Re: SP Track using Dynamips

From: Noble (noble.ccie@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 26 2007 - 12:48:53 ART


Hi Brian,

I fixed the problem. I changed the IOS image and it started working.

Thank you,

-Noble

On 1/26/07, Noble <noble.ccie@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> I changed memory from 128 to 256 and below is the log....
>
> Cisco 7200 Simulation Platform (version 0.2.6-RC5-x86)
> Copyright (c) 2005,2006 Christophe Fillot.
> Build date: Jan 5 2007 20:22:25
>
> Hypervisor TCP control server started (port 7200).
> Shutdown in progress...
> Shutdown completed.
> Shutdown in progress...
> Shutdown completed.
> Shutdown in progress...
> Shutdown completed.
> CPU0: carved JIT exec zone of 16 Mb into 512 pages of 32 Kb.
> C3600 instance 'R1' (id 0):
> VM Status : 0
> RAM size : 256 Mb
> NVRAM size : 128 Kb
> Chassis : 3640
> IOS image : C:\Program Files\Dynamips\images\c3640-jk9o3s-mz.124-10a.bin
>
> Loading ELF file 'C:\Program Files\Dynamips\images\c3640-jk9o3s-mz.124-10a.bin'.
> ..
> ELF entry point: 0x80008000
>
> C3600 'R1': starting simulation (CPU0 PC=0xffffffffbfc00000), JIT enabled.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> -Noble
>
> On 1/26/07, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
> > How much memory did you assign to the 3640's process? Usually the log
> > will increase size like that when the router instance isn't able to boot
> > and keeps looping over and over. Try adding more memory and see what
> > happens.
> >
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP)
> > bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Noble [mailto:noble.ccie@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:46 AM
> > To: Brian McGahan
> > Cc: Ali Sheeraz Mehdi; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: SP Track using Dynamips
> >
> > I setup R&S topology for IEWB. I used the URL provided by IE.
> > http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/iosonpc.htm
> >
> > While I login, I get the following message but not getting command line.
> >
> > "Connected to Dynamips VM "R1" (ID 0, type c3600) - Console port"
> >
> > Also one of the 3640 log file size increases so fast and eats up my
> > free 12GB of hard disk space.
> >
> > If anybody knows how to fix, please help.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > -Noble
> >
> >
> > On 1/25/07, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Ali,
> > >
> > > Take a look at
> > > http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/iosonpc.htm There are
> > some
> > > dynagen .net mappings that I use for R&S and SP topologies that you
> > can
> > > download along with step-by-step instructions on how to load it. The
> > SP
> > > topology includes 7200s running 12.2S and 3600s running 12.3T. All
> > you
> > > need to do is search CCO for those specific image names, uncompress
> > > them, and run the dynamips process.
> > >
> > > For ATM PVCs there are mappings to the built in Dynamips ATM
> > > switch emulation process. For Cell Mode MPLS over ATM there are
> > > mappings to a preconfigured 7200 router instance that MPLS switches
> > the
> > > ATM cells.
> > >
> > > As for the hardware to run it I would recommend a minimum of
> > 2GB
> > > of RAM and a dual-core processor. The reason for the dual-core is
> > that
> > > you can send the dynamips processes to the second core only, that way
> > > when they eat up 100% of the CPU (which they commonly do) you're still
> > > at only 50% overall utilization.
> > >
> > > Recently I switched from Windows XP to Mac OS, and I have
> > > Windows running as a virtual machine inside Parallels. The nice thing
> > > about this is that when Dynamips boots inside the Windows virtual
> > > machine it can take 100% of the CPU of the virtual machine process,
> > but
> > > still never 100% of the physical processors. You could probably get
> > the
> > > same effect by running Windows or Linux inside VMWare and booting
> > > dynamips from there.
> > >
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP)
> > > bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
> > >
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> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > Ali Sheeraz Mehdi
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:47 AM
> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: SP Track using Dynamips
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Just starting my preparation for CCIE SP, want to setup SP lab using
> > > Dynamips. I would appreciate if someone can recommend me the
> > > specifications
> > > of system like RAM, CPU etc..also which images to use (I have some
> > > scattered
> > > stuff, need a summary list if someone has already set it up), what is
> > > the
> > > alternate of the ATM switch?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Also can you simulate full SP lab using dynamips or there are some
> > > short-comings as compared to the required hardware?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Ali Sheeraz Mehdi
> > >
> > > CCIE (R&S) # 17346
> > >
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> > --
> > Thank you,
> >
> > -Noble
> >
>
>
> --
> Thank you,
>
> -Noble
>

-- 
Thank you,

-Noble



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