Setup Guide

Upgrading Dell EMC Networking OS

To upgrade Dell EMC Networking Operating System (OS), refer to the Release Notes for the version you want to load on the system.

You can download the release notes of your platform at https://www.force10networks.com. Use your login ID to log in to the website.

Using HTTP for File Transfers

Stating with Release 9.3(0.1), you can use HTTP to copy les or conguration details to a remote server. To transfer les to an external

server, use the

copy source-le-url http://host[:port]/le-path command.

Enter the following source-le-url keywords and information:

• To copy a le from the internal FLASH, enter ash:// followed by the lename.

• To copy the running conguration, enter the keyword running-cong.

• To copy the startup conguration, enter the keyword startup-cong.

• To copy a le on the USB device, enter usbash:// followed by the lename.

In the Dell EMC Networking OS release 9.8(0.0), HTTP services support the VRF-aware functionality. If you want the HTTP server to use a

VRF table that is attached to an interface, congure that HTTP server to use a specic routing table. You can use the ip http vrf

command to inform the HTTP server to use a specic routing table. After you congure this setting, the VRF table is used to look up the

destination address.

NOTE

: To enable HTTP to be VRF-aware, as a prerequisite you must rst dene the VRF.

You can specify either the management VRF or a nondefault VRF to congure the VRF awareness setting.

When you specify the management VRF, the copy operation that is used to transfer les to and from an HTTP server utilizes the VRF table

corresponding to the Management VRF to look up the destination. When you specify a nondefault VRF, the VRF table corresponding to

that nondefault VRF is used to look up the HTTP server.

However, these changes are backward-compatible and do not aect existing behavior; meaning, you can still use the ip http source-

interface command to communicate with a particular interface even if no VRF is congured on that interface

NOTE

: If the HTTP service is not VRF-aware, then it uses the global routing table to perform the look-up.

To enable an HTTP client to look up the VRF table corresponding to either management VRF or any nondefault VRF, use the ip http

vrf command in CONFIGURATION mode.

• Congure an HTTP client with a VRF that is used to connect to the HTTP server.

CONFIGURATION MODE

DellEMC(conf)#ip http vrf {management | <vrf-name>}

Verify Software Images Before Installation

To validate the software image on the ash drive, you can use the MD5 message-digest algorithm or SHA256 Secure Hash Algorithm, after

the image is transferred to the system but before the image is installed. The validation calculates a hash value of the downloaded image le

on system’s ash drive, and, optionally, compares it to a Dell EMC Networking published hash for that le.

The MD5 or SHA256 hash provides a method of validating that you have downloaded the original software. Calculating the hash on the

local image le and comparing the result to the hash published for that le on iSupport provides a high level of condence that the local

copy is exactly the same as the published software image. This validation procedure, and the verify {md5 | sha256} command to

support it, prevents the installation of corrupted or modied images.

Getting Started