RE: VMWare vSphere 4.1 vCenter

RE: New Message from George Mah in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SR

2013-03-25T20:53:43Z

Hi John, To confirm, IOS APIs are not part of SRE-V. However, you have 2 options for accessing IOS commands from applications running on SRE-V. The first option is to use the Web Services Management Agent (WSMA) feature in IOS. For more information see http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/netmgmt/configuration/guide/nm_cfg_wsma_ps6441_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html The 2nd option would be to use the new One Platform Kit (onePK) APIs. See http://developer.cisco.com/web/onepk for more information on onePK. We are starting Controlled Availability for the onePK APIs on the ISR G2 in April. If you are interested in participating in the onePK Controlled Availability, please contact me directly – jovoss@cisco.com Best Regards, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 11:23 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from George Mah in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Technical Questions: Re: New Message from Raghavendra Gutty Veeranagappa in Service Ready Engine George Mah has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- IOS commands are not available on SRE-V From: Cisco Developer Community Forums >> Reply-To: "cdicuser@developer.cisco.com" >> Date: Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:06 PM To: "cdicuser@developer.cisco.com" >> Subject: New Message from Raghavendra Gutty Veeranagappa in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Technical Questions: RE: SRE-V and IOSAPI Raghavendra Gutty Veeranagappa has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi John, it is not posible to run IOS commands with SRE-V. Thanks, Raghavendra -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: http://developer.cisco.com/web/srev/community/-/message_boards/view_message/13462114 or simply reply to this email. -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: http://developer.cisco.com/web/srev/forums/-/message_boards/view_message/13462482 or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Brian Lutz in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SR

2012-03-02T18:33:06Z

Hi Brian, Sorry for the confusion. I agree we need to improve that section of the user’s guide. The external NIC is directly attached to the SRE module and therefore outside the control of IOS. This is why it has to be assigned through vSphere client. By the way, you do not have to create a new vSwitch if you do not want to. You can also assign the external NIC to either of the pre-configured vSwitches (0/1). However, please do not remove the existing NIC on vSwitch 0 – this is required to provide internal communication from the ESXi host to IOS. If this NIC/connection is disabled, a watchdog in IOS will kick in and re-boot the ESXi host. If for some reason, though, you want to disable this interface, you can do so, but you need to disable the heartbeat reset in IOS. See http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/services_modules/sre_v/2.0/user/guide/vsphere.html#wp1086226 For more information on disabling the heartbeat reset. Best Regards, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 6:33 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Brian Lutz in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Technical Questions: RE: Configure External Interface on SRE-V SM Brian Lutz has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Brett! So based on your answer, the only way to configure the external interface on a service module running SRE-V is by using vClient and creating a vSwitch that is connected to vmnic0. I was a bit confused by the "SRE-V 2.0.1 Installation and Configuration Guide" as it seemed to indicate to me that you can provision the external interface from the Cisco IOS CLI , but evidently that is not the case. I suppose the the reason why the commands for configuring the external interface are the same as the commands for configuration are the same is that regardless of whether you are using the router's backplane or the external interface for communication, you still have to configure the management interface on the SRE before you can connect to it with vClient and then create the vSwitch on vmnic0. Thank you so much for your reply. Brian -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from John Quintanilla in Service Ready Engine Virtualizatio

2012-01-10T20:22:46Z

Hi John, When the people on the ESXi forums talk about the ¿free¿ version of ESXi, they mean the version of ESXi that does not contain API support or vCenter support. This is the vSphere Hypervisor version of ESXi. To get API support or vCenter support, you need the equivalent of a vSphere Essentials, vSphere Standard, or vSphere Enterprise license. Please note that the license for the basic version ¿ i.e., vSphere Hypervisor ¿ is ¿Free¿ from VMware but maintenance/support from VMware is not. Since Cisco re-sells and supports the vSphere Hypervisor software as SRE-V, Cisco has a different license model than VMware for this software. I.e., Cisco charges a license fee for the vSphere Hypervisor license, but maintenance/support is included ¿free¿ as part of the router SMARTNet contract which is ultimately lower cost for Cisco customers than the VMware license/support model. The license Cisco sells as FL-SRE-V-HOST is vSphere Hypervisor; to confirm, this license does not include any of the API support or vCenter support in other VMware licenses. In order to be able to use the vSphere APIs/vCenter support, you will need to purchase the FL-SRE-V-VC-UPG= license for your module. This will upgrade your license to the equivalent of vSphere Essentials. If you need this support for new modules, then the FL-SRE-V-HOSTVC license is the correct license to purchase instead of FL-SRE-V-HOST Best Regards, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:45 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from John Quintanilla in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Technical Questions: VMware-vSphere-CLI John Quintanilla has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, I'm running a licensed version of SRE-V/ESXi 4.1 on an SM-SRE-910. I was hoping to use the command line vSphere CLI to run virtual machine operations (e.g vmware-cmd stop) instead of having to use vSphere vClient from Windows. I ran stop/start against a VM and received the following error message Operation cannot be performed: SOAP Fault: ----------- Fault string: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary Fault detail: RestrictedVersionFault After searching the vmware community, most reported this error condition when using a free version of ESXi, which isn't the case for me, since I do have a licensed version. Did I miss a configuration step? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks. John -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: SRE-V License

2011-12-06T10:32:56Z

Hi Wei, It appears that you installed the license in IOS on the router, not on the SRE module. In order to properly install the license, you need to session into the SRE module first then issue the license install command. See http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/services_modules/sre_v/1.0/user/guide/license.html#wp1070051 for more information. Your other option is to upgrade to SRE-V version 1.5, in which case you will need to exchange your 1.0 license for a 1.5 license. For more information on how to exchange your license, see http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=important%20notice%20regarding%20license%20activation%20change%20with%20sre-v%20&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.cisco.com%2Fc%2Fmessage_boards%2Ffind_message%3Fp_l_id%3D2760558%26messageId%3D4148612&ei=DOHdTvGJG-O0iQLMgszYCw&usg=AFQjCNHNH__UYiyNMNh6_oVOl_cGf695Zg&cad=rja Best Regards, John

RE: New Message from IT Team in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V

2011-11-08T04:50:06Z

Hi Justin, Based on the output below it looks like only the evaluation license was activated on the module and that the license has expired. Since the system would continue to work until the module was re-loaded, it¿s possible that a permanent license was never installed. Can you confirm if the customer purchased a SRE-V license? We can look up the license information, but we¿d need to know the following: - Customer name - Order date - Customer Purchase Order (PO) number or Cisco Sales Order (SO) number for the licenses purchased If you only have the customer name and order date, I can try and track down the license. Best Regards, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 6:02 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from IT Team in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Technical Questions: Retreive lost SRE-V license IT Team has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, We just took over a client with SRE-V device. Building power went off and when the router rebooted, the SRE-V lost it's license information. Now it just says Index 0 Feature: SRE-V-HOST-LIC Period left: 0 minute 0 second License Type: Evaluation License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA accepted License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: Low Index 1 Feature: SRE-V-RMA-LIC Period left: 0 minute 0 second .... I have no idea where the license file is or how the previous IT company registered this device, etc. What are my options? Thanks, Justin -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Vijay Raman in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - S

2011-11-04T18:31:32Z

Hi Vijay, The different RAID options are explained in the SRE-V Install Guide ¿ please take a look at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/services_modules/sre_v/1.5/user/guide/software.html#wp1077235 and if you have further questions, let us know. Best Regards, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 10:24 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Vijay Raman in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Technical Questions: Disk Configuration on SRE-900 Vijay Raman has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, The installation of sre-v 1.5.1 on sre-900 prompts us for a selection: Please select disk configuration (-1 = nonraid, 0 = raid0, 1 = raid1 ) [-1]: we'd like to find out what the best option is, and how the vmware, guest behaves for each disk configuration. Thanks ! -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualizatio

2011-08-23T18:39:46Z

Dave, When you upgrade to 1.5.1, please be sure to use the ¿argument keep-ds¿ option in order to ensure your datastore is not erased. Also, as a best practice, please back up your VMs before doing the upgrade. For more information see http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/services_modules/sre_v/1.5/user/guide/software.html#wp1072923 Best Regards, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:02 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: RE: New Message from Dave Williams in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Radhika Miriyala has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Dave, The licensing procedure is different for 1.1.1 and 1.5.1. The procedure you are following to apply the vmware license is for 1.5.1 and later versions. Since you are planning to upgrade To 1.5.1 please do that before you apply the license. Thanks, Radhika From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:58 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Dave Williams in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: RE: SRE-V licensing Dave Williams has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- sre-v-k9.smv.1.1.1 as far as I can tell. Is there a definitive way? (I am going to upgrade to 1.5.1 but thought I would do that after sorting the licensing) Dave -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email. -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from ISMAIL PATEL in Service Ready Engine Virtualization -

2011-08-05T23:31:12Z

Thanks for confirming the application. I looked at the Virtual Mitel MCD call manager datasheet and the application requires a processor with Hyperthreading enabled. The processors we use have VT extensions enabled, but do not have hyperthreading enabled; therefore UCS Express/SRE-V does not meet the minimum hardware requirements as outlined in their datasheet. As an alternative, I encourage you to look at Cisco¿s Unified Communications solutions that are supported on the ISR and SRE modules. From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:52 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from ISMAIL PATEL in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Tester Questions: RE: New Message from John Voss in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE ISMAIL PATEL has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Tester Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- The software I would like to run is the Virtual Mitel MCD call manager - yes I know - it is ironic :-) I am told that it runs under ESXi and Vsphere using Xeon processors. hope this does not kill the thread! --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This email and files transmitted are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, or the person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you may not copy, disclose, distribute or use it in any unauthorised manner. If you have received this email in error please notify us by email to postmaster@wolverhampton.gov.uk and then delete it and any attachments accompanying it. Please note that Wolverhampton City Council cannot guarantee that this message or any attachments are virus free or have not been intercepted and amended. Any views or opinions expressed within this email are those of the author and may not necessarily reflect those of Wolverhampton City Council and no contractual arrangement is intended to arise from this communication. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Brett Tiller in Service Ready Engine Virtualization -

2011-08-05T19:27:12Z

Hi Ismail, Can you share the name of the application that you are looking into supporting? Also, is the requirement for Nehalem based on the software running in a virtual environment (e.g., ESXi) or running on a native OS. The reason I ask is that VMware normally requires a Nehalem class processor as a minimum for supporting vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi). However, in the case of SRE-V, we were able to work with VMware through our OEM agreement to provide support for our distribution of vSphere Hypervisor on the specific Intel Core 2 Solo/Duo processors on the SRE700/SRE900 modules. Best Regards, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:00 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Brett Tiller in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Tester Questions: RE: Service Module type Brett Tiller has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Tester Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Ismail, The physical core processor along with other specifications of the SRE modules is provided on our web page here. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps10598/data_sheet_c78-553913.html You can review more details about the SRE-900 core processor via this link. http://ark.intel.com/products/36689/Intel-Core2-Duo-Processor-SL9400-%286M-Cache-1_86-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB%29 Regarding the 910 modules, yes it is an upgrade from the 900 module in that the disk rpm has increased from 5400 to 7200 an I/O performance increase of 2x to 3x. Thanks, Brett -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from SCOTT PITTS in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - S

2011-07-01T20:14:12Z

There is a command in IOS to disable the heartbeat: service-module heartbeat-reset disable However, this is not required to prevent a re-load of the module when the router is re-loaded. To confirm, the normal/default operation with the heart-beat reset enabled is that the SRE module should continue to run normally when the router is reloaded. If you are seeing issues with the module being reloaded when the router is reloaded, we¿d really like to troubleshoot this further and validate if there is some underlying problem that needs to be fixed in IOS or SRE-V Can you confirm which version of IOS and SRE-V you saw this problem with. Also, are you able to re-produce it using the latest IOS release and SRE-V 1.5? Thanks, John From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 6:54 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from SCOTT PITTS in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Tester Questions: RE: Keeping Virtual Machines running SCOTT PITTS has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Tester Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- I thought there was some heartbeat command that had to be disabled to prevent the reload of the SRE with the router. I have dealt with early betas up to the current beta so I may be remembering old stuff. I know that with my current configuration the router reload does reload the SRE. -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Jay Childs in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Te

2011-05-06T03:56:22Z

Hi Jay, There is no TPM chip on or available as an add on for the SRE module. The Cisco R200-TPM-1 module works only with the UCS C Series Rackmount Servers. It will not work with the SRE modules. We can do some investigation if there is a way to mount the USB drive earlier in the boot process. So far I haven't come across any documentation on how to do this, but we'll look into it and get back to you. Best Regards, John ________________________________ From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:58 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Jay Childs in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: TPM for VM Encryption Jay Childs has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- I have been experimenting with encrypting the guest OS on SRE via Bitlocker. To do this, it is necessary to eliminate Bitlocker's TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chip requirement via Windows group policy settings and use a storage-media based encryption key. So far I have been able to implement bitlocker by storing an encryption key on a small non-encrypted HDD partition in the guest OS, as well as via a floppy drive image stored in the hypervisor's data store. My question is - is there a TPM chip on the SRE module at all? If not, would it be possible to use something like a Cisco R200-TPM-1 module to impart TPM functionality to the SRE module? On a related issue, another alternative for Bitlocker is to use a USB memory stick to supply the encrypted OS with the required key. I have been able to get my guest OS to see a USB memory stick, but it does not appear that the USB drivers are loaded early enough in the VM boot process to allow the use of USB memory for the bitlocker key. Is there a way to force the USB driver to load earlier so that the VM can use this for the OS startup encryption key? -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Christopher Daniel in Service Ready Engine Virtualizat

2011-04-05T20:54:27Z

The ESXi Tech Support Shell isn't available in the current release of SRE-V. We are looking at enabling this in a future release. Please contact me directly at jovoss@cisco.com for assistance with troubleshooting this issue. Best Regards, John ________________________________ From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 9:11 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Christopher Daniel in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: Can we SSH into the SRE-v for troubleshooting? Christopher Daniel has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- 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! -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualizatio

2011-03-23T18:36:24Z

Scott, Just to clarify, the Hypervisor (ESXi Host) IP has to be in Vlan 1 in this release, but you can assign the Virtual Machines to other VLANs. For more information on this configuration see section 9.6 of the SRE-V Self Training Guide - http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps11273/installation_ guide_c07-640002.html or the configuring VLANs section of the SRE-V Installation Guide - http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/interfaces_modules/services_modules/sre_ v/1.0/user/guide/interface.html#wp1108337 If the VLAN 1 restriction for the ESXi Host IP is a problem, let me know - we may be able to change this in a future release. Best Regards, John ________________________________ From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:20 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: RE: New Message from SCOTT PITTS in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - T Radhika Miriyala has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Scott, With SRE-v 1.0.1 release the Hypervisor IP address that is the one you assign to Service-module mgf ip address xxxx" has to be in Vlan 1. Thanks, Radhika From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:30 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from SCOTT PITTS in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: Using a VLAN other than VLAN 1 SCOTT PITTS has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Can I use a VLAN other than 1 for the SRE? I tried VLAN 350 but the VLAN 350 will not seem to go up/up Here is the config: ! interface SM1/0 ip address 10.26.143.50 255.255.255.192 service-module fail-open service-module ip address 10.26.143.51 255.255.255.192 service-module ip default-gateway 10.26.143.50 service-module mgf ip address 10.26.143.150 255.255.255.192 vlan 350 service-module mgf ip default-gateway 10.26.143.145 vlan 350 ! interface SM1/1 description Internal switch interface connected to Service Module switchport mode trunk ! interface Vlan1 no ip address ! interface Vlan350 ip address 10.26.143.145 255.255.255.192 ! Show IP int brief: Routert#show ip int brief Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol GigabitEthernet0/0 10.25.128.1 YES NVRAM up up GigabitEthernet0/1 unassigned YES NVRAM down down GigabitEthernet0/1.301 10.26.128.1 YES NVRAM down down GigabitEthernet0/1.400 10.26.129.1 YES NVRAM down down GigabitEthernet0/2 unassigned YES NVRAM administratively down down Serial0/0/0:0 unassigned YES NVRAM up up Serial0/0/0:0.207 152.161.67.190 YES NVRAM up up Serial0/0/1:1 194.178.102.46 YES NVRAM up up SM1/0 10.26.143.50 YES manual up up SM1/1 unassigned YES unset up up Loopback0 172.26.38.121 YES NVRAM up up NVI0 194.178.102.46 YES unset up up Tunnel2515 192.168.195.62 YES NVRAM up up Virtual-Access1 unassigned YES unset down down Virtual-Template100 unassigned YES unset down down Vlan1 unassigned YES NVRAM up up Vlan350 10.26.143.145 YES manual up down I loaded the SRE image fine and the license is installed (rebooted after install). VLAN1 on the LAN is GIG 0/0 so I wanted to use something else to avaoid confusion. SYSTEM ONLINE se-10-26-143-51# show lic Index 0 Feature: SRE-V-HOST-LIC Period left: Life time License Type: Permanent License State: Active, In Use License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: Medium Index 1 Feature: SRE-V-RMA-LIC Period left: 0 minute 0 second se-10-26-143-51# -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email. -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualizatio

2011-03-16T17:29:10Z

Hi Geoff, The IOS images that resolve this bug have also been posted to the bottom of the Knowledge Base section in the CDN portal - see http://developer.cisco.com/web/srev/docs Best Regards, John ________________________________ From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:15 AM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: RE: New Message from Geoff Yates in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - T Radhika Miriyala has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Geoff, If they have a PVDM in the router and they want to use SRE-v then they have to change the IOS image as 15.1.3T image has bug CSCtj84901. This has been resolved and is available in a image that the customer can get through TAC. Thanks, Radhika From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:29 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Geoff Yates in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Technical Questions: RE: Ping or SSH to Hypervisor interface causes router relaod Geoff Yates has created a new message in the forum "Technical Questions": -------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Guys. Here are the answer to your questions. Yes, they are running a PVDM. SiteInABox#show inventory NAME: "CISCO2921/K9 chassis", DESCR: "CISCO2921/K9 chassis" PID: CISCO2921/K9 , VID: V01 , SN: FHK1425F1PL NAME: "3G WWAN HWIC-HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS-850/900/1800/1900/2100MHz on Slot 0 SubSlot 0", DESCR: "3G WWAN HWIC-HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS-850/900/1800/1900/2100MHz" PID: HWIC-3G-HSPA , VID: V02 , SN: FOC14224XMD NAME: "Modem 0 on Cellular0/0/0", DESCR: "Sierra Wireless MC8790" PID: MC8790 , VID: 1.0, SN: 011955000034555 NAME: "WAN Interface Card - One Port Analog Modem(Version 2) on Slot 0 SubSlot 1", DESCR: "WAN Interface Card - One Port Analog Modem(Version 2)" PID: WIC-1AM-V2 , VID: V02 , SN: FOC14166D5B NAME: "PVDM3 DSP DIMM with 32 Channels on Slot 0 SubSlot 4", DESCR: "PVDM3 DSP DIMM with 32 Channels" PID: PVDM3-32 , VID: V01 , SN: FOC14212810 NAME: "Services Module with Services Ready Engine on Slot 1", DESCR: "Services Module with Services Ready Engine" PID: SM-SRE-900-K9 , VID: V02 , SN: FOC14201GXK NAME: "C2921/C2951 AC Power Supply", DESCR: "C2921/C2951 AC Power Supply" PID: PWR-2921-51-AC , VID: V01 , SN: DCA1420K1XF SiteInABox# 1. Gateway for ESXi is configured ¿ show hypervisor ip Default Gateway: 10.252.3.9 se-10-252-3-6# show hypervisor ip Hostname: localhost Domain Name: None IP Config: 10.252.3.10(Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.248) 169.254.1.1(Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0) Default Gateway: 10.252.3.9 Preferred DNS Server: None Alternative DNS Server: None se-10-252-3-6# SiteInABox#show run (2921 router) ! interface SM1/0 ip unnumbered Loopback0 service-module ip address 10.252.3.6 255.255.255.252 !Application: SRE-V Running on SMV service-module ip default-gateway 10.252.3.5 service-module mgf ip address 10.252.3.10 255.255.255.248 ! ! interface Vlan1 description VSphere Hypervisor LAN ip address 10.252.3.9 255.255.255.248 ! 2. Evaluation license or permanent license is activated. We are using an evaluation licence. se-10-252-3-6# show license Index 0 Feature: SRE-V-HOST-LIC Period left: 7 weeks 1 day License Type: Evaluation License State: Active, In Use License Count: Non-Counted License Priority: Low Index 1 Feature: SRE-V-RMA-LIC Period left: 0 minute 0 second -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email. -- To respond to this post, please click the following link: or simply reply to this email.

RE: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualizatio

2010-11-20T07:34:41Z

Tom, The production IOS version - 15.1(3)T is scheduled to be posted to CCO on Friday 11/19. Regarding the SRE-V licensing, not for resale discount pricing applies for Cisco Developer Network members. The SRE-V license SKUs are orderable now and are: L-FL-SRE-V-HOST= (Electronic Delivery License) FL-SRE-V-HOST= (Paper Delivery License) Please feel free contact me directly - jovoss@cisco.com - with any questions or concerns regarding purchasing the license or joint GTM. Best Regards, John ________________________________ From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:58 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Testing: RE: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualizatio Radhika Miriyala has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Testing": -------------------------------------------------------------- One thing I forgot to mention was that the evaluation license is still available for 60 days. One thing to note is that just because you change your image to a new image the eval license clock does not start from the beginning again. So if you have 30 days left on eval license you would still have 30 days. Thanks, Radhika From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:55 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Testing: RE: New Message from Tom Clark in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE Radhika Miriyala has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Testing": -------------------------------------------------------------- Tom, Yes the SRE-V GA on 11/8/10. You are right it would be useful to have the IOS image version that this would also to the link. We will look into adding the link. You can download the GA version from the download software link in the link below. The file you need to download is the sre-v-k9.smv.1.0.1.zip file. Once you download it please unzip the file in your ftp server and do sre install as the instructions in the user guide. Thanks, Radhika From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:42 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Tom Clark in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Testing: RE: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualizatio Tom Clark has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Testing": -------------------------------------------------------------- So I notice the SRE-V was silently made GA without an announcement to this forum? Odd.... I looked at the web page you mention below and there are considerably more files to be downloaded than were available for the beta and not a lot of description of what they are and which are required. I don't see how to get the supporting IOS code at all. We would like to support SRE-V in an upcoming release of our product next month. The poor coordination of the announcement has jeopardized this. Can you please let me know where to download the appropriate files so that we can qualify on the GA code? Also, what provisions are there for licensing the GA code for test purposes. Are the temporary licenses still available or would we have to purchase licenses? If the latter, how can we expedite that and gain appropriate discounts? Thanks, Tom ________________________________ From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:31 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from Radhika Miriyala in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Testing: RE: New Message from STEVEN BOLTON in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - Radhika Miriyala has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Testing": -------------------------------------------------------------- Steve, In general some of the information will be available at http://www.cisco.com/go/ucse Regarding the roadmap for raid for the product I am adding Ivan the PM for this product. In general the Roadmap and other information comes to this team through sales team or partners. Ivan, Can you answer Steve question. Thanks, Radhika From: Cisco Developer Community Forums [mailto:cdicuser@developer.cisco.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 1:22 PM To: cdicuser@developer.cisco.com Subject: New Message from STEVEN BOLTON in Service Ready Engine Virtualization - SRE-V Beta Testing: General Deployment release dates STEVEN BOLTON has created a new message in the forum "SRE-V Beta Testing": -------------------------------------------------------------- 1.) Where can we find and be kept up to date as to the expected release dates of the "General Deployment" SRE ESXi and supporting IOS code? 2.) Where can we find and be kept up to date as to the expected release dates of SRE ESXi code that will support RAID for the two hard drives? I looked at the Blog, Knowledge Base and Wiki links. They are practically empty. 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RE: UCS Manager Express

2010-11-20T07:34:19Z

[quote]Is UCS Manager Express available in this beta image? If so is there any documentation available for it? Thanks, Matt [/quote] The UCS CIMC Express software will be available in November for Beta. We are working on the docs now, and I can provide you with a draft copy for review. Best Regards, John

RE: Noted: VM/SRE license delta after upgrade.

2010-11-20T07:33:58Z

Licensing for SRE-V is controlled primarily through the Cisco SRE licensing. When the production version of SRE-V starts shipping, the VMware 60 day eval license included with the Beta image will be replaced with a permanent VMware license. However, to continue to use the SRE-V VMware software after the 60 day SRE eval time period runs out, you will need to install a valid SRE-V license from Cisco even after you install the production version of SRE-V. Best Regards, John

RE: Licensing SRE

2010-11-20T07:33:44Z

[quote]It would appear that a Cisco license pak is required to run ESXi on the SRE platform. I was initially told (account team) that ESXi would be a no cost license and that the license costs would come from VMWare. I placed one of our free ESXi licenses on the ESXi server and it limited the services down to what the free version ESXi is entitled. However, the SRE shell still shows a temporary license, so I would imagine the two are not related. Is this just due to the Beta or will there be some charge to use ESXi on the SRE? The licensing also seemed to support SRE-Vhost and possibly other Cisco Modules at the same time like the wireless controller for instance. We were also told only one application would be on the SRE at a time so you have to pick or choose. Has this changed? I know that directions change and I was just trying to see where things are headed. [/quote] I apologize for the confusion. A VMware ESXi license will be provided by Cisco under the SRE-V license when the production SRE-V software is release. This VMware license is not included in the Beta image. There will be no need to purchase a ESXi license, instead, you will need to purchase a SRE-V license from Cisco to continue using the ESXi software beyond the 60 day eval/temporary license you are currently seeing in the SRE-V host. In addition, there is no need to purchase support from VMware - support for the ESXi software will be provided by Cisco under your router SMARTNet contract as long as you have the SRE-V license(s) for your SRE module(s). The SRE-V license is mutually exclusive of other Cisco services for SRE such as WAAS, Wireless LAN Contoller, etc. I.e., if you install SRE-V on a SRE module, then that module will be fully dedicated to SRE-V. You have the option at a later point in time to replace the SRE-V software with another Cisco service (e.g., Wireless LAN controller), but that will require you to remove the SRE-V software and install and license the Wireless LAN controller software on that SRE module. We are working on supporting multiple Cisco services concurrently in the future on top of SRE-V, but availability will depend on the resource utilization of the particular Cisco service and whether or not it can run virtualized. I recommend we set up a meeting with your account team to make sure we address your particular situation in terms of the SRE-V licensing. Best Regards, John

RE: VMWare vSphere 4.1 vCenter

2010-11-20T07:33:36Z

Jim, Just to clarify, we are planning on offering vCenter support through an upgrade license, however, this feature is not ready in time for the Beta and may not be ready in time for the initial product release. If you have any questions or concerns on this, please feel free to reach out to me directly. John John Voss Solution Product Manager Access Routing Technology Group Cisco Phone: 408 525 3136 Cell: 408 421 1323 email: [url=mailto:jovoss@cisco.com]jovoss@cisco.com[/url]