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  • Page 1 Virtual Edge Platform 1405 Series Operating System Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Introduction..........................4 Chassis physical design................................. 4 2 Create a serial console connection....................8 3 Create bootable USB drive......................10 4 Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu 18.10 operating system............. 12 Configure BIOS to boot from USB drive...........................12 Installation of Ubuntu 18.10 operating system........................13 Configure BIOS to boot from SSD..........................15 5 Configure BIOS and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system ...........16 Configure BIOS to boot from USB............................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction This document provides the operating system installation steps for the Dell EMC Virtual Edge Platform (VEP) 1405 series of systems. The steps that are provided have been tested and verified on VEP1405 devices using the following information: Table 1. Ubuntu operating system information...
  • Page 5 Figure 1. VEP1405 series front view 1. Security lock port 2. USB port 3. System status indicator LED Table 4. Front view system status indicator LED Color Status Power on White System is booting Green Operating system boots up with diagOS Blue Reset button is pressed for more than five seconds NOTE:...
  • Page 6 Figure 3. VEP1405 series rear view (without port cover) 1. Micro USB port 2. Reset button NOTE: See the Reset button behavior table below for more information. 3. LED status lights for SFP+ ports 4. SFP+ ports 5. Ethernet ports and LED status lights 6.
  • Page 7 Table 7. Chassis physical design Parameter Specifications Height 5.2 cm (2.0 in) Width 20.8 cm (8.1 in) Depth 20.0 cm (7.9 in) Chassis weight with factory-installed components • 4-core: 1.44 kg (3.17 lb) NOTE: Chassis weight does not include the weight of the •...

  • Page 8: Create A Serial Console Connection

    Create a serial console connection To create a serial console connection, perform the following steps: 1. Use a micro USB to USB type-A cable to establish a connection between the VEP1405 series micro USB console port and the personal computer. NOTE: Ensure that you have the driver for the CP210X USB - UART Bridge VCP from Silicon Labs installed.
  • Page 9 Figure 6. POST Lower DRAM Memory test screen 9. When the green cursor moves into the upper-left corner, press the Delete key until the Press <DEL> string displays in the console window. Figure 7. Setup screen NOTE: If you do not press the Delete key fast enough, the boot up screen displays. If this occurs, you must power the VEP1405 unit off and power it on again to restart the boot up process.

  • Page 10: Create Bootable Usb Drive

    Create bootable USB drive Dell EMC recommends you use Rufus to create the bootable USB drive. To download the latest version of Rufus, see https://rufus.ie 1. Insert the USB drive into the system running Microsoft Windows. The Rufus window displays.
  • Page 11 Creation of the bootable USB drive begins. 8. After the creation of the bootable USB drive is complete, open the folder to ensure that the required files are listed, as shown in the following figure: Figure 10. Grub file location 9.

  • Page 12: Configure Bios And Install Ubuntu 18.10 Operating System

    Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu 18.10 operating system Topics: • Configure BIOS to boot from USB drive • Installation of Ubuntu 18.10 operating system Configure BIOS to boot from USB drive 1. From the BIOS screen, use the arrow keys to select the Advanced tab. Figure 12.

  • Page 13: Installation Of Ubuntu 18.10 Operating System

    Figure 13. Boot option filter 4. From the BIOS screen, use the arrow keys to select the Boot tab and press Enter to change the boot option priority. 5. Using the arrow keys, select the listing of the driver on the bootable USB drive and then press Enter. Figure 14.
  • Page 14 Figure 15. Edit boot entry screen Create bootable USB drive section, the linux image NOTE: If the grub.cfg file was updated as instructed in the line contains the following content: console=ttyS0, 115200. 3. Press Ctrl-x to start the installation. 4. From the Language selection menu, select English. 5.

  • Page 15: Configure Bios To Boot From Ssd

    Figure 17. Server environment snap listing 16. After the installation process is complete, remove the USB drive from the device then select Reboot Now. Configure BIOS to boot from SSD The information in this section provides the instructions for configuring the BIOS to boot from the SSD. 1.

  • Page 16: Configure Bios And Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System

    Configure BIOS and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system Topics: • Configure BIOS to boot from USB • Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system • Start RHEL operating system installation • Configure BIOS to boot from SSD Configure BIOS to boot from USB To configure the BIOS to boot from the USB drive, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 17: Start Rhel Operating System Installation

    4. Press ctrl-x to start the installation. The installation status screen displays. 5. Press 5 to configure the disk destination for the installation. 6. Select SSD disk and then press c to continue. 7. Press 2 to select Use All Space, then press c to continue. 8.
  • Page 18 The Save configuration? confirmation screen displays. 3. Using the left and right arrow keys, select Yes then press Enter. The system automatically starts to boot. 4. From the system boot screen, enter your log in credentials in the field provided. Configure BIOS and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system...

  • Page 19: Configure Bios And Install Adva 18.3 Operating System Installation

    Configure BIOS and install ADVA 18.3 operating system installation The information in this section details the steps to configure the BIOS for the installation of the ADVA 18.3 operating system. Topics: • Configure BIOS to boot from USB • Install ADVA 18.3 operating system •...
  • Page 20 Figure 23. Boot option filter 4. Using the up and down arrow keys, select Hard Drive BBS Priorities then press Enter. Figure 24. Hard drive BBS priorities 5. From the Boot Option #1 menu, select SATA Flash Drive then press Enter. 6.

  • Page 21: Install Adva 18.3 Operating System

    Figure 25. Select USB option 7. Select Yes to save the configuration, then press Enter to boot the system. 8. After the system restarts, boot into the BIOS settings. 9. From the BIOS screen, go to the Boot tab. 10. Using the arrow keys, go to the Boot Option #1 listing and select CentOS SATA Flash Drive as the first boot option. Figure 26.

  • Page 22: Configure Bios To Boot From Ssd

    Figure 27. ADVA Connector Customization and Installation screen The installation process begins. Figure 28. Installation of ADVA 18.3 operating system begins 2. Continue to monitor the installation process. When the installation process is complete, the Power down message displays in the installation window. Figure 29.
  • Page 23 Figure 30. CentOS flash drive selection screen 4. Using the arrow keys, select the Save & Exit tab. 5. Highlight the Save Changes and Exit listing, then press the Enter key. The Save & Exit Setup window displays. 6. Highlight Yes then press the Enter key. Figure 31.
  • Page 24 Figure 32. ADVA login screen Configure BIOS and install ADVA 18.3 operating system installation...

  • Page 25: Download And Install Vmware Esxi 6.7

    Create bootable USB drive for ESXi 6.7 NOTE: Dell EMC recommends you use Rufus to create the bootable USB drive. To download the latest version of Rufus, https://rufus.ie Before you install VMware ESXi 6.7, you must first download the ISO image locally and then create a bootable USB drive.

  • Page 26: Configure Bios To Boot From Usb

    Figure 33. Rufus configuration screen 8. Click Start. 9. After the creation of the bootable USB drive is complete, open the folder to ensure that the required files are listed. Configure BIOS to boot from USB To configure the BIOS to boot from the USB: 1.
  • Page 27 Figure 35. CSM Configuration screen 5. From the Boot Configuration screen, configure the USB stick as Boot Option 1, and then press Enter to save the change. Figure 36. Boot option selection screen 6. Using the arrow keys, select the Save & Exit tab. 7.

  • Page 28: Install Vmware Esxi 6.7 Operating System

    Figure 37. Save settings confirmation screen The installation of ESXi 6.7 begins. Install VMware ESXi 6.7 operating system To install the VMware ESXi 6.7 operating system, perform the following steps: 1. From the Welcome to the VMware ESXi 6.7 Installation screen, press Enter to continue. The End User License Agreement (EULA) screen displays.

  • Page 29: Configure Bios To Boot From Ssd

    Figure 39. Root password entry screen 6. From the Confirm Install screen, press F11 to proceed with the installation. The ESXi installation status screen displays, followed by the Installation Complete screen. 7. Remove the USB drive from the system and press Enter. The VEP1405 system reboots.
  • Page 30 Figure 41. Save settings confirmation screen 7. From the VMware ESXi 6.7 screen, press F2 to configure the static network. The Authentication Required screen displays. 8. In the field provided, enter the required password then press Enter. NOTE: The Login Name field is already populated. This autopopulation only occurs at the log in screen. The System Customization screen displays.
  • Page 31 Figure 43. Network adapters 12. From the Configure Management Network main screen, select IPv4 Configuration and press Enter. 13. Within the IPv4 Configuration screen, select the Set Static IPv4 address and network configuration option. 14. Using the arrow keys, go to the IPv4 Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway fields and enter the required information. 15.

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