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Warning

•  You need to log in through the console port of the switch and perform the ONIE installation.

•  Other NOSes including user data will be removed when install PICOS under ONIE environment.

•  When the ONIE installer is used to downgrade the PICOS version from version 4.x to PICOS 3.x or lower versions, we first need to use ONIE to uninstall the higher version PICOS before proceeding with installing PICOS 3.x or a lower version. On the ARM platform, execute the onie_uninstaller command at the ONIE prompt to uninstall the current version PICOS. On the x86 platform, select the "ONIE: Uninstall OS" option in the GRUB menu to uninstall the current version PICOS.

•  If you enter GRUB rescue mode and the switch has GPT format partition, you can use the following commands to reset the GRUB boot variable to enter ONIE GRUB and then install PICOS.

grub rescue> set prefix=(hd0,gpt2)/grub 
grub rescue> set root=(hd0,gpt2) 
grub rescue> insmod normal 
grub rescue> normal

•  Do not plug in the USB disk during onie-nos-installer process until ONIE starts up. If you have plugged in the USB disk before the installation operation, ONIE will find the installer on the USB disk when beginning the installation. On AS4610 series switches, when installation is complete, the installer will display: Please take out the usb disc, then remove the USB disk within 10 seconds after installation successful, and before machine restarts.

•  All X86 platforms share one installation and upgrade package with the name fixed as: onie-installer-picos-VERSION-x86.bin, where VERSION is the release version. X86 platform are listed below:

•  FS N9550-32D               
•  FS N8550-64C               

•  FS N5850-48S6Q

                •  FS N8550-48B8C

                •  FS N8550-32C

                •  FS N8560-64C

                •  FS N8550-24CD8D

•  Edgecore AS4630-54PE
•  Edgecore AS5712-54X 
•  Edgecore AS5812-54T
•  Edgecore AS5812-54X
•  Edgecore AS7312-54X
•  Edgecore AS7326-56X
•  Edgecore AS7712-32X
•  Edgecore AS7726-32X
•  Edgecore AS7816-64X

•  Edgecore AS5835-54X

•  Edgecore AS9716-32D

•  DELL N3248P-ON
•  DELL N3248PXE-ON
•  DELL N3224PX-ON
•  DELL N3248X-ON
•  DELL S4048-ON
•  DELL S4148F-ON
•  DELL S4148T-ON
•  DELL S4128F-ON
•  DELL S5224F-ON
•  DELL S5296F-ON  

•  DELL S5212F-ON

•  DELL S5248F-ON

•  DELL Z9100-ON

•  DELL Z9264F-ON

•  DELL N3224T-ON

•  DELL S4128T-ON

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NOTE：

  •   You need to log in through the console port of the switch and perform the ONIE installation described in this section.
  •   The installation method described in this section only applies to platforms that have pre-installed ONIE.

Mind Map of Installation Process

Figure1 shows the mind map of PICOS installation process.

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Usage of nos-boot-mode command:

admin@Xorplus$sudo nos-boot-mode                            

USAGE

    install or uninstall NOS(es)

SYNOPSIS

    nos-boot-mode [install|uninstall]

DESCRIPTION

    install- Install NOS

uninstall- Remove all NOS(es) including PICOS

When nos-boot-mode install command is executed, PICOS will switch to ONIE install mode, and the user should go on to complete the subsequent installation. The steps for the manual installation process and the automatic installation process using the nos-boot-mode install command are described below.

When nos-boot-mode unsinstall command is executed, the system will remove all NOS(es) including PICOS from the device. Therefore, it is suggested to use the nos-boot-mode unsinstall command with caution.

Manual Installation Process

Step1         Make sure that the installation package of .bin file has been loaded to the server (server could be HTTP, TFTP, or an FTP server or the switch local directory depending on the actual installation environment).

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