Install Guide EXOS VM VirtualBox

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Creating and Usingthe EXOS Virtual

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction & Purpose......................................................................................3

2. Donloading and Preparing !"#.......................................................................3

3. $reating an %Host!nl'% (etor) in !"#...........................................................*

*. $reating and using an E+!, "M........................................................................-

-. (etor)ing ith the E+!, "M in !"#...............................................................

/. $aeats...........................................................................................................11


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!" #ntroduction $ %ur&ose

his guide proides instructions for creating and using the E+!, "M 4irtualsitch5 ithin !racle "irtual #o6. !racle "irtual #o6. 7ro8 the !"# online8anual9

%"irtual#o6 is a crossplatfor8 irtuali:ation application. ;hat does that8ean< 7or one thing= it installs on 'our e6isting Intel or >MD?asedco8puters= hether the' are running ;indos= Mac= Linu6 or ,olarisoperating s'ste8s. ,econdl'= it e6tends the capa?ilities of 'our e6isting

co8puter so that it can run 8ultiple operating s'ste8s 4inside 8ultipleirtual 8achines5 at the sa8e ti8e. ,o= for e6a8ple= 'ou can run ;indosand Linu6 on 'our Mac= run ;indos ,erer 200@ on 'our Linu6 serer= runLinu6 on 'our ;indos P$= and so on= all alongside 'our e6istingapplications. Aou can install and run as 8an' irtual 8achines as 'ou li)e the onl' practical li8its are dis) space and 8e8or'.%

he E+!, irtual sitch can ?e used to ?uild a netor) ithin !"# ?' hich"Ms can ?e interconnected. $o8plete netor) topologies can ?e created.his is e6tre8el' alua?le in that netor) conBgurations and protocols can?e tested thoroughl' ithout the need for an' ph'sical eCuip8ent.

'" (ownloading and %re&aring OVB

7ind and donload !racle "irtual #o6 fro8 here9https9.irtual?o6.orgi)iDonloads

!racle "irtual #o6 ?est functions ith the addition of the E6tension Pac). oinstall the !"# E6tension Pac)= donload it 4per the lin) a?oe5 and theninstall it as follos9

1. ,tart up !"#2. Enter the Preferences dialog3. Enter the E6tensions dialog*. $lic) on the >dd Pac)age ?utton-. ,elect the E6tension pac) Ble 4e.g.

!racle"M"irtual#o6E6tensionPac)-.0.2010/31.?o6e6tpac)5/. >ccept the er8s and $onditions

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. $lic) !F.

3" Creating an *+ost,Onl-* Networ. in OVB

Prepare !"# for the Goutof?and 8anage8ent of E+!, "Ms as follos9

1. Enter the Preferences dialog2. Enter the (etor) dialog

3. ,elect the Hostonl' (etor)s ta?*. $lic) on the >dd Host!nl' (etor)

?utton

-. ,elect the ne Host!nl' (etor)

>dapter/. $lic) on the Edit Host!nl' (etor) ?utton

. In the >dapter dialog= deter8ine an

uniCue su?net 4one not used ?' an'

other adapter on 'our host5 and gie

the Host!nl' (etor) >dapter an

appropriate uniCue IP address and

8as) in that su?net.

@. Enter the DH$P ,erer ta?dialog and

unchec) the ?o6 for the serer

disa?ling it.

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" Creating and using an EXOS V0

et the latest E+!, .iso Ble fro8 'our E6tre8e ,E 4E.g. 821.1.1.*patch12.iso5.

$reate an E+!, "M ith the folloing steps9

1. $lic) the %(e% I$!(.

2. $hoose %Linu6% for 'pe.

3. $hoose %!ther Linu6 432?it5% for"ersion.

*. 'pe a na8e in the (a8e Beld 4e.g.

%6210%5 and clic) $ontinue.

-. ,et the 8e8or' si:e to ?e 2-/M#and clic) $ontinue.

/. ,elect %$reate a irtual hard drie

no% and clic) $reate.

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. ,elect "DI and clic) $ontinue.

@. ,elect %7i6ed si:e% and clic)

$ontinue.

. 'pe in 2-/M# in the si:e Beld

and clic) $reate.

10.Dou?le clic) on the nel' created ?ut poered oJ irtual 8achine thatshould appear in the left fra8e in the !racle "M "irtual #o6 Manager indo.

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11.,elect the E+!, "M .iso Ble and

clic) ,tart.

12.>t this point= the E+!,

irtual 8achine indo

should launch and there ill

?e a pro8pt to erase and

for8at the %E6ternal Me8or'

$ard%. 'pe %'% and hit

Return.

13.;hen the for8atting process Bnishes and the pro8pt

reads %press E(ER to re?oot%= do nothit enter= ?ut

instead close the indo and choose the option to

%Poer oJ the 8achine% and clic) !F.

1*.,elect the ne "M in the left fra8e in the !racle "M "irtual

#o6 Manager indo and clic) ,ettings.

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1-.$lic) on the ,torage ta? ithin

the "MKs settings indo selectthe .iso %optical drie% in the

storage tree dialog on the left

and clic) the Re8oe 8edia icon

at the ?otto8 and then clic) the

Re8oe ?utton.

1/.!ptionall'= clic) the >udio ta?

and deselect the %Ena?le >udio%

chec) ?o6.

1.$lic) the (etor) ta? and then

on the %>dapter 1% su?ta?

ido= using the %>ttached to9%

dropdon list select the %Host

onl' >dapter% option. $lic) on

>danced and change the

Pro8iscuous Mode to %>llo >ll%.

[email protected]?le and change the ne6t

three adapters to %Internal

(etor)% giing each a uniCue

na8e 4e.g. I101= I102= and I103

respectiel'5= and change the

Pro8iscuous Mode on all three to%>llo >ll%.

1.Lastl'= clic) !F.

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20.he E+!, "M is no read'. o start it= dou?le clic) on it again ithin the left

fra8e in the !racle "M "irtual #o6 Manager indo.

he E+!, "M is the sa8e as an' E+!, sitch. he default ad8inistratorKs login is

%ad8in% ith no passord. he Brst adapter= in the Host!nl' netor)= is the %out

of?and% 8anage8ent port associated ith the MM "L>( and "RMM.

he "M can ?e upgraded to a later E+!, i8age 4e.g. 821.1.1.*patch12.6os5

through an' "L>( ith an IP= ?ut in this case= it ould pro?a?l' ?e ?est to use the

MM "L>(= hich= once assigned the proper IP= should ?e a?le to co88unicate

ith the Host!nl' interface on the host.

>s of E+!, 21.1 there is no separate ,,H +M!D= ?ut for E+!, "Ms ith ersion 1/.6

and ?elo there is an ,,H +M!D aaila?le.

Lastl'= li)e an' E+!, sitch= one can license the E+!, "M for an' softare

capa?ilit' using the trial license ia the %de?ug ep8 ena?le triallicense% co88and.

)" Networ.ing with the EXOS V0 in OVB

he E+!, "M can hae up to @ netor) adapters or %ports%= the Brst of hich= as

8entioned a?oe= is the MM port. he Brst four are accessi?le for conBguration

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through the ,ettings I ithin the !"# 8anager. he re8aining adaptersports

8ust ?e conBgured through %?o68anage% shell co88ands.

Here is an e6a8ple of a conBguration for the -th

adapter 4port * fro8 the $LI of theirtual E+!, sitch59

vboxmanage modifyvm x201 --nic5 intnet

vboxmanage modifyvm x201 --macaddress5 000496F201F5

vboxmanage modifyvm x201 --cableconnected5 on

vboxmanage modifyvm x201 --intnet5 l14

vboxmanage modifyvm x201 --nicpromisc5 allow-all

he 8ain settings of an adapter that are of interest are the pro8iscuous 8ode 4

nicpro8isc5 hich should ?e set to alloall= and the internal netor) na8e 4

intnet5.

>n internal netor) is ?asicall' an isolated seg8ent. >dapters on an internalnetor) ith the sa8e na8e share that seg8ent. o %connect% a port on one E+!,

"M sitch to a port on another E+!, "M sitch= si8pl' gie the adapters the sa8e

internal netor) na8e. #elo to sitches share the sa8e internal netor) na8e

for their 2ndadapter. he' are a?le to detect each other ia EDP.

It should ?e noted= that if one disa?les a port fro8 the $LI of an E+!, "M= the port

on another "M sharing the sa8e internal netor) ith the disa?led port ill not

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sho as %don%. Instead= the internal adapters on ?oth sitches ould need to ?e

disa?led to sho ?oth ports as %don% si8ultaneousl'.

,hell scripting proides a conenient a' conBgure E+!, "M adapters and possi?l'to create irtual netor)s. he folloing PERL script creates andor 8odiBes the

nonMM ports on a series of E+!, "Ms na8ed G6201= G6202= etc. hen its

output is piped into a shell.

$ cat vnicpl

!"#sr#bin#perl

my $i % 2&

my $' % 1&

my $p % 201&

my $n % $p - 200&

w(ile )$p * 210+ ,

$i % 2&

w(ile )$i * 9+ ,

$' % $i - 1&

print vboxmanage modifyvm x$p --nic$i intnet.n&

print vboxmanage modifyvm x$p --macaddress$i 000496F$p&

print F$i.n&

print vboxmanage modifyvm x$p --cableconnected$i on.n&

$n % $p - 200&

print vboxmanage modifyvm x$p --intnet$i l$n&

print $'.n&

print vboxmanage modifyvm x$p --nicpromisc$i allow-all.n&

$i % $i / 1&

$p % $p / 1&

$ perl vnicpl s(

,i8ilar scripting could ?e used for a group of E+!, "Ms here?' theirinterconnections are created to for8 a speciBc netor) topolog'.

/" Ca5eats

$ertain features do not or)

ell on the E+!, "M due to

their relation to the

capa?ilities of the underl'ing

hardare.

7or instance= hile port

sharing 4L>5 or)s using

L>$P= it onl' can use the

roundro?in loadsharing

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algorith8= that is= the address?ased algorith8s are not aaila?le and L>$P is

reCuired.

>tte8pts to get !pen7lo or)ing ia the !pen7lo +M!D end ?adl' 4i.e. the E+!,"M crashes i88ediatel' ith the Brst install8ent of a o5.

Lastl'= hile >$Ls and >$L counters appear to or) as e6pected= $lear7lo does

not or) despite ?eing conBgura?le.

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