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Ubuntu 20.04 installation guide on Tofino-enabled Netberg switches

How to install Ubuntu on Netberg Aurora switches

The main repo:

https://github.com/netbergtw/files/tree/master/debian-bsps

OS installation:

Please unplug the USB drive if inserted or follow debian-preseed.txt

# Due notably to potential USB sticks, the location of the MBR can not be
# determined safely in general, so this needs to be specified:
#d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string /dev/sdb
# To install to the first device (assuming it is not a USB stick):
d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string default

Please wipe the drive clean if a NOS was installed.

We are going through a standard ONIE procedure.

Please refer to this article if ONIE is missing.

You can make your own ONIE image with the preseed file (https://github.com/opencomputeproject/onie/blob/master/contrib/debian-iso/README.md)

or get a ready to use Ubuntu 20.04 image:

Ubuntu image and preseed file.

Install OS with the onie-nos-install command from a remote or local source (don’t forget to put debian-preseed.txt near the image).

onie-nos-install http://192.168.0.4:8000/ubuntu-focal-amd64-mini-ONIE.bin

During installation

Select the proper network device:

e.g. enp8s0: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection.

Agree to a weak password (onie/onie is the default user/password).

Post-intallation steps:

Update repos:

apt update
apt upgrade

Install additional components:

apt install openssh-server build-essential git i2c-tools

Build optoe driver

git clone https://github.com/opencomputeproject/oom.git
cd oom/optoe
echo "obj-m := optoe.o" > Makefile
make -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build M=$(pwd) modules
make -C /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build M=$(pwd) modules_install
depmod

Install i2c_utils.sh

wget https://github.com/netbergtw/files/raw/master/debian-bsps/aurora-710/i2c_utils.sh -O /usr/sbin/i2c_utils.sh
chmod +x /usr/sbin/i2c_utils.sh

Init the switch

With this, you can initialize the switch i2c tree:

i2c_utils.sh i2c_init

There are a lot of useful i2c_utils.sh options.
Just execute it without parameters to show all of them.

Example of a simple systemd monitoring service

wget https://github.com/netbergtw/files/raw/master/debian-bsps/aurora-710/aurora-710-monitor.service -O /etc/systemd/system/aurora-710-monitor.service

wget https://github.com/netbergtw/files/raw/master/debian-bsps/aurora-710/aurora_710_monitor.sh -O /usr/sbin/aurora_710_monitor.sh
chmod +x /usr/sbin/aurora_710_monitor.sh

systemctl enable aurora-710-monitor

This script will automatically run during the system boot, start the i2c_init function, and control fans/LEDs.

P4 Studion installation on Aurora 750, 710, and 610

Please refer to our FTP for instructions.

NEWS

Latest news

Netberg launches Aurora 810 platform for next-generation networks

Netberg announced the new Aurora 810 400G model programmable switch with Intel Tofino 2 Intelligent Fabric Processors (IFPs) at its heart. The new platform has 32x 400G QSFP-DD Ethernet ports and a 12.8Tbps switching capacity.

Fast Forward Initiative 2022.

Taipei, Taiwan, 24th of October 2022. Netberg participates in the new round of the Fast Forward Initiative by Intel (FFI'22). The program supports academic and research organizations today, aiming at accelerating tomorrow's best network programmability research.