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3.
Power on the Edge Gateway.
4.
When the Dell logo appears on the screen, press F12 to enter the one-time boot screen, and the select USB storage.
The Edge Gateway boots through the USB flash drive and flashes the Ubuntu Core 16 installation image into storage
automatically.
5.
After the installation is complete, the system powers off.
NOTE: This first phase of installation takes about 3 minutes to complete.
6.
Remove the USB drive.
7.
Power on the Edge Gateway again to continue the installation. The system reboots several times during this second phase of
installation and takes about 10 minutes to complete.
After installation is complete, a login screen appears.
8.
At the login screen, enter the default username and password: admin.
The Edge Gateway is now ready for use.
Restoring from boot menu
You can restore Ubuntu Snappy Core on the Edge Gateway using the recovery OS image on the boot partition. Reset the system to
the factory image if you encounter any of the following situations:
•
You are unable to start the operating system.
•
The operating system is damaged.
Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the Edge Gateway, or connect to the Edge Gateway through a KVM session.
1.
Power on the Edge Gateway.
2.
Press F12 when the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to enter the boot menu.
3.
Select Factory Restore from the boot menu.
CAUTION: The next step deletes all the data on your system.
4.
Press Y when prompted Factory Restore will delete all user data, are you sure? [Y/N].
The system restoration starts and reinstalls the OS on your Edge Gateway.
Updating operating system and applications
After enabling the network connections, and connecting to the internet, it is a recommended to have the latest OS components and
applications installed. To update Ubuntu Snappy, run the (plano)ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo snappy update command.
Viewing operating system and application versions
Run the command,
(plano)ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo uname –a
Returns
Linux ubuntu.localdomain 3.19.0-47-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 14:02:48 UTC 2016
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Run the command,
(plano)ubuntu@localhost:~$ sudo snappy info
Returns
Linux power5000.localdomain 3.19.0-47-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 18 14:02:48 UTC 2016
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Run the command,
(plano)ubuntu@localhost:~$ snappy list -v
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