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Lenovo RackSwitch G8296

ONIE Quick Start Guide

for Lenovo Network Operating System

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Summary of Contents for RackSwitch G8296

Page 1: ...Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 ONIE Quick Start Guide for Lenovo Network Operating System ...

Page 2: ...Information document that comes with the product Second Edition February 2017 Copyright Lenovo 2017 LIMITED AND RESTRICTED RIGHTS NOTICE If data or software is delivered pursuant a General Services Administration GSA contract use reproduction or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in Contract No GS 35F 05925 Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States other...

Page 3: ... 12 Obtaining the ONIE License Key 12 Installing the ONIE License Key on CNOS 13 Uninstalling the ONIE License Key on CNOS 13 Installing ONIE 14 Installing ONIE on CNOS 14 Booting in ONIE Mode 16 Booting in ONIE Install Mode 16 Booting in ONIE Uninstall Mode 17 Booting in ONIE Update Mode 18 Booting in ONIE Rescue Mode 18 The Boot Management Menu 19 Uninstalling the Lenovo Network OS 20 Using ONIE...

Page 4: ...4 Lenovo ONIE Quick Start Guide for G8296 ...

Page 5: ...h and provides an environment where the installer can load the NOS onto the switch ONIE is classified as free software meaning it can be redistributed and or modified under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation To read the license visit the following link https github com opencomputeproject onie blob master COPYING For more details ab...

Page 6: ...eatures on the front and rear panels of the switch Figure 1 G8296 front panel Figure 2 G8296 management panel detail Figure 3 G8296 rear panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 93 95 94...

Page 7: ...SB port on the front panel Connect one end of the Category 5 patch cable to the RJ 45 port on the console cable and the other end of the patch cable to the RJ 45 to DB9 adapter see the following illustration Figure 4 Console cable connections The computer or terminal must run a terminal emulator for example SecureCRT HyperTerminal or PuTTY The console port terminal emulation requirements are as fo...

Page 8: ...t of the Temperature Sensors The following illustrations show the location of the temperature sensors pointed out with red arrows on the main and CPU boards Figure 5 G8296 CPU Board Temperature Sensors Ambient U8 I2C 1001 101x on CH0 of PCA9546 P4040 I2C Bus 3 ...

Page 9: ...ure 6 G8296 Main Board Temperature Sensors Front of the card U5 I2C 1001 001x on CH0 of PCA9548 P4040 I2C Bus 1 Close to switch ASIC U16 I2C 1001 010x on CH0 of PCA9548 P4040 I2C Bus 1 Rear of the card U38 I2C 1001 000x on CH0 of PCA9546 P4040 I2C Bus 2 ...

Page 10: ... Quick Start Guide for G8296 Figure 7 G8296 Daughter Card Temperature Sensors Front of the card U10 I2C 1001 100x on CH1 of PCA9548 P4040 I2C Bus 1 Rear of the card U17 I2C 1001 101x on CH1 of PCA9548 P4040 I2C Bus 1 ...

Page 11: ...tall ONIE on G8296s running Lenovo Cloud Network OS CNOS version 10 2 or later Note Check the Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 Release Notes associated with each Lenovo Network OS to verify if ONIE is an available feature For details on how to upgrade the switch operating system from ENOS to CNOS see the Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 Release Notes for Lenovo Cloud Network Operating System 2 Obtain and install an...

Page 12: ... website If you do not have an ID you can register at the website The ONIE FoD license key is provided as a file that must be downloaded to the switch To obtain an activation key acquire an Authorization Code from the Lenovo Features on Demand website To acquire the Authorization Code you will need to provide the unique ID UID of the specific switch where the ONIE license key will be installed The...

Page 13: ...tch 3 To view installed license keys use the following command Uninstalling the ONIE License Key on CNOS To remove the ONIE license key from the switch use the following command For example Note When removing the ONIE license key from the switch the ONIE software image is also removed G8296 enable G8296 configure device G8296 config G8296 config license install ftp scp sftp tftp server IP address ...

Page 14: ... link http support lenovo com For CNOS the ONIE image is called Lenovo Rackswitch G8296 ONIE 10 x x 0 2 Upload the ONIE image to a local server or a USB drive 3 Connect to the switch using the mini USB serial console port For more details see Connecting to the G8296 on page 6 4 After connecting to the switch enter Privileged EXEC configuration mode 5 Use one of the following commands to copy the O...

Page 15: ...nt Confirm download operation y n n y Download in progress Copy Success Install image This takes about 90 seconds Please wait Valid image detected Check image signature succeeded Extracting image 100 Installing ONIE Updating flash 100 Updating ONIE eeprom with manufacturing fields ONIE image installation succeeded ONIE image now contains Software Version 10 2 1 0 G8296 display boot Current FLASH s...

Page 16: ...Install Mode This mode is used to install a NOS using ONIE The ONIE install mode boots the ONIE kernel and file system and executes the ONIE discovery process The discovery process uses a number of different mechanisms to find a NOS installer program Once a NOS installer is found it is downloaded and executed The installer loads the Network OS on the switch updates required ONIE environment variab...

Page 17: ...he following warning will be displayed after choosing ONIE uninstall mode and you will be prompted for confirmation Once you confirm the switch will boot in ONIE uninstall mode on the next reload For more details see Uninstalling the Lenovo Network OS on page 20 G8296 config display boot Current FLASH software active image version 10 2 1 0 standby image version 10 2 1 0 Uboot version 10 2 1 0 ONIE...

Page 18: ...ting in ONIE Install Mode on page 16 To boot the switch in ONIE update mode on the next reload use the following command from the switch CLI Lenovo Cloud Network OS Note Upon reloading after the update process is completed the switch will not be able to load the Lenovo Network OS booting into ONIE Install mode instead Booting in ONIE Rescue Mode ONIE rescue and recovery mode is useful when trying ...

Page 19: ...stall Mode on page 16 To boot the switch in ONIE Rescue mode press R For more details see Booting in ONIE Rescue Mode on page 18 To boot the switch in ONIE Update mode press U For more details see Booting in ONIE Update Mode on page 18 To boot the switch in ONIE Uninstall mode press D For more details see Booting in ONIE Uninstall Mode on page 17 To boot the switch using the installed NOS image pr...

Page 20: ... uninstall process is complete the switch is reloaded and configured to boot in ONIE Install mode Loading Open Network Install Environment Platform lenovo_g8296 r0 Version lenovo internal discover Uninstall mode detected Running uninstaller Erasing u boot environment NOR flash region Erasing 128 Kibyte 20000 100 complete Erasing internal mass storage device dev mmcblk0 7631MB Percent complete 100 ...

Page 21: ...E Uninstall mode we recommend that you consult the official documentation from the ONIE website https github com opencomputeproject onie wiki Quick Start Guide If you are having trouble with an ONIE based installation follow the suggestions from the ONIE website https github com opencomputeproject onie wiki Quick Start Guide debugging an installation ...

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