Virtual Edge Platform 1405 Series Operating System Installation Guide

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Introduction

This document provides the operating system installation steps for the Dell Virtual Edge Platform (VEP) 1405 series of systems. The steps that are provided have been tested and verified on VEP1405 devices using the following information:

Table 1. Operating system informationOperating system information
Feature	Description
Ubuntu operating system image	ubuntu-18.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso
Adva Rocky Linux operating system image	rhel-server-7.5-x86_64-dvd.iso
ESXi 7.0 operating system image	VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0.0-16324942.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A03.iso
ADVA operating system image	SVCS_connector-18.4.1.31-18.4-factory-dell-57.iso

The recommended device configuration for the VEP1405 series before installing the operating system is as follows:

Table 2. VEP1405 series recommended firmware versions VEP1405 series recommended firmware versions
Feature	Configuration option 1 ( Versa ready)	Configuration option 2 (ADVA ready)
DIAG OS	3.43.3.81-26	3.43.3.81-26
DIAG Tools	3.43.4.81-25	3.43.4.81-25
Firmware Updater	2.2	2.2
BIOS version (4-core)	3.48.0.9-19 (for VEP1405 series) 3.48.0.9-19 (for VEP1405N series)	(4-core option is not available)
BIOS version (8-core and 16-core)	3.48.0.9-19 (for VEP1405 series) 3.48.0.9-19 (for VEP1405N series)	3.48.0.9-19
CPLD version	0.17	0.17
PIC	v40P	v40P

NOTE: When upgrading to the UFW version 2.2, Dell Technologies strongly recommends that you upgrade all the three firmwares - BIOS, CPLD, and PIC. Upgrading only one or two of these firmwares may result in the system becoming unstable:

BIOS - 3.48.0.9-19
CPLD - v17
PIC - v40P

NOTE: 960 GB Swissbit SSD firmware in VEP1445 SKU 210-AWIP, upgrades from SBR10013 to SBR10015. SSD contents are not impacted as a result of the upgrade.