CML 2.4 LAB HW Requirements

[Kareem22]

My intel CPU, Core i7-1165G7, do not support vPro. However, it supports VTx and EPT. Will it be able to run CML2.4?

[Martin L]

Should be no problem but if you want confirmation from CML engineers go to CLN forum at

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/topic/0TO3i00000094ZjGAI/cisco-modeling-labs-personal-community

Regards, ML
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[balaji.bandi]

I do not see any issue, make sure you have enough RAM also if you looking to run more devices :

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/modeling-labs/#!system-requirements

check CPU and RAM requirement for the respecting Node or devices you looking to run :

https://developer.cisco.com/docs/modeling-labs/#!faq/reference-platform-and-images-questions

[Kareem22]

thanks for sharing and I just got my laptop with 64GB RAM and will try it over this weekend. But, the HW requirement for running 8 NX-OS 9000 is 64GB. That is the minimum requirement. If I want to simulate large datacenter NW, that makes is really hard. Seems extremely inefficient for simulation. I see other non-9000 NX-OSs seem to take less RAM (3GB). Are those full fledge layer-3 images capable of running BGP/OSPF/VXLAN? Looking for efficient way of simulating large datacenter NW.

[balaji.bandi]

8 nodes of nexus os running more RAM and CPU ? what simulator/emulator do you feel is efficient, If you looking at Cisco images only CML can offer a License to use, rest of the simulator does not come with images.(node image like IOL nexus and xrv)

[Martin L]

Oh no....you did not say u will use laptop for CML, Bad Idea ! You will burn out your laptop.  You need a server based box to simulate large data center. You can access CML online via Dev Net Sandbox, they have a bit more resources, see https://developer.cisco.com/site/sandbox/

IOS-XRv 9000 needs 20 GB RAM, NX-OS 9000 needs 8 GB . Those are 64 bit images that is why they need more RAM and more space; their 32-bit version need less RAM. 

Regards, ML
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[Kareem22]

I just bought a server tower. Will let you know how it goes. But, Cisco won't let me download the SW after I purchased Personal edition. It demands a company address be registered on my profile to download the SW. It is personal edition and I put in my residence address. Won't accept it. Why do personal edition need company associated with profile to download?

[Kareem22]

 got it resolved (Downloaded)

[balaji.bandi]

Glad all is good and you are able to resolve the issue, happy labbing !