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Part Number 10016377-AA
Published March 2008

3Com

5500G Open Services Networking

Module

Getting Started Guide

Summary of Contents for 5500G SERIES

Page 1: ...www 3Com com Part Number 10016377 AA Published March 2008 3Com 5500G Open Services Networking Module Getting Started Guide...

Page 2: ...puter Software as defined in DFARS 252 227 7014 June 1995 or as a commercial item as defined in FAR 2 101 a and as such is provided with only such rights as are provided in 3Com s standard commercial...

Page 3: ...17 4 Logging Into the OSN M Linux System Login Options 19 Logging In Through the Console Port 19 Logging In Through the OSN M Management Ethernet Port Using SSH 20 Logging In Through the OSN M Interna...

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Page 5: ...es To register point your web browser to eSupport 3Com com About this guide This guide provides all the information you need to install the 3Com Open Services Networking Module with your 3Com Switch 5...

Page 6: ...6 Introduction...

Page 7: ...ts two internal service interfaces which conforms to the software and hardware interface specifications defined by OSN An OSN M runs an independent Linux system To configure and maintain this system y...

Page 8: ...8 Chapter 1 OSN M Overview...

Page 9: ...l Front Panel View An OSN M provides one USB 2 0 interface one console port and one 10 100 Base TX management Ethernet port Figure 2 illustrates the front panel of an OSN M Figure 2 OSN M front panel...

Page 10: ...ormal Green blinking The module is being loaded OFF The module is powered off SYS Green Red Green solid ON CPU bus is busy Red solid ON CPU bus fails OFF CPU runs normally HDD Green Green blinking Har...

Page 11: ...pecifications Interface standard EIA TIA 232 Cable type Asynchronous serial port cables Baud rate bps 300 1200 2400 4800 9600 default 19200 38400 56000 115200 Table 3 Management Ethernet port specific...

Page 12: ...e specifications Specification Description Connector type USB interface Number of connectors 1 Interface standard USB 2 0 backward compatible Transmit rate low speed mode 1 5 Mbps full speed mode 12 M...

Page 13: ...stem s swapping partition dev hda5 opt ext The partition provided for the users It is the system s largest partition System files are not saved on this partition dev hda6 vboot vfat The Linux system s...

Page 14: ...14 Chapter 2 OSN M Hardware Overview...

Page 15: ...the following steps 1 Put on an ESD preventive wrist strap and make sure that the ESD preventive wrist strap is properly grounded Then take the OSN M out of the package 2 Unscrew the mounting screws...

Page 16: ...e module until the module is fully separated from the switch c CAUTION Hold the two sides rather than the middle of the OSN M front panel to install or remove the OSN M Otherwise the OSN M may be out...

Page 17: ...he management Ethernet port to a terminal If the terminal to be connected is a PC or router use a crossover cable to connect the management Ethernet port to an Ethernet port of the PC or router If the...

Page 18: ...18 Chapter 3 OSN M Installation...

Page 19: ...nd password The default username and password are both root Logging In Through the Console Port In this example a PC acts as a terminal Connect the terminal s serial port to the OSN M s console port t...

Page 20: ...Create a VLAN interface on the switch and assign it an IP address The IP address is used as the SSH client address to connect the SSH server sysname system view sysname interface vlan interface 1 sys...

Page 21: ...re 4 you can connect an SSH client with the OSN M resident switch or another switch in the fabric containing the OSN M resident switch and then use SSH to log into the OSN M s Linux system through the...

Page 22: ...le port or an Ethernet port then connect to the switch s OSN M or to another switch s in the same fabric OSN M In this case if the Linux system on the OSN M is running the control terminal interface o...

Page 23: ...se 6 Zod Kernel 2 6 18 8 on an i686 localhost localdomain login Enter the username and password The default username and password are both root localhost localdomain login root Password Last login Sun...

Page 24: ...24 Chapter 4 Logging Into the OSN M Linux System...

Page 25: ...12MB Memory Speed 400MHz BIOS Size 1024KB Hard Disk Size 80GB HardWare Version is 1 00 Press CTRL D in 5 seconds to enter BIOS Menu To enter the BIOS menu press Ctrl D when Press Ctrl D to enter BIOS...

Page 26: ...wn system logger OK Shutting down hidd OK Stopping Bluetooth services OK Shutting down interface eth0 OK Shutting down interface eth1 OK Shutting down interface eth2 OK Shutting down loopback interfac...

Page 27: ...you do not perform an operation within five seconds During BIOS boot process if you do not select an option but press Enter the system operates according to menu item 1 booting the Linux system from...

Page 28: ...tion If you enter 3 in the BIOS menu the system installs the Linux system through the Ethernet port This option downloads the Linux system files from a server to the OSN M for installation During the...

Page 29: ...there is network connectivity between the TFTP server and the switch installed with the OSN M module 2 Enable TFTP on the TFTP server and store the configuration file and the installation files listed...

Page 30: ...n the TFTP server is displayed Make the relevant modifications based on the TFTP server s configuration c Caution The configuration file is in UNIX format Put the configuration file in the directory c...

Page 31: ...arches file default the default configuration file With the above matching process you can manage the configuration files in a hierarchical way based on the actual networking For example the network s...

Page 32: ...res c CAUTION During the Linux system Ethernet installation the OSN M hard disk is formatted and partitioned and therefore the original data on the hard disk is lost Make sure to use the Ethernet inst...

Page 33: ...fs of sda3 OK mkfs of sda5 OK mkfs of sda6 OK download vfat file 1 06 vfat tar gz OK decompress vfat file vfat tar gz OK download disk file 1 06 disk tar gz OK decompress disk file disk tar gz OK inst...

Page 34: ...items 3Com recommends that you do not to log into and use this system You can use the reset command to exit the Internal Shell command line Shell reset After executing the reset command the system reb...

Page 35: ...gure 7 shows the network diagram for installing and upgrading the BIOS To follow this example log into the ONS M module through the console port to perform BIOS upgrade through Eth1 Figure 7 Network d...

Page 36: ...is example Controller logs in to the OAP module through the console port to perform BIOS upgrade through Eth2 Figure 8 Network diagram for upgrading the BIOS through Eth2 Configuration procedure Use l...

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