Rare project developers

[Alexander Gall <>]

On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 09:31:47 +0200, Frédéric LOUI <> 
said:

> Hi Eoin,
> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/

I think the question was where the login credentials are documented. I
can't find it myself on http://docs.freertr.org/ :(

-- 
Alex

> Even if this is tested with Wedge100BF 32X, basically it *should* work with 
> BF2556X-1T.
> However it is less tested on this platform.

> All the best,
> Frederic 

>> Le 8 juil. 2022 à 08:54, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
>> 
>> On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 18:23:16 +0200, mc36 <> said:
>> 
>>> rare/rare should be the credentinals, but seemingly something else is 
>>> running here...
>>> alex: any idea what spams here? that prompt seems weirdo, without any 
>>> user/pass, and then the segfault to quit... :)
>> 
>> I have never seen a 2556 boot, so can't compare. All the messages
>> about "luaCLI" and "cmdShell" seems to be related to the Marvell
>> stuff. Don't know if that's part of the SAL. I certainly have never
>> seen this when I tested the RARE release on Jordi's 2556 :/
>> 
>> At least the rest appears to be as expected :)
>> 
>> @Eoin, the rare user can also sudo and you can login with root without
>> pw on the serial console. Should all be in the docs somewhere. Maybe
>> @Frederic can provide a pointer.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Alex
>> 
>>> br,
>>> cs
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7/7/22 17:44, Eoin Kenny wrote:
>>>> Hi Csaba, Alex,
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, I did my BIOS upgrades from 1.0 to 1.2.1 and finally 1.3.
>>>> 
>>>>> From the onie prompt I stopped onie using onie-stop and addeded a 
>>>>> public IP address/route. 
>>>> Using onie-nos-install 
>>>> http://hydra.nix.net.switch.ch/RARE/releases/1/onie-installer.bin
>>>> The install kicked off. A copy of the output is here:
>>>> https://github.com/sonicepk/BF2556X-1T-ONIE-freeRouter/blob/main/stordis-install.txt
>>>> 
>>>> I now have a Debian login prompt. I could not find this in the 
>>>> documentation or in this email archive...
>>>> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Eoin
>>>> 
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: mc36 <>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday 6 July 2022 17:53
>>>> To: ; Eoin Kenny; 
>>>> Subject: Re: [rare-dev] [RARE-users] RARE/freeRtr first release for 
>>>> [Wedge 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
>>>> 
>>>> CAUTION[External]: This email originated from outside of the 
>>>> organisation. Do not click on links or open the attachments unless you 
>>>> recognise the sender and know the content is safe.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> hi,
>>>> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/
>>>> it's for the wedges, but imho it should not be different for the bf2556tx
>>>> tl;dt: first try this particular box in an isolated lab because there 
>>>> are two things to note:
>>>> 1) we had a port up/down issue in that release so it's highly 
>>>> recommended to upgrade to something newer...
>>>> 2) i run a bf2556tx and there were magical issues: running the switch on 
>>>> the official bsp970 designed for sde970
>>>> on a debian11 installation, everything worked fine... whereas running 
>>>> official image (sde971 + bsp970) was not...
>>>> as it's my core router of my homenet and when it caused issues, i was 
>>>> cut offline from almost all of my troublehsooting
>>>> tools, so i just noted the issue and left it as is... i simply plugged 
>>>> the power cord of the switch as nothing else helped...
>>>> since these experiences, the box is at my nren (we're piloting a 4k mpls 
>>>> l2tp lns) on debian11 + sde990 without bsp...
>>>> that possibility is on it's way to the official releases, but as my box 
>>>> is remote, i did not had the chance to play
>>>> with if further on the latest official rare builds...
>>>> regards,
>>>> cs
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 7/6/22 18:13, Eoin Kenny wrote:
>>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>> 
>>>>> We now have or BF2556X-1T. It boots to an ONIE shell. Is there an 
>>>>> installation guide for freeRouter on the BF2556X-1T?
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Eoin
>>>>> 
>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>> From:  
>>>>> <> on behalf of Alexander Gall 
>>>>> <>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday 18 May 2022 07:56
>>>>> To: 
>>>>> Cc: 
>>>>> Subject: Re: [RARE-users] [rare-dev] RARE/freeRtr first release for 
>>>>> [Wedge 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
>>>>> 
>>>>> CAUTION[External]: This email originated from outside of the 
>>>>> organisation. Do not click on links or open the attachments unless you 
>>>>> recognise the sender and know the content is safe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Eoin
>>>>> 
>>>>> The BF2556X-1T is already supported, it was just missing in Fr  d  ric's
>>>>> list :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Alex
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, 17 May 2022 15:27:40 +0000, Eoin Kenny <> 
>>>>> said:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi RARE team,
>>>>>> Great to see freeRouter/NOS support for the boxes below. Are there any 
>>>>>> plans to support the BF2556X-1T?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> You have a review of the BF2556X-1T here, so it sounds like you might 
>>>>>> be working on it:
>>>>>> https://wiki.geant.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=148091012
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Eoin
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ________________________________________
>>>>>> From:  
>>>>>> <> on behalf of Fr  d  ric LOUI 
>>>>>> <>
>>>>>> Sent: Friday 6 May 2022 18:53
>>>>>> To: ; 
>>>>>> Subject: [RARE-users] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 100BF-32X, 
>>>>>> Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
>>>>> 
>>>>>> CAUTION[External]: This email originated from outside of the 
>>>>>> organisation. Do not click on links or open the attachments unless you 
>>>>>> recognise the sender and know the content is safe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>>> The whole team is proud to announce the first release of RARE/freeRtr 
>>>>>> NOS on :
>>>>>> - Wedge 100BF-32X
>>>>>> - Wedge 100BF-32QS
>>>>>> - Wedge 100BF-64X
>>>>>> - APS6064X
>>>>> 
>>>>>> This release is a first of its kind. It boasts:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> - an OpenSource routing NOS with feature rich features such as MPLS, 
>>>>>> Segment Routing, SRv6 and related service (IPv4 and IPv6 L3VPN, VPLS 
>>>>>> EVPN etc.)
>>>>>> - OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, RIP IGP with SR extension support
>>>>>> - Unique in-house IGP: LSRP, PVRP  with SR extension
>>>>>> - BGP (v4 and v6) with an long list of address family support
>>>>>> - a unique and innovative forwarding paradigm called Polka (kudo to 
>>>>>> UFES ;) )
>>>>>> - an extensive list of specific tailored profile (the RARE/freeRtr can 
>>>>>> act as P/PE,BNG,BRAS, CGNAT, traffic cleaner and more !)
>>>>>> - an innovative software life cycle management leveraging Nix package 
>>>>>> manager paradigm.
-> it is possible to upgrade and rollback without any hitch at the software 
distribution level
>>>>>> (think of an "apt upgrade" with the possibility to "apt downgrade #n   
>>>>>>  at the router level)
>>>>>> - multicast BIER
>>>>>> - AMT gateway/relay
>>>>>> - unicast 2 multicast translator
>>>>>> - the possibility to run on TOFINO(*) ASIC unlock 32x100GE traffic 
>>>>>> switching
>>>>>> - A one liner ONIE image installation
>>>>>> - and more
>>>>> 
>>>>>> (*) It is not included in this release but RARE/freeRtr also runs on 
>>>>>> DPDK, XDP, libpcap dataplane solution.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> More information at:
>>>>>> http://docs.freertr.org
>>>>>> http://blog.freertr.org
>>>>>> http://rare.freertr.org
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Last but not least: freertr.org
>>>>> 
>>>>>> For those you wants to start their journey:
>>>>>> http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/
>>>>> 
>>>>>> A large kudos to mc36 and Alex for their extraordinary and amazing 
>>>>>> work.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> For the future:
>>>>>> * New features
>>>>>> * new dataplanes
>>>>>> * but also TOFINO2 supports that will pave the road to 400G network 
>>>>>> path
>>>>> 
>>>>>> We sincerely hope that you would enjoy a great experience with this 
>>>>>> release !
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Feel free to engage with us via:
>>>>>> -  for users
>>>>>> -  for developers
>>>>>> - IRC via #freertr @ hackint
>>>>>> - Discord via RARE/freeRtr guild (upon invitation)
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Happy networking,
>>>>> 
>>>>>> All the best
>>>>>> Frederic
-- 
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