Add Cisco ACI and APIC Images

[cisco_am007]

Dear Team,
Add Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) Cisco APIC (Application Policy Infrastructure Controller) Images.

Thanks!

[Uldis (UD)]

impossible, they are virtual VM supported, HW only

[mathewfer]

Hi,

This works on Ubuntu KVM - https://tomislavk.blog/aci/acisim-on-kvm/. If that works, we should be able to get this on EVE-ng install bearmetal. Because it seems to be same - Ubuntu + KVM.

I tried the below template and I get the login prompt but unable to login and get IP connectivity.

Any ideas on whether we can get Cisco ACI to work?

/opt/unetlab/html/templates/intel/ciscoaci.yml

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---
type: qemu
description: Cisco-ACI
name: Cisco-ACI
cpulimit: 1
icon: Server_Linux.png
cpu: 12
ram: 32768
ethernet: 2
console: vnc
shutdown: 1
qemu_arch: x86_64
qemu_version: 2.12.0
qemu_nic: e1000
qemu_options: -machine type=pc,accel=kvm -vga std -usbdevice tablet -boot order=cd
...

[Uldis (UD)]

This is ACI simulator, useless to connect with other lab nodes, it is just kids PC game only.
No use of it for labbing with real or virtual nodes.

[mathewfer]

Thanks UD,

You are correct about ACI simulator. Well, I did not ask my question correctly. Let me ask it properly here.
If ACI simulator can run on KVM on Ubuntu, is there way we can run Cisco ACI image on EVE-ng (as it is also Ubuntu + KVM)?

If we can run it, then we have Cisco Nexus 9K Switch to LAB it with.
This is still new to me and trying to find a way to learn Cisco ACI.

Any ideas to get this are welcome.

[Uldis (UD)]

you cannot connect lab switches to it
Itself this useless simulator can work on EVE, but I see no reason to make template for it, because as I said bove, it cannot be connected to the lab nodes even...

[mathewfer]

Thanks. I realized that we can not connect any nodes to it as it has embedded virtualized SWs as described here.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/d ... s-606.html

I am still thinking it is a good idea to get this on EVE-ng to practice it's basic features. Otherwise, one need to have the APIC software installed on an UCS server.
Anyway, if this is not supported with a template on EVE-ng, it is fine. It works on ESXi so we can check it that way.

Thanks again for the replies.