Installing Netvisor ONE on Dell and Edgecore Switches

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This section describes the procedure for installing Netvisor ONE on Edgecore and Dell Open Networking switches. For the installation procedure for Pluribus Freedom series switches, see the Upgrading Netvisor ONE Software for Freedom Series Switches.

The Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) is an open source initiative that defines an open install environment for bare metal network switches like Dell Open Networking and Edgecore. Download an ONIE compatible Netvisor ONE operating system image from Pluribus Networks Cloud (PNC) at cloud.pluribusnetworks.com.

However, before you download the Netvisor ONE image from PNC, you must retrieve the unique switch identifiers, which is required later to activate the switch license in PNC.

Obtaining the Switch Unique Identifiers for Dell Switches

For Dell switches, the unique identifier is represented by the Service Tag, which is a seven character identifier unique to the device.

When the network administrator connects to a Dell switch via console port for the first time (assuming that no other OS is already installed), the ONIE prompt is displayed. At the prompt type the command, onie-syseeprom and note down the Service Tag string as displayed below:

ONIE:/ # onie-syseeprom

TlvInfo Header:

   Id String:    TlvInfo

   Version:      1

   Total Length: 179

TLV Name             Code Len Value

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

Part Number          0x22   6 09H9MN

Serial Number        0x23  20 CN09H9MN2829875P0037

Base MAC Address     0x24   6 14:18:77:25:5A:B9

Manufacture Date     0x25  19 05/25/2017 08:02:43

Device Version       0x26   1 1

Label Revision       0x27   3 A00

Platform Name        0x28  30 x86_64-dellemc_s4148f_c2338-r0

ONIE Version         0x29  10 3.33.1.1-4

MAC Addresses        0x2A   2 256

Manufacturer         0x2B   5 28298

Country Code         0x2C   2 CN

Vendor Name          0x2D   8 Dell EMC

Diag Version         0x2E  10 3.33.3.0-1

Service Tag        0x2F  7 5MP6XC2

Vendor Extension     0xFD   4  0x00 0x00 0x02 0xA2

Product Name         0x21   8 S4148-ON

CRC-32               0xFE   4 0x0CF1D9FF

Checksum is valid.

You can also find the service tag from the label of the packaging material as well. The service tag is also located on the device. See the examples (from the packaging label and the top cover of the device) in the figures below:

Figure - 1:  Service Tag Location on the Packaging Label

Figure - 2:  Service Tag Location on theDevice

Obtaining the Switch Unique Identifiers for Edgecore Switches

For Edgecore switches,  the unique identifier is represented by the Serial Number.

When the network administrator connects to an Edgecore switch via console for the first time (assuming that no other OS is already installed), the ONIE prompt is displayed.

At the prompt type the command, onie-syseeprom and note down the Serial Number string as displayed:

ONIE:/ # onie-syseeprom

TlvInfo Header:

   Id String:    TlvInfo

   Version:      1

   Total Length: 168

TLV Name             Code Len Value

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

Manufacture Date     0x25  19 06/30/2016 15:04:19

Diag Version         0x2E   7 2.0.1.5

Label Revision       0x27   4 R01J

Platform Name        0x28  27 x86_64-accton_as5712_54x-r0

ONIE Version         0x29  13 2015.11.00.05

Manufacturer         0x2B   6 Accton

Country Code         0x2C   2 TW

Base MAC Address     0x24   6 CC:37:AB:F5:37:74

Serial Number        0x23  14 571254X1626007

Part Number          0x22  13 FP1ZZ5654001A

Product Name         0x21  15 5812-54X-O-AC-F

MAC Addresses        0x2A   2 74

Vendor Name          0x2D   8 Edgecore

CRC-32               0xFE   4 0xCB35E235

Checksum is valid.