Overview
Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL) is a multi-purpose network virtualization platform that provides an easy way to build, configure, and test new or existing network topologies with an intuitive user interface.
Check it out here: Cisco VIRL 1.0 Sandbox - November Release v1
Scenarios
- Scenario 1: Modify an Existing Sample Topology
Requirements
Components
- Openstack Kilo
- VIRL-CORE 0.10.21.7
- AutoNetkit 0.20.9
- AutoNetkit-Cisco 0.20.22
- Topology Visualization Engine 0.14.23
- Live Network Collection Engine 0.7.21
- VM Maestro 1.2.4-363
The following platform reference model VMs are available for internal users:
- ASAv Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance 9.5.1-201
- CSR1000v Cisco IOS XE Reference Platform 3.16
- IOS XRv Cisco IOS XR Reference Platform 5.3.2
- IOS XRv52 Cisco IOS XR Reference Platform 5.2.2
- IOSv Cisco IOS Reference Platform 15.6.1.T
- IOSvL2 Cisco IOS Reference Platform 15.2.4055
- NX-OSv Cisco NX-OS Reference Platform 7.2.0.121
- Server Cloud-init [Linux] Server 14.04.2
- vpagent Cisco IOS Reference Platform 15.4
Features
| Cisco VM Maestro | - Flexible network layout and connections
- Intuitive interface for creating network configurations
- Ability to run user interface locally and perform computations in the cloud
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| Cisco VIRL | - Virtual environment for building network topologies
- Simulation of networking components
- Capable of supporting a range of virtual machines (VMs) running Cisco operating systems (IOS-XE, IOS Classic, IOS-XR, and NX-OS)
- Support for third-party VMs
- Capture and analyze network traffic at any node
- Validate configurations prior to physical deployment
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Topology
