Users Guide

9 Dell EMC Networking ONIE Quick Start Guide
Perform the following steps for an HTTP/TFTP zero touch installation:
1. Install a Linux web server, such as Apache, that a switch can access once it has obtained its IP
address from a DHCP server.
2. Copy the operating system installer file to the path shared by the web server, such as /var/www/html,
and rename it onie-installer or another qualified file name.
Note: For a listing of qualified file names used by ONIE auto-discovery, see Appendix C.
3. Create a DNS entry to resolve onie-server to the Linux web server address.
Note: This only applies if DNS is used to identify the onie-server.
4. Test web access to the operating systems installer file by entering http://<server-ip-address>/<onie-
installer> into the web browser’s URL field on a system in the same IP subnet. The directory displays
the installer file.
5. Click on the file to download a local copy. The test passes when the file successfully downloads.
6. Perform the following steps on each switch to be installed with an operating system:
a. With ONIE installed on the switch with no operating system, connect the Out-of-Band (OOB)
port to the network containing the web server.
b. Power the switch on. The switch automatically starts the auto-discovery and zero-touch
installation.
c. Once the switch installs the operating system, it reboots to the OS login: prompt. The
installation is complete.
4.1.2 USB
There are two prerequisites for using a USB drive to install an operating system utilizing the automatic zero-
touch option.
• The USB drive needs to be in a FAT32 or EXT2 format.
• The file name needs be a qualified name that starts with “onie-installer”.
Note: For a listing of qualified file names used by ONIE auto-discovery, see Appendix C.
4.2 Manual install
To perform a manual installation, enter the onie-discovery-stop command to stop the auto-discovery
process.
4.2.1 HTTP/TFTP/FTP
To install an operating system manually, boot into the ONIE: Install OS menu.
From the ONIE prompt, use the following command to download and apply the update over the network. The
following example shows the use of TFTP; however, HTTP or FTP can also be used.
onie-nos-install tftp://<ip address>/PKGS_OS10-Enterprise-10.4.0E.R3S.250-
x86_64.bin