Dell Z9100–ON User Manual

Rev. A01 February 2021

Dell EMC Z9100–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 Z9100-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

• Documentation Corrections

• Changes to the Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

• Deferred Issues

• Fixed Issues

• Known Issues

• Upgrading the sub-components

• Upgrading the ONIE Package for the Z9100-ON System

• Upgrading the DIAG Package for the Z9100-ON System

• Installing Dell EMC Networking OS on the Z9100-ON using ONIE

• Upgrading the Z9100-ON Dell EMC Networking OS Image using Dell EMC Networking OS CLI

• Uninstalling the Dell EMC Networking operating system

• 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.

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, 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.

2020–12 Initial release.

Requirements

The following requirements apply to the Z9100-ON system.

Hardware Requirements

The following lists the Dell EMC Z9100-ON system hardware requirements:

● 10/25/40/50/100 GbE switch Thirty two fixed quad form-factor pluggable (QSFP28) optical ports

●

● One each 10/100/100BaseT Ethernet management port, micro universal serial bus (MicroUSB-B) 2.0 console port, USB type

A port, and RS-232/RJ45 serial console port

● Two small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) 1000M/10G ports

● Two AC or DC power supplies units (PSUs) and five fan subsystem with airflow from the I/O side to the power supply unit

(PSU) side or from the PSU side to the I/O side

The following lists the individual Dell Z9100-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 3.23.1.0-7

DIAG Installer 3.23.3.0-4

EDA Diags 3.23.4.1

NOTE: For information about non-Dell OS versions, see Dell EMC Z9100-Open Networking (ON) System Release Notes.

New Dell 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, see the respective Dell EMC System Release Notes.

● 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/FTOS-Z9100ON-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 3.23.0.0-8 3.23.0.0-9

*********************************************************************** * 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

● In a VXLAN scenario, hybrid port is not supported.

● While deploying the system in the normal-reload mode in BMP configuration, use the ip ssh server enable command

at the beginning of the startup configuration if the write memory command is used at the end of the configuration.

● File system partition: ○ The ONIE installer, of OS versions 9.11(0.0P4), 9.11(0.1P1), 9.11(0.2), and later, changes the file system partition scheme

to facilitate the installation of certain third-party networking operating systems.

○ If you have installed Dell EMC Networking OS using the ONIE install option, you cannot downgrade from Dell EMC

Networking OS 9.14(2.9) to versions earlier than 9.11(0.0P4), 9.11(0.1P1), or 9.11(0.2), using the upgrade system command, due to file system partition compatibility issues.

The above restriction is not applicable if you have upgraded Dell EMC Networking OS using the upgrade

NOTE:

system command, instead of the ONIE install option.

● To downgrade Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9) to versions earlier than 9.11(0.0P4), 9.11(0.1P1), or 9.11(0.2), follow these steps:

1. From the ONIE menu, use the ONIE uninstall option to uninstall Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9).

2. Use the ONIE install option to install the older version of Dell EMC Networking OS.

● The systems shipped with OS 9.11(2.3) and above might contain one of the following chipsets: ○ BCM56960_B1 chipset with part number 0HW2V or 353W9. ○ BCM56960_B0 chipset with part number GTG6M or 2CMPM.

You can check the part number using the show inventory command.

● In a system using BCM56960_B1 chipset, you cannot downgrade from Dell EMC Networking OS 9.11(2.3) 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.

● While using the established keyword in an ACL rule, all the other TCP control flags are masked, to avoid redundant TCP

control flags configuration in a single rule. When you use any TCP control flag in an ACL rule, established is masked and other control flags are available.

● The following features are not available in Dell EMC Networking OS versions 9.14(2.0): ○ 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.

● Do not configure the vxlan-instance command on the port, which is configured with the portmode hybrid command. Do not configure the vxlan-instance enabled port as a member of VLAN, which does not have VXLAN-VNI configuration.

Documentation Corrections

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

None.

Changes to the Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

The following behavior and CLI changes are applicable to the Z9100–ON switch with Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9):

None.

Deferred Issues

Issues that appear in this section were reported in Dell 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 Z9100-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 Z9100-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 Z9100-ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

NOTE: Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9) 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(2.9):

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 Z9100–ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

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

The following caveats are open in Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9):

None.

Upgrading the sub-components

It is recommended to upgrade the sub-components in the following order and reload the switch where necessary, before proceeding with the next sub-component upgrade.

1. Upgrade the BIOS or Boot-selector - using the upgrade boot bootselector-image stack-unit 1 booted command.

2. Upgrade the GRUB or Bootflash - using the upgrade boot bootflash-image stack-unit 1 booted command.

3. Upgrade the CPLD - using the upgrade fpga-image system cpld stack-unit 1 booted command.

4. Upgrade the SMF MSS-IAP - using the upgrade mss-iap-image stack-unit 1 booted command.

5. Upgrade the SMF MSS-FPGA - using the upgrade mss-fpga-image stack-unit 1 booted command.

6. Upgrade the OOB-FPGA - using the upgrade fpga-image system fpga stack-unit 1 booted command.

Upgrade the BIOS or Boot Selector

To upgrade the BIOS or Boot Selector from Dell EMC Networking OS, perform the following steps:

1. Upgrade the Z9100-ON Boot Selector image.

EXEC Privilege Mode

upgrade boot bootselector-image stack-unit [<id> | 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.

DellEMC#upgrade boot bootselector-image stack-unit 1 booted

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

-----------------------------------------------------------------------Unit1 Boot Selector 3.23.0.2-8 3.23.0.0-9

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

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

2. Reload the unit.

EXEC Privilege Mode

reload

3. Verify the Boot Selector image.

EXEC Privilege Mode

show system stack-unit <id>

DellEMC#show system stack-unit 1

-- Unit 1 -Unit Type : Management Unit Status : online Next Boot : online Required Type : Z9100-ON - 34-port TE/TF/FO/FI/HU G (Z9100-ON) Current Type : Z9100-ON - 34-port TE/TF/FO/FI/HU G (Z9100-ON) Master priority : NA Hardware Rev : 0.0 Num Ports : 130 Up Time : 3 min, 41 sec Dell Networking OS Version : 9.14(2.9) Jumbo Capable : yes POE Capable : no FIPS Mode : disabled Boot Flash : 3.23.2.13 Boot Selector : 3.23.0.0-9 Memory Size : 3177226240 bytes Temperature : 29C Voltage : ok Serial Number : NA Part Number : 3F3W9 Rev X02 Vendor Id : NA Date Code : NA Country Code : NA Piece Part ID : CN-3F3W9-77931-58H-0004 PPID Revision : X02 Service Tag : 20JQG02 Expr Svc Code : 438 671 117 0 Auto Reboot : enabled Burned In MAC : 4c:76:25:e5:d9:40 No Of MACs : 3

-- Power Supplies -Unit Bay Status Type FanStatus FanSpeed InPwr AvgInPwr AvgInPwrStartTime

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 absent absent 0 0 0 N/A 1 2 up AC up 14752 61 54 12/15/2020-02:42

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Dell Z9100–ON User Manual

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Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Dell EMC Z9100–ON System Release Notes, OS Version 9.14(2.9P1)

Document Revision History

Requirements

New Dell Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) Features

Restrictions

Documentation Corrections

Changes to the Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

Deferred Issues

Deferred Z9100-ON 9.14(2.0) Software Issues

Fixed Issues

Fixed Z9100-ON 9.14(2.9P1) Software Issues

Fixed Z9100-ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

Known Issues

Known Z9100–ON 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

Upgrading the sub-components

Upgrade the BIOS or Boot Selector