Dell EMC VEP4600 User guide

VEP4600 Operating System Installation Guide
September 2018

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2018 - 09
Rev. A01

Contents
1 VEP4600 overview.........................................................................................................................................4
2 VEP4600 start up and serial console connection........................................................................................... 5
3 Prepare bootable USB with ISO image...........................................................................................................7
4 Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS.................................................................................................... 9
BIOS access process......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Congure BIOS to boot from USB................................................................................................................................. 10
Install Red Hat 7.4 OS.......................................................................................................................................................12
Start Red Hat 7.4 OS Installation.................................................................................................................................... 16
Congure BIOS to boot from SSD..................................................................................................................................17
Boot up Red Hat 7.4 OS from SSD.................................................................................................................................21
Boot into DIAG OS...........................................................................................................................................................23
5 Congure BIOS and install Ubuntu 16.04 OS................................................................................................26
Congure BIOS to boot from USB.................................................................................................................................27
Install Ubuntu 16.04 OS...................................................................................................................................................29
Boot into DIAG OS...........................................................................................................................................................34
6 Congure BIOS and install ADVA OS........................................................................................................... 39
7 Congure BIOS and install VMware ESXi OS............................................................................................... 46
Congure BIOS to boot from USB.................................................................................................................................47
Install ESXi OS..................................................................................................................................................................50
8 Upgrade BIOS..............................................................................................................................................55
Upgrade BIOS through BMC and IPMI......................................................................................................................... 55
Upgrade BIOS through IPMI...........................................................................................................................................59
Upgrade BIOS through DIAG OS....................................................................................................................................61
Contents 3

VEP4600 overview
The VEP4600 platform is a one rack unit, x86-based networking platform running virtualized universal customer premise equipment
(uCPE) functions, and basic switching/routing functions as a top-of-rack device with four, eight, or 16 cores.
Figure 1. VEP4600 platform
1 Platform status icon LEDs 2 RS-232 ports (top) and 10/100/1000 Base-T ports (bottom)
3 SFP+ ports 4 Luggage tag
5 1000 Base-T networking ports 6 Processor power on/o button
7 Micro USB-B port 8 USB Type A ports
For detailed information about the VEP4600 platform, see the following documents at https://www.dell.com/support:
•BMC User Guide
•BIOS User Guide
•VEP4600 Installation Guide
•VEP4600 Setup Guide
•uCPE Networking DIAG OS Guide
1
4 VEP4600 overview

VEP4600 start up and serial console connection
1 Using a PuTTY console, establish a console connection with an 115200 baud rate.
Figure 2. PuTTy session options
2 Plug in a power cable to the back of VEP4600.
The platform powers up immediately. Watch for the VEP4600 console window.
Figure 3. VEP4600 console window
After the POST Lower DRAM Memory test text displays, the cursor moves to the upper left corner of the console window.
2
VEP4600 start up and serial console connection 5

Figure 4. Curser
3 Press the Delete button until the Press <DEL> … string displays on the console window.
Figure 5. Console window display
NOTE: If you miss the setup screen, a boot up screen displays. If this happens, power cycle the VEP4600 and press the Delete
button. Repeat the process until you see the setup screen.
Figure 6. Setup screen
6VEP4600 start up and serial console connection

Prepare bootable USB with ISO image
For this procedure, you need a bootable USB stick. On a Windows CPU, use Rufus to burn the bootable USB. To download Rufus, go to
https://rufus.akeo.ie.
1 Click the cdrom icon to load the ISO image from the Windows disks.
Figure 7. Load ISO image
2 Navigate to the ISO le and click to select the le.
Figure 8. Select ISO le
3 Verify that the le name selected displays at the bottom of the Rufus device dialog box.
3
Prepare bootable USB with ISO image 7

Figure 9. Rufus device dialog box
NOTE: Use the same process to burn a USB stick with Ubuntu and ESXi ISO images.
8 Prepare bootable USB with ISO image

Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS
Topics:
• BIOS access process
•Congure BIOS to boot from USB
• Install Red Hat 7.4 OS
• Start Red Hat 7.4 OS Installation
•Congure BIOS to boot from SSD
• Boot up Red Hat 7.4 OS from SSD
• Boot into DIAG OS
BIOS access process
1 Plug in a power cable to the back of VEP4600.
The platform powers up immediately. Watch for the VEP4600 console window.
Figure 10. VEP4600 console window
After the POST Lower DRAM Memory test text displays, the cursor moves to the upper left corner of the console window.
Figure 11. Cursor
2 Press the Delete button until the Press <DEL> … string displays on the console window.
4
Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS 9

Figure 12. Console window display
NOTE: If you miss the setup screen, a boot up screen displays. If this happens, power cycle the VEP4600 and press the Delete
button. Repeat the process until you see the setup screen.
Figure 13. Setup screen
Congure BIOS to boot from USB
1 Boot up the VEP4600 and navigate to the BIOS settings.
For more information, see the previous section about BIOS settings.
2 Select the Advanced tab. Select CSM Conguration and press Enter.
Figure 14. Select CSM Conguration
3 Use UEFI to install the Red Hat OS.
10 Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS

Figure 15. CSM support enabled
4 Select the Boot menu tab.
5 Highlight the UEFI USB Drive BBS Priority option using the left and right arrows and press Enter.
Figure 16. Select EUFI USB Drive BBS Priority
6 Select Red Hat OS USB as the rst option.
Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS 11

Figure 17. Select Red Hat OS USB
7 Select USB using the up and down arrows for Boot Option #1 and press Enter.
Figure 18. Select USB
8 Use the left and right arrow keys to highlight Yes after the Save conguration and exit prompt displays, then press Enter.
Figure 19. Save conguration and exit option
9 Follow the steps in the next section to boot to the Red Hat 7.4 GRUB installation menu.
Install Red Hat 7.4 OS
1 Boot into the Red Hat 7.4 GRUB installation menu.
12 Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS

Figure 20. Install Red Hat menu
2 Type eto edit the installation menu entry.
Figure 21. Edit installation menu
3 Attach the console=ttyS0,11520 string to the end of the rst install line.
4 Press ctrl-x to start the installation.
Figure 22. Installation start
5 Congure the disk destination for the installation by entering 5and cto congure the Installation Destination.
Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS 13

Figure 23. Congure disk destination
6 Enter 1for SSD disk, then cto continue.
Figure 24. Select SSD disk
7 Enter 3to Use Free Space, then enter cto continue.
NOTE: You must select this option. If you do not select this option, the Red Hat OS deletes the DIAG OS.
14 Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS

Figure 25. Select Use Free Space
8 Enter 1to select Standard Partition, then enter cto continue.
Figure 26. Select Standard Partition
9 Enter 2to congure the Time settings.
Optionally, congure the root password.
Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS 15

Figure 27. Select Time settings
Start Red Hat 7.4 OS Installation
1 Enter bto start the installation.
Figure 28. Start installation
The installation process begins.
16 Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS

Figure 29. Installation process begins
2 Press Return to reboot the system after the installation completes.
Figure 30. Reboot the system
Congure BIOS to boot from SSD
1 Plug in a power cable to the back of VEP4600.
The platform powers up immediately. Watch for the VEP4600 console window.
Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS 17

Figure 31. VEP4600 console window
After the POST Lower DRAM Memory test text displays, the cursor moves to the upper left corner of the console window.
Figure 32. Cursor
2 Press the Delete button until the Press <DEL> … string displays on the console window.
Figure 33. Console window display
NOTE: If you miss the setup screen, a boot up screen displays. If this happens, power cycle the VEP4600 and press the
Delete button. Repeat the process until you see the setup screen.
18 Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS

Figure 34. Setup screen
3 Select the Boot menu tab.
4 Boot into the BIOS settings and scroll down to UEFI Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities using the up and down arrow keys and press
Enter.
Figure 35. Select UEFI Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities
5 Select Red Hat Boot Manager as Boot Option #1.
Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS 19

Figure 36. Select Red Hat Boot Manager
6 Congure the xed boot order priorities, and select Red Hat as the rst boot option.
Figure 37. Select Red Hat
7 Use the left and right arrow keys to highlight Yes after the Save conguration and exit prompt displays, then press Enter.
The system automatically starts to boot up.
Figure 38. Save conguration and exit option
20 Congure BIOS and install Red Hat 7.4 OS