Service Manual

Important Points to Remember

• The Chassis remains in boot prompt if none of the partitions contain valid images.

• To enable TFTP boot after restoring factory default settings, you must stop the boot process in BLI.

In case the system fails to reload the image from the partition, perform the following steps:

1. Power-cycle the chassis (pull the power cord and reinsert it).

2. Hit any key to abort the boot process. You enter uBoot immediately, the => prompt indicates

success.

(during bootup)

press any key

3. Assign the new location to the Dell Networking OS image it uses when the system reloads.

uBoot mode

=> setenv primary_boot f10boot

Boot variable (f10boot) can take the following values:

• flash0 — to boot from flash partition A.

• flash1 — to boot from flash partition B.

• tftp://server-ip/image-file-name — to boot from the network.

4. Assign an IP address to the Management Ethernet interface.

uBoot mode

=> setenv ipaddr ip_address

For example, 10.16.150.105.

=> setenv netmask mask

For example, 255.255.0.0.

5. Assign an IP address as the default gateway for the system.

uBoot mode

=> setenv gatewayip gateway_ip_address

For example, 10.16.150.254.

6. Save the modified environmental variables.

uBoot mode

=> saveenv

7. Reload the system.

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