Nokia-VSR-VM-15.0.R5 crashes on loginprompt

[joverdijk]

Hey guys,

With combination of posts above and the GNS3 thread I was able to get 15.0R5 booted without crashing


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Running 64 bit architecture

Initializing VMM
Virtual address sharing is disabled
Time from clock is MON JUL 16 16:53:00 2018 UTC
Initial DNS resolving preference is ipv4-only
SMP: 2 cores available

Attempting to exec primary configuration file:
'cf3:\config.cfg' ...
Executed 0 lines in 0.0 seconds from file cf3:\config.cfg

TiMOS-B-15.0.R5 both/x86_64 Nokia 7750 SR Copyright (c) 2000-2017 Nokia.
All rights reserved. All use subject to applicable license agreements.
Built on Wed Sep 27 14:53:19 PDT 2017 by builder in /builds/150B/R5/panos/main


Login: admin
Password:

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I used VirtIO network adapters and these advanced settings in GNS3:
-nographic -smp 2 -enable-kvm -smbios type=1

However, I'm going to do initial staging now (setting up xcm/mda etc) and try some connectivity, will report back on the performance

[Stoffen]

I figured out why I had no service connectivity between SROS 14 and 15.
They actually used the same mac-address on both chassis for that IES..
When I manually configured the mac-addresses, it worked as expected..
Need to see if I can find a way to set base-mac per system...

[Stoffen]

OK; SMBIOS setting for base MAC, add this in the GNS3 advanced options:

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 system-base-mac=<mac-address>

This is a string field in SMBIOS, so as far as I can tell, its not possible to do automatic incrementation based on the system number.
Ideally, it would look like this:

system-base-mac=hh:hh:hh:h<sysnum>:hh:hh where sysnum is the number of devices of that type dropped on the GNS3 project board.

This relates directly to the configuration \bof system-base-mac, so it can also be manually configured in BOF for each VM after first boot, but this requires reboot.


Credit to http://www.eve-ng.net/documentation/how ... -nokia-vsr for details on how to configure various SMBIOS options, like chassis, iom/imm, mda etc.

Also, here is a very good updated document for SROS vSIM:
https://infoproducts.alcatel-lucent.com ... 5.0.R5.pdf

[joverdijk]

I am having more luck with 15.0.R3 now, on Eve-NG .... It will boot VSR-I or vSIM, but, I cannot do 'show card' or 'show mda'.
When i try 'enable-admin' it says the admin password is not configured, and it won't let me enable-admin.
Where do I set that password?????

[Stoffen]

You do have license?

I had similar issues with VSR-I since my license only covers vSIM.
Never tried Eve-NG, but for me, it works very well now in GNS3

[joverdijk]

No i dont have a license. Is that needed for Version 15 then?

I get same results in gns3. It boots, i can login with admin admin but almost no commands available and it wont let me enable-admin because enable password is not set....

[Stoffen]

No i dont have a license. Is that needed for Version 15 then?

I get same results in gns3. It boots, i can login with admin admin but almost no commands available and it wont let me enable-admin because enable password is not set....

Yes, the only unlicensed SROS you can do something useful with is SROS 13.

[simkam]

Hi,

I'm trying to simulate vSIM TiMOS 16.0.R7 byt the router is crashing after reaching login prompt. I'm trying to pass argument through advanced settings but it doesn't work either.
advanced settings : -nographic -smp 2 -enable-kvm -smbios type=1, "TIMOS:slot=A chassis=SR-c12 card=sfm3-7"

Thank you

[Stoffen]

Hi,

I'm trying to simulate vSIM TiMOS 16.0.R7 byt the router is crashing after reaching login prompt. I'm trying to pass argument through advanced settings but it doesn't work either.
advanced settings : -nographic -smp 2 -enable-kvm -smbios type=1, "TIMOS:slot=A chassis=SR-c12 card=sfm3-7"

Thank you

Hi. SFM3-7 is not a valid CPM for the SR-c12 chassis. Change chassis to SR-7, or change card to something valid.
I'm able to boot SR-c12 with this settings:

-nographic -enable-kvm -uuid <uuid> -smbios type=1,product="TIMOS:slot=A chassis=SR-c12 card=cfm-xp-b mda/1=m5-1gb-sfp-b "

Gives me the following:
Tested with SROS 13.0.R10.

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*A:vSIM# show system information 

===============================================================================
System Information
===============================================================================
System Name            : vSIM
System Type            : 7750 SR-c12
Chassis Topology       : Standalone
System Version         : B-13.0.R10

...

*A:vSIM# show card state 

===============================================================================
Card State
===============================================================================
Slot/  Provisioned Type                  Admin Operational   Num   Num Comments
Id         Equipped Type (if different)  State State         Ports MDA 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1      iom-xp-b                          up    up                  12  
1/1    mcm-xp                            up    up                      
1/1    m5-1gb-sfp-b                      up    up            5         
A      cfm-xp-b                          up    up                      Active
B      cfm-xp-b                          up    down                    Standby
           (not equipped)
===============================================================================
*A:vSIM#

[Stoffen]

Just realized you had issues with SROS 16, so I had to try that as well..
Initially, I also had issues with booting default SR-c12 , with the following error:

Fatal Error: CORE0 dead. Rebooting!

Noticed an error during boot:
sysVmBootStringGenerate: ERROR: failed parsing 'mda/1=m5-1gb-sfp-b'

I cant seem to find this card in supported section of SROS 16, so that might be part of the problem.

So, I booted without any MDA specified in the Advanced section:

-nographic -enable-kvm -uuid 4<uuid> -smbios type=1,product="TIMOS:slot=A chassis=SR-c12 card=cfm-xp-b system-base-mac=e4:ec:1F:00:00:00"

And it boots OK.

So, we need to choose a valid MDA, first configure IOM, then see what MDA's that is supported by the OS:

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A:vSIM>config>card# card-type "iom-xp-b" 
*A:vSIM>config>card# mda 1 mda-type 
<mda-type>
 "m60-10/100eth-tx"        "m20-100eth-sfp"          "m4-choc3-as-sfp"  
 "c8-10/100eth-tx"         "c1-1gb-sfp"              "c8-chds1"  
 "c4-ds3"                  "isa-tunnel"              "c2-oc12/3-sfp"  
 "c1-choc3-ces-sfp"        "m1-choc12-as-sfp"        "m12-chds3-as"  
 "m4-chds3-as"             "isa-aa"                  "m4-choc3-ces-sfp"  
 "m2-10gb-xp-xfp"          "c5-1gb-xp-sfp"           "c1-1gb-xp-sfp"  
 "m1-10gb-xp-xfp"          "m10-1gb-xp-sfp"          "m20-1gb-xp-sfp"  
 "m20-1gb-xp-tx"           "m1-choc12-ces-sfp"       "isa-bb"  
 "m16-oc12/3-sfp-b"        "m4-atmoc12/3-sf-b"       "m4-oc48-sfp-b"  
 "c2-oc12/3-sfp-b"
 

OK, so we add "mda/1=m10-1gb-xp-sfp" to the advanced config section of GNS3.

Voila:

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A:vSIM# show system information 

===============================================================================
System Information
===============================================================================
System Name            : vSIM
System Type            : 7750 SR-c12
Chassis Topology       : Standalone
System Version         : B-16.0.R5


A:vSIM>config>card# show card state 

===============================================================================
Card State
===============================================================================
Slot/  Provisioned Type                  Admin Operational   Num   Num Comments
Id         Equipped Type (if different)  State State         Ports MDA 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1      iom-xp-b                          up    up                  12  
1/1    mcm-xp                            up    up                      
1/1    m10-1gb-xp-sfp                    up    up            10        
A      cfm-xp-b                          up    up                      Active
B      cfm-xp-b                          up    down                    Standby
           (not equipped)
===============================================================================