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Rev. A01

February 2021

Dell EMC System S6010–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 S6010-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 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 ONIE Package for the S6010-ON System

• Upgrading the DIAG Package for the S6010-ON System

• Installing Dell EMC Networking OS on the S6010-ON using ONIE

• Upgrade the S6010-ON Dell EMC Networking OS Image and Boot Code using Dell EMC Networking OS CLI

• Upgrading the CPLD

• Uninstalling Dell EMC Networking OS from the S6010-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 to 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 (25 pages)

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Rev. A01 February 2021 Dell EMC System S6010–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 S6010-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 Networking OS Version 9.14(2.
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Supported Hardware The following hardware is supported with this platform: Hardware S6010-ON chassis Thirty-two QSFP+ ports (40 Gbps) Two AC/DC PSUs Five fan subsystems NOTE: If all the five fan trays are found to be empty or faulty, the system shuts down after one minute. Supported Software The following software is supported with this platform: Software Minimum Release Requirement Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9) ONIE 3.26.1.0-3 New Dell Networking OS Version 9.14(2.
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Before downgrading, save the current configuration and then remove the CDB files (confd_cdb.tar.gz.version and confd_cdb.tar.gz). To remove the files, use the following steps: DellEMC#write memory DellEMC#delete flash://confd_cdb.tar.gz.version DellEMC#delete flash://confd_cdb.tar.
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Deferred S6010–ON 9.14(2.0) Software Issues Issues that appear in this section were reported in Dell 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. The following issues have been deferred in the Dell Networking OS version 9.14(2.0): None. Fixed Issues Fixed issues are reported using the following definitions.
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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. Release Notes: On a fully scaled switch, with all ports fanned out, some ports fail to OPER UP after reload.
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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. Release Notes: The switch may encounter a software exception when running the show ipv6 ospf database router CLI command.
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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 Networking OS version 9.14(2.9): None. Upgrading the ONIE Package for the S6010-ON System NOTE: The Dell Networking OS installer package, ONIE-FTOS-SI-ON-9.14.2.9.bin, is required for installing Dell Networking OS on S6000-ON that has only ONIE.
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| ONIE: Embed ONIE | | EDA-DIAG | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, `e' to edit the commands before booting or `c' for a command-line. 4. From this menu, choose the ONIE : Update ONIE option. NOTE: To choose an option from the menu, highlight one of the options using the up or down arrow key and press Enter.
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ONIE is updated on the system, as shown: discover: ONIE update mode detected. Stopping: discover... done. Info: Fetching tftp://10.16.127.35/onie-updater-x86_64-s6010_c2538-r0 ... onie-updater-x86_64- 100% |*******************************| 16881k 0:00:00 ETA ONIE: Executing installer: tftp://10.16.127.35/onie-updater-x86_64-s6010_c2538-r0 Verifying image checksum ... OK. Preparing image archive ... OK. ONIE: Version : 3.26.1.
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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: Press Esc to stop autoboot ... 5 Grub 2.02~beta2 (Dell EMC Inc) Built by root at ubuntu on Tue_Dec_15_13:43:07_UTC_2020 S6010 Boot Flash Label 3.26.2.10 NetBoot Label 3.26.2.10 2. At this prompt message, press the Esc key. The following menu appears: Grub 2.
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Info: Mounting ONIE-BOOT on /mnt/onie-boot ... Info: Using bond0 MAC address: 14:18:77:09:72:00 Info: Using eth0 MAC address: 14:18:77:09:72:01 Info: Using eth1 MAC address: 14:18:77:09:72:02 Info: Using gretap0 MAC address: 14:18:77:09:72:03 Info: bond0: Checking link... down. ONIE: bond0: link down. Skipping configuration. Info: eth0: Checking link... ONIE: OS Install Mode ... ONIE:/ # 5.
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Stopping: dropbear ssh daemon... done. Stopping: telnetd... done. Stopping: syslogd... done. Info: Unmounting kernel filesystems The system is going down NOW! Sent SIGTERM to all processes Installing Dell EMC Networking OS on the S6010-ON using ONIE NOTE: You will need the Dell EMC Networking OS installer package, ONIE-FTOS-S6010-9.14.2.9.bin to install the Dell EMC Networking OS on your S6010-ON system that has only ONIE. To install the Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.
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before booting or `c' for a command-line. 4. From this menu, choose the ONIE : Install OS option. NOTE: To choose an option from the menu, highlight one of the options using the up or down arrow key and press Enter. The ONIE Installer mode is enabled and the ONIE prompt appears, as shown: ONIE: OS Install Mode ... Version : 3.26.1.0-3 Build Date: 2020-12-15T18:15-0700 [ 1.932721] dummy-irq: no IRQ given. Use irq=N [ 1.940473] esas2r: driver will not be loaded because no ATTO esas2r devices were found [ 1.
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grub-install: warning: sda,gpt7,bsd4). grub-install: warning: sda,gpt7,bsd12). grub-install: warning: sda,gpt7,bsd4). grub-install: warning: sda,gpt7,bsd12). Installation finished. Discarding improperly nested partition (hostdisk//dev/ Discarding improperly nested partition (hostdisk//dev/ Discarding improperly nested partition (hostdisk//dev/ Discarding improperly nested partition (hostdisk//dev/ No error reported. discover: installer mode detected. Starting: discover... done. Running installer.
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Copying Images... Done. ONIE: NOS install successful: tftp://10.16.127.35/ONIE-FTOS-S6010-9.14.2.9.bin ONIE: Rebooting... ONIE:/ # discover: installer mode detected. Stopping: discover...start-stop-daemon: warning: killing process 3045: No such process done. Stopping: dropbear ssh daemon... done. Stopping: telnetd... done. Stopping: syslogd... done. Info: Unmounting kernel filesystems The system is going down NOW! Sent SIGTERM to all processes Sent SIGKILL to[ 353.
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stack-unit 5 is not present. stack-unit 6 is not present. DellEMC# 4. Upgrade the S6010-ON Boot Flash and Boot Selector images. EXEC Privilege Mode upgrade boot [all | bootflash-image | bootselector-image] stack-unit [1-6 | all] [booted | flash: | ftp: | scp: | tftp: | usbflash:] The Boot Flash and Boot Selector images can be upgraded together by selecting all in the command.
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DellEMC#upgrade boot bootselector-image stack-unit 1 tftp: Address or name of remote host []: 10.16.127.35 Destination file name []: FTOS-S6010-9.14.2.9.bin 00:12:07 : Discarded 1 pkts. Expected block num : 51. Received block num: 50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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4. 16G bytes of boot flash memory. 1 32-port TE/FG (S6010) 32 Forty GigabitEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s) DellEMC# 9. Verify that the ONIE has been upgraded to the latest Boot Flash and Boot Selector images. EXEC Privilege Mode show system stack-unit [1-6] DellEMC#show system stack-unit 1 -- Unit 1 -Unit Type : Management Unit Status : online Next Boot : online Required Type : S6010-ON - 32-port TE/FG (S6010) Current Type : S6010-ON - 32-port TE/FG (S6010) Master priority : 0 Hardware Rev : 2.
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Upgrading the CPLD The S6010-ON system with Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) requires System CPLD revision 12, Master CPLD revision 12, and Slave CPLD revision 5.
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upgrade fpga-image stack-unit booted DellEMC#upgrade fpga-image stack-unit 1 booted Current information for the system: ======================================================================== Card Device Name Current Version New Version -----------------------------------------------------------------------Unit1 S6010-ON SYSTEM CPLD 12 12 Unit1 S6010-ON MASTER CPLD 12 12 Unit1 S6010-ON SLAVE CPLD 5 5 *********************************************************************** * Warning - Upgrading FPGA is inher
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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: Press Esc to stop autoboot ... 5 Grub 2.02~beta2 (Dell EMC) Built by root at ubuntu on Tue_Dec_15_13:43:07_UTC_2020 S6010 Boot Flash Label 3.26.2.10 NetBoot Label 3.26.2.10 2. At this prompt message, press the Esc key. The following menu appears: Grub 2.
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Info: Using eth0 MAC address: 14:18:77:09:72:01 Info: Using eth1 MAC address: 14:18:77:09:72:02 Info: Using gretap0 MAC address: 14:18:77:09:72:03 Info: bond0: Checking link... down. ONIE: bond0: link down. Skipping configuration. Info: eth0: Checking link... up. Info: Trying DHCPv4 on interface: eth0 [ 50.851074] random: nonblocking pool is initialized Warning: Unable to configure interface using DHCPv4: eth0 ONIE: Using default IPv4 addr: eth0: 192.168.3.10/24 ONIE: Using link-local IPv4 addr: eth0: 169.
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Gen PM Con1: 0x203808 Therm Status: 0x884D0000 POST Control=0xEA000303, Status=0xE6009F00 BIOS initializations... CPGC Memtest ................................ PASS POST: RTC Battery OK at last cold boot RTC date Tuesday 12/15/2020 15:40:49 POST SPD test ............................... PASS POST Lower DRAM Memory test .... Perf cnt (curr,fixed): 0x1D6E66668,0x3ADCD28C8 POST Lower DRAM Memory test ................. PASS POST Lower DRAM ECC check ................... PASS 5.
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