Can i run Cisco ACI Simulator or VM image on MAC OS using Fusion

[balbaletabrez]

Hi There Experts,

Can i run Cisco ACI Simulator or VM image on MAC OS using Fusion??

Express your views or experience around it.

[joezersk]

I have not tried Fusion (I use a Mac too) but I have used VirtualBox, which is a free equivalent.

However, there is a major reason why I am going to recommend against running any ACI sim on a laptop.  Put simply, it is very resource hungry.  Because it is simulating one spine, two leafs and an APIC, it wants A LOT of memory and vCPU.  I am talking 24-32GB of memory, or more.  Most laptops cannot provide that so the better way is to run it on a proper server with some hypervisor (ESX, KVM, etc).  Later releases only seem to grow in size and demands, so a laptop is likely a dead end. 

[RedNectar · Accepted solution]

Hi @balbaletabrez ,

I installed v4.1 (from memory) on my Quad Core 2016 MBP with just 16GB RAM.

It was not a happy experience - specifically you need at LEAST 32GB RAM, (which I knew, but what the heck, let's try)

Although I was able to complete the install, it took well over an hour to boot up and a similar time to log in. About then I hit the power-down and deleted the image.

I hope this helps

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[mamin42618]

Hi, just seen your response in the thread, and wanted to check if you can give a hand. I'm loading 4.x. ACI image on virtualbox. Its loading perfectly but I'm unable to access the GUI from host browser! Would you please advise what needs to be checked? Thanks.