Doesn't "Titanium" achieve this for you? I know. It's Internal. But it
simulates the 7k. Or am I getting it backwards?
My point is that if Cisco already simulates it Internally it's only a
matter of time before someone ports something....
-Hammer-
"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer
On 12/20/2011 12:19 PM, David Sinn wrote:
I don't think anyone is asking for a full simulation of the platform in
software, that is how the actual ASIC's operate. That is probably best for an
entirely different conversation.
But there is huge need to simulate the control-plane functionally with a basic
forwarding ability (not performant, but pass packets correctly such that you
can verify the topology). This is something Dyanmips does great in emulating a
cluster of 7200's and allows operators to validate topologies and planned
changes in mainstream IOS platforms. Having that for NX-OS would increase the
adoption and confidence in the platform. VM's on multiple boxes make
simulating a whole network of a given platform simple and easy.
From the outside Cisco continues to miss the need for this. At least some of
the other vendors are picking up how helpful this and are reacting positively
to it.
David
<I've been ranting about this to my account team and Nexus management for a while
now, so sorry if this is a duplicate you've already seen.>
On Dec 20, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Tim Stevenson wrote:
You couldn't use Titanium to judge/discuss the nexus family as a whole either.
Aside from 1KV, all the nexus products use ASIC hardware specific to that
platform/linecard and no NXOS software emulator exists that mimics those
behaviors.
2 cents,
Tim
At 09:34 AM 12/20/2011, Luan Nguyen gushed:
You can't use the software switch Nexus 1000V to judge/discuss the Nexus
family products N7K, N5K...etc as a whole?
Check out this discussion
<https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2054884>https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2054884
Titanium as they call the NX-OS simulator is not available to the public
though...
-Luan
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM, -Hammer-<bhmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
Bah. Look like I need more of an education on Nexus in general. Thanks for
the easy pointer.
-Hammer-
"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer
On 12/20/2011 11:02 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote:
On 20/12/2011 13:55, -Hammer- wrote:
I know we can't throw NX code on Dynamips but I figured I would ask the
group anyway. We are starting to discuss Nexus platform options and I can
only get so much from demo depot before our AM gets whiny. Is anyone
currently emulating Nexus on anything that is open to the public?
nexus1k?
Nick
Tim Stevenson, tstev...@cisco.com
Routing& Switching CCIE #5561
Distinguished Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Nexus 7000
Cisco - http://www.cisco.com
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