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[Marcos Felipe Schwarz <>]

Yes,

I just installed it today again on another APSN B2556X-1T.
Just to make it clear. Alex is accessing B2556X-1T in RIO. The one that will 
be in SAO PAULO is still being moved.

Regrards,

Marcos Schwarz

-----Mensagem original-----
De:  <> 
Em nome de Frédéric LOUI
Enviada em: sexta-feira, 8 de julho de 2022 05:09
Para: 
Assunto: Re: [RARE-users] [rare-dev] RARE/freeRtr first release for [Wedge 
100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]

IIRC Marcos already installed RARE/freeRtr release based on 9.7.0.
Isn’t @Marcos ?

> Le 8 juil. 2022 à 10:01, Alexander Gall <> a écrit :
> 
> On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 09:47:31 +0200, Frédéric LOUI <> 
> said:
> 
>> I cannot, Our lab is used for now.
>> Marcos already provided a RARE/freeRTr 2556X-1T in SAO PAULO for Alex. 
> 
> That's intended to test 9.9.0 which has none of the Marvell stuff, but 
> I can also run the release version there, of course.
> 
> --
> Alex
> 
>> Expect a new GP4L node in SAO PAULO !
> 
>> « G » can stands for « Global »
> 
>>> Le 8 juil. 2022 à 09:34, mc36 <> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> fl, could you please give the official image a spin on your bf2556? 
>>> thx
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [rare-dev] [RARE-users] RARE/freeRtr first release for 
>>> [Wedge 100BF-32X, Wedge 100BF-32QS, Wedge 100BF-64X and APS6064X]
>>> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 08:54:43 +0200
>>> From: Alexander Gall <>
>>> Reply-To: 
>>> To: 
>>> CC: Eoin Kenny <>,  
>>> <>
>>> 
>>> 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/s
>>>>> tordis-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