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Rev. A01

February 2021

Dell EMC System S4048–ON 9.14(2.9P1)

Release Notes

This document contains information on open and resolved caveats, and operational information specific to the Dell EMC

Networking OS software and the S4048-ON platform.

Current Release Version: 9.14(2.9P1)

Release Date: 2021-02-18

Previous Release Version: 9.14(2.9)

Topics:

• Document Revision History

• Supported Hardware

• Supported Software

• New Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) Features

• Restrictions

• Changes to Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

• Documentation Corrections

• Deferred Issues

• Fixed Issues

• Known Issues

• Upgrading the sub-components

• Upgrading ONIE on the S4048-ON

• Upgrading the S4048-ON Dell EMC Networking OS Image using the Dell EMC Networking OS CLI

• Installing Dell EMC Networking OS on the S4048-ON using ONIE

• Uninstalling Dell EMC Networking OS from the S4048-ON

• Support Resources

NOTE:

This document may contain language that is not consistent with current guidelines of Dell Technologies. There are

plans to update this document over subsequent releases to revise the language accordingly.

Incorrect behavior or unexpected caveats are listed as the Problem Report (PR) numbers within the appropriate sections.

NOTE:

Customers can subscribe to caveat update reports or use the BugTrack search tool to read current

information about open and closed software caveats. To subscribe or use BugTrack, visit iSupport at: https://

www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/BugTrack/SearchIssues.aspx. All Release Notes are available on the Software

Center tab of iSupport. The link to the relevant Release Notes for each software version is next to the link for that

version: https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Software/Downloads.aspx.

For more information on hardware and software features, commands, and capabilities, refer the Dell EMC Networking website

at: https://www.dellemc.com/networking.

Document Revision History

Table 1. Revision History

Date Description

2021-02 9.14.2.9P1 - Added Fixed Issues for the release.

2020–12 Initial release.

Summary of content (21 pages)

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Rev. A01 February 2021 Dell EMC System S4048–ON 9.14(2.9P1) Release Notes This document contains information on open and resolved caveats, and operational information specific to the Dell EMC Networking OS software and the S4048-ON platform. Current Release Version: 9.14(2.9P1) Release Date: 2021-02-18 Previous Release Version: 9.14(2.9) Topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Document Revision History Supported Hardware Supported Software New Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.
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Supported Hardware The following hardware is supported with this platform: Table 2. Supported Hardware Hardware S4048-ON chassis Forty eight SFP+ ports (10 Gbps) Six QSFP+ ports (40 Gbps) Two AC/DC PSUs Three fan subsystems One MicroUSB serial console port One universal serial bus (USB Type-A) port for additional file storage Management Ethernet interface RS-232 Serial interface Dual core 1.
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Prerequisite steps to downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS from 9.14.2.0 or later to the earlier version: 1. Uninstall the 9.14.2.0 or later version of the OA package 2. Downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS to an earlier version 3. Install the respective OA package from an earlier version For more information about installing, uninstalling and upgrading the Dell EMC Networking OS and OA package, refer the respective Dell EMC System Release Notes. ● If you downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS version from 9.
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○ hop-limit ○ managed-config-flag ○ max-ra-interval ○ mtu ○ other-config-flag ○ prefix ○ ra-guard ○ ra-lifetime ○ reachable-time ○ retrans-timer ○ suppress-ra ● When FRRP is enabled in a VLT domain, no flavor of Spanning tree should concurrently be enabled on the nodes of that specific VLT domain. In essence FRRP and xSTP should not co-exist in a VLT environment. ● Do not configure the vxlan-instance command on the port, which is configured with the portmode hybrid command.
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Category Description Issues listed in the “Closed Caveats” section should not be present, and the work-around is unnecessary, as the version of code for which this release note is documented has resolved the caveat. Deferred S4048–ON 9.14(2.0) Software Issues Issues that appear in this section were reported in Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.0) as open, but have since been deferred. Deferred caveats are those that are found to be invalid, not reproducible, or not scheduled for resolution.
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Table 4. Fixed S4048-ON 9.14(2.9P1) software issues (continued) Workaround: None PR# 170018 Severity: Sev 1 Synopsis: Ethernet packet type 0x888e is not handled, leading to a memory leak. Release Notes: Ethernet packet type 0x888e is not handled, leading to a memory leak. Workaround: None PR# 170024 Severity: Sev 2 Synopsis: On a fully scaled switch, with all ports fanned out, some ports fail to OPER UP after reload.
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Table 5. Fixed S4048-ON 9.14(2.9) software issues (continued) Workaround: None PR# 169972 Severity: Sev 2 Synopsis: DHCPv6 relay-reply packet drops in the L2 VLAN when DHCPv6 relay is configured in the L3 VLAN. Release Notes: DHCPv6 relay-reply packet drops in the L2 VLAN when DHCPv6 relay is configured in the L3 VLAN. Workaround: None PR# 169984 Severity: Sev 2 Synopsis: The switch may encounter a software exception when running the show ipv6 ospf database router CLI command.
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This takes you to the BugTrack search page: https://www.force10networks.com/csportal20/BugTrack/SearchIssues.aspx. 4. Enter for a specific PR or select an Dell EMC Networking OS version, platform, severity, or category to get a list of PRs. 5. Click the Search button. 6. Click the PR number to view specific PR details. The PR (or PRs) appears on the page below the tool. The following caveats are open in Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9): None.
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-- Unit 1 -Unit Type : Management Unit Status : online Next Boot : online Required Type : S4048-ON - 54-port TE/FG (SK-ON) Current Type : S4048-ON - 54-port TE/FG (SK-ON) Master priority : 0 Hardware Rev : 1.0 Num Ports : 72 Up Time : 15 min, 26 sec Dell EMC Networking OS Version : 9.14(2.9) Jumbo Capable : yes POE Capable : no FIPS Mode : disabled Boot Flash : 3.21.2.9 Boot Selector : 3.21.0.
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-- Stack unit 1 -S4048-ON SYSTEM CPLD : 15.2 S4048-ON MASTER CPLD : 12 S4048-ON SLAVE CPLD : 5 DellEMC# Use the following command to view CPLD version that is associated with the Dell EMC Networking OS image: DellEMC#show os-version RELEASE IMAGE INFORMATION : --------------------------------------------------------------------Platform Version Size ReleaseTime S-Series:SK-ON 9.14(2.
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* Warning - Upgrading FPGA is inherently risky and should * * only be attempted when necessary. A failure at this upgrade may * * cause a board RMA.
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The following example uses HTTP to upgrade ONIE. ONIE:/ # onie-self-update tftp://10.16.127.35/onie-updater-x86_64-dell_s4000_c2338r0.3.21.1.0-5 Stopping: discover... done. Info: Fetching tftp://10.16.127.35/onie-updater-x86_64-dell_s4000_c2338-r0.3.21.1.0-5 ... onie-updater-x86_64- 100% |*******************************| 9021k 0:00:00 ETA ONIE: Executing installer: tftp://10.16.127.35/onie-updater-x86_64-dell_s4000_c2338r0.3.21.1.0-5 Verifying image checksum ... OK. Preparing image archive ... OK.
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CPGC Memtest for Channel 0 .................. PASS ECC enabled: channel 0 DECCCTRL_DUNIT_REG=0x000200F3 POST: RTC Battery OK at last cold boot RTC date Tuesday 12/15/2020 23:34:05 POST SPD test ............................... PASS POST Lower DRAM Memory test .... Perf cnt (curr,fixed): 0x15A49BCF6,0x164D87D38 POST Lower DRAM Memory test ................. POST Lower DRAM ECC check ................... DxE POST POST PCI test ............................... POST NVRAM check ............................
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2d4h38m : Discarded 1 pkts. Expected block num : 51. Received block num: 50 2d4h38m : Discarded 1 pkts. Expected block num : 65. Received block num: 64 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... ........................................................ ........... 66927711 bytes successfully copied System image upgrade completed successfully. DellEMC#Dec 15 08:47:44: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %DOWNLOAD-6-UPGRADE: Upgrade completed successfully DellEMC# 3.
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show version DellEMC#show version Dell EMC Real Time Operating System Software Dell EMC Operating System Version: 2.0 Dell EMC Application Software Version: 9.14(2.9) Copyright (c) 1999-2020 by Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Build Time: Tue Dec 15 10:20:04 2020 Build Path: /build/build02/SW/SRC Dell EMC Networking OS uptime is 2 day(s), 17 hour(s), 45 minute(s) System image file is "system://A" System Type: S4048-ON Control Processor: Intel Rangeley with 3 Gbytes (3201302528 bytes) of memory, core(s) 2.
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Image Platform : FTOS-SK Image File : FTOS-SK-9.14.2.9.bin Image Compatibility : Verified Verifying MAC Address... MAC Address is Configured Image Platform : FTOS-SK Deleting Extra partitions... Done. Creating New partitions... Done. Creating Hybrid MBR... Done. Mouting /dev/sda4,/dev/sda5 and /dev/sda6... Done. Installing GRUB on /dev/sda4...Done. Copying Images... Done.
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Press Esc to stop autoboot ... 0 Primary Boot not Configured 5. After the installation completes, the system displays the following DELL prompt: DellEMC> Uninstalling Dell EMC Networking OS from the S4048ON To uninstall the Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9) from the S4048-ON device, perform the following steps: 1. Reboot the system. During the reboot process, the system displays the following message prompting you to press the Esc key in order to stop the auto-boot process: Version 2.17.1245.
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Info: Mounting kernel filesystems... done. Info: Mounting LABEL=ONIE-BOOT on /mnt/onie-boot ... Info: Using eth0 MAC address: 34:17:eb:f2:04:c4 Info: Using eth1 MAC address: 34:17:eb:f2:04:c5 Info: eth0: Checking link... up. Info: Trying DHCPv4 on interface: eth0 DHCPv4 on interface: eth0 failedONIE: Using default IPv4 addr: eth0: 192.168.3.10/255.255.255.0 Info: eth1: Checking link... down. ONIE: eth1: link down. Skipping configuration.
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Short memory cell test Perf cnt (curr/fixed): 321C074CD/32C553963 POST Lower DRAM Memory test ................. POST Lower DRAM ECC check ................... DxE POST POST PCI test ............................... POST NVRAM check ............................ POST overall test results ................... NVRAM at POST exit: 00 97 00 E6 PASS PASS PASS PASS PASS 03 03 00 EA 5.
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