Re: Perfect Configuration

From: Anthony Faria <tfaria72_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:37:32 -0700

Some ios work better than others. I run it on vista with IE it works fine.
It is about finding the right ios and idlepc value.

Tony

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi <
btharindu_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> hi Yatin,
>
> I am not a Dynamips guru ... but this my experience ...
>
> 1. i got different idlepc values for each instance
> 2. i think ... working idlepc values depends on
> IOSImage+PhysicalCPU/Speed+MachineLoad etc.
> 3. i could use same idlepc values over Core2 Duo + Quad Core + Xeon
>
> If you about 10-14 routers ... just start one to four routers and get
> idlepc values. now you have four idlepc values. one them worked for me
> when all 14 routers are up and running. I had trial only 3/4 times.
>
> DO NOT START ALL 14 ROUTERS AND READ IDELPC VALUE.
>
> My CPU is always less than 20-30%.
>
> You do not have to give up Ubuntu graphical interface.
> But you can avoid GNS ... I am just using Dyangen.
> Could you please send top output with -H option. "thread wise top."
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Yatin Dave <dave.yatin_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have strictly follow the Dynagen Tutorial and set idlepc for each
> > individual instance. I have the same problem, I think I need to run
> Ubuntu
> > 64 bit with out graphics and will check it later. I am surprised that I
> am
> > using the same IOS c3725-adventerprisek9-mz.124-15.T5 ( Advance
> Enterprise )
> > but I am getting different idlepc vlaue for diffrent instances is it Ok,
> > Also when the console timed out I am facing the High CPU utilization, I
> get
> > rid of the same using " no exec-timeout " on console.
> >
> > Here is the top output
> >
> > top - 12:53:33 up 48 min, 16 users, load average: 6.92, 6.84, 5.48
> > Tasks: 144 total, 3 running, 141 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
> > Cpu(s): 94.7%us, 3.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.3%id, 0.0%wa, 1.8%hi, 0.0%si,
> > 0.0%st
> > Mem: 3605028k total, 2309372k used, 1295656k free, 74244k buffers
> > Swap: 176672k total, 0k used, 176672k free, 1305244k cached
> >
> > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+
> > COMMAND
> > 3799 root 20 0 2903m 2.5g 1.9g S 191 72.6 71:24.26
> > dynamips-0.2.8-
> > 2810 root 20 0 355m 38m 16m R 6 1.1 1:26.50
> > Xorg
> > 3729 root 20 0 40960 21m 9756 R 1 0.6 0:16.69
> > gnome-terminal
> > 3651 root 20 0 184m 91m 21m S 0 2.6 0:54.62
> > firefox
> > 4321 root 20 0 2448 1208 912 R 0 0.0 0:04.53
> > top
> > 1 root 20 0 3084 1888 564 S 0 0.1 0:01.44
> > init
> > 2 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kthreadd
> > 3 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > migration/0
> > 4 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.03
> > ksoftirqd/0
> > 5 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > watchdog/0
> > 6 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > migration/1
> > 7 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.21
> > ksoftirqd/1
> > 8 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > watchdog/1
> > 9 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02
> > events/0
> > 10 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.02
> > events/1
> > 11 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > khelper
> > 12 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kstop/0
> > 13 root RT -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kstop/1
> > 14 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kintegrityd/0
> > 15 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kintegrityd/1
> > 16 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kblockd/0
> > 17 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kblockd/1
> > 18 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kacpid
> > 19 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kacpi_notify
> > 20 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > cqueue
> > 21 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.03
> > ata/0
> > 22 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.05
> > ata/1
> > 23 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > ata_aux
> > 24 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > ksuspend_usbd
> > 25 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > khubd
> > 26 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.01
> > kseriod
> > 27 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kmmcd
> > 28 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > btaddconn
> > 29 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > btdelconn
> > 30 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > pdflush
> > 31 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.17
> > pdflush
> > 32 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kswapd0
> > 33 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > aio/0
> > 34 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > aio/1
> > 35 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > ecryptfs-kthrea
> > 38 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > scsi_eh_0
> > 39 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > scsi_eh_1
> > 40 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > scsi_eh_2
> > 41 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > scsi_eh_3
> > 42 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kstriped
> > 43 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kmpathd/0
> > 44 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kmpathd/1
> > 45 root 15 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00
> > kmpath_handlerd
> >
> > Thanks for the Guidance.....
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi
> > <btharindu_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> in my Quad-Core I can see MAX 30% CPU for 14 router configuration. You
> >> should see 50% - 60%.
> >> But CPU % does not increase in linear fashion with number of router
> >> instances.
> >>
> >> Did you strictly follow Dynagen Tutorial ? Are running this through GNS
> ?
> >>
> >> 64bit Linux is highly recommended. Could you please send output of
> "top".
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Yatin Dave <dave.yatin_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Now I can understand that I have to run it on Ubuntu Linux but my
> >> > question
> >> > still remains the same as Do I need upgrades in HW or my HW is Ok to
> run
> >> > 15
> >> > routers of INE WB Vol I-II on Linux as I can see it is eating up
> almost
> >> > 80 %
> >> > CPU while all routers are running with just Initial configuration
> >> > without IP
> >> > on Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit Jaunty.
> >> >
> >> > My Laptop is Dell Latitude D-830 with following config
> >> > 4 GB RAM and T8100 Core 2 Duo @2.10 GHz
> >> >
> >> > I have tried to setup the Idlepc value and if I am just running 1
> router
> >> > the
> >> > CPU is 15 % , If it is 7 routers then CPU is 70 % and with all 14
> >> > Routers
> >> > running it eats up 90 % CPU.
> >> >
> >> > So I am worried if I start configuring IGP,BGP and all it will crash
> >> > down.
> >> >
> >> > Please help me ....
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in Advance
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Please Help
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:00 PM, David Countryman <
> >> > David.Countryman_at_softchoice.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I would agree that running natively under ubuntu, you certainly can
> >> >> support
> >> >> the number of routers that you require.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am having an issue with my setup, I am running GNS3. I was able to
> >> >> create my lab, load all of my devices, I saved the project and the
> .net
> >> >> file. The problem, comes in that, when I try to reopen the .net
> file,
> >> >> and
> >> >> project, it looks like it opens, but it does not. Is this a normal
> >> >> behavior, or what am I doing wrong. Will switches be supported in
> this
> >> >> scenario?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
> >> >>
> >> >> David
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> >> >> Dale Shaw
> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:00 AM
> >> >> To: Nauman, Muhammad
> >> >> Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> >> >> Subject: Re: Perfect Configuration
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Nauman, Muhammad <
> m.nauman_at_gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi, im in the same ship.Will be installing ubuntu 9.1 soon. Just
> >> >> > wanted
> >> >> to
> >> >> > know will it work fine over VMware or should I install it
> separately
> >> >> > to
> >> >> work
> >> >> > on GNS3.
> >> >>
> >> >> GNS3 is just a front-end to dynagen/dynamips. What you are really
> >> >> wondering is whether dynamips will perform well under VMware. The
> >> >> answer is 'no'.
> >> >>
> >> >> Install Ubuntu "separately".
> >> >>
> >> >> cheers,
> >> >> Dale
> >> >>
> >> >>
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