Install Guide

Introduction
This document provides the operating system installation steps for the Dell EMC Virtual Edge Platform (VEP) 1405 series of
systems. The steps that are provided have been tested and verified on VEP1405 devices using the following information:
Table 1. Operating system information
Feature Description
Ubuntu operating system image ubuntu-18.10-live-server-amd64.iso
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
operating system image
rhel-server-7.5-x86_64-dvd.iso
ESXi 7.0 operating system image VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0.0-16324942.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A03.iso
ADVA operating system image SVCS_connector-18.4.1.31-18.4-factory-dell-57.iso
The recommended minimum device configuration for the VEP1405 series before installing the operating system is as follows:
Table 2. VEP1405 series recommended minimum firmware versions
Feature Configuration option 1 ( Versa
ready)
Configuration option 2 (ADVA ready)
DIAG OS 3.43.3.81-18 3.43.3.81-18
DIAG Tools 3.43.4.81-19 3.43.4.81-19
Firmware Updater 1.6 1.6
BIOS version (4-core) 3.48.0.9-11 (4-core option is not available)
BIOS version (8-core and 16-core) 3.48.0.9-11 3.48.0.9-11
CPLD version 0.7 0.7
PIC v20J v20J
Chassis physical design
Table 3. Available system configurations
CPU Configuration option 1 Configuration option 2
4-core
● 8 GB DDR4
● 16 GB eMMC
● 120 GB SSD
● 2x2 Wi-Fi
● 6x 1 GB RJ45 plus 2x10G SFP+
● 2x USB 3.0
● One fan
● Low energy Bluetooth (BLE)
● Versa software installed
● Trusted Platform Module (TPM) - World-wide
except China
4-core option is not available
8-core
● 16 GB DDR4 ● 32 GB DDR4
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