Mellanox SX6036
Console access
Serial port
There is an 8P8C modular (RJ45) connector on the right side of the port side of the switch. This connector uses the Cisco pinout and a common Cisco console cable works great for driving it.
Serial settings are 9600 bits per second, 8 data bits, no parity bits, 1 stop bit (9600 8N1)
Default credentials
User admin.
Password admin.
Resetting the password
In the lower left corner of the port side of the switch, there is a small hole labelled "RST". Holding the button inside with a paperclip or similar tool for 15 seconds will reset the switch and erase any password set for the admin user.
Firmware updates
Updating firmware on these switches is a protracted process. Firmware images are available on the public internet, but some searching is required. To bring a switch from a 3.2.x release up to the final 3.6.8012 release, locate the following images on the web and save them to an SSHable or HTTP(S)able location near you:
- image-PPC_M460EX-3.4.3002.img
- image-PPC_M460EX-3.5.1006.img
- image-PPC_M460EX-3.6.1002.img
- image-PPC_M460EX-3.6.8012.img
- image-PPC_M460EX-SX_3.3.3400.img
- image-PPC_M460EX-SX_3.3.5006.img
- image-PPC_M460EX-SX_3.4.0012.img
New firmware image flashing procedure
image fetch http://172.17.0.17/~adj/image-PPC_M460EX-SX_3.3.3400.img
image install image-PPC_M460EX-SX_3.3.3400.img location 2 progress track verify require-sig
reload
Wait for U-Boot to prompt about a menu, and send a Ctrl-B before the countdown reaches 0. Select option 2 (no need for a newline) to boot the newly flashed image. Iterate through each of the newer images, alternating location 1 and location 2 in the image install ... command.
Licensing features
Switch configuration commands
Useful CLI commands
Find MAC address of 1000baseT management interface 0
For some reason, this command needs elevated privileges. Grrr.
enable
show interfaces mgmt0 | include HW
Find system serial number without reading the physical tag
This is useful for license key generation. And inventory purposes.
show inventory
Find system host ID
Also can be used for license key generation. Looks suspiciously like the mgmt0 MAC address...
show version | include Host