Avalanche, Cyberflood: How to switch between LXC and VM modes on a C100-S3 chassis?
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Avalanche, Cyberflood: How to switch between LXC and VM modes on a C100-S3 chassis?
• In some cases it might be required to switch the chassis from VM mode to LXC mode and vice-versa. This can be done by following the below procedure
• Login via SSH to the chassis
• ssh
• Once logged in, you can confirm the current state of the portgroups
• admin> l4l7lxcMode info
Sample Output from a C100-S3 chassis in VM mode
admin> l4l7lxcMode info
Current testpackage:'l4l7Vm' for profile:'L4L7-Performance-4x10G'
• Execute below command to change to LXC mode while on SSH terminal
• l4l7lxcMode l4l7lxc
• Note that chassis will reboot after executing the above command
• Once chassis boots up, check the status to verify chassis has been switched to LXC mode
• l4l7lxcMode info
Sample Output from a C100-S3 chassis in VM mode
admin> l4l7lxcMode info
Warning -- l4l7lxc force mode set...
Current testpackage:'l4l7lxc' for profile:'L4L7-Performance-4x10G'
• To convert back to VM mode execute
• l4l7lxcMode l4l7Vm
Additional Note about this command
usage: l4l7lxcMode options [l4l7lxc|l4l7Vm|info|default]
This admin tool sets the testpackage mode for L4L7 or gets its current status.
* '[l4l7lxc]' will set lxc container on current profile for L4L7.
* ' [l4l7Vm]' will set non-container on current profile for L4L7.
* '[default]' will set the default profile for L4L7 to the mgmf. default.