Installation & Upgrades or Downgrades
This page describes how to install SONiC on Netberg Aurora switches.
Example model & SONiC version:
- Aurora 615/715
- Netberg SONiC: sonic-202012-nb-inno-211121
Note:
- Please use the image provided.
Install SONiC over the network
Procedure:
Step 1. Enter the ONIE install OS mode
Note: Switch will automatically enter the ONIE install mode if there’s no NOS installed.
GNU GRUB version 2.02
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|*ONIE: Install OS <----- Select this one |
| ONIE: Rescue |
| ONIE: Uninstall OS |
| ONIE: Update ONIE |
| ONIE: Embed ONIE |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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.
ONIE Service Discovery will immediately start working. If the automated deployment is not set up, then a user can stop the messages using this command:
ONIE:/ # onie-stop discover: installer mode detected. Stopping: discover... done.
2. Install the image from the remote URL
We assume you have uploaded SONiC image onto a http server (192.168.0.4).
When NOS installation finishes, the box will reboot into SONiC by default.
Netberg SONiC console port settings
Default console port settings are 115200-8-n-1-n.
User management
The default credential for login is admin/YourPaSsWoRd.
There is no separate CLI for adding users and for changing passwords. Users shall use the linux commands “useradd” command to add new users. Users shall use the linux command “passwd ” to change the password for the specific username.
Netberg SONiC Upgrade or Downgrade
 | The new image won’t keep the config_db.json settings. |
1. Check the image
root@sonic:/home/admin# sonic-installer list
Current: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Next: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Available:
SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
2. Install an image from remote HTTP server
root@sonic:/home/admin# sonic-installer install http://192.168.0.4:8000/sonic-sonic-master-nb-inno-210811.bin New image will be installed, continue? [y/N]: y Downloading image... Downloading image... ...99%, 977 MB, 10653 KB/s, 0 seconds left... Installing image SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce and setting it as default... Command: bash /tmp/sonic_image Verifying image checksum ... OK. Preparing image archive ... OK. Installing SONiC in SONiC ONIE Installer: platform: x86_64-innovium-r0 onie_platform: x86_64-netberg_aurora_715-r0 Installing SONiC to /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce Archive: fs.zip creating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/boot/ inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-12-2-amd64 inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/boot/config-4.19.0-12-2-amd64 inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/boot/System.map-4.19.0-12-2-amd64 inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-12-2-amd64 creating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/ creating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-grub/ inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-grub/grub-pc-bin_2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u4_amd64.deb creating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-cel_midstone-r0/ inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-cel_midstone-r0/platform-modules-midstone-200i_0.2.2_amd64.deb creating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-netberg_aurora_615-r0/ inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-netberg_aurora_615-r0/sonic-platform-netberg-aurora-615_1.0.0_amd64.deb creating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-netberg_aurora_715-r0/ inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-netberg_aurora_715-r0/sonic-platform-netberg-aurora-715_1.0.0_amd64.deb creating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-delta_et-c032if-r0/ inflating: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/x86_64-delta_et-c032if-r0/platform-modules-et-c032if_1.1_amd64.deb extracting: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/platform/firsttime extracting: /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/fs.squashfs Switch CPU vendor is: GenuineIntel Switch CPU cstates are: disabled Installed SONiC base image SONiC-OS successfully Command: grub-set-default --boot-directory=/host 0 Command: config-setup backup Taking backup of curent configuration Command: mkdir -p /tmp/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce-fs Command: mount -t squashfs /host/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce/fs.squashfs /tmp/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce-fs Command: sonic-cfggen -d -y /tmp/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce-fs/etc/sonic/sonic_version.yml -t /tmp/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce-fs/usr/share/sonic/templates/sonic-environment.j2 Command: umount -rf /tmp/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce-fs Command: rm -rf /tmp/image-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce-fs Command: sync;sync;sync Command: sleep 3 Done
3. Check the images
# sonic-installer list
Current: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Next: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
Available:
SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Note: This command displays information about currently installed images. It displays a list of installed images, currently running image and image set to be loaded in next reboot.
4. Reboot device
admin@sonic:~$ sudo reboot
5. Check the images
# sonic-installer list
Current: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
Next: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
Available:
SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Specify the default image
1. Check the images
# sonic-installer list
Current: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
Next: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
Available:
SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce
SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Note:
- “Current” image, it mean the running image
- “Next” image, it mean the next boot up image.
- “Available” images, it mean installed SONiC images.
2. Set the default boot-up image
# sonic-installer set-default SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8 Command: grub-set-default --boot-directory=/host 1
3. Check the image status
# sonic-installer list Current: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce Next: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8 Available: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Remove installed image
1. Check the images
# sonic-installer list Current: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8 Next: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8 Available: SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
2. Remove the image
# sonic-installer remove SONiC-OS-master-nb-inno.0-2d2d4bce Image will be removed, continue? [y/N]: y Updating GRUB... Done Removing image root filesystem... Done Command: grub-set-default --boot-directory=/host 0 Image removed
3. Check the images
root@sonic:/home/admin# sonic-installer list
Current: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Next: SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
Available:
SONiC-OS-202012-nb-inno.0-25af05a8
