At 10:18 AM 12/20/2011, -Hammer- gushed:
Doesn't "Titanium" achieve this for you? I know. It's Internal. But it
simulates the 7k. Or am I getting it backwards?
Titanium is basically the NXOS control plane, sans data plane. It's
the "platform independent" part of the OS.
My point is that if Cisco already simulates it Internally it's only a
matter of time before someone ports something....
Not saying whether it's right or wrong, but maintaining, releasing, &
supporting it would require resources, which as you can imagine get
prioritized onto other things.
Tim
-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>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>http://www.cisco.com
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>
>
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