Re: Laptop for Dynamips

From: Cisco-Engineer.com Team (ciscosurplus@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 07 2008 - 06:18:26 ARST

Trust me, tried all of that, check the idle cpu usagame and memory usage! Im
not alone in this thought, besides I dont use XP either, Linux and XP are
world apart when it comes to dynamips. Perhaps it is also becuase I use an
Ubuntu64 boot that has everything stripped out except dynamips / dynagen.
With this setup the vendor workbooks will run at low CPU and no problems,
with Vista I found that towards the end of a lab the cli become slow and
sluggish, BGP would flap (and then event dampening kick in), not to mention
driving the CPU constantly at 100%.

If you manage to run a FULL lab on Vista then my hat of to you.

On 07/03/2008, theKonqueror <thekonqueror@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've tried dynamips on both XP and Vista, and didn't notice any
> performance
> difference. If you notice slow performance on windows Vista, you can
> consider disabling Aero theme.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:58 AM, ccie-lab <ccie.lab@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, to clarify my question - I meant to ask if the Vista OS is
> better
> > than the XP OS for running dynamips.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Borghese" <pborghese@groupstudy.com>
> > To: "'ccie-lab'" <ccie.lab@verizon.net>; "'Cisco Nuts'"
> > <cisconuts@hotmail.com>; <cisco@groupstudy.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com
> >
> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:08 AM
> > Subject: RE: Laptop for Dynamips
> >
> >
> > >I am not sure I fully understand your question, but I will try and
> > answer.
> > > If you run dynamips under Vista you will have a performance hit over
> > > running
> > > it under Linux. But even with the hit, you should be able to run 10
> > > routers
> > > OK.
> > >
> > > Make sure you are using the correct IdlePC value and your
> configuration
> > > has
> > > ghostios=True, and sparcemem=True. Also, adjust your ram so it is the
> > > minimum needed. You can usually get away with much less ram then what
> > > Cisco
> > > specifies.
> > >
> > > As for the virtual pod software. The reason I was developing the
> > virtual
> > > pod disk was to allow Windows users access to Dynamips by using a
> linux
> > > boot
> > > CD. Since the dynamips author ported the program to Windows, it is
> not
> > > really needed. I have been considering porting the management
> interface
> > > to
> > > Windows as a number of people told me that was a nice feature.
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > >
> > > Paul Borghese
> > > Certification Science
> > > CCIE in six weeks ... guaranteed
> > > http://www.certscience.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ccie-lab [mailto:ccie.lab@verizon.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:54 PM
> > > To: Paul Borghese; 'Cisco Nuts'; cisco@groupstudy.com;
> > > ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: Re: Laptop for Dynamips
> > >
> > > Paul,
> > > Are these results due to the Vista OS? I have a Dell 2 Core with 4GB
> > and
> > > am
> > >
> > > sluggish at 10 routers.
> > > Should I consider the Vista.
> > > PS: what is the status of the development with the virtual pod?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Paul Borghese" <pborghese@groupstudy.com>
> > > To: "'Cisco Nuts'" <cisconuts@hotmail.com>; <cisco@groupstudy.com>;
> > > <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:07 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Laptop for Dynamips
> > >
> > >
> > >> That should work fantastic.
> > >>
> > >> I have a Inspiron 6400 with 2 GB running Vista and have no problems
> > >> running
> > >> 10+ routers. I usually run dynamips on one core and the other core
> is
> > >> left
> > >> for whatever else I want to do on the pc.
> > >>
> > >> Take care
> > >>
> > >> Paul Borghese
> > >> Certification Sciences
> > >> CCIE in six weeks ... Guaranteed!
> > >> http://www.certscience.com/CCIE
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > >> Cisco Nuts
> > >> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:38 PM
> > >> To: cisco@groupstudy.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com;
> cisconuts@hotmail.com
> > >> Subject: Laptop for Dynamips
> > >>
> > >> Hi:
> > >>
> > >> Does any one have good experience using a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop
> for
> > >> Dynamips?
> > >>
> > >> Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66GHz with 4GB of Memory.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> CN
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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