Configuring Exos Virtual Box

[Manish_S]

Hi,

I am trying to setup my lab environment, with virtual box 4.3.26. I have uploaded the virtual box extension pacl. I have downloaded the EXOS VM, but when ever I try to import the VM the machine is not being listed in the folder specified.

This is the very first time I am using Virtual Box. Might be some dumb issue.

Had been couple of days that I have googled the issue, but couldn't resolve. Pls. help.

Regards,
Manish

[dflouret]

Manish,

Sorry for the delay.

All your VMs have the same MAC address.
NIC 1: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Host-only Interface 'VirtualBox
Host-Only Ethernet Adapter', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type
Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all,
Bandwidth group: none

When you clone a VM there's a small message asking if you want to want to reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards. If you don't check it, all your clones will have the same MAC addresses. That's what you did (or, rather, didn't do) so all your VM have the same MAC address. That's what is causing your problems.

Extreme switches have only one MAC per switch, so having the same MAC address for all adapters in a VM is not a problem. But when you connect several VMs and all of them have the same MAC...

Edit every adapter in every VM and modify the MAC Address in the Advanced section. Just press the green symbol to the right and VirtualBox will do that for you.

I always use 000130DF000X, where the X corresponds to the VM (0 for sw0, 1 for sw1, 2 for sw2, etc...) so I can trace the MACs in a traffic capture, but you may use whatever suits you.

[Manish_S]

Hi Daniel,

Took some time figuring out how to execute the command in host machine. Some how figured it out.

pls. find the output as requested.

For sw1 :

H:\>cd Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox

H:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage showvminfo sw1
Name: sw1
Groups: /
Guest OS: Linux 2.6 / 3.x (32 bit)
UUID: c574df53-bfa7-419e-9bdb-a4ea31f1a97c
Config file: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw1\sw1.vbox
Snapshot folder: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw1\Snapshots
Log folder: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw1\Logs
Hardware UUID: c574df53-bfa7-419e-9bdb-a4ea31f1a97c
Memory size: 256MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 8MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
PAE: off
Long Mode: on
Synthetic CPU: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: on
VT-x VPID: on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State: powered off (since 2015-04-17T12:00:00.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw1\EXOS_VM-15.7.1.4-disk1.vmdk (
UUID: dca9d52e-8e3e-48b4-9869-ca2f4b973ece)
IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
NIC 1: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Host-only Interface 'VirtualBox
Host-Only Ethernet Adapter', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type:
Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all,
Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'Link1', Cable
connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps,
Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 3: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'Link3', Cable
connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps,
Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 4: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-3',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 5: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-4',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 6: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-5',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 7: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-6',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 8: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-7',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: I/O base: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4, disconnected
UART 2: disabled
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: disabled
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE: disabled
USB: disabled
EHCI: disabled

USB Device Filters:



Bandwidth groups:

Shared folders:

Video capturing: not active
Capture screens: 0
Capture file: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw1\sw1.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate: 512 kbps
Capture FPS: 25

Description:
This is a virtual ExtremeXOS instance running v15.3.2.11.
Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB

For sw2 :

H:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage showvminfo sw2
Name: sw2
Groups: /
Guest OS: Linux 2.6 / 3.x (32 bit)
UUID: 0a94d2e9-e166-4282-88ec-22b6bdb0437b
Config file: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw2\sw2.vbox
Snapshot folder: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw2\Snapshots
Log folder: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw2\Logs
Hardware UUID: 0a94d2e9-e166-4282-88ec-22b6bdb0437b
Memory size: 256MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 8MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
PAE: off
Long Mode: on
Synthetic CPU: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: on
VT-x VPID: on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State: powered off (since 2015-04-17T11:37:46.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw2\EXOS-1 Clone-disk1.vmdk (UUID
: bc6791ec-c3bf-4223-a9bd-bda9ebd23b5c)
IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
NIC 1: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Host-only Interface 'VirtualBox
Host-Only Ethernet Adapter', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type:
Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all,
Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'Link2', Cable
connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps,
Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 3: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'Link1', Cable
connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps,
Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 4: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-3',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 5: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-4',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 6: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-5',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 7: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-6',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 8: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-7',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: I/O base: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4, disconnected
UART 2: disabled
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: disabled
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE: disabled
USB: disabled
EHCI: disabled

USB Device Filters:



Bandwidth groups:

Shared folders:

Video capturing: not active
Capture screens: 0
Capture file: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw2\sw2.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate: 512 kbps
Capture FPS: 25

Description:
This is a virtual ExtremeXOS instance running v15.3.2.11.
Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB

For sw3 :

H:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>vboxmanage showvminfo sw3
Name: sw3
Groups: /
Guest OS: Linux 2.6 / 3.x (32 bit)
UUID: 4f4648ac-39bf-44bb-ab9f-cedc3ef0432d
Config file: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw3\sw3.vbox
Snapshot folder: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw3\Snapshots
Log folder: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw3\Logs
Hardware UUID: 4f4648ac-39bf-44bb-ab9f-cedc3ef0432d
Memory size: 256MB
Page Fusion: off
VRAM size: 20MB
CPU exec cap: 100%
HPET: off
Chipset: piix3
Firmware: BIOS
Number of CPUs: 1
PAE: off
Long Mode: on
Synthetic CPU: off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode: message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: off
Time offset: 0ms
RTC: UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: on
Large Pages: on
VT-x VPID: on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State: powered off (since 2015-04-17T11:47:08.000000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend:
Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller
Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2
Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
IDE Controller (0, 0): E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw3\sw3-disk1.vmdk (UUID: 2c90ea
5-f8c4-4613-acc5-350dca634fd0)
IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
NIC 1: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Host-only Interface 'VirtualBox
Host-Only Ethernet Adapter', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type
Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all,
Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'Link3', Cable
connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps,
Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 3: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'Link2', Cable
connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps,
Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 4: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-3',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed:
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 5: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-4',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed:
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 6: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-5',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed:
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 7: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-6',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed:
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 8: MAC: 000130DF0000, Attachment: Internal Network 'vlab.base-7',
Cable connected: off, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed:
Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: allow-all, Bandwidth group: none
Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1: I/O base: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4, disconnected
UART 2: disabled
LPT 1: disabled
LPT 2: disabled
Audio: disabled
Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE: disabled
USB: disabled
EHCI: disabled

USB Device Filters:



Bandwidth groups:

Shared folders:

Video capturing: not active
Capture screens: 0
Capture file: E:\Virtual Box Machines\sw3\sw3.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate: 512 kbps
Capture FPS: 25

Description:
This is a virtual ExtremeXOS instance running v15.3.2.11.
Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB

Regards,
Manish

[dflouret]

Manish,

Let's start with your last question. There's no way to modify the console window in VirtualBox. That's why I always configure access through the mgmt vlan.

The first adapter in the VM should always point to a Host-Only adapter. This adapter has a default address of 192.168.56.1 (unless you changed it), so I configure the mgmt port in my switches with addresses in that range (192.168.56.11 for the first switch, 12 for the second, etc.)

Once you have done that you can connect to the VMs using putty or other telnet/ssh emulator (telnet 192.168.56.1X), where you can modify the number of rows, and lines buffered....

Regarding your first problem, please execute the following command in your host machine:
vboxmanage showvminfo
and copy it here so we can take a look at inter-vm connections.

[Manish_S]

Hi Daniel,

I followed the doc with the exact steps, but still I am unable to ping the machines.

I can see the links are active, but cant see any edp info. Have cross checked the configuration of the interfaces. Any guess what could be missing.

1. I had cloned the machine's.
2. Assigned IP on the default vLAN for all three.
3. Enabled ipforwarding
4. Enabled stpd.

I also observed, that the machines have port number 2 blocked in the vLAN they are in.

One more thing the how to increase the buffer window size. The screen of guest window in small. Most of the commands outputs I cannot see, like iparp,fdb I am able to see just the last counters. I also tried changing the screen resolution, as I had similar issue while taking remote session, but it didn't resolve.

Pls. suggest.

Regards,
Manish

[Manish_S]

Hi Daniel,

I happened to stumble upon the doc couple of hours back. Had a brief go-through, hope I might get some time to work on it tonight.

Many thanks.

Regards,
Manish