[c-nsp] XR on GNS3

[quinn snyder]

XRv is simple control-plane of XR in a VM. This is why L2 forwarding isnt supported (though is configured). 
XRv9000 is full control- and data-plane and much tighter coupling of the two. L2 forwarding should work, but L2VPNs and such will fail miserably.  

q. 

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> On May 31, 2018, at 14:25, Aaron Gould <aaron1 at gvtc.com> wrote:
> 
> I used XRv in GNS3 I think I used both 5.1.1 and 5.3.0 ... I recall getting
> some good use out of it.
> 
> I'm not a systems guy, so climbing the learning curve and asking for help
> from the communities online was what I had to do in order to figure out how
> to get it show up inside the GNS3 app (used virtual box, and recall ova,
> vmdk, qemu, etc, etc) .... then it was useable and working.  I also did
> Juniper Olive/vMX.
> 
> A couple things....
> 
> I don't think I ever got the Layer 2 forwarding to work.  L3 routing worked
> and packets would flow... but L2 bridging and MPLS Layer 2 type things I
> don't think I ever got to properly flow.
> 
> I also would have to bounce interfaces using a batch file anytime I
> restarted gns3 or even if I added a new instance of XRv... so because of
> that, I would never reboot my windows vm that it was all contained inside
> and tried not to close gns3 app
> 
> -Aaron
> 
> 
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