Installation and Configuration

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Illustration

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Do not tighten the screws yet.

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Connector (Front) Side

FRU (Rear) Side

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* It may take up to five minutes to turn on the system. If the System Status LED shows amber after five minutes, unplug the system and contact your NVIDIA representative.

** Certain systems have a single management port.

LED Assignments

Symbol

Description

Normal Status

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System health

Green/Flashing

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Fan health

Green

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Power supply health

Green

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Bad port detected

Off

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Identifier LED

Off/Blue

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Reset button

  1. Connect the host PC to the Console (RJ-45) port.

  2. Configure a serial terminal program.

    Parameter

    Settings

    Baud rate

    115200

    Data bits

    8

    Stop bits

    1

    Parity

    None

    Flow control

    None

  3. Login:

    OS

    Username

    Password

    Onyx (MLNX-OS)

    admin

    admin

    ONIEa, 1

    -

    -

    Cumulus Linux2

    cumulus

    CumulusLinux! (case sensitive)

    a. No login is required. Press Enter to activate the console.

  4. Initial configuration

    1. Onyx (MLNX-OS): Go through the configuration wizard. For further information, please refer to: https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/mlnxos.

    2. ONIE1: Please refer to ONIE User Manual - https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/oniesw.

    3. Cumulus2: By default, the MGMT port will acquire the IP from DHCP. You can cross reference the MAC of the switch with your DHCP server (MAC can be found on switch label) or using "ifconfig eth0" (when using MGMT0). For further information, refer to: https://docs.cumulusnetworks.com/display/DOCS/Quick+Start+Guide.

For full installation instructions, go to https://docs.nvidia.com/networking/category/switchen.

1 ONIE OS runs on top of SN2700/SX1710 switch systems only.
2 Cumulus OS runs on top of SN2700 switch system only.

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