Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4100-ON Series - USB Storage Mount

NOTE: Before starting this procedure, be sure that you have a terminal emulation program already installed on your PC. Install
the appropriate drivers to support the microUSB-B port. To download Dell EMC drivers, see www.dell.com/support. If your
computer requires non-Dell EMC drivers, contact Dell EMC Technical Support for assistance.
1 Power on the PC.
2 Connect the USB-A end of cable into an available USB port on the PC.
3 Connect the microUSB-B end of cable into the microUSB-B console port on the switch.
4 Power on the switch.
5 Install the necessary USB device drivers.
To download Dell EMC drivers, see www.dell.com/support. If your computer requires non-Dell EMC drivers, contact Dell EMC
Technical Support for assistance.
6 Open your terminal software emulation program to access the switch.
7 Conrm that the terminal settings on your terminal software emulation program are as follows:
• 115200 baud rate
• No parity
• 8 data bits
• 1 stop bit
• No ow control
USB storage mount
USB storage does not automatically mount. USB storage supports the FAT le system. To use USB storage, rst mount the device using
the following steps:
1 Start up the switch.
2 Press Enter on the ONIE rescue mode menu option from the ONIE Grub boot loader.
3 Create a mount directory for the USB storage.
ONIE:/ # mkdir /mnt/usb
4 View the xed disks using the fdisk command.
ONIE:/mnt # fdisk -l
For internal storage:
Disk /dev/sda: 15.8 GB, 15829303296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1924 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1925 15458303+ ee EFI GPT
For USB storage:
Disk /dev/sdb: 30.9 GB, 30942946304 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 29509 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
5 Mount the device /dev/sdb to the /mnt/usb directory.
ONIE:/ # mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt/usb
NOTE
: If the /mnt/usb directory is missing, the following message displays: mount: mounting /dev/sdb
on /mnt/usb failed: No such file or directory.
NOTE: If the USB device is not seen, the following message displays: mount: mounting /dev/sdb on /mnt/usb
failed: No such device or address.
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