From: Henry Ugwuadu (ugwuadu@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2007 - 04:48:52 ART
Hello Scott,
I am quite impressed with your observation about running Dynamips on
Mac OS X, I have just purchased a MacBook Pro, 2.2 GHx and 2 GB Memory
just for Dynamips after a nightmarish experience with XP. But I cant
figure out how to make Dynamips run on Mac OS X. I need your help.
Thanks.
Henro
On Nov 26, 2007, at 12:05 AM, Scott Vermillion wrote:
> Hey Joe,
>
> Interesting thought. I actually had to uninstall McAfee when I
> "upgraded"
> from XP to Vista. It was pegging the CPU just sitting there running
> zero
> apps!
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Brunner [mailto:joe@affirmedsystems.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 2:14 PM
> To: 'Scott Vermillion'; 'darth router'; 'Muhammad Nasim'
> Cc: 'Wes Stevens'; kevin.m.dalby@accenture.com;
> ccielab@groupstudy.com;
> bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
> Subject: RE: Dynamips ie4.01 + four 3750s
>
> Guys are you running anti-virus when doing this with XP?
>
> Anti-virus is a know process pig...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Scott Vermillion
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 3:14 PM
> To: 'darth router'; 'Muhammad Nasim'
> Cc: 'Wes Stevens'; kevin.m.dalby@accenture.com;
> ccielab@groupstudy.com;
> bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
> Subject: RE: Dynamips ie4.01 + four 3750s
>
> Well, to be honest Darth, most people will see something on the
> order of
> probably a 50% (or more) CPU utilization drop from Windows to Linux/
> OS X.
> Not sure what's going on in your specific setup, but you are
> probably the
> only person I've heard from who did not observe an eye-popping drop
> in CPU
> between the operating systems. 99% of people will see a very, very
> significant change. I personally run the entire configured/loaded
> IEWB
> topology on OS X at ~30% CPU, whereas I would hit 100% CPU on
> Windows before
> I even finished launching the first 10 unconfigured routers.
>
>
>
> And you are correct on the stability thing, as I just mentioned.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> From: darth router [mailto:darklordrouter@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 1:04 PM
> To: Muhammad Nasim
> Cc: Wes Stevens; Scott Vermillion; kevin.m.dalby@accenture.com;
> ccielab@groupstudy.com; bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
> Subject: Re: Dynamips ie4.01 + four 3750s
>
>
>
> Better how? All I am talking about is CPU util. I bet its a lot more
> stable
> in linux, but for CPU performance, seems about the same to me. I am
> just
> letting people know that it runs perfectly fine on windows XP (I
> would never
> even try on vista). No need digging into linux if your not a linux
> dork.
> Windows hate is strong, but it still runs fine on windows.
>
> DR
>
> On 11/25/07, Muhammad Nasim <muhammad.nasim@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Don't tell me Darth I came to know that Linux is far more better then
> Windows when it comes to run dynamips/Pemu and others.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On Nov 25, 2007 10:35 PM, darth router < darklordrouter@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Windows XP runs it
> great on a dual core proc. I have tried running it in linux a few
> times, CPU usage seems to be about the same in my experience.
>
> DR
>
>
> On 11/25/07, Wes Stevens < wrsteve33-gsccie@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Just to backup what Scott is saying I am running the full
>> internetworkexpert lab setup on an intel dual core 2180 (99 dollar
>> chip)
>> with 3 gigs of memory - with no problems. But I have a 64 bit
>> version of
> FC7
>> loaded and run at init 3.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Scott Vermillion < <mailto:scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>
> scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>
>> To: kevin.m.dalby@accenture.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> Cc: bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
>> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 8:14:56 PM
>> Subject: RE: Dynamips ie4.01 + four 3750s
>>
>> Hey Kevin,
>>
>> Hope that XP machine is a hog. To run a full IEWB topology and
>> then all
>> of
>> the stuff that the actual IEWB labs call for will be a tall order for
>> Windows. Bear in mind (and I'm not kidding) that the developers of
>> Dynamips/Dynagen actually recommend that you attempt to run your
>> virtual
>> network on a toaster before attempting to do so on a Windows box!
>>
>> Look again at the tutorial. You're trying to use Linux/OS X syntax
>> on
>> Windows. The Windows syntax is explained in "Communicating With Real
>> Networks."
>>
>> Seriously, if you're going to be doing full-scale CCIE labs, you
>> need to
>> consider a different OS. I had some success on a Server 2003
>> machine with
>> 4
>> x CPUs and 4 GB of RAM, but your run-of-the-mill XP box is very, very
>> likely
>> to fail under the strain. Adjacencies begin to flap and all kinds of
>> other
>> unpredictable things are likely to happen as you begin to introduce
>> routing
>> protocols, etc into your configs. Windows is really best suited as
>> a test
>
>> drive of Dynamips or for very small topologies.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
>> Behalf Of
>> kevin.m.dalby@accenture.com
>> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 5:21 PM
>> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> Cc: bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
>> Subject: Dynamips ie4.01 + four 3750s
>>
>> Hello All,
>> I'm attaching four 48 port 3750's to the standard
>> "ie.routing.and.switching.topology.4.01" The following .net (below)
>> gives
>> me
>> a 206 Error: 206-unable to create generic ethernet NIO.
>>
>> Topology:
>> Dynamips on Windows XP(dynagen-0.10.1_dynamips-0.8.0-
>> RC1_Win_XP_setup.exe)
>> --> two seven port USB hubs with RJ45 adapters--->four 48 port 3750s
>> 12.2(25)SEE4
>>
>> The part I get lost on is how does the eth0 in R1t tell dynamips to
>> connect
>> to the real 3750, SW1 F1/0/1?
>>
>> [[Router R1]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2001
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-1FE-TX
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> F0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth0
>> # Connects to SW1 F1/0/1
>>
>> So far I've been referencing the following:
>> http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=2754
> <http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=2754&highlight=3550>
> &highlight=3550
>> http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=2968
> <http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=2968&highlight=3550>
> &highlight=3550
>> www.networkgremlins.com/files/lab.net.new
> <http://www.networkgremlins.com/files/lab.net.new>
>> www.Dynagen.org/tutorial.htm
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
> ############################################################################
>> ##################
>> #
>> # Internetwork Expert Routing & Switching topology Version 4.0
>> mappings
>> for
>> dynamips/dynagen
>> # by: Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
>> # bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
> <mailto:bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com>
>> #
>> # For more information:
>> # Dynamips: http://www.ipflow.utc.fr/index.php/Cisco_7200_Simulator
>> # Dynagen: <http://dyna-gen.sourceforge.net/>
> http://dyna-gen.sourceforge.net/
>> # Hacki's Forum: http://hacki.at/7200emu/index.php
>> # Internetwork Expert's Forum: http://forum.internetworkexpert.com
>> #
>>
>>
> ############################################################################
>> ##################
>> ##################################################
>> #
>> # Define global router parameters for instance 1
>> #
>> ##################################################
>> autostart=false
>> [localhost:7200]
>> workingdir = C:\Program
>> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\working
>> [[3640]]
>> #
>> # Specify 3640 IOS image on Windows here:
>> image = C:\Program Files\Dynamips\images\c3640-jk9o3s-mz.
>> 123-14.T7.bin
>> #
>> # Specify 3640 IOS image on Linux here:
>> # image = /ios/c3640- jk9o3s-mz.123-14.T7.extracted.bin
>> #
>> ram = 128
>> disk0 = 0
>> disk1 = 0
>> # Choose an idlepc value from the below
>> idlepc = 0x60530870
>> # idlepc = 0x60530890
>> # idlepc = 0x60530a58
>> # idlepc = 0x60530abc
>> # idlepc = 0x605310c4
>> # idlepc = 0x605e92e8
>> # idlepc = 0x605e9364
>> # idlepc = 0x60531394
>> # idlepc = 0x605313d0
>> # idlepc = 0x605313ec
>> mmap = true
>> # ghostios = true
>>
>> ###########################
>> #
>> # Define router instances
>> #
>> ###########################
>> [[Router R1]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2001
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-1FE-TX
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> F0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth0
>> # Connects to SW1 F1/0/1
>> S1/0 = FRSW 1
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \R1.initial.con
>
>> fig.txt
>> [[Router R2]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2002
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-1FE-TX
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> f0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth1
>> # Connects to SW2 F1/0/2
>> S1/0 = FRSW 2
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \R2.initial.con
>
>> fig.txt
>> [[Router R3]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2003
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-4E
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> S1/0 = FRSW 3
>> S1/1 = FRSW 13
>> S1/2 = R1 S1/1
>> S1/3 = R2 S1/1
>> e0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth2
>> # Connects to SW1 F1/0/3
>> e0/1 = NIO_gen_eth:eth7
>> # Connects to SW3 F1/0/3
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \R3.initial.con
>
>> fig.txt
>> [[Router R4]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2004
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-4E
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> e0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth3
>> # Connects to SW2 F1/0/4
>> e0/1 = NIO_gen_eth:eth8
>> # Connects to SW4 F1/0/4
>> S1/0 = FRSW 4
>> S1/1 = R5 S1/1
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \R4.initial.con
>
>> fig.txt
>> [[Router R5]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2005
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-4E
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> e0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth5
>> # Connects to SW1 F1/0/5
>> e0/1 = NIO_gen_eth:eth9
>> # Connects to SW3 F1/0/5
>> S1/0 = FRSW 5
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \R5.initial.con
>> fig.txt
>> [[Router R6]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2006
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-4E
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> e0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth6
>> # Connects to SW2 F1/0/6
>> e0/1 = NIO_gen_eth:eth10
>> # Connects to SW4 F1/0/6
>> S1/0 = FRSW 6
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \R6.initial.con
>> fig.txt
>>
>>
>> ##################################################
>> #
>> # Define global router parameters for instance 2
>> #
>> ##################################################
>> [localhost:7201] # Talk to the 2nd dynamips process on port 7201
>> udp = 11000 # Change the base udp port to 11000 (the default is
>> 10000)
>> workingdir = C:\Program
>> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\working
>> [[3640]]
>> #
>> # Specify 3640 IOS image on Windows here:
>> image = C:\Program Files\Dynamips\images\c3640- jk9o3s-mz.
>> 123-14.T7.bin
>> #
>> # Specify 3640 IOS image on Linux here:
>> # image = /ios/c3640- jk9o3s-mz.123-14.T7.extracted.bin
>> #
>> ram = 128
>> disk0 = 0
>> disk1 = 0
>> # Choose an idlepc value from the below
>> idlepc = 0x60530870
>> # idlepc = 0x60530890
>> # idlepc = 0x60530a58
>> # idlepc = 0x60530abc
>> # idlepc = 0x605310c4
>> # idlepc = 0x605e92e8
>> # idlepc = 0x605e9364
>> # idlepc = 0x60531394
>> # idlepc = 0x605313d0
>> # idlepc = 0x605313ec
>> mmap = true
>> # ghostios = true
>>
>>
>> ###########################
>> #
>> # Define router instances
>> #
>> ###########################
>>
>> [[Router BB1]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2011
>> autostart = false
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> S1/0 = BB3 S1/0
>> S1/1 = FRSW 21
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \BB1.initial.co
>
>> nfig.txt
>> [[Router BB2]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2012
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-4E
>> e0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth1
>> # Connects to SW2 F1/0/24
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \BB2.initial.co
>> nfig.txt
>> [[Router BB3]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2013
>> autostart = false
>> slot0 = NM-4E
>> slot1 = NM-4T
>> e0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:eth2
>> # Connects to SW2 F1/0/24
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \BB3.initial.co
>> nfig.txt
>> [[Router TermServ]]
>> model = 3640
>> console = 2000
>> autostart = false
>> #
>> # Specify your local host's loopback here from the network device
>> list
>> # Too add a loopback in windows:
>> # http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839013
>> #
>> # E0/0 = NIO_gen_eth:\Device\NPF_{4065B11C-2A6C-4FD2-8204-
>> A12A9A8328A4}
>> cnfg = C:\Program
>>
>>
> Files\Dynamips\sample_labs\internetworkexpert\initial.configs
> \RSTermServ.ini
>
>> tial.config.txt
>> [[FRSW FRSW]]
>> # R1 to FRSW
>> 1:102 = 2:201
>> 1:103 = 3:301
>> 1:113 = 13:311
>> 1:104 = 4:401
>> 1:105 = 5:501
>> # R2 to FRSW
>> 2:203 = 3:302
>> 2:213 = 13:312
>> 2:204 = 4:402
>> 2:205 = 5:502
>> # R3 to FRSW
>> 3:304 = 4:403
>> 3:305 = 5:503
>> 13:314 = 4:413
>> 13:315 = 5:513
>> # R4 to FRSW
>> 4:405 = 5:504
>> # R6 to FRSW
>> 6:51 = 21:51
>> 6:100 = 21:100
>> 6:101 = 21:101
>> 6:201 = 21:201
>> 6:301 = 21:301
>> 6:401 = 21:401
>>
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