Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Edge Gateway 3001 Installation and Operation Manual
- Overview
- System views
- Installing your Edge Gateway
- Safety and regulatory information
- Setting up your Edge Gateway
- Activating your mobile broadband service
- Mounting your Edge Gateway
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using the standard-mount bracket
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using quick-mount bracket
- Attaching the cable control bars to the standard-mount bracket
- Mounting the Edge Gateway on a DIN rail using the DIN-rail bracket
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using the perpendicular mount
- Mounting the Edge Gateway using a VESA mount
- Setting up the ZigBee dongle
- Setting up the operating system
- Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSB 2016
- Ubuntu Core 16
- Overview
- Boot up and log in – Remote system configuration
- Updating operating system and applications
- Additional Ubuntu commands
- Ubuntu Network Manager
- Serial ports
- Minicom
- GPIO
- Security
- Watchdog Timer (WDT)
- Cloud LED On/Off
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Snappy auto update/Autopilot
- Accessing Snappy Store/Snapweb
- Sensors
- Ignition Pin
- System Power Management
- Restoring Ubuntu Core 16
- Flashing a new OS image
- Ubuntu Server
- Overview
- Login to the Edge Gateway using Ethernet Port 1
- Installing or configuring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) daemon
- Ubuntu Server driver information
- Firmware management on Ubuntu Server
- Configure Watchdog Timer (WDT)
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- Cloud LED On/Off
- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Serial ports
- GPIO
- Sensors
- Ignition Pin
- System Power Management
- Ubuntu Network Manager
- Restoring Ubuntu Server
- Creating the OS recovery USB flash drive
- Accessing and updating BIOS
- References
- Appendix
- Contacting Dell
Table 21. Start or cancel restoration during system POST (continued)
The Cloud LED changes to solid green indicating that
recovery is in progress. Once restoration is complete, the
Cloud LED turns off and the system reboots. The restoration
takes about 2 minutes to complete.
The Cloud LED turns off, and the system reboots.
Restore Ubuntu Core 16 from USB flash drive
CAUTION: These steps will delete all the data on your Edge Gateway.
Prerequisites
Create the recovery USB flash drive. For more information, see Creating the recovery USB flash drive.
Procedure
1. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port on the Edge Gateway.
2. Power on the Edge Gateway.
3. The Edge Gateway boots through the USB flash drive and flashes the Ubuntu Core installation image into storage
automatically.
NOTE: When the installation images are being flashed to the storage, the Power LED is solid green and Cloud LED is
blinking green.
4. The system powers off after the installation is complete.
NOTE: The installation takes about 3 minutes to complete.
5. Remove the USB drive after the Edge Gateway powers off.
6. Power on the Edge Gateway again to continue the installation. The system reboots several times during the installation and
takes about 10 minutes to complete.
Once installation is complete, a login screen is displayed.
7. At the login screen, enter the default user name and password: admin.
The Edge Gateway is now ready for use.
NOTE:
For more information about accessing Ubuntu on the Edge Gateway remotely, see Boot up and log in – Remote
system configuration.
Flashing a new OS image
Prerequisites
● A blank and FAT32–formatted USB flash drive with at least 4 GB of storage space
● Ubuntu Desktop ISO
NOTE: You can download the latest version of the Ubuntu Desktop ISO file from http://releases.ubuntu.com.
● A released Ubuntu Core 16 image from Dell.com/support: <unique name-date> img.xz
● USB keyboard
● USB mouse
● Ubuntu workstation with Ubuntu Desktop 14.04 or higher
Flashing new Ubuntu OS image
1. Insert a USB flash drive into the Ubuntu Desktop workstation.
2. Copy <unique name-date>img.xz to ~/Downloads/ directory.
3. Flash the installation image to USB flash drive.
a. Start the Terminal application. It can be found by typing Terminal in the Unity Dash.
Setting up the operating system
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