Contents Chapter 1: VEP4600 overview......................5 Chapter 2: VEP4600 start up and serial console connection............6 Chapter 3: VEP4600 configuration guidelines................10 Chapter 4: Update to latest DiagOS....................11 Chapter 5: Upgrade firmware through DiagOS................12 Check the existing firmware version..........................12 Copy the Unified firmware updater to USB.........................12 Mount USB on the VEP4600............................
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ADVA OS installation................................. 61 Configure BIOS to boot from SSD..........................62 fstrim functionality................................64 Chapter 12: Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS................65 Configure BIOS to boot from USB..........................65 Install ESXi OS................................... 68 Configure BIOS to boot from SSD..........................71 Logging into ESXi................................72 Configuring the network on ESXi..........................
NOTE: For systems running EXSi, BIOS shell, FreeBSD, Linux, or Windows, you can download the X722 firmware version 5.00 package from the Drivers & Downloads tab of the Dell Networking VEP4600 support page at www.dell.com/ support. Follow the instruction in the readme.tx to complete the update. Before you update, read and agree to the Intel License Agreement.
VEP4600 start up and serial console connection 1. On a laptop connected to the VEP4600, bring up Windows Device Manager to get the COM port. Windows Device Manager It’s the USB Serial Port drive in this case for our USB to serial console adapter. The COM port number is 4. 2.
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3. Plug in a power cord to the back of VEP4600. It starts to power up immediately. Watch for VEP4600 console window. VEP4600 console window VEP4600 start up and serial console connection...
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After the POST Lower DRAM Memory test text displays, the cursor moves to the upper left corner of the console window. Curser 4. Press the Delete button until the Press <DEL> … string displays on the console window. Console window NOTE: If you miss the setup screen, a boot up screen displays.
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VEP4600 start up and serial console connection...
VEP4600 configuration guidelines Topics ● Types of VEP4600 with pre-installed OS from manufacturing ● Guidelines for upgrading VEP4600 based on manufacturing configuration This section describes the steps to take to complete the VEP4600 configuration. The VEP4600 will arrive from manufacturing with one of the following configurations.
Update to latest DiagOS Verify you are running the latest DiagOS as noted in the VEP4600 overview with the following steps: 1. Log in to the Diag OS using root as the username and calvin as the password. 2. Enter the sh_ver command: root@dellemc-diag-os:~#sh_ver Diag OS version VEP4600_DIAG_OS_x.xx.x.xx-x Build date/time Tue Apr 24 00:15:20 PDT 2018...
Upgrade firmware through DiagOS This section describes the steps to take to upgrade the VEP4600’s firmware if your VEP4600 arrived from Dell with the DiagOS as the only operating system. The Unified Firmware Updater will need to be copied to a USB and run from the mounted USB.
Run the Unified firmware updater through USB NOTE: x is a place marker for the current version. 1. From mounted USB, run the Unified ifrmware updater tool with the following commands: a. root@dellemc-diag-os:~# cd /mnt/usb b. root@dellemc-diag-os:/mnt/usb# chmod 777 vep4600_ufw_x.x c.
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[ right Type: X710, (0.DUP package – 19.05.12)] Note: also need to update i40e driver to 2.10.19.82 and DPDK to or further version intel X722 firmware[X722 firmware version:3.33] Note: also need to update i40e driver to 2.10.19.82 and DPDK to or further version 9.
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2. BMC image[Primary version:2.20, backup version:2.0] 3. BIOS image[Booted version:3.41.0.9-18] 4. CPLD image[CPLD version:v10 (0x10)] 5. rNDC left CPLD image[CPLD version:0x02] 6. rNDC right CPLD image[CPLD version:0x02] 7. intel rNDC firmware update: [ left Type: NA, (0.0)] [ right Type: X710, (0.DUP package – 19.05.12)] Note: also need to update i40e driver to 2.10.19.82 and DPDK to or further version intel X722 firmware[X722 firmware version:3.33]...
Upgrade firmware through BMC This section describes the steps to take to upgrade the VEP4600’s firmware remotely from a Linux or Windows server. Topics: • Check the existing firmware version • Configure BMC management address in BIOS • Configure BMC management address on BMC console •...
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3. Move cursor down to highlight, Configuration address source and press Enter. Select Static. 4. Use Ctrl-h to clear the fields and enter your BMC ip address, Subnet mask and Router IP address (gateway address). Select Static 5. Press the F4 key to Save the changes and exit the utility. 6.
Configure BMC management address on BMC console From the BMC console, run the following commands: ipmitool -H 127.0.0.1 -U admin -P admin lan set 1 ipsrc <static or dhcp> NOTE: If using static addressing, follow the next 3 commands: ipmitool -H 127.0.0.1 -U admin -P admin lan set 1 ipaddr xxx.xx.xxx.xx ipmitool -H 127.0.0.1 -U admin -P admin lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ipmitool -H 127.0.0.1 -U admin -P admin lan set 1 defgw ipaddr xxx.xx.xxx.254 Run the Unified firmware updater tool from a Linux...
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~/Downloads/temp ~/Downloads/temp is ubuntu 18.04 installing libssl-dev get X722 version from firmware.files is: 5.00 Package version: x.x Packaged images: BMC image: BIOS image: x.xx.x.x-xx...
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4. Select the appropriate number of your choice to upgrade the firmware. Enter your choice:3 updating BIOS image ****************************** * BIOS version = 3.41.0.9-18 * ****************************** updating primary image only.. BIOS image is ./VEP4600-BIOS-3.41.0.9-19.BIN INFO: Yafu INI Configuration File not found... Default options will not be applied... Creating IPMI session via network with address xxx.xx.xx.xx...Done ------------------------------------------------- YAFUFlash - Firmware Upgrade Utility (Version 4.117.7)
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2. BMC image[Primary version:2.20, backup version:1.22] 3. BIOS image[Booted version: 3.41.0.9-19] 4. CPLD image[CPLD version: 0x10] 9. Reset BMC after CPLD update completion and system bootup q. Exit Enter your choice:q ~/Downloads/temp root@ubs18-04:~/Downloads# 5. After firmware upgrade completes, enter q to exit. 6.
• Upgrade x722 running on VEP4600 Upgrade rNDC firmware when ESXi is running on VEP4600 1. Download the rNDC firmware from the Dell Support site: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/ driversdetails?driverid=pcydk 2. Scroll down to File Name: Intel_LAN_19.5.0_ESXi_FWUPDATEPACKAGE_A00.zip and click on Download File. 3. Copy the File Name: Intel_LAN_19.5.0_ESXi_FWUPDATEPACKAGE_A00.zip file to ESXi through WinSCP.
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Scroll down to File Name: and click on Download File. 2. Copy the .BIN files to CentOS on VEP4600 through WinSCP. 3. Log into CentOS shell and set permissions on the .BIN files to extract them. root@vep0046-fvqqg02:~# chmod 777 Net* 4.
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for 10GbE SFP+ available Reboot is required to complete the update process. Tool execution completed with the following status: All operations completed successfully. Press any key to exit. 7. The device will reboot. 8. Commands to confirm the firmware was updated: [root@localhost]# ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP>...
[root@localhost]# modprobe i40e – (command to add module) Upgrade rNDC firmware when Versa is running on VEP4600 Run Dell X710 firmware upgrade utility in Versa FlexVNF 1. Start to upgrade X710 FW from Versa FlexVNF, boot into FlexVNF and login as admin/versa123 Versa FlexVNF software Release : xx.1Rx (Sxx.x) Versa FlexVNF version...
Upgrade x722 running on VEP4600 NOTE: To update the x722 firmware, follow the instructions in the readme.txt file found under each sub-tar ball. Upgrade x722 driver through a DIAG OS SSH shell. 1. Log into a DIAG OS SSH shell 2.
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4. When finished select q to exit UFW Enter your choice:q Upgrade rNDC and x722 firmware workaround...
Prepare bootable USB with OS ISO image This section describes the how to prepare a USB key to install the operating system of your choice. For this procedure, you need a bootable USB. On a Windows PC, use Rufus to burn the bootable USB. Topics: •...
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4. Navigate to the ISO file and click to select the file. Select ISO file 5. Verify that the file name selected displays at the bottom of the Rufus device dialog box. Rufus device dialog box NOTE: Use the same process to burn a USB with Ubuntu, Adva and ESXi ISO images. 6.
Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS Topics: • Configure BIOS to boot from USB • Install Red Hat OS • Start Red Hat OS installation • Configure BIOS to boot from SSD Configure BIOS to boot from USB 1. Plug the bootable USB flash drive into VEP4600. 2.
7. Select Red Hat OS USB as the first option. 8. Press the F4 key to Save the changes and exit the utility. 9. Confirm saving the configuration by selecting Yes and press Enter. 10. The system will now boot from the USB. Install Red Hat OS 1.
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2. Type e to edit the installation menu entry. 3. Attach the console=ttyS0,115200 string to the end of the first install line. 4. Press ctrl-x to start the installation. 5. Select 4 for Software selection. Installation wizard Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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6. Select Minimal Install from the options. 7. Configure the disk destination for the installation by entering 5 and enter 1 for hard drive, then enter c to continue. Configure Installation Destination Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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8. Enter 3 to Use Free Space, then enter c to continue. CAUTION: You must select this option. If you do not select this option, the Red Hat OS deletes the DIAG OS. Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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9. Enter 3 to select LVM, then enter c to continue. 10. Enter 2 to configure the Time settings. Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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11. Enter 9 to configure User creation. 12. Optionally, configure the root password. Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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13. Select 7 for network configuration of management interface. Configure Network interface 14. And assign IPV4, netmask, gateway, name server as per network setup. Setting IP, subnet mask, nameserver Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
Network configuration complete Start Red Hat OS installation 1. Enter b to start the installation. Start installation Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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2. The installation process begins. Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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3. Remove the USB and press Return to reboot the system after the installation completes. Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD 1. Unplug the installer USB drive from VEP4600. 2. Boot up the VEP4600 and navigate to the BIOS settings. 3. Navigate to Boot Tab. Scroll to Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities using the up and down arrow keys and press Enter.
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5. Configure the boot order priorities and select Red Hat as the first boot option. 6. Traverse to Save & Exit tab and hit enter on Save Changes and Exit. Select Yes to start reboot. Red Hat 7.5 boot screen Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
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7. Enter the user credentials and verify. 8. Logout as dell_ucpe. 9. Login as root. 10. Enter the root credentials and verify. Configure BIOS and install RHEL OS...
Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS Topics: • Configure BIOS to boot from USB • Ubuntu OS installation • Configure BIOS to boot from SSD • fstrim functionality Configure BIOS to boot from USB 1. Plug in bootable USB flash drive containing Ubuntu. 2.
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4. Go to the Boot tab. 5. Under Boot Option #1, press Enter and select USB . Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
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6. If you don’t see required USB boot, go down to UEFI USB Drive BBS Priorities and press Enter. 7. Make sure the required USB is selected. Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
8. Press the F4 key to save the changes and exit the utility. 9. Confirm saving the configuration by selecting Yes and press Enter. 10. The system will boot from the USB and start the installation. Ubuntu OS installation 1. Boot into Ubuntu GRUB menu. Highlight Install Ubuntu Server option Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
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2. Type e and Add console=ttyS0,115200 string as shown in the following figure. Edit Boot Entry 3. Press ctrl-x to start the installation. 4. Choose Preferred Language (In this case, preferred language selection is English) 5. Select Done. 6. Select Install Ubuntu. Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
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7. Scroll up/down to select management network interface accordingly (In this case, enp4s0 is selected as management interface of the VEP4600 device) 8. Follow the installation wizard to complete interface configuration (In this case, choose Edit IPv4 from the list to modify Interface configuration for static IP assignment).
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Applying network configuration 11. Click Done. Proxy address 12. Click Done. 13. Select Use Entire Disk and Set Up LVM or follow the installation wizard for different configuration options. Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
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14. Select Hard Drive. 15. Click Done to continue the selected disk partition format. 16. Select Continue to start the installation. Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
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17. Enter your profile information and choose Done. 18. Click Done to start the installation. 19. After Installation completes, remove the USB from the device. 20. Choose Reboot Now. Installation complete Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
Configure BIOS to boot from SSD 1. Change the Boot Option Priority to Ubuntu Hard Drive in the Boot Tab. Select Ubuntu Hard Drive 2. Save and Exit Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
Boot up screen fstrim functionality Execute the following command to ensure that the fstrim functionality is enabled and active: systemctl status fstrim.timer fstrim.timer - Discard unused blocks once a week Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (waiting) since Fri 2020-05-08 08:25:30 EST; 3 weeks 4 days ago Docs: man:fstrim Configure BIOS and install Ubuntu OS...
Configure BIOS and install Adva OS Topics: • Configure BIOS to boot from USB • ADVA OS installation • Configure BIOS to boot from SSD • fstrim functionality Configure BIOS to boot from USB 1. Plug in bootable USB flash drive containing Adva OS. 2.
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5. Disable Hyper-Threading a. Tab to Socket Configuration, press Enter on Processor Configuration b. Scroll down to Hyper-Threading, press Enter and select Disable. 6. Go to the Boot menu, select USB using the up and down arrows for Boot Option #1 and press Enter. Select USB 7.
9. The system will boot from the USB and start the installation. ADVA OS installation 1. The OS installation starts. Disk formatting and installation complete successfully Configure BIOS and install Adva OS...
Power down prompt 2. Remove the USB and start up the system. NOTE: User required to power on/off device either physically or by using PDU. Configure BIOS to boot from SSD 1. After the install completes, unplug the USB flash drive from VEP4600. Reboot the system and go into the BIOS settings. 2.
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3. Select sSATA P3: INTEL as Boot Option #1. 4. Press the F4 key to Save the changes and exit the utility. 5. Save the configuration by selecting Yes and press Enter. 6. The system will boot from the hard drive. Configure BIOS and install Adva OS...
fstrim functionality Execute the following command to ensure that the fstrim functionality is enabled and active: systemctl status fstrim.timer fstrim.timer - Discard unused blocks once a week Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fstrim.timer; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (waiting) since Fri 2020-05-08 08:25:30 EST; 3 weeks 4 days ago Docs: man:fstrim Configure BIOS and install Adva OS...
Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS Topics: • Configure BIOS to boot from USB • Install ESXi OS • Configure BIOS to boot from SSD • Logging into ESXi • Configuring the network on ESXi • How to add ESXi license •...
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3. Enable Hyper-Threading a. Tab to Socket Configuration, press Enter on Processor Configuration . b. Scroll down to Hyper-Threading, press Enter and select Enable. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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4. Tab to Boot menu, select the ESXi bootable USB (UEFI: Partition 1) as Boot Option #1, then press Enter . 5. Press the F4 key to save the changes and exit the utility. 6. Confirm saving the configuration by selecting Yes and press Enter. 7.
ESXi installation output Install ESXi OS NOTE: The output listed here is for ESXi 6.7 U3 installation and the installation steps are similar for ESXi 7.0. 1. Press Enter to continue installation process. 2. Press F11 to Accept and Continue License Agreement. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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3. Select SSD as the destination disk. 4. If ESXi is already present on the disk, select option needed. Use arrow keys and space-bar to select the option and Enter. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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5. Confirm the disk selection by pressing Enter. 6. Select the keyboard layout option using up down keys and press Enter. 7. Enter Root Password and press Enter 8. Press F11 to confirm the repartition and installation. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
9. The ESXi installation status screen displays. 10. Press Enter to reboot after the installation completion screen displays. Configure BIOS to boot from SSD 1. Unplug the USB flash drive from VEP4600. 2. Boot into the BIOS settings and select the Boot menu tab. 3.
4. Press F4 to save changes and exit. Select Yes and press Enter. Logging into ESXi NOTE: Logging into the ESXi console will invoke the 60-day trial license. 1. Login credentials for ESXi on the VEP4600 are Login Name root and Password is the unit's <service tag> plus !. NOTE: To get the service tag, copy the luggage tag on the top right corner of the VEP4600 server.
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3. Scroll down to View FRU information and press Enter. NOTE: System serial number is the service tag. 4. To log into the serial console: a. After ESXi boots, press F2. b. Enter the required login and password credentials at the login screen then press Enter. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
Configuring the network on ESXi 1. After booting with ESXi, press F2 to configure the network. 2. Select Configure Management Network from the System Customization screen then press Enter. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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3. Select Network Adapters using the up and down arrow keys from the Configure Management Network screen and press Enter. 4. Using space-bar select the network adapter that is Connected, and press Enter. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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5. Select IPv4 Configuration. 6. Select IPv4 address and network configuration using space-bar. 7. Enter IPv4 Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway in the fields and press Enter. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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8. Select DNS Configuration and press Enter. 9. Select Use the following DNS server addresses and hostname using the space-bar. 10. Enter Primary DNS Server, Alternate DNS Server (if applicable), Hostname and press Enter. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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11. Press Esc and then Y key to confirm the changes and restart management network. 12. Select Troubleshooting Options in the System Customization Menu and press Enter. Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
13. Select Enable ESXi Shell from the Troubleshooting Mode Options and press Enter to enable the service. 14. Select Enable SSH and press Enter to enable the service. How to add ESXi license 1. Log into ESXi vSphere UI. 2. Click Manage from the menu on the left panel. Click on the Licensing tab Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
3. Enter a valid license and click Check license. How to check for TRIM settings 1. Retrieve SSD/datastore UUID using the following command: ls -l /vmfs/volumes lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35 Jul 10 21:55 datastore1 -> 5dfa78d5- b6e77d92-0a71-3c2c304d0e80 2. Please execute the following command to ensure that the TRIM is enabled on the ESXi OS. esxcli storage vmfs reclaim config get --volume-uuid 5dfa78d5- b6e77d92-0a71-3c2c304d0e80 Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
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Reclaim Granularity: 1048576 Bytes Reclaim Priority: low Reclaim Method: priority Reclaim Bandwidth: 0 MB/s In the output of the command, the reclaim priority and method should not be set to off Configure BIOS and Install ESXi OS...
LTE modem detection The information provided in the following sections assists with the connection of an Inseego external USB LTE modem, purchased separately, to the Virtual Edge Platform (VEP) 1405 or 4600 series of systems using Versa, Adva, or ESXi. Topics: •...
1. Install the Adva image on the VEP system. 2. Connect the LTE modem to the VEP system. 3. From the Network Manager, run the lsusb command on the terminal to verify that the LTE device is connected. 4. If necessary, download and install the latest LTE modem drivers. NOTE: To access the latest LTE modem drivers for your VEP system running Adva, go https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/airprime/software/usb-drivers-linux-qmi-software-s2,-d-,41n2,-d-,61/...
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Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046b:ff01 American Megatrends, Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0e0f:8003 VMware, Inc. Root Hub 6. From the ESXi server, create a Microsoft Windows VM so that the LTE modem can be used. NOTE: If using the LTE modem with a Microsoft Windows operating system, note that the drivers only work with the Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 operating systems.