For this router I had a lot of difficulties on determining the right setup so I can have all the functionality ( service instance, correct interface mapping to GNS3 ports ).
We will need:
- GNS3 v1.3.10
- Virtual Box 5.0.4 or latest
- csr1000v image , you can download it from here
Note!!! csr1000v image comes in IOS format or OVA, if you can't download the ISO image but you can download the .ova , simply go with .ova file open the file with 7zip and extract the ISO image from it.
Step 1: we need to build a blank VM, with the following parameters:
- OS Type : Linux / Other Linux (64-bit)
- System:
- Memory : 4096 MB
- Processors : 1vCPU
- Acceleration :
- Paravirtualization Interface : KVM
- Hardware : VT-x/AMD-v - Nested Paging
- Storage : 8GB - dynamic blank image
- CD-ROM : select the csr1000v image
- Network :
- Not attached
- Adapter Type: virtino-net
- Promiscuous Mode : Allow All
- Serial:
- Port Mode : Host Pipe
- Path/Address : \\.\pipe\csr1000v
Step 2: Boot up the device , it will start installing the IOS-XE on the VM storage.
Step 3: Once the IOS-XE , boot the device and you will receive a prompt with "Router>". At this point the console is directed to the VGA, we need to make the console accessible from serial.
In the VM window , configure the router with the following commands :
Router>enable
Router#conf t
Router(conf)#platform console serial
Router(conf)#exit
Router#copy run start
Router#reload
Step 4: Power off and on the VM , and open a putty window. In Putty select Serial connection and in Serial line select "\\.\pipe\csr1000v"
3 comments:
Nice post.
Have you got bdi working between gns3 routers and csr?
I have no issues with dot1q but as soon as I use BDI on csr the communication stops.
Using same versions of software as you mentioned . CSR 13.00 to 13.6 have been tried.
Thanks
Hi,
Sorry for my late reply , this was something where I got stuck in the past , used to use the sub-interfaces on IOS, I have tried the bellow config between two routers and it worked with the same setup from the post. If you have a specific case which doesn't work send it and I'll try it out.
interface GigabitEthernet1
no ip address
negotiation auto
service instance 100 ethernet
encapsulation dot1q 100
rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric
bridge-domain 100
!
end
interface BDI100
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
end
hello I have a probleme is that I use this routeur in GNS3 and the interfaces are down/down even after no shutdown so I'm wondering is there any setting to do?
thank you
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