INSTALLING NOS FOR OPEN NETWORKING in the CLOUD - Dell S4048-ON

Install Cumulus Linux, OPX, Azure Sonic using ONIE in Dell S4048-ON

Ports: 48 x 10GbE switch with 6 x 40GbE uplink ports.

Chipset: Broadcom Trident2

CPU: Intel Rangeley, 2GB DDR3

Dell is one of the few vendors that offer full support for their whitebox solutions in combination with the certified NOS options. This approach is often called a BriteBox (Branded Switch + Whitebox Switch).

The switch supports ONIE, and via this Cumulus Linux, SwitchLight, Azure Sonic, Ipinfusion OcNOS and Pluribus. Dell OS9 is preinstalled.

This switch is a high-density, ultra-low-latency ToR switch that features 48 x 10GbE SFP+ and 6 x 40GbE ports (or 72 x 10GbE ports in breakout mode) and up to 720Gbps performance.

#Use Linux Screen for Console Access

linux:~$ sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200    (baudrate)

#Installing using a USB thumb drive from your PC

linux:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/usb

linux:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb

linux:~$ sudo cp sonic-broadcom.bin /mnt/usb/onie-installer

linux:~$ sudo umount /mnt/usb

#Mounting the USB storage on ONIE

ONIE:/ # mkdir /mnt/usb

#View the fixed disks using fdisk

ONIE:/mnt # fdisk -l

#Mount the device /dev/sdb to the /mnt/usb directory

ONIE:/ # mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt/usb

(Optional)ONIE:/ # vi /etc/fstab

    {# FSTAB entry for the ONIE-BOOT partition mounted on /boot

                                    LABEL=ONIE-BOOT /mnt/onie-boot ext4  

defaults,rw,errors=remount-ro 0       1

                                    /dev/sdb        /mnt/usb       vfat  

defaults    }

#mount all disks

ONIE:/ # mount -a

#reboot switch

ONIE:/ # reboot

#Default login credentials

admin

YourPaSsWoRd

Voilaa!!

INSTALLING NOS FOR OPEN NETWORKING in the CLOUD - Dell S4048-ON - ONIE