Base Components

The Base Components comprise the following required RPM packages:

• mtx-infra — Infrastructure

• mtx-device — Cisco native model

At least one of the following agent packages must be installed in order to have access to the modeled NX-OS interface:

• mtx-netconf-agent — NETCONF agent

• mtx-restconf-agent — RESTCONF agent

• mtx-grpc-agent — gRPC agent

Common Model Components

Common Model component RPMs support OpenConfig models. To use the OpenConfig models, you must download and install the OpenConfig RPMs. For convenience, there is a single combined package of all supported OpenConfig models, mtx-openconfig-all.

While the single combined package is recommended, an alternative is to download and install RPMs of selected models and their dependencies among the supported models listed in the following table. The mtx-openconfig-all RPM is not compatible with the individual model RPMs. You must uninstall the former before installing the latter, and you must unistall the latter before installing the former.

Opening the Bash Shell on the Device

RPM installation on the switch is performed in the Bash shell. Make sure that feature bash is configured on the device.

Switch# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# feature bash-shell
Switch(config)# end
Switch# run bash sudo su
bash-4.2#

To return to the device CLI prompt from Bash, type exit or Ctrl-D .

Verify Device Readiness

You can use the following CLI show commands to confirm the readiness of the device before installation of an RPM.

• show module — Indicates whether all modules are up.

  Switch# show module

• show system redundancy status — Indicates whether the standby device is up and running and in HA mode. If a standby sync is in progress, the RPM installation may fail.

  Switch# show system redundancy status

If the line cards have failed to come up, enter the createrepo /rpms command in the Bash shell.

bash-4.2# createrepo /rpms