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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

Hi Eoin,

http://docs.freertr.org/guides/installation/wedge100bf32/onie-nos-install/

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