From: Scott Vermillion (scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com)
Date: Thu Nov 29 2007 - 02:54:25 ART
Howdy,
Well, I'm an OS X guy for Dynamips at this point, but it's my understanding
that Linux (nearly any flavor) and OS X both sport similar performance
characteristics. My Duo Core 2 GHz proc w/ 2 GB RAM is smokin' and has
plenty of room left in terms of both CPU and RAM (no more than 30%
utilization of either one with appropriate tuning). Now if you get into
doing other VM stuff, the Brians I think recommend looking into a 3 GB RAM
upgrade. Of course, quad-core and 4 GB would be an extremely future-proofed
machine, so I would go that route if I could afford it. But I just cannot
foresee that you would run into any trouble with 2/2 for a full IEWB (or
other) topology if Dynamips is all you're going to run on the box...
Regards,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: ccie-lab [mailto:ccie.lab@verizon.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:33 PM
To: Wes Stevens; Scott Vermillion; kevin.m.dalby@accenture.com;
ccielab@groupstudy.com
Cc: bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
Subject: Re: Dynamips ie4.01 + four 3750s
Scott et al:
What are the spec's for the linux box to run the full inetexpert lab's, do I
need a quad core/4gb ram or
can I get by with a dual core / 2gb? I am using the ubuntu distro.
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wes Stevens" <wrsteve33-gsccie@yahoo.com>
To: "Scott Vermillion" <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>;
<kevin.m.dalby@accenture.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Cc: <bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: Dynamips ie4.01 + four 3750s
> 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 <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&highlight=3550
> http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=2968&highlight=3550
> 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
> #
> # For more information:
> # Dynamips: http://www.ipflow.utc.fr/index.php/Cisco_7200_Simulator
> # Dynagen: 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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