How to install OS in ONIE over FTP/HTTP/TFTP Dell EMC Networking N3000EP-ON switches

This article explains how to install Dell OS (O6) or Third Part OS from ONIE in N3000EP-ON switches using FTP/HTTP or TFTP.

Table of Contents

Prerequisites
Physical location of console and Out of Band Management Port
Logging into ONIE over console
Configuring IP address for Out of Band Management Port
Install the software from FTP/HTTP/TFTP server
Sample Output

Prerequisites

Physical location of console and Out of Band Management Port

Logging into ONIE over console

Procedure

1. Connect a serial cable to the serial console port of the switch.
2. Power cycle the switch
3. When the boot menu appears to select "Display boot Menu," type 2.
4. From Boot Menu to select "BOOT ONIE (Rescue Mode), type 1

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Configuring IP address for Out of Band management interface

1. Enter the following command to stop the ONIE discovery process if it is running.

ONIE:/ # onie-discovery-stop

2. If a DHCP server is not used. Configure the IP address and subnet mask on the management port, where x.x.x.x represents your internal IP address and y.y.y.y subnet mask.  

ONIE:/ # ifconfig eth0 x.x.x.x netmask y.y.y.y up

3. If the server is in a separate subnet, add a default route using the following command: Where x.x.x.x represents the gateway Ip address

ONIE:/ # route add default gw x.x.x.x

 

Install the software from FTP/HTTP/TFTP server

Use the below command.

ONIE:/ # onie-nos-install tftp://X.X.X.X/File name

Where X.X.X.X is the IP address of the TFTP server. We can also use FTP/HTTP or TFTP.

 

Sample output

Consider IP address of the TFTP server is 192.168.10.254. The switch OOB is to be assigned IP  192.168.1.2 with subnet 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.1.1

ONIE:/ # onie-discovery-stop
ONIE:/ # ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
ONIE:/ # route add default gw 192.168.1.1
ONIE# onie-nos-install tftp://192.168.10.254/cumulus-install-[PLATFORM].bin