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4. Choose how the IP address of the management interface should be configured: DHCP or static IP. If Static IP is chosen, values for static IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway must be provided. If DHCP is chosen, no more questions are asked.

Code Block
admin@LEAF-A$sudoA$ sudo picos_boot
Configure the default system start-up options:
 (Select key 3 if no change)
    [1]  PICOS L2/L3   * default
    [2]  PICOS Open vSwitch/OpenFlow
    [3]  Quit
Enter your choice (1,2,3):2
PICOS Open vSwitch/OpenFlow is selected.
Configure the IP of management interface:
    [1] DHCP
    [2] Static IP
Enter your choice(1,2):2
  Note: The OVS server, by default, uses static local management IP and port 6640.
        vSwitch, by default, connects to the server via PTCP.
Set a static IP and netmask for the switch (128.0.0.10/24):192.168.42.120/24
Set the gateway IP (172.168.1.2):192.168.42.1
Please restart the PICOS service

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5. Restart the picos service to activate PicOS OVS mode.

Code Block
admin@LEAF-A$sudo systemctl restart picosA$ exit
admin@LEAF-A> request system reboot
(No print here, it will cost few minutes for PICOS to restart.)
admin@LEAF-A$

As an alternative to restarting the picos service, user can just reboot the switch to bring the PicOS mode change into effect.

Code Block
admin@LEAF-A$sudoA$ sudo reboot
Broadcast message from root@PicOS-OVS (pts/0) (Sun Aug 16 21:18:48 2015):
The system is going down for reboot NOW!
 
Username: admin
Password: 
admin@PicOS-OVS$

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3. Enter option 1 to select L2/L3 mode.

Code Block
admin@PicOS-OVS$sudoOVS$ sudo picos_boot
Configure the default system start-up options:
 (Select key 3 if no change)
    [1]  PICOS L2/L3
    [2]  PICOS Open vSwitch/OpenFlow   * default
    [3]  No start-up change
Enter your choice (1,2,3):1
PICOS L2/L3 switch system is selected.
Please restart the PICOS service

4. Restart the picos service to activate PicOS L2/L3 mode.

Code Block
admin@PicOS-OVS$sudoOVS> systemctlrequest restartsystem picosreboot
(No print here, it will cost few minutes for PICOS to restart.)
admin@PicOS-OVS$

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