Nokia Networking/SR Linux Notes

Software Version

The annual release in October is what Nokia call the "Long Term Release" and gets security updates and bug fixes for longer than the others. We should therefore try to always use .10. releases, and probably from the previous year or before if possible.

Bash Shell / SR-Linux CLI

If you log on to a new device with the 'linuxadmin' user you will end up in a bash shell on the device. You can access the CLI from this environment by executing:

   /opt/srlinux/bin/sr_cli

If you SSH to the device normally you can get a bash shell on it by simply typing 'bash', and from there a root shell:

   bash
   sudo -s