![]() ![]() If this is your fist time creating virtual networks in VMware Workstation, VMnet2 will be the first one created. Launch VMware Workstation Pro and navigate to Edit Virtual Network Editor. The mapped interface provides VIRL with an IP address, an Internet gateway and DNS servers for it to go out to the Interface for licensing and updates.įLAT: first Layer-2 network FLAT1: second Layer-2 network SNAT: Layer-3 SNAT network EXT-NET INT: clustering network The first Management interface will be created by itself when boot up VIRL in VMWare Workstation Pro. It is the interface we use to access the VIRL VM over SSH for example. Step 2: Create four virtual networks in Workstation Pro The VIRL virtual machine comes with 5 virtual network interfaces that are used for various purposes. To save your time later, it is important to make sure that the downloaded file matches the original. VMware Workstation (or Pro) v8.02 or later Install Cisco VIRL on VMware Workstation Pro and Player Step 1: Validate downloaded installation image Because the installation image downloaded is large, it is possible that the file is corrupted during download. Outbound TCP ports 45 must be permitted on your Internet firewall to allow connections to the Cisco SALT licensing servers. Intel CPUs with Intel VT-x EPT or AMD CPUs with AMD-vRVI extensions present and enabled in the BIOS. System requirements: A minimum of 2 logical CPU cores (not physical CPU) and 4GB or memory that can be dedicated to the VIRL virtual machine.ĬPUs and 8GB of memory or more is highly recommended. In this example, I used VMware Workstation Pro version 12.1.1. Whats more relevant to running the VIRL server, I believe the following key features are missing in the Player version. Pro version, VMware website has a comprehensive comparison chart that outlines the differences. Cisco Virl Images For Mac Users Youįor Mac users you can check out my tutorial on Cisco VIRL Installation on VMware Fusion Pro for Mac OS. VMware Workstation Pro and Player are for Microsoft Windows users. In this tutorial Ill walk you through the steps taken to Install Cisco VIRL on VMware Workstation Pro and Player, as a virtual machine. There are two options installing VIRL as a native OS, or installing VIRL as a virtual machine running on top of your existing OS. You will need to import the images you downloaded earlier into the template here Click on the image that you downloaded from VIRL and click import Navigate to the image and click open Repeat this step for the IOSvstartupconfig.img you downloaded from the docs page You should be here: Click Next Click Finish You should see your appliance under browse all devices. If you own a physical router like a Cisco 3725 router, you can copy the image from the router and import it into GNS3.Keeping an eye on your CPU and Memory will stop you from creating too many devices in your deployment.ĭownload the IOSv image from the VIRL webpage of the supported image youre using Download the appliance file from the GNS3 marketplace Repeat steps 1-3 for EACH appliance you will be importing (IOSv, IOSvL2, and AVAv) Routers require the startup config file that can be found on its doc page In the GNS3 app, Click File Import Appliance Browse to where you saved the cisco-IOSv.gns3a appliance file and click open Click Next Click Next You will be greeted with an overwhelming required files screen. You can therefore download the VIRL images, integrate them with GNS3 and use them offline if needed. You can use VIRL images without license authentication. The price starts at $199.99 per year for the Personal Edition: If you don’t have a service contract with Cisco, you can purchase a VIRL license to get access to multiple images that are very useful for GNS3 labs. The images for all of the other platforms Dynamips supported hit End of Support status, and their images were removed. The only IOS images currently available from Cisco, that will work with the Dynamips emulator are the c7200 images (not the c7200p images!). Here are some suggestions on ways to get Cisco images: Cisco website:Ī Service Contract is required for downloading of images. Some vendors make their software images freely available, but unfortunately this is not true for Cisco images. You will need to provide your own images to use them with GNS3. Unfortunately due to legal requirements, GNS3 is unable to provide IOS images or any other Cisco images. ![]() One of the most common questions asked in the GNS3 forums is “Where do I get Cisco IOS images?” Important ![]()
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