Re: IOS XRv !!

Yuri,

great news. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

I will do tests in the next week.

BR,

2014-02-14 1:12 GMT-02:00 Yuri Bank <yuribank_at_gmail.com>:

> Something is up with the mailing list?? Not seeing any messages.
>
> -yurib
> On Feb 9, 2014 10:54 PM, "Yuri Bank" <yuribank_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok. Just an update for those interested.
> >
> >
> > I basically followed this guide:
> > https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-39939
> >
> > I've added a few extra tips:
> >
> > *You will need the latest version of QEMU, or the UDP tunnels patch if
> you
> > have a version < 1.0)
> >
> > *Convert to the vmdk image to qcow2 (may not be necessary depending on
> the
> > version of qemu you have. I had some problems booting the image while it
> > was in vmdk format)
> >
> > qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 iosxrv-demo.vmdk iosxrv-demo.qcow2
> >
> > *create two copies of the image:
> >
> > Now you are ready to to run the VM.
> >
> > qemu-system-x86_64 \
> > -hda iosxrv-demo1.qcow2 \
> > -enable-kvm \
> > -m 3072 \
> > -serial telnet:localhost:2001,server,nowait \
> > -net nic,vlan=1,macaddr=00:aa:aa:aa:aa:11 -net
> > socket,vlan=1,udp=:8001,localaddr=:7001 \
> > -net nic,vlan=2,macaddr=00:aa:aa:aa:aa:12 -net
> > socket,vlan=2,udp=:8002,localaddr=:7002 \
> >
> >
> > qemu-system-x86_64 \
> > -hda iosxrv-demo2.qcow2 \
> > -enable-kvm \
> > -m 3072 \
> > -serial telnet:localhost:2002,server,nowait \
> > -net nic,vlan=1,macaddr=00:bb:bb:bb:bb:11 -net
> > socket,vlan=1,udp=:7001,localaddr=:8001 \
> > -net nic,vlan=2,macaddr=00:bb:bb:bb:bb:12 -net
> > socket,vlan=2,udp=:7002,localaddr=:8002 \
> >
> >
> > GNS3:
> >
> > You can also just add the qcow2 image as a QEMU Host in GNS3. This will
> > make everything drag and drop, and you can deploy your topology as you
> > would normally in GNS3.
> >
> > So far I have a topology ( fully virtual ) with a few IOS XRv routers,
> > JunsOS Olives, and a 3700s running in dynamips.
> >
> >
> > I've tested the following protocols:
> >
> > OSPF: Good
> > LDP: Good
> > RSVP-TE: Good.
> > MPLS transit Data-plane GOOD (see exception below)
> >
> > VPLS.
> > *L2vpn ( Martini) LDP signaled VFI works in the control-plane. But the
> > data-plane functionality is NOT there. Packets received on the CE facing
> > interface (Attachment circuit) are not forwarded :-(
> > *L2vpn ( kompella) BGP Auto-Discovery. I'm able to get the l2vpn vpls
> > address-family configured & running in BGP. I'm also able to exchange
> vpls
> > NLRI. Obviously, with the same forwarding issues mentioned above.
> >
> >
> > Cisco is going in the right direction with this. I hope they expand the
> L2
> > functions. Being able to configure the services is GREAT, but it would be
> > really nice to send a few pings through to verify the configuration, and
> to
> > see what the label stacks looks like, etc.........
> >
> > -YuriB
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Yuri Bank <yuribank_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I will posting instructions on how to get this setup on Linux ( QEMU/KVM
> >> ) and fully integrated with Dynamips IOS routers & Real Hardware.
> >>
> >>
> >> w00t!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios_xr_sw/ios_xrv/install_config/b_xrvr_432_chapter_01.html
> >>
> >>
> >> -YuriB
>
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