Force10 S60 Factory Reset Issue

Question

Hi All,

As the title says, I have a Force10 S60 that I need to restore to factory settings, but none to the documentation I've found so far has worked. When I cycle the power, instead of getting the normal 'select an option' menu, it posts 'U-boot 1.3.4' and runs the boot sequence instead. At one point in the process it gives me the option to stop the auto-boot sequence, but no choices if I do. Calling the help file at that point doesn't offer much either...

I know it can't be this hard, so I must be missing something simple. Anyone else been here? I don't need to preserve any settings, I just want to configure the switch from scratch.

Thanks in advance,

-Michael

mbeehler · Answer

Thanks Daniel,

As you noted, without the boot menu I cannot try your first suggestion, and the second comes back with this:

Dell Force10 Release 8.3.3.8

NetBSD 1.6.1 (SIERRA) #0: Tue Nov 27 23:22:43 PST 2012

build@ecluster-sjc-05:/work/build/buildSpaces/build05/E8-3-3/SW-NetBSD/usr/src/sys/arch/bacardi/compile/SIERRA

Model: Freescale Semiconductor CDS

total memory = 2048 MB

avail memory = 1961 MB

using 2000 buffers containing 8000 KB of memory

ld0 at sdmmc0: L1BN2 MID: 0x5d OID: 0x5342 S/N: 0x373a561c

ld0: 7923 MB, 4024 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 16226304 sectors

boot device:

root on md0a dumps on md0b

inittodr: rtc not present - CHECK AND RESET THE DATE.

root file system type: ffs

ignoring SIGQUIT SIGTSTP and SIGINFO

Reading Release Image at 0x40000 Part: A

Size of ReleaseImage is 21961705 Bytes

^C#

# sysctl_f10 -w ddb.command="call passwdDisable()"

sh: sysctl_f10: not found

Barring a solution with the command line, is there any way to boot from a flash drive and do a clean install of the firmware?

-Michael

mbeehler · Answer

Ok, mine looks a bit different for some reason, so I've posted the output here along with some notations. Also, bold text indicates access points, blue is notes, and red is commands (but that's probably obvious.)

And again, I really appreciated the help.

U-Boot 1.3.4 (Dell Force10) (Oct 15 2012 - 05:08:50)

Built by build at tools-sjc-01 on Mon Oct 15 5:08:42 2012

S60 Boot selector Label 1.0.0.5

CPU: 8536E, Version: 1.1, (0x803f0091)

Core: E500, Version: 3.0, (0x80210030)

Clock Configuration:

CPU:1000 MHz, CCB: 400 MHz,

DDR: 200 MHz (400 MT/s data rate), LBC: 25 MHz

L1: D-cache 32 kB enabled

I-cache 32 kB enabled

Board: S60 Dell Force10 Networks

Fpga: s60 fpga id 74 rev 12

Fpga: Board revision 1

FPGA ver >= 8 : Driving GPIO

FPGA: BCM PP0/PP1/Sportster out of reset

I2C: ready

DRAM: Initializing....I2C: PCA Mux select 1 for DIMM access

DDR: 2 GB

FLASH: 128 MB

L2: 512 KB enabled

MMC: Done

FPGA: HW Watchdog enabled

eTSEC1 is in sgmii mode.

PCIE3 connected to Slot3 as Root Complex (base address e000b000)

Scanning PCI bus 01

01 00 14e4 b936 0200 00

PCIE3 on bus 00 - 01

PCIE1 connected to Slot1 as Root Complex (base address e000a000)

Scanning PCI bus 03

03 00 14e4 b638 0200 00

PCIE1 on bus 02 - 03

PCIE2 connected to Slot 2 as Root Complex (base address e0009000)

Scanning PCI bus 05

05 00 14e4 b634 0200 00

PCIE2 on bus 04 - 05

In: eserial0

Out: eserial0

Err: eserial0

Net: eTSEC1: PHY is Broadcom BCM54980 (143beb4)

eTSEC1

Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 [hitting a key here stops it, but no # for input, sysctl_f10 -w ddb.command="call passwdDisable()" gives ‘unknown command’ error, restore factory-defaults gives the same.]

Booting primary bootline....

f8000000

## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at f80400f0 ...

Image Name: netbsd

Image Type: PowerPC NetBSD Kernel Image (gzip compressed)

Data Size: 6701294 Bytes = 6.4 MB

Load Address: 00100040

Entry Point: 00100040

Verifying Checksum ... OK

Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

FPGA: HW Watchdog disabled

## Transferring control to NetBSD stage-2 loader (at address 00100040) ...

Sierra Lives!

Kernel core dump info will be dumped @ 0x84000

Dell Force10 Release 8.3.3.8

NetBSD 1.6.1 (SIERRA) #0: Tue Nov 27 23:22:43 PST 2012

build@ecluster-sjc-05:/work/build/buildSpaces/build05/E8-3-3/SW-NetBSD/usr/src/sys/arch/bacardi/compile/SIERRA

Model: Freescale Semiconductor CDS

total memory = 2048 MB

avail memory = 1961 MB

using 2000 buffers containing 8000 KB of memory

ld0 at sdmmc0: L1BN2 MID: 0x5d OID: 0x5342 S/N: 0x373a561c

ld0: 7923 MB, 4024 cyl, 64 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 16226304 sectors

boot device:

root on md0a dumps on md0b

inittodr: rtc not present - CHECK AND RESET THE DATE.

root file system type: ffs

ignoring SIGQUIT SIGTSTP and SIGINFO

Reading Release Image at 0x40000 Part: A

Size of ReleaseImage is 21961705 Bytes [hitting Crtl+C gives a #, but sysctl_f10 -w ddb.command="call passwdDisable()" gives ‘sh: sysctl_f10: not found’]

RELEASE IMAGE HEADER DATA :

--------------------------

Release Image SW Image Count : 3

Release Image Major Version : 8

Release Image Minor Version : 3

Release Image Maint Version : 3

Release Image Patch Version : 8

Release Image Header Size : 140

Release Image Data Size : 21961565

Release Image Platform Type : 7

Release Image Product Name : FTOS-SC

Release Image Checksum Value : 0xb8e527df

Release Image Header Checksum: 0x12729917

Release Image Create Year : 2012

Release Image Create Month : 11

Release Image Create Date : 27

Release Image Create Hour : 23

Release Image Create Minute : 42

Release Image Create Second : 13

SOFTWARE IMAGE HEADER DATA :

----------------------------

Software Image[1] Major Version : 8

Software Image[1] Minor Version : 3

Software Image[1] Maint Version : 3

Software Image[1] Patch Version : 8

Software Image[1] Image type : 2

Software Image[1] Header Size : 100

Software Image[1] Img Data Size : 6701376

Software Image[1] Img Orig Size : 6701376

Software Image[1] Family Code : cp

Software Image[1] Img file Name : CPRPLP-RPM-AP-8.3.3.8.bin

Software Image[1] Hdr Checksum : 0x97e0b49e

Software Image[1] Data Checksum : 0x679fb219

SOFTWARE IMAGE HEADER DATA :

----------------------------

Software Image[2] Major Version : 8

Software Image[2] Minor Version : 3

Software Image[2] Maint Version : 3

Software Image[2] Patch Version : 8

Software Image[2] Image type : 2

Software Image[2] Header Size : 100

Software Image[2] Img Data Size : 10466070

Software Image[2] Img Orig Size : 30033936

Software Image[2] Family Code : nbsdpcprplp

Software Image[2] Img file Name : NBSDPCPRPLP-RPM-AP-8.3.3.8.bin

Software Image[2] Hdr Checksum : 0xef0bbdf7

Software Image[2] Data Checksum : 0xc3b3614

SOFTWARE IMAGE HEADER DATA :

----------------------------

Software Image[3] Major Version : 8

Software Image[3] Minor Version : 3

Software Image[3] Maint Version : 3

Software Image[3] Patch Version : 8

Software Image[3] Image type : 2

Software Image[3] Header Size : 100

Software Image[3] Img Data Size : 4793819

Software Image[3] Img Orig Size : 14858256

Software Image[3] Family Code : nbsdlibcp

Software Image[3] Img file Name : NBSDLIBCP-RPM-AP-8.3.3.8.bin

Software Image[3] Hdr Checksum : 0xfd7b1c06

Software Image[3] Data Checksum : 0x73768fdc

** /dev/rld0g

** Last Mounted on /usr/pkg

** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes

** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames

** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity

** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts

** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups

13 files, 13 used, 2313193 free (41 frags, 289144 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)

MARK FILE SYSTEM CLEAN? yes

***** FILE SYSTEM MARKED CLEAN *****

***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

Starting Dell Force10 application

00:00:28: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %RAM-6-ELECTION_ROLE: Stack unit 0 is transitioning to Management unit.

00:00:29: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-5-STACKUNITDETECTED: Stack unit 0 present

00:00:38: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-5-CHECKIN: Checkin from Stack unit 0 (type S60, 52 ports)

00:00:39: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-0-PS_UP: Power supply 1 in unit 0 is up

00:00:40: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-5-STACKUNITUP: Stack unit 0 is up

00:00:41: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CHMGR-5-SYSTEM_READY: System ready

00:00:41: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %RAM-5-STACK_STATE: Stack unit 0 is in Active State.

FTOS>00:00:42: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %SEC-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS: Login successful for user on line console

mbeehler · Answer

I got this back:

Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0

=> setenv stconfigignore true

=> saveenv

Saving Environment to SD CARD...

done

=> reset

After reboot it looks the same as before though, no # and trying 'restore factory-defaults' returns same error message. Oddly, 'setenv stconfigignore true' and 'saveenv' didn't cause error messages, and seem to have been accepted, just with no noticeable impact (that I can see, anyway.)

mbeehler · Answer

I re-ran the steps this morning and got this (I printed the help file, also):

Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
=> setenv stconfigignore true
=> saveenv
Saving Environment to SD CARD...
done
=> reset

U-Boot 1.3.4 (Dell Force10) (Oct 15 2012 - 05:08:50)
Built by build at tools-sjc-01 on Mon Oct 15 5:08:42 2012
S60 Boot selector Label 1.0.0.5

CPU:   8536E, Version: 1.1, (0x803f0091)
Core: E500, Version: 3.0, (0x80210030)
Clock Configuration:
       CPU:1000 MHz, CCB: 400 MHz,
       DDR: 200 MHz (400 MT/s data rate), LBC: 25 MHz
L1:    D-cache 32 kB enabled
       I-cache 32 kB enabled
Board: S60 Dell Force10 Networks
Fpga: s60 fpga id 74 rev 12
Fpga: Board revision 1
FPGA ver >= 8 : Driving GPIO
FPGA: BCM PP0/PP1/Sportster out of reset
I2C:   ready
DRAM: Initializing....I2C: PCA Mux select 1 for DIMM access
    DDR: 2 GB
FLASH: 128 MB
L2:    512 KB already enabled
MMC: Done
FPGA: HW Watchdog enabled
    eTSEC1 is in sgmii mode.

    PCIE3 connected to Slot3 as Root Complex (base address e000b000)
               Scanning PCI bus 01
        01 00 14e4 b936 0200 00
    PCIE3 on bus 00 - 01

    PCIE1 connected to Slot1 as Root Complex (base address e000a000)
               Scanning PCI bus 03
        03 00 14e4 b638 0200 00
    PCIE1 on bus 02 - 03

    PCIE2 connected to Slot 2 as Root Complex (base address e0009000)
               Scanning PCI bus 05
        05 00 14e4 b634 0200 00
    PCIE2 on bus 04 - 05
In:    eserial0
Out:   eserial0
Err:   eserial0
Net:   eTSEC1: PHY is Broadcom BCM54980 (143beb4)
eTSEC1
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
=> restore factory-defaults
Unknown command 'restore' - try 'help'
=>
=>
=>
=>
=>
=> help
?       - alias for 'help'
as      - assemble memory
autoscr - run script from memory
base     - print or set address offset
bdinfo - print Board Info structure
boot    - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
bootd   - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
bootelf - Boot from an ELF image in memory
bootm   - boot application image from memory
bootp   - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
bootvx - Boot vxWorks from an ELF image
break   - set or clear a breakpoint
cmp      - memory compare
coninfo - print console devices and information
continue- continue from a breakpoint
cp       - memory copy
crc32    - checksum calculation
ds      - disassemble memory
echo    - echo args to console
exit    - exit script
ext2load- load binary file from a Ext2 filesystem
ext2ls - list files in a directory (default /)
f10boot - Boot NetBSD portion of system image.
fatinfo - print information about filesystem
fatload - load binary file from a dos filesystem
fatls   - list files in a directory (default /)
flinfo - print FLASH memory information
go      - start application at address 'addr'
help    - print online help
i2c     - I2C sub-system
icrc32 - checksum calculation
iloop   - infinite loop on address range
imd     - i2c memory display
iminfo - print header information for application image
imls    - list all images found in flash
imm     - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
imw     - memory write (fill)
imxtract- extract a part of a multi-image
inm     - memory modify (constant address)
iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
itest   - return true/false on integer compare
loadb   - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
loads   - load S-Record file over serial line
loady   - load binary file over serial line (ymodem mode)
loop     - infinite loop on address range
md       - memory display
mii     - MII utility commands
mm       - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
mmc     - MMC sub system
mmcinfo -- display MMC info
mmcinit - init mmc card
mtest    - simple RAM test
next    - single step execution, stepping over subroutines.
nfs     - boot image via network using NFS protocol
nm       - memory modify (constant address)
nvram operations
pci     - list and access PCI Configuration Space
ping    - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
printenv- print environment variables
protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
rdump   - Show registers.
reset   - Perform RESET of the CPU
run     - run commands in an environment variable
saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
setenv - set environment variables
sleep   - delay execution for some time
step    - single step execution.
test    - minimal test like /bin/sh
tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
version - print monitor version
where   - Print the running stack.
=>

If we get this sorted out, I'll forever be in your debt...

mbeehler · Answer

Good call, if I let it finish the boot procedure I now get a responsive FTOS# prompt, and can call FTOS(config)# This seems like a good sign. Now I just need to set the IP, ect. so I can access the web GUI.

"FTOS(config)#interface managementethernet" returns with Error: incomplete command. Any idea what I'm missing? The FTOS documentation I'm using doesn't specify anything else, and indicates I should get a (config-if-ma)# prompt that will let me assign an IP and mask.

Thanks again for getting me through the first part :)

mbeehler · Answer

Thanks for everything, I think I'm to the point where I just need to get familiar with the differences between this S60 and the 5548's I normally use.

I'll mark this thread as answered, but is there any place I can leave you a good review? It looks like you work for Dell, and I'd like to show my appreciation.

-Michael

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