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IOS XRv 9000
Deployment on ESXi
Accessing the IOS-XRv VMFilesystem type is iso9660, using whole disk
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0 prod=1 install=/dev/sda platfo
<SNIP>
Wed Feb 17 02:13:47 UTC 2016: Copying all ISOs to repository took 68 seconds
[ 340.853307] reboot: Restarting system
Press any key to continue.
<SNIP>
Telnet to the Serial Port
telnet <esxi_host_ip> <port_number>
################################################################################
# #
# Welcome to the Cisco IOS XRv9k platform #
# #
# Please wait for Cisco IOS XR to start. #
# #
# Copyright (c) 2014-2015 by Cisco Systems, Inc. #
# #
################################################################################
Cisco IOS XR console will start on the 1st serial port
Cisco IOS XR aux console will start on the 2nd serial port
Cisco Calvados console will start on the 3rd serial port
Cisco Calvados aux will start on the 4th serial port
<snip>
ios con0/RP0/CPU0 is now available
Press RETURN to get started.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO root-system username is configured. Need to configure root-system username.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Configuration lock is held by another agent. Please wait. [.OK]
--- Administrative User Dialog ---
Enter root-system username:
Create Username and Password
Will go through baking process on first
boot up &reload
Only happens once, during the first bootup](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ts-sp-18-i-networkfunctionvirtualizationnfvusingios-xr-160526173319/85/Network-Function-Virtualization-NFV-using-IOS-XR-49-320.jpg)
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IOS XRv 9000 Bring-up
Accessing the IOS XRv Virtual Machine
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cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ telnet 0.0.0.0 12345
[Linux-initrd @ 0x456bc000, 0x3a93367c bytes]
Starting udev
Populating dev cache
Configuring network interfaces... done.
<snip>
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Hardware profile: vpe
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Host has 16Gb RAM / 4 vCPUs
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Management plane: 1Gb RAM / 0 vCPUs
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): XR control plane: 7Gb RAM / 2 vCPUs
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): XR packet memory: 128Mb RAM
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Data plane: 6Gb RAM
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Data plane core assignment: 2-3
Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Control plane core assignment: 0-1
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E5E4
21 3 4
Host
Hypervisor
Host
XR ADM UVF
16G / 4 CPU
7G 1G 6 G / 2 CPU
2 CPU](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ts-sp-18-i-networkfunctionvirtualizationnfvusingios-xr-160526173319/85/Network-Function-Virtualization-NFV-using-IOS-XR-52-320.jpg)
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IOS XRv 9000 Bring-up
Accessing the IOS XRv Virtual Machine
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Mon Feb 8 23:49:45 UTC 2016: Install finished on sda
Rebooting XRv9k system after installation ...
[ 99.990922] reboot: Restarting system
<snip>
################################################################################
# #
# Welcome to the Cisco IOS XRv9k platform #
# #
# Please wait for Cisco IOS XR to start. #
# #
# Copyright (c) 2014-2015 by Cisco Systems, Inc. #
# #
################################################################################
Cisco IOS XR console will start on the 1st serial port
Cisco IOS XR aux console will start on the 2nd serial port
Cisco Calvados console will start on the 3rd serial port
Cisco Calvados aux will start on the 4th serial port
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO root-system username is configured. Need to configure root-system username.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--- Administrative User Dialog ---
Enter root-system username:](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ts-sp-18-i-networkfunctionvirtualizationnfvusingios-xr-160526173319/85/Network-Function-Virtualization-NFV-using-IOS-XR-53-320.jpg)
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IOS XRv 9000 Deployment
Containers and 3rd Party Network NameSpace
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[sysadmin-vm:0_RP0:~]$ssh 10.0.2.16
Last login: Tue Feb 9 01:21:24 2016 from 10.11.12.15
[host:~]$ virsh list
Id Name State
----------------------------------------------------
5299 sysadmin running
12065 default-sdr__uvf--2 running
15153 default-sdr--1 running
[host:~]$
HyperVisor
IOS XRv 9000
XR
Admin
FWding
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show ipv4 int br
Thu Feb 11 15:55:05.581 UTC
Interface IP-Address Status Protocol Vrf-Name
Loopback0 1.2.3.4 Up Up default
Loopback2 110.2.2.2 Up Up default
Loopback3 110.3.3.3 Up Up default
GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0 200.1.1.1 Up Up default
MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0 unassigned Shutdown Down default
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#
[xr-vm_node0_RP0_CPU0:~]$ip netns exec tpnns ifconfig | more
Gi0_0_0_0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:b9:44:0c
inet addr:200.1.1.1 Mask:255.255.255.0
lo:0 Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:1.2.3.4 Mask:255.255.255.255
lo:2 Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:110.2.2.2 Mask:255.255.255.255
lo:3 Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:110.3.3.3 Mask:255.255.255.255
3RDParty](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/ts-sp-18-i-networkfunctionvirtualizationnfvusingios-xr-160526173319/85/Network-Function-Virtualization-NFV-using-IOS-XR-56-320.jpg)
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Network Function Virtualization (NFV) using IOS-XR
The document discusses Network Function Virtualization (NFV) using Cisco's IOS XR platform, emphasizing its role in evolving programmable networks by decoupling network functions from proprietary hardware. Key features include enhanced resource utilization, cost reduction, and the ability to deploy virtualized network functions across various use cases. The document outlines specific use cases such as virtual route reflectors and provider edge routers, highlighting benefits like lower operational costs and flexible growth.
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- 1. Cisco Confidential© 2015Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1 Network Function Virtualization Using IOS XR Syed Hassan, Alexander Orel, Rajendra Chayapathi Solution Architect, Cisco Advanced Services May 18 2016
- 2. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2 Agenda • Role of NFV in EPN • NFV using IOS-XR: • IOS XRv 9000 Router • IOS-XR VNF Use case • Virtual Route Reflector & Virtual Provider Edge • Deployment & Troubleshooting • Summary 2
- 3. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3 http://www.sdncentral.com/whats-network-functions-virtualization-nfv/ 3 decouples network functions from proprietary hardware virtualization
- 4. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4 Customer Demand is Changing 4 On-Demand Bandwidth & Capacity Big Data & AnalyticsRapid Deployment of New Business Applications Anywhere/Anytime Secure Accessibility User Experience, Delivered Multi-Vendor Offerings; No Lock-In Seamless Connectivity Security & Compliance Multi-PlatformOn-Demand Solutions The New Customer Requirements PAYG Models
- 5. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5 Entering a New Era in the SP Network Evolution 5 EvolvedProgrammableNetwork Open APIs Evolved ProgrammableNetworkInfrastructure SDN ControlResourcesServices EvolvedServicesPlatform ApplicationsandServices Open APIs Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Era Network Function Virtualization Software Defined Networking Service Orchestration Discontinuity #1: TDM limits new services, forces architectural shift IP NGN Era IP unleashes new wave of innovation and service revenues Discontinuity #2: Commoditization of IP services plus high traffic growth limits profitability, forces architectural shift TDM Era
- 6. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 6 NFV in Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) Era 6 Network Function Virtualization Open and Dynamic Optimal Resource Utilization Accelerated Innovation New Services & Revenues Reduced Cost & Complexity Elastic & Flexible Software Defined Networking Service Orchestration EvolvedProgrammableNetwork Open APIs Evolved ProgrammableNetworkInfrastructure SDN ControlResourcesServices EvolvedServicesPlatform ApplicationsandServices Open APIs
- 7. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7 Network Functions Virtualization 7 • Key Enabler: Cloud technology Hypervisor & x86 compute hardware Network Programmability APIs Network Automation / Orchestration Apps & Open Innovation SDN NFV Network infrastructure/Service Functions run on Virtualized compute platforms
- 8. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 8 Network Functions Virtualization Where is SDN? 8 • SDN complementary, but not mandatory • NFV is not SDN, though they have commonalities Complementary / Orthogonal concepts SDN Software (CP) Virtual Networks (DP) Physical Network VNF Software (CP) Virtual Hardware (DP) Physical IT Hardware Programmability Split Architecture Abstraction SDN NFV Apps & Open Innovation SDN NFV CP: Central Processing DP: Distributed Processing
- 9. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9 SDN & NFV Comparison 9 SDN NFV SDN Controller : Open Daylight, Open SDN Controller(OSC) etc. Virtual network functions : vFW, vRR, vCPE , vPE etc. OpenFlow, NETCONF/Yang , Path computation element protocol (PCEP) VM to Host (socket, Taps etc.) Involves end to end networking Involves single network entity New network architecture Virtualization of existing architecture
- 10. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 10 Network Virtualization • Applications and running using virtualized Hardware end CPUs • Guest O/S running independently in each VM • HyperVisor - isolated application providing VMs on the Host • Basic host operating system • Virtualization capable CPUs 10 Physical Host Host O/S Virtual Machines HyperVisor QEMU/ Guest O/S
- 11. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 11 Network Virtualization ETSI Architecture Framework for NFV 1 1 Apps & Open Innovatio n SDN NFV Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) NFV Management & Orchestration (MANO) Compute & Storage Hardware Network Hardware Virtualization Layer Virtual Compute Virtual Storage Virtual Network VNF vPE VNF vRR Other VNF Operational & Billing Support System Deployment Management
- 12. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 12 Virtualizing Network Functions X86 versus Custom Network Processing Unit (NPU) 12 Network Forwarding (L0-3) Network Services (L4+) BGP Route reflector, Firewall, DPI Low to Med Throughput Stateful functions Unpredictable traffic IPv6/v4, MPLS, VPNs, Optical High throughput / BW Stateless functions Mostly predictable traffic Better fit for NPU Compute Bandwidth Better fit for x86 Compute Bandwidth
- 13. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 13 NFV across Cisco portfolio Virtualized Network Operating Systems IOS-XR NX-OS IOS-XE Virtualized in IOS XRv , IOS XRv 9000 Virtualized in Nexus 1000v Virtualized in CSR1000v ASA Virtualized in ASAv
- 14. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14 Cisco’s VNF Portfolio …. IOS XRv IOS XRv 9000 CSR1000v Nexus 1000v ASAv QvPC vWAAS vWLC vNAM vWSA vESA DDoS Scrubber (w/Arbor)
- 15. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 15 Use-Cases Description 1 Virtual Route Reflector Virtualized BGP RR delivered on demand 2 Virtual PE Router Fully virtualized PE router delivered as an on demand cloud service 3 Virtual Private Cloud Single-tier, 2-tier, 3-tier applications with optional NFV service chaining attached to customer L3 VPN 4 Virtualized Mobility Service vEPC, vMME, vRAN 5 Hosted Collaboration Service Integrating HCS provisioning with VPN configuration for single click customer deployment 6 Virtualized Video Headend Cloud DVR, CDN/streaming as a service 7 Routing-as-a-service Using CSR to deliver routing/BNG as a cloud service 8 Virtual BNG in the cloud High-scale (multi-million subscribers) BNG control plane in the cloud 9 Virtual Managed Services Using CSR, ASAv to deliver managed services to enterprise customers (attached to customer L3VPN) NFV Use-Cases 15
- 16. Cisco Confidential 16©2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. IOS XRv 9000 16
- 17. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 17 IOS XR • Time tested for years CRS-1, CRS-3, CRS-X, ASR 9000, NCS 6000 • High-scale control plane • MicroKernel-based • Modular Software • Process Restartability & Redundancy • Remediation through add-on patches 17 Physical Hardware: CPU, ASICs, NIC, Consoles, Memory, HDD QNX Kernel IOS XR
- 18. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 18 IOS XRv • IOS XR on x86 Virtualized environment • Full Platform Independent IOS XR Same IOS XR software feature set Manageability Control Plane Routing 18 Physical Hardware: CPU, ASICs, NIC, Consoles, Memory, HDD Host OS HyperVisor IOS XRv Guest OS (32bit Linux)
- 19. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 19 IOS XRv - One Physical hardware -- Multiple Instances 19 Physical Hardware: CPU, ASICs, NIC, Consoles, Memory, HDD Host OS HyperVisorHyperVisorHyperVisor IOS XRv #1 Guest OS (32bit Linux) IOS XRv #2 Guest OS (32bit Linux) Other Guest OS
- 20. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 20 IOS XRv 9000 • Virtualized IOS XR with Control and Data plane Separation Linux Containers for Admin, Control and Data Planes 64 Bit Kernel • Scalability through Flexible resource Allocation Data plane scalability. Control Plane scalability 20 Physical Hardware: CPU, ASICs, NIC, Consoles, Memory, HDD Host OS HyperVisor IOS XRv 9000 Guest OS (64bit Linux)
- 21. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 21Host IOS XRv 9000 HyperVisor IOS XRv 9000 Admin Plane Infra management SMU management VM/LXC Lifecycle Management Upgrade/Downgrade Light Weight Routing & Management Plane XR Route Processor Functionality XR Line Card Functionality Support for Physical & Virtual Data-Plane Forwarding Plane Virtual Forwarder Software Based H/W assist Common code base as - nPower-X ASIC L3FIB QoS L2FIB ACLMTRIE Policer Intf
- 22. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 22 Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Right sizing Scale and Throughput through Control and Data Planes 22 LC (Data Plane) RP(Control Plane) IOS XR NxLCs :1xCPU Routers + LCs LC (Data Plane) LC (Data Plane) LC (Data Plane) N x NPU: MxCPU Virtual Routers LC (Data Plane) Compute Server (Control Plane) Compute Server (Control Plane) Compute Server (Control Plane) IOS XRv 9000 Compute Routers/Compute Present Mode of Operation Future Mode of Operation
- 23. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 23 Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Design Trade Offs Performance: ACE, TM, & Queues Features Physical XR Router IOS XRv 9000 Virtual Router X Possible to degrade overall performance by improving performance for one particular metric 23
- 24. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 24 IOS XRv 9000 Positioning Completing the XR Edge Portfolio Virtual XR DP IOS XRv 9000 ASR 9001 ASR 9006 ASR 9904 ASR 9010 ASR 9912 ASR 9922 24
- 25. Cisco Confidential 25©2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Benefits & Use Cases 25
- 26. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 26 IOS XRv & IOS XRv 9000 Benefits 26 Lower Opex • Easy provisioning , configuration & deployment for VMs Lower Capex • IOS XRv on standard compute resources • Multiple XRs on same device Elastic • Dynamic resource allocation & de-allocation Greener • low power consumption Lower carbon footprint Flexible Growth • CP & DP Separation and independent resource allocation SDN Ready • Independent control and forwarding
- 27. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 27 Use Cases Education and Training Network Simulation Network Deployment 27
- 28. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 28 Use Cases Network Simulation & modeling 28 Test & Try new control-plane capabilities Evaluate network against failures Equipment Cost Setup Time Cumbersome to change Design & plan changes and new features Lab validation XRv / 9000 Low Cost Easy Orchestration Quick setup & changes
- 29. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 29 Use Cases Network Deployment (vRR & vPE) Consumption based model - Network growth to match needs Redundant devices provisioning without added cost Service segregation on same hardware Grow and scale VM’s server resources to match needs vRR1 vPE1vRR2 vPE2vRR1 vPE1 29 NFV
- 30. Cisco Confidential 30©2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Virtual Route Reflector (vRR) & Virtual Provider Edge (vPE) 33
- 31. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 31 IOS XRv 9000 as vRR • Traditional Role of RR BGP peering Solve N*N full-mesh BGP interconnect Distribute BGP routes to PEs 31 NxN Nx1 Nx1 + redundancy Nx1 + Segregation
- 32. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 32 IOS XRv 9000 as vRR 32 RR role expanding - centralized provision, services, and applications Primary Backup L3VPN RR Vpnv4 RR IPv6 RR IPv4 RR Per Service Per Address Family Redundant Optimized Placement Scalable Easy Provisioning L2VPN RR
- 33. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 33 IOS XRv 9000 as vRR 33 IPv4 RR Vpnv4 RR IPv6 RR L2vpn vRR Primary Backup IPv4 vRR Vpnv4 vRR IPv6 vRR L2vpn vRR Primary Backup 8 Physical Devices 2 Physical Devices Virtualized RRs per AFI Performance (Multi-Core) Independent Operation High Availability Same BGP Implementation (XR) Without Compromising
- 34. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 34 Virtual XR DP IOS XRv 9000 Virtual XR DP Virtual XR DP IOS XR IOS XR IOS XRv 9000 as vPE 34 Forwarding Performance (Multi- Core) Consumption Based Growth Control Plane & High-Performance Data Plane High Availability L3VPN Customer A L3VPN Customer B L3VPN Customer C
- 35. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 35 vRR & vPE using IOS XRv 9000 Performance (Multi-Core) Independent Operation High Availability IOS XR Based Implementation Elasticity & Flexibility Portability & Agility Route Scalability (32/64b OS) Management & Orchestration Lower Opex/Capex
- 36. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 36 Power Calculations based on ASR9001 (Max Power) UCS C240 M3 SFF with Intel E5-2643 v2 3.30 GHz/130W 6C/25MB Cache/DDR3 1866MHz with 96 GB Mem, 4 HDD with RAID, and 1 Adapters. vRR & vPE using IOS XRv 9000 36 Primary Backup Primary Backup Physical Router VRR on UCS Server Max. Power consumption ~425W Max Power consumption ~410W Total power for 8 instance ~3.4kW Total power for 8 instances ~820W Power/Year = 29,785 KWh Power/Year = 7,182 KWh Power Cost/Year = $3,961 (13.3c/kWh) Power Cost/Year= $955 (13.3c/KWh) Lower Capex
- 37. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 37 CPU,Memory,Gbps CPU,Memory,Gbps Time Time Under- Provisioned Over- Provisioned Consumption based capacity growth Physical Network Device Network Function Virtualization Physical Network Device vs NFV Consumption Based Deployment Flexible Growth Capacity Demand Capacity Deployed
- 38. Cisco Confidential 38©2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. IOS XRv 9000 Deployment 41
- 39. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 39 IOS XRv 9000 Hardware/Software Requirements • Hardware Any x86-based server capable of virtualization e.g. Intel® CPUs with VT-x support • Hypervisor hypervisor agnostic VMWare ESXi 5.5/6.0 , QEMU/KVM 1.0 39 Parameter Minimum CPU (Cores) 4 (2 Control Plane, 2 Data Plane) 14 Maximum Memory (RAM) 12GB 16GB recommended Hard Disk 55GB Serial Port 1 (for console) 4 recommended NIC Port (E1000/VirtIO/Niantic 10G) 4 (2 reserved, 1 traffic) 11 (2 reserved, 8 traffic)
- 40. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 40 IOS XRv 9000 Features 40 • MP-BGP/eBGP , BGP 3107, FlowSpec • OSPF/ISIS etc. • BFD • SR • LDP/MPLS, 6PE, 6vPE, RFC 3107 (3 labels), L3VPN • IPv4 ACL (chained), uRPFv4/v6, LPTS • Netconf/YANG & SNMP • Hierarchical QoS policing, WRED • EFD • Lawful Intercept (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection) (Early Fast Discard) • IOS XR Manageability & Control Plane • PIE/SMU Upgrades • LPTS/ CoPP • Gratuitous ARP • Netfllow & IPFIX • Multicast • VRRP • IPSec / GRE IOS XR 6.0.0 http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/ios-xrv-9000-router/tsd-products-support-series-home.html
- 41. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 41 IOS XRv 9000 Operational Enhancements Programmability Flexible Platform and Packaging Application Hosting • Data accessible via published model driven interfaces • Machine friendly • Enables automation @ scale • RPM Packages: EIGRP, MGBL, MPLS, K9SEC, LI, BGP etc. • Automated package dependency checkers • Automated Provisioning at Bootup • Ability to run 3rd party off the shelf applications built with Linux tool chains • Run custom applications inside an LXC container on the 64-bit Linux host Visibility & Telemetry • Operational Data, Deep analytical hooks • Policy-based, flexible, Push Model IOS XR 6.0.0
- 42. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 42 IOS XRv 9000 Performance 42 XRv CP 2016 2016+ Single Core Multi-Core Multi-Socket Multi-Server 2015 XRv CP XRv CP XRv CP 8 Gbps ? Gbps 40 Gbps XRv CPXRv CP XRv CP XRv CP 40 Gbps 160 Gbps ? Gbps IMIX traffic packet size with features enabled
- 43. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 43 Hardware Platform Physical NIC IOS XRv 9000 Deployment Pass-through vs Device Emulation 43 Hypervisor Physical device+ driver Emulated device XRv9000 VM Guest Driver virtIO / E1000 Hardware Platform Physical NIC Hypervisor XRv9000 VM Physical NIC Driver High Performance Emulated
- 44. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 44 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment 4 4 Hostt Eth0 Mgmt Bridge Data Bridge-1 HyperVisor IOS XRv 9000 vethe0 vethe1 vethe2 vethe3 vethe4 Mgmt G0/0/0/0 G0/0/0/1 Eth1 Eth2 Virtual InterfaceVirtual BridgesPhysical Interfaces Virtual Machine Hypervisor Interface Copy XRv 9000 image (.ova/.iso/.vmdk) to server Create Disk running image Create Virtual (Tap) interfaces Start simulation
- 45. Cisco Confidential 45©2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On a VMWare ESXi Host 66
- 46. R1 R2 R4 R3 vPEvPECEvRR xrvr xrv9k xrvr xrv9k Linux Host: 192.168.10.100 Bridge (bdg0) Management Network Bridge 192.168.10.104192.168.10.101 192.168.10.103 192.168.10.102 ESXi Host
- 47. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 47 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment using ESXi ISO mage Upload Allocated minimum 4 CPU Minimum 4 Network interfaces 47 Linux as Guest OS Allocated recommended 16GB Mem
- 48. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 48 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment using ESXi Create Disk: Thin provisioning, 55GB, IDE Creating Serial Interface 48 XR Console Port XR AUX Port Admin Console Port Admin AUX Port 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Console Ports
- 49. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 49 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment on ESXi Accessing the IOS-XRv VMFilesystem type is iso9660, using whole disk kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0 prod=1 install=/dev/sda platfo <SNIP> Wed Feb 17 02:13:47 UTC 2016: Copying all ISOs to repository took 68 seconds [ 340.853307] reboot: Restarting system Press any key to continue. <SNIP> Telnet to the Serial Port telnet <esxi_host_ip> <port_number> ################################################################################ # # # Welcome to the Cisco IOS XRv9k platform # # # # Please wait for Cisco IOS XR to start. # # # # Copyright (c) 2014-2015 by Cisco Systems, Inc. # # # ################################################################################ Cisco IOS XR console will start on the 1st serial port Cisco IOS XR aux console will start on the 2nd serial port Cisco Calvados console will start on the 3rd serial port Cisco Calvados aux will start on the 4th serial port <snip> ios con0/RP0/CPU0 is now available Press RETURN to get started. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO root-system username is configured. Need to configure root-system username. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Configuration lock is held by another agent. Please wait. [.OK] --- Administrative User Dialog --- Enter root-system username: Create Username and Password Will go through baking process on first boot up &reload Only happens once, during the first bootup
- 50. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 50 Using ESXi Hypervisor • Creating XRv 9000 Virtual Machine using vSphere GUI Parameters Recommendation Configuration Custom Name and Location as with any other VM Storage as with any other VM Virtual Machine Version "Virtual Machine Version 8 or 9” * Guest Operating System "Other", version "Other (32-bit)" CPUs Max 14 cores Memory Min 3 GB, Max 8 GB Network 4-11 NICs, First NIC will be MgmtEthernet0/0/CPU0/0 while NIC 3-11 will be GigabitEthernet/TenGigigabitEthernet 50
- 51. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 51 Using ESXi Hypervisor • Creating XRv 9000 Virtual Machine using vSphere GUI (Con’t) • • Start the VM. Telnet to the configured serial port(s) to interact with and configure the VM Parameters Recommendation SCI Controller LSI Logic Parallel (default) Select a disk "Use an existing virtual disk" Select Existing Disk select XRv 9000 VMDK image Advanced Options Must be an IDE disk Ready to Complete select "Edit the virtual machine settings before completion” "Virtual Machine Properties" window – add 2 serial ports as: Under "Hardware", click "Add..." Select "Serial Port" Select "Connect via Network" Select "Server" and enter a telnet URI with an unused port (e.g., telnet://<host IP address>:5001) - each VM and each serial port must use a unique port number. Repeat this to add a second serial port. The first serial port will be the console port, and the second will be the aux port. 51
- 52. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 52 IOS XRv 9000 Bring-up Accessing the IOS XRv Virtual Machine 52 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ telnet 0.0.0.0 12345 [Linux-initrd @ 0x456bc000, 0x3a93367c bytes] Starting udev Populating dev cache Configuring network interfaces... done. <snip> Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Hardware profile: vpe Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Host has 16Gb RAM / 4 vCPUs Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Management plane: 1Gb RAM / 0 vCPUs Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): XR control plane: 7Gb RAM / 2 vCPUs Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): XR packet memory: 128Mb RAM Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Data plane: 6Gb RAM Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Data plane core assignment: 2-3 Mon Feb 8 23:48:38 UTC 2016 (<snip>_lxc_iso.sh): Control plane core assignment: 0-1 52 E5E4 21 3 4 Host Hypervisor Host XR ADM UVF 16G / 4 CPU 7G 1G 6 G / 2 CPU 2 CPU
- 53. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 53 IOS XRv 9000 Bring-up Accessing the IOS XRv Virtual Machine 53 Mon Feb 8 23:49:45 UTC 2016: Install finished on sda Rebooting XRv9k system after installation ... [ 99.990922] reboot: Restarting system <snip> ################################################################################ # # # Welcome to the Cisco IOS XRv9k platform # # # # Please wait for Cisco IOS XR to start. # # # # Copyright (c) 2014-2015 by Cisco Systems, Inc. # # # ################################################################################ Cisco IOS XR console will start on the 1st serial port Cisco IOS XR aux console will start on the 2nd serial port Cisco Calvados console will start on the 3rd serial port Cisco Calvados aux will start on the 4th serial port !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO root-system username is configured. Need to configure root-system username. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --- Administrative User Dialog --- Enter root-system username:
- 54. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 54 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment Show Commands 54 RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show ver Tue Feb 9 00:10:36.484 UTC Cisco IOS XR Software, Version 6.0.0 Copyright (c) 2013-2015 by Cisco Systems, Inc. Build Information: Built By : alnguyen Built On : Thu Dec 24 00:54:24 PST 2015 Build Host : iox-lnx-009 Workspace : /auto/srcarchive16/production/6.0.0/xrv9k/workspace Version : 6.0.0 Location : /opt/cisco/XR/packages/ cisco IOS-XRv 9000 () processor System uptime is 16 minutes RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#
- 55. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 55 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment Show Commands 55 RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show platform Tue Feb 9 00:09:33.310 UTC Node name Node type Node state Admin state Config state ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0/RP0 R-IOSXRV9000-RP OPERATIONAL UP NSHUT RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios# RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show ipv4 int br Tue Feb 9 00:12:04.600 UTC Interface IP-Address Status Protocol Vrf-Name GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0 unassigned Shutdown Down default MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0 unassigned Shutdown Down default RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios# Single RP. No LineCard
- 56. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 56 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment Containers and 3rd Party Network NameSpace 56 [sysadmin-vm:0_RP0:~]$ssh 10.0.2.16 Last login: Tue Feb 9 01:21:24 2016 from 10.11.12.15 [host:~]$ virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 5299 sysadmin running 12065 default-sdr__uvf--2 running 15153 default-sdr--1 running [host:~]$ HyperVisor IOS XRv 9000 XR Admin FWding RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios#show ipv4 int br Thu Feb 11 15:55:05.581 UTC Interface IP-Address Status Protocol Vrf-Name Loopback0 1.2.3.4 Up Up default Loopback2 110.2.2.2 Up Up default Loopback3 110.3.3.3 Up Up default GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0 200.1.1.1 Up Up default MgmtEth0/RP0/CPU0/0 unassigned Shutdown Down default RP/0/RP0/CPU0:ios# [xr-vm_node0_RP0_CPU0:~]$ip netns exec tpnns ifconfig | more Gi0_0_0_0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:b9:44:0c inet addr:200.1.1.1 Mask:255.255.255.0 lo:0 Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:1.2.3.4 Mask:255.255.255.255 lo:2 Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:110.2.2.2 Mask:255.255.255.255 lo:3 Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:110.3.3.3 Mask:255.255.255.255 3RDParty
- 57. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 57 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment Checking License Status 57 RP/0/# show license platform summary Sat Dec 26 05:47:08.537 UTC Current state: PRODUCTION Collection: LAST: Sat Dec 26 05:47:03 2015 NEXT: Sat Dec 26 06:47:03 2015 Reporting: LAST: Sat Dec 26 05:47:03 2015 NEXT: Sun Dec 27 05:47:03 2015 Count Feature/Area Entitlement Last Next ============= ============================= ==== ==== System Product: Right to Use 1 0 System Feature: BGP Scale up to 4M 1 0
- 58. Cisco Confidential 58©2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On a Linux Host 66
- 59. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 59 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host • Three Ways to Deploy: Directly call KVM/Qemu CLI Simple Virtual Machine Management Tools (e.g. Virsh) Deployment Grade VNF deployment tools (such as Openstack) • For deploying on Linux, we will cover methods in the lab: VIRSHKVM CLI
- 60. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 60 KVM CLI Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On a Linux Host Copy XRv 9000 image (.ova/.iso/.vmdk) to server Create Disk running image Create Virtual (Tap) interfaces Start simulation
- 61. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 61 IOS XRv 9000 Deployment Creating TAP and Bridge 61 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo tunctl -t Tap1 Set 'Tap1' persistent and owned by uid 0 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo ifconfig Tap1 up cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo tunctl -t Tap2 Set 'Tap2' persistent and owned by uid 0 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo ifconfig Tap2 up <create Tap3/Tap4> cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo brctl addbr vbridge1 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo brctl addbr vbridge2 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo brctl addif vbridge1 Tap1 eth4 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo brctl addif vbridge2 Tap2 eth5 cisco@ubuntu-EPN-4:~$ sudo brctl show vbridge1 bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces vbridge1 8000.b6c7102ae0f6 no Tap1 eth4 E5E4 21 vBridge1 vBridge1 3 4 Host Hypervisor KVM CLI
- 62. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 62 IOS XRv 9000 Bring-up Launching the IOS XRv 9000 Virtual Machine 62 cisco@epn-sjcj-ucs1:~$ sudo /usr/bin/kvm -m 16384 -smp cores=4,sockets=1 -name XRv-Test-Launch -drive file=./xrv9k.raw,media=disk,index=1 -drive file=./xrv9k-fullk9-x.iso-6.0.0,media=cdrom,index=2 -serial telnet:0.0.0.0:12345,server,nowait -device e1000,netdev=mgmt-intf -netdev tap,ifname=Tap1,script=no,downscript=no,id=mgmt-intf -device e1000,netdev=data-intf -netdev tap,ifname=Tap4,script=no,downscript=no,id=data-intf -display none –enable-kvm -boot once=d 16G Memory XRv9K Instance XRv Image File Console port Ethernet (Mgmt) Ethernet (GigE) 4 CPU Cores XRv9K Disk KVM CLI
- 63. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 63 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host • Directly call KVM/Qemu CLI pod@POD-VM:~$ tail -5 start_ios_xrv.sh ######################################################### ## Start virtual XR router ######################################################### kvm -m 8000 -drive file=/tftpboot/iosxrv.vmdk-6.0.1.31I.SIT_IMAGE -smp cores=2 -display none -serial telnet:0.0.0.0:13001,server,nowait -device e1000,netdev=first -netdev tap,ifname=Tap1,script=no,downscript=no,id=first -device e1000,netdev=second -netdev tap,ifname=Tap2,script=no,downscript=no,id=second -device e1000,netdev=third -netdev tap,ifname=Tap3,script=no,downscript=no,id=third -device e1000,netdev=fourth -netdev tap,ifname=Tap4,script=no,downscript=no,id=fourth & pod@POD-VM:~$ KVM CLI
- 64. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 64 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host • Simple Virtual Machine Management Tools (e.g. Virsh) • Use XML File as Template • “virsh” CLI can be used to : Start, Stop, List etc. the Virtual Machine • Study XML File pre-created: pod@POD-VM:~$ cd reference/ pod@POD-VM:~/reference$ cat xrv9k.xml <!-- Format of this file: 1) Define virtualization parameters for VM 2) Define disks that the VM should use 3) Define Mgmt and data interfaces 4) Define Serial interfaces for console and aux --> <name>XRV9K</name> <memory unit='GiB'>16</memory> <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu> <cpu mode='host-model'/> 16G Memory XRv9K Instance 4 CPU Cores VIRSH
- 65. R1 R2 R4 R3 vPEvPECEvRR xrvr xrv9k xrvr xrv9k Linux Host: 192.168.10.100 Bridge (bdg0) Management Network Bridge 192.168.10.104192.168.10.101 192.168.10.103 192.168.10.102 ESXi Host VIRSHVIRSH
- 66. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 66 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host <devices> <!-- Harddisk: --> <!-- note: pre-create using : qemu-img create -f qcow2 ../R2.qcow2 55G --> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' /> <source file='/home/pod/R2.qcow2' /> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio' /> </disk> <!-- CDROM: --> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' /> <source file='/tftpboot/xrv9k-mini-x.iso'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='ide' /> </disk> Boot and Run time Disk VIRSH
- 67. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 67 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='bdg0'/> <mac address="52:54:00:52:c1:01"/> <model type='virtio'/> </interface> <interface type='bridge'> <source bridge='bdg0'/> <model type='virtio'/> </interface> <serial type="tcp"> <source mode="bind" host="0.0.0.0" service="12001" /> <protocol type="telnet" /> <target port="0" /> </serial> NIC & Serial Ports VIRSH
- 68. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 68 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host pod@POD-VM:~/reference$ qemu-img create -f qcow2 ~/R2.qcow2 55G Formatting '../R3.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=59055800320 encryption=off cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off pod@POD-VM:~/reference$ Crete the Run time Disk pod@POD-VM:~/reference$ virsh create xrv9k.xml Domain XRV9K created from xrv9k.xml pod@POD-VM:~/reference$ Start the Virtual Machine for XRV9K VIRSH
- 69. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 69 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host XRV9000 Boots up DHCP Request DCHP Server Temporary IP Address Pointer to Configuration Script XRV9000 Requests Config Script Send me the File: http://192.168.10.100:8080/config/script.sh HTTP Server Config Script Sent XRV9000 Runs The Script Auto-Provisioning
- 70. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 70 Lab Task: Deploying IOS XRv 9000 On Linux Host Auto-Provisioning XRV9000 Runs The Script Request Configuration File R2.config HTTP Server Config File Provided Send me the Packages: Package Files Sent Get Config File for Post-package Get Config File1 Get Packages2 3 Config File Sent Request Configuration File R2-more.config
- 71. Cisco Confidential 71©2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Service Orchestration for NFV 71
- 72. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 72 Service Orchestration for NFV IOS-XRv 9000 Hypervisor Service Orchestration Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO) Server Server IOS-XRv 9000 IOS-XRv 9000 Hypervisor Cloud VM Orchestration Cisco ESC Network Function Virtualization Software Defined Networking Service Orchestration
- 73. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 73 NFV with IOS XR Right Sizing Your Deployment 73 Choose your Service Size up your Data Plane Adapt your Control Plane Core / Transport Peering DCI PE Subscriber Services Virtual PE (vPE) Virtual RR (vRR) NCS 6000 NCS 5500 ASR 9000 Tomahawk CRS-X CRS ASR 9000 Typhoon IOS-XRv 9K Multichassis NCS 6000 Multichassis CRS-X Data Plane Low High Today’s IOS-XR on box Control Plane Virtualized CP or Expansion CP from Physical System Choose between On-box, Hybrid or Pure Virtual CP Based on Use Case Control Plane Low High
- 74. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 74 NFV with IOS XR Completing Portfolio 74 IOS-XR CRS Portfolio Edge Routing ASR 9000 Portfolio Virtual XR DP NFV Virtual Router IOS-XRv 9000 NCS 5500 NCS 5000 NCS 6000 Single & Multi Chassis
- 75. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 75 Putting it all together… Virtual FunctionsStorage B S S O S S HypervisorsCompute Network IOS XRv 9000 Virtual Router Real Performance SMU-ability Low Capex Flexible ScalableOpex Saving Carrier Class High Availability Multi- threaded 75 Elastic
- 76. © 2016 Ciscoand/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 76 Re-Cap • Role of NFV in EPN • NFV using IOS-XR: • IOS XRv • IOS XRv 9000 Router • IOS-XR VNF Use case • Virtual Route Reflector & Virtual Provider Edge • Deployment & Troubleshooting • Summary 76
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