topic RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:55:00 GMT

Quick question, can the virtual XOS image that seems to be designed for virtual box be made to run on Vmware ESXi, the reason for this request is we already have virtual versions of most vendor products, this can be connected together inside the ESXi Environment, this is great for training and simulating customer issues. However try as I might I cannot convert this to run in ESXi.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

dflouret — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

I've done it without problems.

But just in case, here's an OVA file made specifically for EXSi:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/swoy9yovudxzco0/XOS1_v0001.ova?dl=0

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

dflouret — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

And here's the latest xos image so you can update the VM to v15.7.1.4...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ucaj6inra60j2oi/bd10Ki386-15.7.1.4.xos?dl=0

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

Thanks so much as already said below.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

SB — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

i have download the VM from mention link, now its asking me the username & password
kindly share the same

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

When I click on this I don't get prompted, do you have drop box account of your own, maybe its asking for this.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

SB — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

not that
i have download the .ova file but after i deployment its asking login & pwd

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

SB — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

SB — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

Its working now.... Thanks Simon

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

Seems like to have to wait for a while.( as you have discovered ), just be a little careful when enabling your adapters as it does act as a switch, so if you enable the 2nd and 3rd ports to the same virtual network the VM will loop them !!, you can always enable stpd s0 to protect against this.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

Yong — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:43:00 GMT

Ok. already

Thank you

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

Drew_C — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:51:00 GMT

Hi Simon,
The virtual EXOS image should run just fine in ESXi with some modifications to the VM properties before it is installed.

When building the new VM, choose “Other Linux 64-bit” for the type. You’ll have to edit the properties of it once it’s “created” and delete the existing hard disk (should be SCSI) add a new one that is a 256MB IDE drive (instead of SCSI). Memory should be 256MB as well. Mount the ISO in the CD drive, and fire away.

A note on the network adapters... the first one is for the out-of-band management port. You can have 3 ports on the network side (I think that’s the limit at least). Those need to be E1000 mode ports. You can use vSwitches in VMware to connect different EXOSpc instances. You can also map those to NICs on a server and have a physical port to connect to.

Please let me know if you have questions. I’ll be glad to answer them. I can also build an OVA file and share it with you if needed.

-Drew

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:44:00 GMT

WOW I cannot thank you enough, I've already fired up the OVA, and gained out of band management, the ability to try things out quickly without fanfare is going to such a benefit to us.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:29:00 GMT

I also notice it does Layer 2, which is a real surprise, I enabled STP and looped the ports, loop detected.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

Drew_C — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:29:00 GMT

I should probably out this out, as quoted from another thread:

Please note that some features are not software emulated (yet) in the VM. Typically, while you can set VPLS on the control plane part, data plane will not work.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:29:00 GMT

I think we all accept these sorts of VMs are as is, its much better the vendors put something out there, be it imperfect rather than sit on it and keep it internal ( like Ciscos IOU ) . I was not expecting anything layer 2 to work so that's just plus. What this does allow me to do is run internal training easily and to test out configurations.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

dflouret — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:29:00 GMT

Simon, things like VPLS, ACL, QoS, that require hardware support aren't there. I mean, you CAN configure them, but they won't work.

But EAPS, G.8032, STP in all flavors, MLAG, BGP, OSPF all work pretty well.

I use this to recreate customers networks and troubleshoot things.

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

eyeV — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:58:00 GMT

Wow!!! Is it really possible to run XOS as VM?

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

simon_bingham — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:58:00 GMT

seems so awesome hey !

RE: XoS in Vmware ESXi

HED_Admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 19:27:00 GMT

When I run the VM in workstation 11, I get a watchdog timeout that slowly increments and does not allow me to log in. Any ideas what this may be? Do I need to adjust my VM settings?