"Cannot load the ovf file" hypervisor message

RE: Console Manager Ip address

2011-04-19T17:48:12Z

Ok Thanks Radhika, We will keep the Console Manager IP until the 2.0 release. Thanks, Chris

Console Manager Ip address

2011-04-19T18:16:19Z

Hi, I was wondering if we could remove the Console Manager address after we've installed and configured the SRE-v. I understand we will not be able to do stuff like importing or exporting virtual machines from the SRE-v. However we would still be able to access the SRE-v and the VMs running on them and we could deply new virtual machines using the vSphereClient. Of course if we need to install or upgrade the SRE-v we would want to deploy an IP to the console manager again. The reason I'm asking is because a network administrators would be hesistant to deploy an extra IP address just for the console manager and would like to manage everything using the vsphere client. Would this cause any undesirable effect? Our tests showed nothing disastrous other than not able to perform the SRE-v import/export activity. Anything I'm missing? Thanks!

Can we SSH into the SRE-v for troubleshooting?

2011-04-18T23:17:18Z

The standard vmWare Hypervisor ESXi lets one SSH into the hypervisor to troubleshoot. However I am unable to SSH into the SRE-v. Could you please confirm if this is the case? Is there any other way i can get into the SRE-v? We are currently troubleshooting dropped packets at the virtual switch (suspected) and need to way to isolate/narrow down the issue. Thanks!

Virtual switch on SRE-v: Performance issues- Dropped packets

2011-04-18T23:22:40Z

Hi, I have a Virtual machine on vswitch0 on VLAN1. This is the only virtual machine on the vswitch. (The virtual machine is running linux) We are having performance issues with dropped packets. For example, here are the snapshots we have while debugging this: External Traffic generator: Total 150,000 packets (64bytes each) sent at the rate of 20,000 packets/sec. vlan1 (stats): Total 150,000 packets (64bytes each) sent at the rate of 20,000 packets/sec. VM - Ethernet driver seeing only 145000 (approximately). Looks like the vswitch0 is dropping packets. Is there a way to debug this? See packets coming in on vswitch and packets going out the vswitch? This looks like a very serious problem and is a definite show stopper for our application. Could someone please help us in gaining insiight into this problem. Thanks!

RE: Issues with Configuring multiple VLANS on the SRE-v.

2011-03-29T19:19:01Z

Thanks for your help! That worked!

RE: New Message from WARD COBLEIGH in Service Ready Engine Virtualization -

2011-03-29T18:27:04Z

Hi Radhika, I had logged in as WARD (our Business account manager). Now reverting to my own account (Christopher Daniel). No I have NOT created a new VM network port group with Vlan 40 in ESXI. Do I need to do this? Currently the way we have it... Virtual Machine 1 (Vlan1)-----| Virtual Machine 2 (Vlan40)----| All three are on the same virtual switch i.e vSwitch0 Management Network----------| and belong to the "Virtual Machine Port Group" What is the SRE-V/ESXI side of the configuration? Is this not seen from the router CLI? Please find below the output of SH HYPERVISOR VSWITCH. se-10-250-64-93# sh hypervisor vswitch Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks vSwitch0 128 5 128 1500 vmnic2 PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks VM Network 0 2 vmnic2 Management Network 0 1 vmnic2 Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks ciscoSwitchLocal 8 3 8 1500 PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks CiscoReservedLocal 0 2 Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks ciscoSwitch 8 3 8 1500 vmnic1 PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks CiscoReserved 0 1 vmnic1 Please let me know if you need anything else. Thanks, Chris [quote]Hi WARD, Your IOS side config looks good to me. Did you create a new VM network port group with Vlan 40 in ESXI? Can you also send the SRE-V/ESXI side of the networking configuration? Can You send the output of ¿show hypervisor vswitch¿ from the sre-v console manager. Thanks, Radhika From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 7:53 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from WARD COBLEIGH in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: Issues with Configuring multiple VLANS on the SRE-v. WARD COBLEIGH has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, We are having problems configuring virtual machines on different VLANS. The configuration is similar in concept to the Cisco documentation on "Configuring VLANS with Cisco IOS Layer 3 Routed Configuration" We are unable to ping to our virtual machine on vlan 40. The VM on Vlan1 (on which the hypervisor is as well) seems to respond. Please see the config below.. (We have two SREs on the router. You need to look at sm2/0 and sm2/1). I have also a dump of sm2/1 switchport. How can we troubleshoot this? There is also a dump of sm *************SM2/1 SWITCHPORT DUMP ***************************** 3900_router#sh int sm2/1 switchport Name: SM2/1 Switchport: Enabled Administrative Mode: trunk Operational Mode: trunk Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q Operational Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q Negotiation of Trunking: Disabled Access Mode VLAN: 0 ((Inactive)) Trunking Native Mode VLAN: 1 (default) Trunking VLANs Enabled: 1-1048 Trunking VLANs Active: 1,40 Protected: false Priority for untagged frames: 0 Override vlan tag priority: FALSE Voice VLAN: none Appliance trust: none 3900_router# ************* ROUTER CONFIG ***************************** 3900_router# sh run Building configuration... Current configuration : 6328 bytes ! ! Last configuration change at 14:46:56 UTC Tue Mar 29 2011 ! version 15.1 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec no service password-encryption ! hostname 3900_router ! boot-start-marker boot system flash c3900-universalk9-mz.SPA.151-3.T.bin boot-end-marker ! ! card type t1 0 1 logging buffered 51200 warnings enable password fluke ! no aaa new-model no network-clock-participate wic 1 ! ipv6 unicast-routing ipv6 cef ip source-route ! ip traffic-export profile g01_to_g02 interface GigabitEthernet0/2 mac-address 5475.d0c9.7702 ! ip traffic-export profile g02_to_g01 interface GigabitEthernet0/1 mac-address 5475.d0c9.7701 ! ip traffic-export profile g01_wan interface Vlan1 bidirectional mac-address 000c.295e.93ee ip cef ! ! ! ! ! ip domain name yourdomain.com multilink bundle-name authenticated ! ! crypto pki token default removal timeout 0 ! crypto pki trustpoint TP-self-signed-417311045 enrollment selfsigned subject-name cn=IOS-Self-Signed-Certificate-417311045 revocation-check none rsakeypair TP-self-signed-417311045 ! license udi pid C3900-SPE150/K9 sn FOC14173AA5 hw-module sm 1 ! hw-module sm 2 ! ! ! username admin privilege 15 secret 5 $1$P4jj$yHwRu7304TMoYc1ffuJuM/ ! ! controller T1 0/1/0 cablelength long 0db channel-group 0 timeslots 1-24 ! ! ! ! ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0 description $ETH-LAN$$ETH-SW-LAUNCH$$INTF-INFO-GE 0/0$ ip address 10.250.64.85 255.255.248.0 duplex auto speed auto ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0.1 shutdown ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0.40 encapsulation dot1Q 40 shutdown no cdp enable ! interface GigabitEthernet0/1 ip address 9.9.9.1 255.255.255.0 duplex full speed 100 ipv6 address FD4A:4297:EEBC:85FF::1/64 ipv6 enable ! interface GigabitEthernet0/2 ip address 8.8.8.1 255.255.255.0 ip traffic-export apply g01_wan duplex full speed 100 ipv6 address FD3A:9290:84F:31F7::1/64 ipv6 enable ! interface Serial0/1/0:0 ip address 20.20.20.1 255.255.255.252 encapsulation ppp ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0 ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1 ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2 ! interface GigabitEthernet0/0/3 ! interface SM1/0 ip unnumbered GigabitEthernet0/0 service-module ip address 10.250.64.83 255.255.248.0 !Application: SRE-V Running on SMV service-module ip default-gateway 10.250.64.85 service-module mgf ip address 10.250.80.202 255.255.255.248 ipv6 enable ! interface SM1/1 description Internal switch interface connected to Service Module switchport mode trunk no cdp enable ! interface SM2/0 ip unnumbered GigabitEthernet0/0 service-module ip address 10.250.64.93 255.255.248.0 !Application: SRE-V Running on SMV service-module ip default-gateway 10.250.64.85 service-module mgf ip address 10.250.80.205 255.255.255.248 ! interface SM2/1 description Internal switch interface connected to Service Module switchport trunk allowed vlan 1-1048 switchport mode trunk ! interface Vlan1 ip address 10.250.80.201 255.255.255.248 ! interface Vlan40 ip address 10.250.80.193 255.255.255.248 no autostate vlan-id dot1q 40 exit-vlan-config ! ! interface Vlan50 ip address 17.17.17.1 255.255.255.0 no autostate ! ip forward-protocol nd ! ip http server ip http access-class 23 ip http authentication local ip http secure-server ip http timeout-policy idle 60 life 86400 requests 10000 ! ip route 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 GigabitEthernet0/1 ip route 10.31.23.0 255.255.255.0 9.9.9.2 ip route 10.31.27.0 255.255.255.0 8.8.8.2 ip route 10.50.12.0 255.255.255.0 8.8.8.2 ip route 10.50.14.2 255.255.255.255 8.8.8.2 ip route 10.50.116.0 255.255.255.0 9.9.9.2 ip route 10.50.118.2 255.255.255.255 9.9.9.2 ip route 10.250.64.83 255.255.255.255 SM1/0 ip route 10.250.64.93 255.255.255.255 SM2/0 ip route 10.250.74.25 255.255.255.255 Serial0/1/0:0 ip route 10.250.80.0 255.255.255.0 10.250.64.1 ip route 10.250.80.2 255.255.255.255 8.8.8.2 ip route 10.250.80.3 255.255.255.255 9.9.9.2 ip route 10.250.80.194 255.255.255.255 Vlan40 ip route 10.250.80.202 255.255.255.255 Vlan1 ip route 10.250.80.205 255.255.255.255 Vlan1 ip route 20.20.20.0 255.255.255.0 Serial0/1/0:0 ip route 100.100.3.0 255.255.255.0 8.8.8.2 ip route 129.196.200.0 255.255.255.0 8.8.8.2 ip route 129.196.200.0 255.255.255.0 10.250.80.1 ! ! no cdp run ! ! control-plane ! ! alias exec c config t ! line con 0 login local line aux 0 line 67 no activation-character no exec transport preferred none transport input all transport output pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh stopbits 1 line 131 no activation-character no exec transport preferred none transport input all transport output pad telnet rlogin lapb-ta mop udptn v120 ssh stopbits 1 line vty 0 4 password fluke login transport input telnet line vty 5 15 password visual login transport input telnet ! scheduler allocate 20000 1000 end -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.[/quote]

Permanent license activation on the SRE

2011-04-18T23:28:41Z

Hi, How do I get a permanent lincense on the SRE. Our ebaluation licenses are only good for two more weeks. Could you please send us the procedure... [url=../../../web/partner/discount-purchase-programs]http://developer.cisco.com/web/partner/discount-purchase-programs[/url] doesn't really take you to the actual purchase area. Thanks!

RE: SRE/ISR reload/reboot: Virtual machines don't restart

2011-02-23T00:13:54Z

Thanks Radhika! That was easy : )

SRE/ISR reload/reboot: Virtual machines don't restart

2011-04-18T23:32:07Z

When the SRE is reloaded (or the ISR router is power cycled) I have to go (using my vSphereClient) and power back on my virtual machines. Was wondering if there was an SRE-v config that autmatically powered back on the virtual machine after a power cycle. Thanks!

Speed setting on the sm1/1 interface on SRE-900 possible?

2011-02-18T17:54:35Z

Hi, We're using an SRE-900 plugged into an ISR2911 running IOS 15.1(3) T. Looks like the speed cannot be changed on this interface and is set to GIG. Our virtual appliance(VA) connects to this port via the vSwitch and our VA supports multiple speeds (10/100/1000). Is there a way to set the speed or do auto negotiation or is 1000 the only option we have? Thanks!

RE: "Cannot load the ovf file" hypervisor message

2011-02-11T16:38:36Z

Thanks Ashwin for your response. Here was the problem....there were several. I had renamed the OVF file to remove the spaces but the contents had the virtual disk names with spaces still left over. Only when I opened the OVF did I realize this. Thanks!

"Cannot load the ovf file" hypervisor message

2011-04-18T23:47:54Z

Hi, I'm trying to import a virtual machine in OVF format (Actualyy it's 5 files. x.ovf and 4 disk files) onto the SRE-v. I have an evaluation license that is still valid. I am using the folloing command # virtual-machine import ftp:///VirtualMachines/x.ovf datastore datastore1 username anonymous password something name newvm There are NO spaces in my virtual machine name or ovf file. I get the following error when I run the command.. [b]Cannot load the ovf file.[/b] Could someone tell me what I'm missing.. Thanks for your help!