Versions this guide is based on:
| EVE Image Foldername | Downloaded Filename | Version | vCPUs | vRAM | Virtual hdd name |
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| prime-PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159 | PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova | 3.7.0.0.159 | 4 | 12288 | virtioa |
| prime-PI-VA-3.8.0.0.310 | PI-VA-3.8.0.0.310.ova | 3.8.0.0.310 | 4 | 12288 | virtioa |
| Instructions |
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| Other versions should also be supported following bellow’s procedure.
How to is based on version Prime Infra 3.7. For version 3.8 please change image and folder names respectively. 1. Create Prime Infra image folder in the EVE-NG. Use cli: mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/prime-PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159
2. Upload the downloaded PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova image to the /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/prime-PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159 using for example FileZilla or WinSCP. Then login as root using SSH protocol 3. Go to created folder and untar uploaded PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova image to obtain vmdk file: cd/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/prime-PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159/ root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/prime-PI-APL-3.7.0.0.159# tar xvf PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova_signed.ovf PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova_signed.mf PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova_signed.cert PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova_signed-disk1.vmd 4. Convert VMDK HDD for Prime to virtioa.qcow2 hdd format: root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/prime-PI-APL-3.7.0.0.159# qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159.ova_signed-disk1.vmdk virtioa.qcow2
5. Delete raw files: root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/prime-PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159# rm -r PI*
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/prime-PI-VA-3.7.0.0.159# ls
virtioa.qcow2
5. Fix permissions: /opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions
Start Node and follow setup WARNING, Cisco Prime 3.7 and 3.8 are very heavy nodes, after install it will reach 40Gb HDD space !!!
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