Dell SmartFabric OS10 Installation, Upgrade, and Downgrade Guide

Install OS10 license

If OS10 is factory-loaded on your switch, you do not need to install an OS10 license as it is pre-loaded with a perpetual license. If you download OS10 on a trial basis, OS10 comes with a 120-day trial license. ONIE installation on a factory-loaded Dell switch wipes out the license partition. Hence, the switch on reload comes up with a default 120 day trial license. Purchase and install a perpetual license after the trial period expires.To continue with uninterrupted use, purchase and install a perpetual license to avoid the OS10 device rebooting every 72 hours after 120 days.

After you install OS10 and log in, install the perpetual license to run OS10 Enterprise Edition beyond the trial period. The OS10 license is installed in the /mnt/license directory.

1. Download the License.zip file from DDL as described in Download OS10 image.
2. Open the zip file and locate the license file in the Dell folder. Copy the license file to a local or remote workstation.
3. Install the license file from the workstation in EXEC mode.

   license install {ftp: | http: | localfs: | scp: | sftp: | tftp: | usb:} filepath/filename

   • ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath—Copy from a remote FTP server.
   • http://hostip/filepath—Copy from a remote HTTP server.
   • http://hostip—Send a request to a remote HTTP server.
   • localfs://filepath—Install from a local file directory.
   • scp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath —Copy from a remote SCP server.
   • sftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath—Copy from a remote SFTP server.
   • tftp://hostip/filepath —Copy from a remote TFTP server.
   • usb://filepath—Install from a file directory on a storage device connected to the USB storage port on the switch.
   • filepath/filename—Enter the directory path where the license file is stored.

Install license — SCP

OS10# license install scp://user:userpwd@10.1.1.10/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.xml

License installation success. 

Install license — localfs

Follow these steps to install a license from a local file directory:

1. Copy the license file from the SCP server location to the home directory on the system.

   OS10# copy scp://admin:admin@10.11.95.101//home/admin/LADF/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.XML home://7B900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.XML
   

2. (optional) Check the status of the file copy using the show copy-file status command.

   OS10# show copy-file status
   File Transfer State:   idle
   --------------------------------------------------
   State Detail:          idle
   Task Start:            2019-02-15T00:46:35Z
   Task End:              2019-02-15T00:46:36Z
   Transfer Progress:     100 %
   Transfer Bytes:        3795 bytes
   File Size:             3795 bytes
   Transfer Rate:         8 kbps

3. Verify that the license is present in the home directory of your system.

   OS10# dir home
   
   Directory contents for folder: home
   Date (modified) Size (bytes) Name
   --------------------- ------------ -----------------------
   2019-02-15T00:47:25Z 3795 0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.XML 

4. Enter the license install command with the path to the home directory location where the license was downloaded in step 1.

   OS10# license install localfs://home/admin/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.XML
   License installation success.

Install license using management VRF

OS10(config)# ip vrf management
OS10(conf-vrf)# interface management
OS10(conf-vrf)# exit
OS10(config)# ip sftp vrf management
OS10(config)# exit
OS10# license install sftp://user:userpwd@10.1.1.10/0ANNX42-NOSEnterprise-License.xml

License installation success.

Verify license installation

OS10# show license status

System Information
---------------------------------------------------------
Vendor Name          :   DELL EMC
Product Name         :   S4148F-ON
Hardware Version     :   X01
Platform Name        :   x86_64-dell_s4100_c2338-r0
PPID                 :   TW09H9MN282987130026
Service Tag          :   9531XC2
Product Base         :
Product Serial Number:
Product Part Number  :
License Details
----------------
Software        :        OS10-Enterprise
Version         :        10.5.1.0
License Type    :        PERPETUAL
License Duration:        Unlimited
License Status  :        Active
License location:        /mnt/license/9531XC2.lic
---------------------------------------------------------

Troubleshoot license installation failure

An error message displays if the installation fails.

License installation failed

1. Verify the installation path to the local or remote license location.
2. Check the log of the remote server to find out why the FTP or TFTP file transfer failed.
3. Ping the remote server from the switch—use the ping and traceroute commands to test network connectivity. Check the following if the ping fails:
   • If the remote server is reachable through the management route, check if the management route is configured correctly.
   • If the remote server is reachable through a front-panel port, check if the static or dynamic route is present.
   • If the ping is successful and the FTP or TFTP log on to a remote server does not register a response, check if there is a firewall in the transfer path that is blocking the transfer protocol.
4. Install the server with the license file on the same subnet as the switch.
5. Check if the server is up and running.