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titleMion installation on bf2556x-1t
  • Boot bf2556x-1t via ONIE rescue session
  • put you Mion image at the root of a web server 


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languagebash
themeMidnight
titleKickstart Mion ONIE installation (1 minutes)
onie-nos-install http://<your_web_server>/onie-installer-x86_64-stordis_bf2556x_1t.bin

Once the installation has finished, your system reboot and you'll be rewarded by Mion Grub welcome page:

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titleTip

And in just 1 minutes you minute (warning) you have installed a minimalistic OS on your bf2556x-1. In this post we will stop here. However, in order to finalise the installation you'll to install INTEL P4 Software Development Environment as of course you'll want to run your P4 program on the bf2556x-1t. We will cover this subsequent installation in a subsequent post.


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  • how to build Mion 
  • how to install Mion (process is the same on every ONIE based systemwe tested bf2556x-1t, bf6064x wedge100bf-32x, wedge100bf-64x)

Please let us know if you want us to test your P4 platform with the RARE P4 software !

(In that case you might have to arrange access to your P4 equipment or better ... Send us a sample !   (smile) )

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titleFinal words

Mion build is quite straightforward. As it share its root from Yocto, adding specificities related to your project is easy. Most probably a Bitbake recipe already exist and you'll just have to add a reference to the layer of your interest in Bitbake config file. First time build can be long and tedious if you have a small build host machine but subsequent build will be faster thanks to the sstate cache mechanism. 

Last but not least, we covered only the base OS installation, now that you have a minimal OS required to manage your machine, you need to add specific drivers and software needed to run P4 programs on APS or WEDGE platform.

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