Dell S5048F–ON User Manual

Rev. A01 February 2021

Dell EMC S5048F–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 S5048F-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 EMC 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 S5048F-ON System

• Upgrading the DIAG Package for the S5048F-ON System

• Installing Dell EMC Networking OS on the S5048F-ON using ONIE

• Upgrading the CPLD

• Upgrading the SmartFusion Microcontroller Subsystem — SMF MSS-IAP

• Upgrading the SmartFusion Microcontroller Subsystem — SMF MSS-FPGA

• Upgrading the OOB-FPGA

• Upgrading the S5048F-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

• Uninstalling the Dell EMC Networking OS

• Installing a Third Party Operating System

• 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.

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

NOTE:

open and closed issues. To subscribe or use BugTrack, visit Dell EMC 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: 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.

Table 1. Revision History (continued)

Date Description

2020–12 Initial release.

Requirements

The following requirements apply to the S5048F-ON system.

Hardware Requirements

The following lists the Dell EMC S5048F-ON system hardware requirements:

● 1/10/25/40/50/100 GbE switch

● Forty-eight 1 GbE/10 GbE/25 GbE SFP28 ports

● Six 100 GbE QSFP28 ports (Each 100 GbE port can be fanned-out into 1x40 GbE, 2x50 GbE, 4x25 GbE, and 4x10 GbE)

● One MicroUSB-B console port

● One RJ-45 serial console port

● One USB Type-A port for more file storage

On-board Rangeley central processing unit (CPU) system with 8GB DDR III RAM, 16GB iSLC mSATA SSD

●

● One 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet management port

● Two hot-swappable redundant power supplies

● Four hot-swappable fan modules

● Standard 1U switch

The following lists the individual Dell EMC S5048F-ON system hardware components that are available to order:

● Fan with airflow from I/O side to PSU side

● Fan with airflow from PSU side to I/O side

● AC or DC power supply with airflow from I/O side to PSU side

● AC or DC power supply with airflow from PSU side to I/O side

NOTE: Fan modules and power supplies are field replaceable units.

NOTE: All fans and PSUs must have the same airflow direction. If you mix the airflow direction, the switch detects the

discrepancy, issues an alarm, and may auto-shutdown to avoid heat damage to components. You must correct the mixed

airflow direction.

Software Requirements

Table 2. Software Requirements

Software Minimum Release Requirement

Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9)

ONIE 3.38.1.1-3

DIAG Installer 3.38.3.1-2

EDA Diags 3.38.4.1-2

ONIE Firmware Updater 3.38.5.1-0

NOTE: For information about non-Dell OS versions, see Dell EMC S5048F-Open Networking (ON) System Release Notes.

New Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) Features

The following features are integrated into the Dell EMC Networking 9.14.2 branch through this release:

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 9.14.2.0 or later to the earlier version:

1. Uninstall the OA package of 9.14.2.0 or later version

2. Downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS to an earlier version

3. Install the respective OA package from an earlier version

For more information about installing, uninstalling and upgrading the Dell EMC Networking OS and OA package, refer the respective Dell EMC System Release Notes.

● After you upgrade Dell EMC 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/FTOS-S5048FON-9.14.2.9.bin Dec 15 09:32:03 : Discarded 1 pkts. Expected block num : 51. Received block num: 50 Dec 15 09:32:06 : Discarded 1 pkts. Expected block num : 65. Received block num: 64 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Current Boot information in the system: ======================================================================== Card BootSelector Current Version New Version

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Unit1 Boot Selector 3.38.0.1-4 3.38.0.1-3

*********************************************************************** * Warning - Upgrading boot selectors is inherently risky and should * * only be attempted when necessary. A failure at this upgrade may * * cause a board RMA. Proceed with caution ! * ***********************************************************************

Proceed upgrade Boot Selector image for stack-unit 1 [yes/no]: yes

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! Bootselector image upgrade for stack-unit 1 completed successfully.

If you downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS version from 9.14.2.9 to 9.11.0.0 or any older versions, the system displays the following error message even though there is no functional impact:

CDB boot error: C.cdb file format

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.gz DellEMC#reload

● The following features are not available in Dell EMC Networking OS: ○ Protocol-independent multicast (PIM) equal cost multi path (ECMP) ○ Static Internet group management protocol (IGMP) join (ip igmp static-group)

○ IGMP querier timeout configuration (ip igmp querier-timeout)

○ IGMP group join limit (ip igmp group join-limit)

● When 1024 or more VNI profiles are configured, the system takes more time to load. Dell EMC recommends to restrict the

VNI profiles to be less than 1000.

● If you use the interface range command to select multiple interfaces that are added to the management VRF, the ipv6 address command does not display the autoconfig option. You can configure the autoconfig command on

individual interfaces.

● If you use the interface range command to select multiple interfaces that are added to the management VRF, the ipv6 nd command displays the following options but they do not take effect if you use them:

○ dns-server ○ hop-limit ○ managed-config-flag ○ max-ra-interval ○ mtu ○ other-config-flag ○ prefix ○ ra-guard ○ ra-lifetime ○ reachable-time ○ retrans-timer ○ suppress-ra

● When FRRP is enabled in a VLT domain, no flavor of Spanning tree should concurrently be enabled on the nodes of that

specific VLT domain. In essence FRRP and xSTP should not co-exist in a VLT environment.

● On the device, the 48 SFP28 ports are split into 12 port groups; each group constituting four continuous SFP28 ports. Within a port group, all four ports can run at 25G/10G/1G speed. The port group speed is determined by the first optic inserted in any one of the four ports. For example, if you insert an SFP+ in port 1/1, the port group speed is set to 1G/10G. If you insert a 25G optic in port 1/2, the system displays an error message and does not enable the 25G optic. The port group speed resets to the default speed of 25G when you remove the SFP+ from port 1/1.

Changes to Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

The following behavior and CLI changes are applicable to the S4048T–ON switch with Dell EMC Networking OS version

9.14(2.9):

None.

Documentation Corrections

This section describes the errors identified in the current release of the Dell EMC Networking OS.

None.

Deferred Issues

Issues that appear in this section were reported in Dell EMC 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.

Deferred issues are reported using the following definitions.

Category Description

PR# Problem Report number that identifies the issue.

Severity

Synopsis Synopsis is the title or short description of the issue.

Release Notes Release Notes description contains more detailed information about the issue.

Work around

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.

S3 — Major: An issue that affects the functionality of a major feature or negatively effects the network for which there exists a work-around that is acceptable to the customer.

S4 — Minor: A cosmetic issue or an issue in a minor feature with little or no network impact for which there might be a work-around.

Work around describes a mechanism for circumventing, avoiding, or recovering from the issue. It might not be a permanent solution.

Issues listed in the “Closed Caveats” section should not be present, and the work-around is unnecessary, as the version of code for which this release note is documented has resolved the caveat.

Deferred SS5048F–ON 9.14(2.0) Software Issues

The following issues have been deferred in the Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.0):

None.

Fixed Issues

Fixed issues are reported using the following definitions.

Fixed S5048F–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.

Release Notes: In certain scenarios, port configuration does not take effect and you

may see the IFMGR-3-IFA_COMM_FAIL syslog error.

Workaround: None

PR# 170018

Severity: Sev 1

Synopsis: Ethernet packet type 0x888e is not handled, leading to a memory leak.

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.

Workaround: None

PR# 170041

Severity: Sev 2

Synopsis: In certain scenarios, in a VLT environment, the switch may encounter

an exception during VLT failover.

Release Notes: In certain scenarios, in a VLT environment, the switch may encounter

an exception during VLT failover.

Workaround: None

Fixed S5048F–ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9) includes fixes for caveats addressed in the previous 9.14 releases. Refer to the

NOTE:

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(2.9):

PR# 169845

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.

Release Notes: The switch may encounter a software exception due to invalid memory

access on bootup.

Workaround: None

PR# 169921

Severity: Sev 2

Synopsis: Static routes are not restored when BFD is disabled at interface level.

Release Notes: Static routes are not restored when BFD is disabled at interface level.

Workaround: None

PR# 169972

Severity: Sev 2

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.

Workaround: None

Known Issues

Known issues are reported using the following definitions.

Category Description

PR# Problem Report number that identifies the issue.

Severity

Synopsis Synopsis is the title or short description of the issue.

Release Notes Release Notes description contains more detailed information about the issue.

Work around

S1 — Crash: A software crash occurs in the kernel or a running process that requires a restart of AFM,

the router, switch, or process.

S3 — Major: An issue that affects the functionality of a major feature or negatively effects the network for which there exists a work-around that is acceptable to the customer.

S4 — Minor: A cosmetic issue or an issue in a minor feature with little or no network impact for which there might be a work-around.

Work around describes a mechanism for circumventing, avoiding, or recovering from the issue. It might not be a permanent solution.

Issues listed in the “Closed Caveats” section should not be present, and the work-around is unnecessary, as the version of code for which this release note is documented has resolved the caveat.

Known SS5048F–ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

The latest information related to Open Caveats is available on support site through the BugTrack search tool.

NOTE: You must have a user account to access the BugTrack tool.

To use the search tool:

1. Go the Main Customer Support page: https://www.force10networks.com/csportal20/Main/SupportMain.aspx.

2. Log in.

3. Click the BugTrack link, located in the Quick Links menu directly below the login bar.

This takes you to the BugTrack search page: https://www.force10networks.com/csportal20/BugTrack/SearchIssues.aspx.

4. Enter for a specific PR or select an Dell EMC Networking OS version, platform, severity, or category to get a list of PRs.

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 EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9):

None.

Upgrading the ONIE Package for the S5048F-ON System

To upgrade the ONIE package, use one of the following two processes

● Zero touch (dynamic): Copy the updated ONIE installer for your system to the TFTP/HTTP server. Configure the DHCP options using the ONIE specifications shown at the following link: https://github.com/opencomputeproject/onie/wiki/

Design-Spec-SW-Updating-ONIE.

● Manual: Copy the image onto the TFTP/HTTP servers and boot ONIE. Update the ONIE using the onie-self-update command, then download and run an ONIE updater image (onie-updater-x86_64-dellemc_s5000_c2538-r0). The supported URL types are: HTTP, FTP, TFTP, and FILE.

To upgrade ONIE, perform the following steps:

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 gbbdev-maa-01 on Tue_Dec_15_08:55:22_UTC_2020 S5048F Boot Flash Label 3.38.2.6 NetBoot Label 3.38.2.6

2. At this prompt message, press the Esc key. The following menu appears:

GNU Grub 2.02~beta2 (Dell EMC) Built by root at gbbdev-maa-01 on Tue_Dec_15_08:55:22_UTC_2020 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |*DELL EMC Networking OS | | DELL EMC Networking OS-Boot Line Interface | | EDA-DIAG | | ONIE | | | | | | | | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'f' to boot FTOS, 'b' to 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, highlight one of the options using the up or down arrow key and press

Enter.

The following menu appears:

GNU Grub 2.02~beta2 (Dell EMC)

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.

The ONIE update mode is enabled and the ONIE prompt appears, as shown:

ONIE: ONIE Update Mode ... Version : 3.38.1.1-3 Build Date: 2020-12-15T09:57-0700 Info: Mounting kernel filesystems... done. Info: Mounting ONIE-BOOT on /mnt/onie-boot ... random: fsck urandom read with 10 bits of entropy available Info: Mounting EFI System on /boot/efi ... Info: Using eth0 MAC address: 34:17:eb:37:0e:00 Info: eth0: Checking link... up. Info: Trying DHCPv4 on interface: eth0 Warning: Unable to configure interface using DHCPv4: eth0 random: nonblocking pool is initialized ONIE:

Using link-local IPv4 addr: eth0: 169.254.229.154/16 Starting: dropbear ssh daemon... done. Starting: telnetd... done.

discover: ONIE update mode detected. Running updater. Starting: discover... done.

Please press Enter to activate this console. Info: eth0: Checking link... up. Info: Trying DHCPv4 on interface: eth0

Warning: Unable to configure interface using DHCPv4: eth0 ONIE: Using link-local IPv4 addr: eth0: 169.254.51.54/16

To check the install status inspect /var/log/onie.log. Try this: tail -f /var/log/onie.log

** ONIE Update Mode Enabled ** ONIE:/ #

5. At the ONIE prompt, to stop the ONIE discovery process, enter the following command:

ONIE:/ # onie-discovery-stop

The ONIE discovery stops, as shown:

discover: ONIE update mode detected. Stopping: discover... done. ONIE:/ # ONIE:/ #

6. Configure an interface and assign an IP address to that interface using the following command:

ONIE:/ # ifconfig eth0 10.16.129.131/16

7. Enter the following command to upgrade ONIE:ONIE:/ # onie-self-update tftp://<tftp-server–address>/ onie-updater-x86_64-s4048t_c2338-r0

NOTE: You must copy the onie-updater-x86_64-s4048t_c2338-r0 file to the /tftpboot folder in the server.

ONIE is updated on the system, as shown:

ONIE:/ # onie-self-update tftp://10.16.127.6/users/gk/5048F/onie-updater-x86_64dellemc_s5000_c2538-r0 discover: ONIE update mode detected. Stopping: discover... done. Info: Fetching tftp://10.16.127.6/users/gk/5048F/onie-updater-x86_64dellemc_s5000_c2538-r0 ... users/gk/5048F/onie- 100% |*******************************| 11681k 0:00:00 ETA ONIE: Executing installer: tftp://10.16.127.6/users/gk/5048F/onie-updater-x86_64dellemc_s5000_c2538-r0 Verifying image checksum ... OK. Preparing image archive ... OK. ONIE: Version : 3.38.1.1-3 ONIE: Architecture : x86_64 ONIE: Machine : dellemc_s5000_c2538 ONIE: Machine Rev : 0 ONIE: Config Version: 1 Installing ONIE on: /dev/sda ONIE: Success: Firmware update URL: onie-updater-x86_64-dellemc_s5000_c2538-r0 ONIE: Success: Firmware update version: 3.38.1.1-3 ONIE: Rebooting... ONIE:/ # discover: ONIE update mode detected. Stopping: discover...start-stop-daemon: warning: killing process 2329: No such process done. Stopping: dropbear ssh daemon... done. Stopping: telnetd... done. Stopping: syslogd... done. Info: Unmounting kernel filesystems umount: can't umount /: Invalid argument The system is going down NOW! Sent SIGTERM to all processes Sent SIGKILL tosd 4:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache reboot: Restarting system reboot: machine restart

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User Manual

Dell EMC S5048F–ON System Release Notes, OS Version 9.14(2.9P1)

Document Revision History

Requirements

New Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) Features

Restrictions

Changes to Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

Documentation Corrections

Deferred Issues

Deferred SS5048F–ON 9.14(2.0) Software Issues

Fixed Issues

Fixed S5048F–ON 9.14(2.9P1) Software Issues

Fixed S5048F–ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

Known Issues

Known SS5048F–ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

Upgrading the ONIE Package for the S5048F-ON System