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Dell EMC VEP4600
VEP4600 release notes
Rev. A12
January 2021
This document describes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues for the Virtual Edge Platform 4600 (VEP4600).
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history......................................................................................................................................................................................2
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requirements.................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
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nomenclature................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
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release................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
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corrections................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
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information............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
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allocation.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
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issues................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
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issues........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
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upgrades................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
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cycle.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
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resources................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
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EMC.............................................................................................................................................................................................39

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Release Notes Dell EMC VEP4600 VEP4600 release notes Rev. A12 January 2021 This document describes the new features, enhancements, and fixed issues for the Virtual Edge Platform 4600 (VEP4600). • Document revision history......................................2 • Features and requirements....................................2 • BIOS version nomenclature....................................

  • Page 2: Document Revision History

    Document revision history Table 1. Revision history Revision Date Description 2018-08 Initial release. 2018-09 BMC (new memory mapping), DIAGS (UUID) and CPLD updates. 2018-10 Firmware updates for Expansion Cards. 2018-12 BIOS firmware updates, power cycle options. 2019-01 Upgrade sequence changes. 2019-02 BIOS 3.41.0.9-13, DIAG_OS_3.41.3.81-5, DIAGS Tools 3.41.4.81-16 2019-04...

  • Page 3: Bios Version Nomenclature

    Table 2. Current firmware (continued) Device Firmware Current version Unified firmware updater v3.2 rNDC CPLD 0x02 rNDC DUP package – 19.05.12 x722 3.33 NOTE: If BMC version is less than 1.23, CPLD versions will not be shown correctly. Minimum firmware upgrades Manual or automatic BMC, BIOS, and CPLD firmware upgrades is required before VEP4600 Expansion Card installation.

  • Page 4: New In This Release

    BIOS 3.41.0.9-18 New Features and bug fixes: 1. Beginning with BIOS VEP4600-BIOS-3.41.0.9-18.BIN Dell has introduced a BIOS setup manual admin user passwd. a. If your system is running BIOS VEP4600-BIOS-3.41.0.9-18.BIN or later the BIOS setup manual admin user passwd is <servicetag>!
  • Page 5 BIOS 3.41.0.9-14 New Features and bug fixes: 1. Support for changing BIOS passwd from Linux 2. Fix for infrequent garbled DMI table outputs BIOS 3.41.0.9-13 New Features and bug fixes: 1. DIAGS in BIOS enabled 2. Add i350 network legacy PXE support. 3.
  • Page 6 Changed default timeout to break into the setup menu to 10 seconds. PR# BL-188 Baseline for DIAG in BIOS feature is disabled. Set Dell proprietary GUID to DMI type 11. Deemphasis setting of MC1 and MC2. PR# BL-207 Baseboard management controller (BMC) new features and version history.
  • Page 7 Power unit failure detected Predictive failure 3. Added PSUx_Status sensor AC lost event support. Please see Current Released Versions in the Important Information section in Drivers and Download on https://www.dell.com/ support. CPLD New features and version history. CPLD v10 (0x10) No new features in the current version.

  • Page 8: Documentation Corrections

    1. Supports DC PSU Unified firmware updater Version 2.9 New Features and bug fixes for Version 2.9: 1. Windows 10 operating system support to run Unified firmware updater in a Ubuntu partition 2. Fixed optics accept entry for Intel nics in image version 18.8.9 Unified firmware updater Version 2.8 New Features and bug fixes for Version 2.8: 1.

  • Page 9: Mac Address Allocation

    MAC address allocation There are 10 MAC addresses that are allocated for the eight Ethernet interface ports and two internal reserved ports. The system has 128 MAC address allocations available. The physical ports of the host base board and BMC management interface use the first 10 MAC addresses.
  • Page 10 Category Description Problem Report number that identifies the issue. Synopsis Synopsis is the title or short description of the issue. Release Notes Release Notes description contains more detailed information about the issue. Workaround Workaround describes a mechanism for circumventing, avoiding, or recovering from the issue. It might not be a permanent solution.
  • Page 11 Category Description 1. Resolved an issue with iPXE that may cause a "page fault exception" fatal error when NIC partitioning (NPAR) is enabled. This may occur during operating system download or during iPXE exit after timeout from the iPXE OS menu. 2.
  • Page 12 Category Description DI-1572 Synopsis Unified firmware updater 2.8 fails when installing ipmitool in Ubuntu18 Release Notes Unified firmware updater 2.8 works installing ipmitool in Ubuntu16 Workaround Skip check of libssl-dev and bc when installing ipmitool in Ubuntu18 Severity Category Description BL-105 Synopsis Increase the memory capacity for the upper memory test.

  • Page 13: Known Issues

    Category Description PFT-82 Synopsis Windows OS support to run UFW in the Window environment Release Notes Installation log attached. Workaround None. Severity Known issues Known issues are reported using the following definitions: Category Description Problem Report number that identifies the issue. Synopsis Synopsis is the title or short description of the issue.

  • Page 14: Firmware Upgrades

    Firmware upgrades Manual or automatic BMC, BIOS, and CPLD firmware upgrades are required before VEP4600 Expansion Card installation. How to boot into BIOS settings after upgrade After upgrading BIOS to the latest release 1. Booting into BIOS settings prompts the user to type in BIOS administrator password. 2.
  • Page 15 4. Navigate to the Save & Exit tab. There are several ways to retrieve VEP product service tag.
  • Page 16 How to retrieve a VEP4600 product service tag Retrieve service tag from BMC, DIAG OS, and luggage tag Finding service tag through BMC ● Log in and run the following command from the BMC console. ipmitool -I lanplus -H 127.0.0.1 -U admin -P admin fru print | grep "Product Serial"...

  • Page 17: Automatic Firmware Updates

    The following steps permit an user to reset an admin password to the default <servicetag>! password. 1. Select either Delete or F2 to go to the setup menu . 2. Press enter to get into the user account. 3. Select Save & Exit, then Restore Defaults, and finally Save Changes. 4.
  • Page 18 To update to the latest DIAG OS version, please refer to the uCPE Networking DIAG OS Guide at https:// www.dell.com/support Interactive The Unified firmware updater tool interactive menu enables the user to either update all firmware (BIOS, BMC and CPLD) images or separately each firmware image.
  • Page 19 The following is an abbreviated CLI example showing the Unified firmware updater tool non-interactive method. NOTE: Please noted that ufw_x.x is a symbol in the DIAG OS shell to denote a place holder for the actual version scheme. root@dellemc-diag-os:/mnt/usb# ./vep4600_ufw_x.x Verifying archive integrity...
  • Page 20 YAFUFlash - Firmware Upgrade Utility (Version 4.112.0) ------------------------------------------------- (C)Copyright 2016, American Megatrends Inc. Beginning BIOS Update... Uploading Image : 100%... done Flashing Firmware Image : 100%... done Verifying Firmware Image : 100%... done Done with updating image Reseting CPU Chassis Power Control: Cycle \ CPU needs to be reset.
  • Page 21 Configure BMC management address in BIOS To run the Unified firmware updater tool remotely, a BMC management address must be configured. This can be done through booting into the BIOS or from the BMC console. 1. From the BMC console window, run the following commands to boot into the BIOS: ipmitool -I lanplus -H 127.0.0.1 -U admin -P admin chassis bootparam set bootflag force_bios ipmitool -I lanplus -H 127.0.0.1 -U admin -P admin power reset...
  • Page 22 5. Press the F4 key to Save the changes and exit the utility. 6. Confirm saving the configuration by selecting Yes and press Enter to boot. 7. Log into the CPU mgmt (DiagOS) console and run the following command: root@dellemc-diag-os:~# ipmitool lan set 1 ipsrc bios -> this will update the /etc/network/ interfaces file to what you have set in the bios Configure BMC management address on BMC console From the BMC console, run the following commands:...
  • Page 23 firmware_updater/x710/spUtilityHelp.txt...
  • Page 24 ~/UFW/temp ~/UFW/temp Package version: x.x Packaged images: BMC image: BIOS image: x.xx.x.x-xx...
  • Page 25 4. Select the appropriate number of your choice to upgrade the firmware. Enter your choice:1 updating ALL images updating BMC image **************************** * BMC version = 1.23 * Back-up Version = 2.0 **************************** updating primary image only.. INFO: Yafu INI Configuration File not found... Default options will not be applied... Creating IPMI session via network with address xxx.xx.xxx.xxx...Done Continuing with Full Firmware Update ****************************************************************************...
  • Page 26 Upgrade firmware through DIAG OS If Dell support requests, or if you want to use DIAG OS for the firmware updater, please refer to the DIAG OS install instruction in the Dell EMC VEP4600 DIAG OS and Tools Release Notes at https://www.dell.com/support...
  • Page 27 Mount USB on the VEP4600 1. Insert the USB into the USB port in the VEP4600 front panel. 2. From the serial console DiagOS: a. Run the command mkdir /mnt/usb to create the mount point b. Run the command mount /dev/sdb /mnt/usb NOTE: The USB can take a different device name, but usually VEP4600 DIAG OS assigns sdb for the USB.
  • Page 28 1. Automatically update all firmware components 2. BMC image[Primary version:x.x, backup version:1.23] 3. BIOS image[Booted version: 3.41.0.x-xx] 4. CPLD image[CPLD version: XxXX] 5. rNDC left CPLD image[CPLD version: 0x2] 6. rNDC right CPLD image[CPLD version: 0x2] 7. Intel rNDC firmware update[ left Type: X710, (18.8.9)] [ right Type: X710, (18.8.9)] q.
  • Page 29 Note:If BMC version is less than 1.23 CPLD versions will not be shown correctly 1. Automatically update all firmware components 2. BMC image[Primary version:x.x, backup version:1.23] 3. BIOS image[Booted version: 3.41.0.x-xx] 4. CPLD image[CPLD version: XxXX] 5. rNDC left CPLD image[CPLD version: 0x2] 6.
  • Page 30 Unified firmware updater tool. Upgrade rNDC firmware workaround 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.
  • Page 31 If the unit has an OS other than ESXi installed, follow the steps below to update rNDC firmware via CentOS 7.5 or higher: 1. Download the rNDC firmware from the Dell Support site: a. Intel NIC Firmware Family Version 19.5.0 on Intel I350, I354, X520, X540, and X550 adapters: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=40ntk...
  • Page 32 04) Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710 SFP+ 6.00(6.00) 1572 00:101 Update rNDC available – the bin file was for the x710. That’s why i350 shows not available. 05) Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 3.51(3.33) 37D3 00:181 Update not for 10GbE SFP+ available Options: Adapter Index List (comma-separated), [A]ll, e[X]it Enter selection:4 Would you like to back up the NVM images? [Y]es/[N]o: Y...
  • Page 33 19: enp101s0f0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether e4:43:4b:38:8c:90 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 20: enp101s0f1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether e4:43:4b:38:8c:91 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 21: enp101s0f2: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether e4:43:4b:38:8c:92 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 22: enp101s0f3: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>...
  • Page 34 Figure 4. Boot Configuration 3. Press the F4 key to save the changes and exit the utility. 4. Confirm saving the configuration using the left and right arrow keys, and exit from the utility. Select Yes and press Enter. Figure 5. Save & exit After you save the changes the log in command prompt displays.
  • Page 35 2. Mount it on the VEP4600. The following procedure shows how to mount USB drive devices present in the system. For the VEP4600, we have a 60F4J Solid state drive, (SSD) and it is usually listed as /dev/sda root@dellemc-diag-os:~# ls /dev/sd* /dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2...
  • Page 36 Disable BMC protect operation success, wait HW reset Write image to BMC INFO: Yafu INI Configuration File not found... Default options will not be applied... Creating IPMI session via USB...Done --------------------------------------------- YAFUFlash - Firmware Upgrade Utility (Version 4.112.0) --------------------------------------------- (C)Copyright 2016, American Megatrends Inc. Image To be updated is (Image-1) =================================================== Firmware Details...

  • Page 37: Reboot Power Cycle

    NOTE: For updating BIOS use the following command: updatetool -D BIOS -U -e VEP4600-BIOS-x.xx.x.x-xx.BIN Update CPLD in DIAG OS 1. Use the following DIAG OS command to update CPLD: NOTE: "x" indicates current version of file. root@dellemc-diag-os:~# updatetool -D CPLD --index=1 -U -e xxxx_CPLD_Vxx.vme Disable device protect Disable CPLD protect operation success, wait HW reset Write image to CPLD...
  • Page 38 [22313.320000] LPC RESET PDK LPC Reset is invoked Current fan number: 5 [22318.510000] LPC RESET PDK LPC Reset is invoked Current fan number: 5 [610 : 685 INFO]Power Consumption Mode Change Cmd:2147440117 [610 : 685 INFO]Power Consumption Mode Value Updated (0): OEM storage.get_SEL_Timezone [22370.210000] UsbConfigureHS(): USB Device 0 is running in High Speed [22370.320000] HUB port 0 reset...

  • Page 39: Support Resources

    Dell EMC provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, go to https://www.dell.com/support.
  • Page 40 A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2016 - 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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