Cisco VIRL tool

VIRL - Virtual Internet Routing Lab

"VIRL is a comprehensive network design and simulation platform. VIRL includes a powerful graphical user interface for network design and simulation control, a configuration engine that can build complete Cisco configuration at the push of a button, Cisco virtual machines running the same network operating systems as used in Cisco’s physical routers and switches, all running on top of OpenStack."

Your thoughts on this one guys, and has anyone had experience with it? Looks promising...

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ElvisG

Until they can implement Layer 2, I'll save my money and stick to GNS3.

deth1k

they have

SW1#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, vios_l2 Software (vios_l2-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Version 15.0(TTC_20140605)FLO_DSGS7, EARLY DEPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT BUILD, synced to V152_3_0_88_PI4
Technical Support: Support and Documentation - Cisco Systems
Copyright (c) 1986-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 05-Jun-14 05:35 by jsfeng

*** IOSv: UNSUPPORTED DEMO VERSION ONLY ***

ROM: Bootstrap program is IOSv

SW1 uptime is 3 days, 4 hours, 2 minutes
System returned to ROM by reload
System image file is "flash0:/vios_l2-adventerprisek9-m"
Last reload reason: Unknown reason

OMMITED

Cisco IOSv () processor (revision 1.0) with 364866K/25600K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID
1 Virtual Ethernet interface
1 Gigabit Ethernet interface
DRAM configuration is 72 bits wide with parity disabled.
256K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
2097144K bytes of ATA System CompactFlash 0 (Read/Write)
0K bytes of ATA CompactFlash 1 (Read/Write)
0K bytes of ATA CompactFlash 2 (Read/Write)
0K bytes of ATA CompactFlash 3 (Read/Write)

Configuration register is 0x0

d4nz1g

Does this l2 image support IGMPv2 and spanning tree?
Are these the same images used on IOL? Same feature set/compatibility?

gorebrush

Just get some cheap switches to do things like spanning-tree. You really don't need it in IOL/IOU imo, unless you are specifically testing something.

OsamaSaeed

I think switching is supported on VIRL, anyone can confirm on this?

tinu_karki

OsamaSaeed wrote: »

I think switching is supported on VIRL, anyone can confirm on this?

I dont think it is, just had a look at the support community thread on the VIRL website:

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