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[Frédéric LOUI <>]

Good remark … 
I think it is not in docs.freertr.org ! 

We can add it obviously :)

> Le 8 juil. 2022 à 10:08, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
> 
> 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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