Re: IOS XRv !!

Ill have to see what I did, at one time I had to use the \\.pipe\ syntax in
the Virtualbox console section. Which was the something you have to do with
the Titanium virtual NX-OS .

Regards,
 Joe Sanchez

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Please excuse misspelled words or sentence structure.)

On Feb 14, 2014, at 8:34 AM, Nick Griffin <nick.jon.griffin_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I too have had issues finding the image on CCO. Anyone have an updated link?
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Joe Sanchez <marco207p_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I know I watch a YouTube on this last week and he was able to get it
working very easily with Virtualbox and GNS3.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Joe Sanchez
>>
>> ( please excuse the brevity of this email as it was sent via a mobile
device. Please excuse misspelled words or sentence structure.)
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 7:19 AM, Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks for the links and tips Yuri!
>> >
>> > Has any one else had a chance to run this on QEMU on a MAC, in GNS3? I
got
>> > it working yesterday, but it takes forever to load the vXR. I gave it 4
GB,
>> > but the process wasn't using that much, so RAM can't be an issue.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Tom
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Alessandro Braga
<sandro.unix_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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_c
hapter_01.html
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -YuriB
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>> >>>
>> >>>
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