Manually configuring Cumulus NOS 6900 (Management) ONIE switch

Prerequisites
  • Ensure that you have finalized the following parameters of the Cumulus NOS 6900 ONIE switch:

    • Name of the switch

    • VLAN ID of the iLO-OOBM network

    • IP address of the switch and subnet mask

    • IP address of the gateway

  • Ensure that the iLO-OOBM gateway is configured in the Telco Data center core or spine switch.

Procedure
  1. Log in to the Cumulus NOS 6900 ONIE switch using the serial console.
  2. Set the following values in the serial console:
    • Default Baud rate::115200 bps
    • Character Size : 8 characters
    • Parity: None
    • Stop bit : One
    • Data bits: 8
    • Flow control: None
  3. To configure the management interface (eth0) for the OOBM access, run the following commands:
    $ net add interface eth0 ip address <IP address of iLO-OOBM network>/<subnet mask>
    $ net add interface eth0 ip gateway <gateway of OOBM network>
    $ net pending
    $ net commit

    For example, net add interface eth0 ip address 12.0.0.1/30

  4. To modify the hostname of both the /etc/hostname and the /etc/hosts files with the required hostname, execute the following commands:
    $ net add hostname 6960-1
    $ net pending
    $ net commit

    where 6960-1 is the first data switch.

  5. To enable all the disabled physical Ethernet ports (except the management interface, eth0, which is already enabled), run the following commands:
    $ net add interface <switch name_port numbers>
    $ net pending
    $ net commit

    For example, $ net add interface swp1-52, where swp1-52 represents a switch with switch ports numbered from swp1 to swp52.

  6. To create a bridge and configure one or more front panel ports as members of the bridge, run the following commands:
    $ net add bridge bridge ports <range of switch ports>
    $ net pending
    $ net commit

    For example,

    $ net add bridge bridge ports swp1-4,swp47-48,swp51-52
    $ net pending
    $ net commit
  7. To configure VLAN and assign the ports to the respective VLANs, run the following commands:
    $ net add vlan <VLAN ID>
    $ net add int <range of switch ports> bridge access <VLAN ID>
    $ net pending
    $ net commit

    For example,

    $ net add vlan 31
    $ net add int swp1-4,swp47-48 bridge access 31
    $ net pending
    $ net commit
  8. To configure the uplinks to the customer core switch, run the following commands:
    $ net add bond uplink-to-core bond slaves <ports connected to customer core switch>
    $ net add bond uplink-to-core bridge vids 31,4033
    $ net add bond uplink-to-core bridge pvids 4033

    For example,

    $ net add bond uplink-to-core bond slaves swp51-52
    $ net add bond uplink-to-core bridge vids 31,4033
    $ net add bond uplink-to-core bridge pvids 4033

    In this example, ports swp51 and swp52 is connected to the customer core switch and the port part of Bond Vlan 4033 is the transport vlan used for underlay network configuration.

    Transport Network information will be provided by customer.