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Rev. A01

February 2021

Dell S6100–ON System Release Notes, OS

Version 9.14(2.9P1)

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

Networking operating software (OS) and the S6100-Open Networking (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

• Requirements

• New Dell Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) Features

• Restrictions

• Changes to the Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

• Documentation Corrections

• Deferred Issues

• Fixed Issues

• Known Issues

• Upgrading the ONIE Package for the S6100-ON System

• Upgrading the DIAG Package for the S6100-ON System

• Installing Dell EMC Networking OS on the S6100-ON using ONIE

• Upgrading the S6100-ON Dell EMC Networking OS Image using Dell EMC Networking OS CLI

• Upgrade the Boot Selector and Boot Flash Images from Dell EMC Networking OS

• Upgrade the CPLD Images

• Upgrading the SmartFusion Microcontroller Subsystem — SMF MSS-IAP

• Upgrading the SmartFusion Microcontroller Subsystem — SMF MSS-FPGA

• Upgrading the OOB-FPGA Image

• Uninstalling the Dell EMC Networking OS

• Installing a Third Party Operating System

• Contacting Dell EMC

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:

You can subscribe to issue update reports or use the BugTrack search tool to read current information about open

and closed issues. To subscribe or use BugTrack, go to Dell Support at: https://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/

BugTrack/SearchIssues.aspx.

For more information about hardware and software features, commands, and capabilities, see the Dell EMC Networking website

at: http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/learn/networking.

Document Revision History

Table 1. Revision History

Date Description

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

Summary of content (29 pages)

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Rev. A01 February 2021 Dell S6100–ON System Release Notes, OS Version 9.14(2.9P1) This document contains information about open and resolved caveats, and operational information specific to the Dell EMC Networking operating software (OS) and the S6100-Open Networking (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 Requirements New Dell Networking OS Version 9.14(2.
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Table 1. Revision History (continued) Date Description 2020–12 Initial release. Requirements The following requirements apply to the S6100-ON system.
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None. Restrictions ● Prerequisite steps to upgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS from earlier version to 9.14.2.0 or later: 1. Uninstall the older version of the Open Automation (OA) package 2. Upgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS to 9.14.2.0 or later version 3. Install the following OA packages from the respective upgraded version: a. SmartScripts b. Puppet c. Open management infrastructure (OMI) d. SNMP MIB Prerequisite steps to downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS from 9.14.2.
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● In a system using BCM56960_B1 chipset, you cannot downgrade from Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9) to OS versions earlier than 9.10(0.2), due to NPU compatibility issues. NOTE: The above restriction is not applicable for systems using BCM56960_B0 chipset. ● You cannot use the established keyword in an ACL rule, along with the other control flags.
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Category Description PR# Problem Report number that identifies the issue. Severity S1—Crash: A software crash occurs in the kernel or a running process that requires a restart of AFM, the router, switch, or process. S2—Critical: An issue that renders the system or a major feature unusable, which can have a pervasive impact on the system or network, and for which there is no work-around acceptable to the customer.
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Fixed S6100-ON 9.14(2.9P1) Software Issues NOTE: Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9P1) includes fixes for caveats addressed in the previous 9.14 releases. Refer to the respective release notes documentation for the list of caveats fixed in the earlier 9.14 releases. The following caveats are fixed in Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9P1): PR# 169575 Severity: Sev 2 Synopsis: In certain scenarios, port configuration does not take effect and you may see the IFMGR-3-IFA_COMM_FAIL syslog error.
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Severity: Sev 2 Synopsis: The PSU serial number displays as NA in the show inventory command output for PSUs manufactured after January 2020. Release Notes: The PSU serial number displays as NA in the show inventory command output for PSUs manufactured after January 2020. Workaround: None PR# 169919 Severity: Sev 3 Synopsis: The switch may encounter a software exception due to invalid memory access on bootup.
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Category Description PR# Problem Report number that identifies the issue. Severity S1—Crash: A software crash occurs in the kernel or a running process that requires a restart of AFM, the router, switch, or process. S2—Critical: An issue that renders the system or a major feature unusable, which can have a pervasive impact on the system or network, and for which there is no work-around acceptable to the customer.
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go to BLI, 'o' to boot ONIE, 'd' to boot DIAG-OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting or 'c' for a command-line. 3. From the menu, choose the ONIE option. NOTE: To choose an option from the menu, select one of the options using the up or down arrow key and press Enter. The following menu appears: GNU GRUB version 1.
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7. Enter the following command to upgrade ONIE:ONIE:/ # onie-self-update tftp:/// onie-updater-x86_64-s6100_c2538-r0. NOTE: Copy the onie-updater-x86_64-s6100_c2538-r0 file to the /tftpboot folder in the server. ONIE is updated on the system, as shown: discover: ONIE update mode detected. Stopping: discover... done. Info: Fetching tftp://10.16.127.86/onie-updater-x86_64-s6100_c2538-r0...
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● Manual: Copy the image onto the TFTP or HTTP server and boot ONIE. Update the ONIE using the onie-selfupdate command, then download and run an ONIE updater image ( diag-installer-x86_64-dell_s6100_c2538r0.3.25.4.1.bin). The supported URL types are: HTTP, FTP, TFTP, and FILE. NOTE: If Dell EMC Networking OS is already installed on the S6100-ON system, before upgrading the DIAG package, you must first uninstall Dell EMC Networking OS.
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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 Starting: dropbear ssh daemon... done. Starting: telnetd... done. discover: installer mode detected. Running installer. Starting: discover... done. Please press Enter to activate this console. Info: eth0: Info: Trying DHCPv4 on interface: eth0 Checking link... up. To check the install status inspect /var/log/onie.log.
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Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 65536 inodes, 262144 blocks 13107 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=268435456 8 block groups Installing Dell EMC Networking OS on the S6100-ON using ONIE NOTE: You will need the Dell EMC Networking OS installer package, ONIE-FTOS-S6100-ON-9.14.2.9.bin to install the Dell EMC Networking OS on your S6100-ON system that has only ONIE. To install the Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.
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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 : 3.25.1.3 Build Date: 2020-12-15T16:57-0700 Info: Mounting kernel filesystems... done. Info: Mounting LABEL=ONIE-BOOT on /mnt/onie-boot ... Info: Using eth0 MAC address: 4c:76:25:f5:17:00 Info: eth0: Checking link... up.
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Verifying image checksum ... OK. Preparing image archive from /installer ... Done. Verifying Product Platform... Product Name : S6100-ON Image Platform : FTOS-S6100-ON Image File : FTOS-S6100-ON-bin Image Compatibility : Verified Verifying MAC Address... MAC Address is Configured Image Platform : FTOS-S6100-ON 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.
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You can upgrade or downgrade to any version, if you have upgraded Dell EMC Networking OS using the upgrade system command, instead of the ONIE install option. The systems shipped with OS 9.14(2.9) and above might contain one of the following chipsets: ● BCM56960_B1 chipset with part number F6N2R or 6N1J1. ● BCM56960_B0 chipset with part number KPX54 or H68CJ.
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stack-unit 5 is not present. stack-unit 6 is not present. 5. Change the Primary Boot Parameter of the S6100-ON to the upgraded partition A: or B: CONFIGURATION Mode boot system stack-unit 1 primary system: [A: | B: | tftp: | ftp:] 6. Save the configuration so that the configuration will be retained after a reload using the write memory command.
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1. Upgrade the S6100-ON Boot Selector image. EXEC Privilege Mode upgrade boot bootselector-image stack-unit [ | all] [booted] To upgrade the Boot Selector image to the image version packed with the loaded Dell EMC Networking OS image, use the booted option. You can find the Boot Selector image version packed with the loaded Dell EMC Networking OS using the show os-version command in EXEC Privilege mode.
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G Current Type : S6100-ON - 4 Modules, 16x40G/8x100G ports TE/TF/FO/FI/HU G Master priority : NA Hardware Rev : 0.0 Num Ports : 130 Up Time : 4 min, 47 sec Dell EMC Networking OS Version : 9.14(2.9) Jumbo Capable : yes POE Capable : no FIPS Mode : disabled Boot Flash : 3.25.2.14 Boot Selector : 3.25.0.
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6. After you upgrade Dell EMC Networking Networking OS to 9.14(2.9) from an earlier version and update the BIOS using the booted option, the system does not allow you to downgrade the BIOS to an earlier version. To run an earlier BIOS version, use FTP, TFTP, or SCP option from the current OS version. DellEMC#upgrade boot bootselector-image stack-unit 1 tftp://10.16.127.7/FTOSSK-9.14.2.9.bin Dec 15 09:32:03 : Discarded 1 pkts. Expected block num : 51.
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Platform S-Series:S6100-ON Version 9.14(2.9) Size 78345374 ReleaseTime Dec 15 2020 17:15:23 TARGET IMAGE INFORMATION : --------------------------------------------------------------------Type Version Target checksum runtime 9.14(2.9) Control Processor passed BOOT IMAGE INFORMATION : --------------------------------------------------------------------Type Version Target checksum boot flash 3.25.2.
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DellEMC#Dec 15 12:41:34: %S6100-ON:1 %DOWNLOAD-6-FPGA_UPGRADE: stack-unit 1 fpga upgrade success. Upgrading the CXP Module CPLD image The S6100-ON system with Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) requires CXP MODULE CPLD image 5. To display the CXP module CPLD version currently running on an S6100-ON, use the show revision command. NOTE: The upgrade fpga-image mod-id stack-unit 1 booted command is hidden when using the feature in the CLI. However, it is a supported command.
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Upgrade image for stack-unit 1 [yes/no]: yes Cpld upgrade in progress!!! Please do NOT power off the unit!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Upgrade result : ================ Unit 1 Cpld upgrade successful Unit 1. Please power cycle to take effect. DellEMC#Dec 15 13:29:39: %S6100-ON:1 %DOWNLOAD-6-FPGA_UPGRADE: stack-unit 1 fpga upgrade success. Upgrading the 100G Module CPLD image The S6100-ON system with Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.
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upgrade mss-iap-image stack-unit booted DellEMC#upgrade mss-iap-image stack-unit 1 booted Current information for the system: ======================================================================== Card Device Name Current Version New Version -----------------------------------------------------------------------CP S6100-ON MSS IAP 2.1 2.
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SMF FPGA upgrade in progress!!! Please do NOT power off the unit!!! Auto Reset will happen at the end of Upgrade!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Upgrade result : ================ UNIT1 SMF FPGA upgrade successful UNIT1. will go for reboot to complete the upgrade. DellEMC#Dec 15 13:49:27: %STKUNIT1-M:CP %DOWNLOAD-6-FPGA_UPGRADE: UNIT 1 fpga upgrade success. BIOS (Dell EMC) Boot Selector S6100 3.25.0.0-6 4 IO card / 2 port sfp+ mgmt.
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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 1.99~rc1 (Dell EMC) Built by root at ubuntu on Tue_Dec_15_10:41:12_UTC_2020 S6100 Boot Flash Label 3.25.2.14 NetBoot Label 3.25.2.14 2. At this prompt message, press the Esc key. The following menu appears: Grub 1.
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Percent complete: 100% Erase complete. Deleting partition 4 from /dev/sda Erasing internal mass storage device: /dev/sda5 (500MB) Percent complete: 100% Erase complete. Deleting partition 5 from /dev/sda Erasing internal mass storage device: /dev/sda6 (500MB) Percent complete: 100% Erase complete. Deleting partition 6 from /dev/sda Erasing internal mass storage device: /dev/sda7 (13085MB) Percent complete: 100% Erase complete. Deleting partition 7 from /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform.
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Installing a Third Party Operating System Apart from the Dell EMC Networking OS, you can also install a supported third party operating system on the S6100-ON system. For more information on installing a third party operating system, refer to the third party OS vendor's website for OS installation instructions. Contacting Dell EMC NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information on your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog.
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