Figure 1: Architecture for Cumullus Networks VX lab Architectureįor this exercise we want to build a very simple two-leaf/two-spine virtual network architecture (See Figure 1). Specific for networking lab cases Ravello Systems provides virtual L2 networking on top of both AWS and GCE, allowing you to simulate very complex network scenarios. This approach - proven for years with the VMWorld labs - now allows you to use modern public clouds for test, training and demo purposes at a minimal cost. This allows you to run self-contained lab “capsules” with almost any kind of VMware or KVM based virtual machine in them. Ravello Systems provides a Smart Labs solution on top of AWS and Google Compute Engine (GCE) based on nested virtualization. Cumulus Networks Virtual Experience (VX) is a community-supported virtual appliance that enables cloud admins and network engineers to preview and test Cumulus Networks technology at zero cost inside a virtual machine or standard X86 server. Also you can now finally leverage the hundreds of existing management, automation and monitoring tools that you know and love for Linux. If you are familiar with running and operating Linux on a regular server, managing a Cumulus Network based switch shouldn’t be a big challenge for you. Elements usedĬumulus Networks provides a standard Linux based operating system for data center switches, thus simplifying dramatically the data center operations. And instead of VMware ESX we will use Ravello Systems, allowing us to use AWS or Google Compute Engine. Instead of Arista vEOS we will use the newly released Cumulus Networks Virtual Experience (VX) edition. In this post we want to take this concept even further to the next level. In a previous post I’ve already shown how to build a virtual network lab with Arista vEOS and VMware ESX. Save time, use a Ravello Systems Blueprint.Uploading the Cumulus Networks VX image into Ravello Systems.#Cumulus-Networks, #Network, #Ravello-Systems Building a Cumulus Networks VX cloud lab with Ravello Systems

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