Startup Commands

When you power on a Cisco router enabled with SONiC (Cisco 8000 routers with PIDs ending in -O), the router will boot from a base SONiC image. After the device is powered on, you can log in using the default credentials admin/password.

sonic login: admin
Password:
Linux sonic 5.10.0-23-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.179-3 (2023-07-27) x86_64
You are on
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-- Software for Open Networking in the Cloud --

Unauthorized access and/or use are prohibited.
All access and/or use are subject to monitoring.

Help:    https://sonic-net.github.io/SONiC/

admin@sonic:~$

View platform details

Once logged in, you can verify platform details using the show platform summary command:

admin@sonic:~$ show platform summary
Platform: x86_64-8101_32fh_o-r0
HwSKU: 32x400Gb
ASIC: cisco-8000
ASIC Count: 1
Serial Number: None
Model Number: None
Hardware Revision: None
admin@sonic:~$

View hardware inventory details

You can view a hardware inventory details using the show platform inventory command:

admin@sonic:~$ show platform inventory
    Name                Product ID      Version         Serial Number   Description

Chassis
    CHASSIS             8101-32FH-O     1.0             FLM272702CD     Cisco 8100 32x400G QSFPDD 1RU Fixed System w/o HBM, Open SW

Route Processors
    RP0                 8101-32FH-O     1.0             FLM272607FF     Cisco 8100 32x400G QSFPDD 1RU Fixed System w/o HBM, Open SW

Power Supplies
    psutray
        PSU0            PSU1.4KW-ACPI   0.0             DCI2722B0HL     1400W AC Power Module with Port-side Air Intake
        PSU1            PSU1.4KW-ACPI   0.0             DCI2722B01F     1400W AC Power Module with Port-side Air Intake

Cooling Devices
    fantray0            FAN-1RU-PI-V2   0.0             DCH2710R96G     Cisco 8000 Series 1RU Fan with Port-side Air Intake Ver 2
    fantray1            FAN-1RU-PI-V2   0.0             DCH2627RLN3     Cisco 8000 Series 1RU Fan with Port-side Air Intake Ver 2
    fantray2            FAN-1RU-PI-V2   0.0             DCH2627RLPT     Cisco 8000 Series 1RU Fan with Port-side Air Intake Ver 2
    fantray3            FAN-1RU-PI-V2   0.0             DCH2710R95R     Cisco 8000 Series 1RU Fan with Port-side Air Intake Ver 2
    fantray4            FAN-1RU-PI-V2   0.0             DCH2710R966     Cisco 8000 Series 1RU Fan with Port-side Air Intake Ver 2
    fantray5            FAN-1RU-PI-V2   0.0             DCH2710R96M     Cisco 8000 Series 1RU Fan with Port-side Air Intake Ver 2

FPDs
    RP0/info.0                          1.10.0-920                      \_SB_.PCI0.BR3A.IOFP.INFO
    RP0/info.1                          1.89.0-1911                     \_SB_.PCI0.BR1A.VLTN.INFO

View SONiC version

You can verify the current running version using the show version command:

admin@sonic:~$ show version

SONiC Software Version: SONiC.202305.1.2-6514cfa26
SONiC OS Version: 11
Distribution: Debian 11.9
Kernel: 5.10.0-23-2-amd64
Build commit: 6514cfa26
Build date: Wed Mar 13 09:33:29 UTC 2024
Built by: sonicci@sonic-ci-8-lnx

Platform: x86_64-8101_32fh_o-r0
HwSKU: 32x400Gb
ASIC: cisco-8000
ASIC Count: 1
Serial Number: FLM272702CD
Model Number: 8101-32FH-O
Hardware Revision: 1.0
Uptime: 18:14:03 up 5 min,  1 user,  load average: 2.00, 1.14, 0.52
Date: Wed 18 Sep 2024 18:14:03

Docker images:
REPOSITORY                    TAG                    IMAGE ID       SIZE
docker-macsec                 latest                 f7a9a7d4ff58   340MB
docker-dhcp-relay             latest                 4bc1d2cc1192   328MB
docker-ipxeserver-cisco       202305.1.2-6514cfa26   6d594511b9ea   352MB
docker-ipxeserver-cisco       latest                 6d594511b9ea   352MB
docker-gbsyncd-cisco          202305.1.2-6514cfa26   29a320c79090   386MB
docker-gbsyncd-cisco          latest                 29a320c79090   386MB
docker-sonic-telemetry        202305.1.2-6514cfa26   0974c2d9654e   407MB
docker-sonic-telemetry        latest                 0974c2d9654e   407MB
docker-teamd                  202305.1.2-6514cfa26   e8e364924112   338MB
docker-teamd                  latest                 e8e364924112   338MB
docker-snmp                   202305.1.2-6514cfa26   a498e1e14b1c   359MB
docker-snmp                   latest                 a498e1e14b1c   359MB
docker-sflow                  202305.1.2-6514cfa26   bfd6484d7a6d   339MB
docker-sflow                  latest                 bfd6484d7a6d   339MB
docker-router-advertiser      202305.1.2-6514cfa26   a4ab1e96403f   320MB
docker-router-advertiser      latest                 a4ab1e96403f   320MB
docker-platform-monitor       202305.1.2-6514cfa26   087a1cb73d85   443MB
docker-platform-monitor       latest                 087a1cb73d85   443MB
docker-orchagent              202305.1.2-6514cfa26   40b5f419bfd3   350MB
docker-orchagent              latest                 40b5f419bfd3   350MB
docker-nat                    202305.1.2-6514cfa26   3fb6329dc917   341MB
docker-nat                    latest                 3fb6329dc917   341MB
docker-mux                    202305.1.2-6514cfa26   fcaa4514b7af   369MB
docker-mux                    latest                 fcaa4514b7af   369MB
docker-lldp                   202305.1.2-6514cfa26   da9e0a1f94c9   363MB
docker-lldp                   latest                 da9e0a1f94c9   363MB
docker-fpm-frr                202305.1.2-6514cfa26   bf63f51bab81   369MB
docker-fpm-frr                latest                 bf63f51bab81   369MB
docker-eventd                 202305.1.2-6514cfa26   6fc2fd9a7bc4   320MB
docker-eventd                 latest                 6fc2fd9a7bc4   320MB
docker-database               202305.1.2-6514cfa26   52c1c0481fdf   320MB
docker-database               latest                 52c1c0481fdf   320MB
docker-syncd-cisco            202305.1.2-6514cfa26   fa836211e367   812MB
docker-syncd-cisco            latest                 fa836211e367   812MB
docker-sonic-mgmt-framework   202305.1.2-6514cfa26   45c7465d9c8b   415MB
docker-sonic-mgmt-framework   latest                 45c7465d9c8b   415MB

View Docker containers details

SONiC features are implemented as Docker containers. You can verify the status of these containers by using Docker commands.

For example, use the docker container ls -a command to view all containers and their state, such as running, stopped, and exited.

admin@sonic:~$ docker container ls -a
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS     NAMES
0c9750112e75   docker-sonic-telemetry:latest        "/usr/local/bin/supe…"   42 seconds ago       Up 40 seconds                 telemetry
fbad4279ee59   docker-snmp:latest                   "/usr/local/bin/supe…"   44 seconds ago       Up 42 seconds                 snmp
41bc4f7a777f   docker-platform-monitor:latest       "/usr/bin/docker_ini…"   45 seconds ago       Up 44 seconds                 pmon
a351100b33f6   docker-sonic-mgmt-framework:latest   "/usr/local/bin/supe…"   46 seconds ago       Up 45 seconds                 mgmt-framework
4f0626d566d7   docker-lldp:latest                   "/usr/bin/docker-lld…"   47 seconds ago       Up 46 seconds                 lldp
5694d1f46ae4   4bc1d2cc1192                         "/usr/bin/docker_ini…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute             dhcp_relay
bab7f70fc818   docker-fpm-frr:latest                "/usr/bin/docker_ini…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute             bgp
0e0fa1c83af5   docker-router-advertiser:latest      "/usr/bin/docker-ini…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute             radv
02d3b73db0c3   docker-teamd:latest                  "/usr/local/bin/supe…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute             teamd
67113f0c3528   docker-syncd-cisco:latest            "/usr/local/bin/supe…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute             syncd
05931413cb28   docker-orchagent:latest              "/usr/bin/docker-ini…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute             swss
05530c335cd6   docker-eventd:latest                 "/usr/local/bin/supe…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute             eventd
ae23fb3aa090   docker-database:latest               "/usr/local/bin/dock…"   4 minutes ago        Up 4 minutes                  database