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.