Overview
Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL) is a multi-purpose network virtualization platform that provides an easy way to build, configure, and test new or existing network topologies with an intuitive user interface (UI). VIRL enables customers to support critical missions, such as designing, training, release testing, and configuration staging, without the expense of buying and staging real network hardware. This demonstration requires familiarity with Cisco networking architecture and routing fundamentals.
Scenarios
• Scenario 1: Modify a Sample Topology
• Scenario 2: Configure Devices Using Design Mode
Requirements
Required: Laptop
Optional: Cisco® AnyConnect®
Components
The VIRL release used in this demonstration contains the following versions:
- OpenStack Mitaka
- VIRL_CORE 0.10.35.35
- AutoNetkit 0.24.0/0.23.10
- Topology Visualization Engine 0.17.28
- Live Network Collection Engine 0.12.6
- VM Maestro 1.5.0-510
The following platform reference model VMs are available for internal users:
- IOSv - 15.6(3)M (New)
- IOSv L2 - 15.2 (03.2017)
- IOS XRv - 6.1.3 image
- IOS XRv 9000 - 6.2.2 image
- CSR 1000v - 16.6.1 XE-based image
- NX-OSv 7.3.0.1 (Nexus 7000)
- NX-OSv 9000 7.0.3.I7.1 (Nexus 9000)
- ASAv 9.8.2 (New)
- CoreOS 899.13.0
- Ubuntu 16.04.3 Cloud-init image
Linux Container Images:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LXC
- iPerf 2.0.2 LXC
- Routem 2.1(8) LXC
- Ostinato-drone 0.8 LXC
Features
Cisco VM Maestro | - Flexible network layout and connections
- Intuitive interface for creating network configurations
- Ability to run user interface locally and perform computations in the cloud
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Cisco VIRL | - Virtual environment for building network topologies
- Simulation of networking components
- Capable of supporting a range of virtual machines (VMs) running Cisco operating systems (IOS-XE, IOS Classic, IOS-XR, and NX-OS)
- Support for third-party VMs
- Capture and analyze network traffic at any node
- Validate configurations prior to physical deployment
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