topic Re: Running EXOS on VMware in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

Running EXOS on VMware

jeronimo — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:23:00 GMT

I went here https://github.com/extremenetworks/Virtual_EXOS and downloaded the ISO

I booted from the ISO and it tells me it can't find install.xos

The doc referenced on Github (https://github.com/extremenetworks/Virtual_EXOS/blob/master/Install_Guide_EXOS-VM-ESXi-5.docx?raw=tr...) says nothing about that.

In fact it fails at "Starting External Memory Card device" with "mounting /dev/hdc on /mnt/a failed: No such device or address"

Re: Running EXOS on VMware

TylerMarcotte — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:01:00 GMT

Hi jeronimo,

Check to make sure your Hard disk is set for IDE 0:0. I think that caused me an issue in the past.

Thanks,

Tyler

Re: Running EXOS on VMware

jeronimo — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:12:00 GMT

Ha! The problem is similar: the ISO needs to be shown as IDE 1:0 whereas the default would be 0:1. Tricky stuff. The Word document actually shows it in the screenshot but there is no warning in its text 😉

Re: Running EXOS on VMware

jeronimo — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:12:01 GMT

This makes sense since the error contained "/dev/hdc ...", meaning the boot loader tries to mount itself. Which also makes sense. In the beginning I thought I needed a separate ".xos" files which is not true.

Re: Running EXOS on VMware

Drew_C — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:12:02 GMT

You can use the .xos file to upgrade an existing EXOS VM in the future so you don't have to contend with VMware next time.

Re: Running EXOS on VMware

TylerMarcotte — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:23:00 GMT

Ahh yes, I forgot about that part since I removed the CD ROM drive after the install. Glad you got it working!

Re: Running EXOS on VMware

Ed_McGuigan1 — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:46:57 GMT

I had this issue. When you switch the hard disk to be IDE rather than SCSI, it places it as IDE0:0 ( Master on IDE Controller 0 ) and then places the CD Drive as IDE0:1 ( Slave on IDE 0 ). You have to move the CD Drive to be master on IDE1 ( IDE1:1 ).

Re: Running EXOS on VMware

CaptainPurple — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 16:42:33 GMT

So followed the instructions to build the VM. you have to make sure you use IDE and not scsi. So got that to work after reading some redit stuff. Now I cannot log in it stays at the pending AAA prompt. Not sure why. Times out after 3 unsuccessful logins and hangs on me. admin null does not work, admin/admin or admin/password does not work either. Does anyone have an OVA that works I can get access to? Or a Hyper-V instructions.