How to access ONIE Prompt in Dell EMC Networking N3000E-ON series switches

Summary: How to access ONIE Prompt in Dell EMC Networking N3000E-ON series switches

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This article explains how to access ONIE Prompt in Dell Networking N3000E-ON series switches

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Why We need to access ONIE

N3000E switches also support the Open Network Install Environment (ONIE), enabling installation of alternate network operating systems. By default, the Dell N3000E-ON switches are preloaded with Dell OS6. Hence, we need to manually boot ONIE in the switch.
 

Supported Platforms

This document is applicable for the following models

  • N3024EF-ON
  • N3024ET-ON
  • N3024EP-ON
  • N3048EP-ON
  • N3048ET-ON


    Procedure

    1. Connect a serial cable to the serial console port of the switch (115,200 BAUD, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit,)

    2. Power cycle the switch

    3. When the boot menu appears to select "Display boot Menu", type 2

    SLN319898_en_US__1icon You have only 3 seconds to make the selection. If we miss this we will have to reboot the switch again to get the prompt


    4. From Boot Menu to select "BOOT ONIE (Rescue Mode), type 13


    SLN319898_en_US__2image(13502)

    This will take us to ONIE prompt

    ONIE:/ #

    Affected Products

    Dell EMC PowerSwitch N3000E-ON Series
    Article Properties
    Article Number: 000134769
    Article Type: Solution
    Last Modified: 23 Sep 2024
    Version:  4
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