IOS-XR XRv

[feene1]

Hello,

Looks like the release notes for 4.3.2 indicate an upcoming download for XRv (XR4U?).  4.3.2 is available for download now for ASR9000 and CRS.  Anyone know when we might see a download for XRv?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/asr9000/software/asr9k_r4.3/general/release/notes/reln_432a9k.html#concept_15579287A4DE44C58EE16FD3399AB0C8

It will be nice to have a couple of these VMs running in a lab.

[will.r.french]

It says it requires a service contract. Can you tell me how I can avail myself of this software?

[vinay_verma80]

Hi,

I just sawIOS  XR 5.1.1 is out but, their is no details XR4U for genral Public. any guess ?

[Evgeniy Prichinin]

Bradley Edgeworth had post a link to 5.1.1 XRv.

[amirtahir]

Hi,

Just wondering how we could use this file....will normal VM will run it or we have to do something else with it?

what is Memory requirment for it?

Regards

Amir

[Sergio Barragan]

For memory (RAM) the minimun recomended are 3 Gigs with a Max of 8 Gigs (per VM)

Best regards,

Sergio

[bedgewor]

This document shows you how to use the files on ESXi and QEMU:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-39939

Official release notes provide information as well:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/ios_xr_sw/iosxr_r5.1/general/release/notes/reln-xrv.html

Intro to IOS XR Technical Workbook is here:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-39962

[amirtahir]

Thank you Bradley!!

In given document, there is no instructions how to connect two XRv routers in ESXi env.

do we have to use virtual switch to do it?

Thank you for your help and support in advance

Regards

Amir

[Sergio Barragan]

Hello Amir,

Yes you would use a virtual siwtch to connect 2 XRvs between themselves.

Best regards,

Sergio

[amirtahir]

Thank you Sergio!!!

on server i could create 4 Gig interfaces "E1000" but when i load it on laptop, I could see only 2 of them.

first one is bridge and rest of them are host only...... how to get 4 Gig interfaces?

RP/0/0/CPU0:LAB#sh run
Mon Feb 10 19:56:57.527 UTC
Building configuration...
!! IOS XR Configuration 5.1.1
!! Last configuration change at Mon Feb 10 19:56:10 2014 by cisco
!
hostname LAB
interface MgmtEth0/0/CPU0/0
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
ipv4 address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.252
load-interval 30
!
end

RP/0/0/CPU0:LAB#

[Harold Ritter]

Hi Amir,

What hypervisor are you using your laptop? If you are using VMware, verify in the .vmx file that all of the interface are set to E1000. I have 8 interfaces up and running on my Mac using VMware Fusion.

Regards

[amirtahir]

HI Harold,

I was away last week. I am using VMworkstation 9 on my laptop. I will give a try today and will get back to you

Thank you for your help and support

Regards

Amir

[Vinit Jain]

Hello Amit

Are you still facing any issues

Regards,

Vinit Jain

[smeftahi]

Harold,

I have a single machine running xrv on my Mac also, did you manage to hook it up to another machine ? If so are you able to share how?

TIA

/Samir 

[Harold Ritter]

Hi Samir,

Are you asking whether it is possible connecting it to another XRv VM running on your Mac? If so the answer is yes. These two VMs share the same virtual interfaces and can communicate through those.

If you were referring to having the XRv instance running on your Mac connecting to a physical device outside of your Mac, the answer is also yes. You would need to configure the XRv VM with a bridge interface to let it communicate with devices sitting outside of you Mac.

Hope this helps,

Harold

[smeftahi]

Thanks a million Harold

I was indeed after 1st option. Will snoop around and try to get it work, it will be awesome to be able to test few things in a safe environment.

Many thanks again !

/Samir