- Overview
- Product Documentation
- CML Release Notes
- CML 2.2 Installation Guide
- CML 2.2 User Guide
- CML User's Guide
- Overview of CML 2.x
- Using CML and the HTML5 UI
- Dashboard
- Workbench
- Adding Nodes to a Lab
- Starting, Stopping, and Wiping Nodes
- Deleting Nodes
- Creating Links
- Rules for Creating Links and Interface Overprovisioning
- Adding Interfaces and Overprovisioning
- Overprovisioning Interfaces with Link Creation
- Starting Simulations
- Connecting to a Node's Console
- Changing Global Console Settings
- Download the Console History
- Setting CPU limit on node
- Launch sequencing and CPU limiting
- Stopping Simulations
- External Connectivity for Simulations
- Link Packet Capture
- Lab Sharing
- Breakout Tool
- Custom VM Images
- Creating a New Node Definition
- CML 2.2 Admin Guide
- Resources
Deploying the OVA File on VMware Workstation / Fusion¶
Before starting the installation, close all software VPN connections. Managed VPN solutions can block access to the virtual network.
Follow these instructions to deploy a new CML VM on a VMware Workstation / Player / Fusion hypervisor that is installed on your local machine. You should have already downloaded a copy of the CML controller OVA and refplat ISO files.
Procedure
Deploying the CML Virtual Machine
Locate the CML OVA file.
Use your system’s file browser, such as File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac).
Right-click on the file and select or .
VMware Workstation (Windows) or VMware Fusion (Mac) will open the import wizard.
Follow prompts in the VMware import wizard to complete the import.
When the import completes, click Customize or Finish.
Attention
Do not start the virtual machine!
After you have imported the OVA to VMware, you must configure the VM’s settings before you start it.
Configuring the Virtual Machine
Open the CML Virtual Machine Settings.
Ensure the following options have been set:
Component |
Windows |
Mac |
|---|---|---|
CPU |
Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT. |
Enable hypervisor applications. |
Memory |
8GB or more (recommended) |
8GB or more (recommended) |
Hard Disk |
Increase disk size to 32GB or more (recommended) |
Increase disk size to 32GB or more (recommended) |
CD/DVD |
Map to REFPLAT_image.iso Check the Connect at power on check box. |
Map to REFPLAT_image.iso Check the Connect at power on check box. |
Network Adapter |
Depending on physical network security settings, it may be necessary to set Network Connection option to NAT. NAT: the virtual machine’s network adapter will receive an IP address from VMware Workstation, and Workstation will provide address translation to the virtual machine. Bridge: VMware Workstation will bridge the configured physical adapter to the virtual machine’s network adapter. Workstation will in effect provide a DHCP relay for the virtual machine. Note that the virtual machine may not receive an IP address, depending on the configuration of your network’s DHCP server. |
Depending on physical network security settings, it may be necessary to set Network Connection option to Shared with my Mac. NAT: the virtual machine’s network adapter will receive an IP address from VMware Fusion, and Fusion will provide address translation to the virtual machine. Bridge: VMware Fusion will bridge the configured physical adapter to the virtual machine’s network adapter. Fusion will in effect provide a DHCP relay for the virtual machine. Note that the virtual machine may not receive an IP address, depending on the configuration of your network’s DHCP server. |
Figure 1. VMware Workstation CPU Settings¶
Figure 2. VMware Workstation CD/DVD settings¶
Figure 3. VMware Fusion CPU Settings¶
Figure 4. VMware Fusion CD/DVD Settings¶
Start the virtual machine.
You now have a CML virtual machine that is defined and configured in VMware.
Once you have configured the VM settings and started the VM, you are ready to complete the Initial Set-up within the running VM.