Unable to load new NXOSv

[mvanoverbeek]

I am quite new to EVE-NG and struggling to get the newest versions of NXOS to work. I followed the howto's and was able to get "nxosv9k-7.0.3.I5.2" to boot up correctly. When I however want to use the newest trains nxosv9k-7.0.3.I7.3 or nxosv9k-7.0.3.I7.5 I seem to get stuck in a boot loop. Every 10 or so minutes I will receive the output below


/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(1,800,8000,6f771edf-c83a-436d-b8b7-17c23a9d59e0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(2,8800,a3332,136c9c75-7a50-48c4-14b3-13c1cb3c6bea)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(3,ac000,146666,85b96414-6e94-4247-0da6-51c8adbc7073)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(4,1f2800,6b199c,894191e4-652d-40e6-5c83-e25699d1a666)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(5,8a4800,146666,a215830b-694d-42ac-369c-27779994b529)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(6,9eb000,146666,283e2bb9-9e0b-4e86-33ac-52dff90441d0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(7,b31800,4c8000,a4217258-e536-4282-6cb8-aaf9db72d657)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,1)/ACPI(60441d0,0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,1)/ACPI(60441d0,1)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(1,800,8000,6f771edf-c83a-436d-b8b7-17c23a9d59e0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(2,8800,a3332,136c9c75-7a50-48c4-14b3-13c1cb3c6bea)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(3,ac000,146666,85b96414-6e94-4247-0da6-51c8adbc7073)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(4,1f2800,6b199c,894191e4-652d-40e6-5c83-e25699d1a666)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(5,8a4800,146666,a215830b-694d-42ac-369c-27779994b529)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(6,9eb000,146666,283e2bb9-9e0b-4e86-33ac-52dff90441d0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,5)/SATA(0,ffff,0)/HD(7,b31800,4c8000,a4217258-e536-4282-6cb8-aaf9db72d657)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,1)/ACPI(60441d0,0)/EndEntire
/ACPI(a0341d0,0)/PCI(0,1)/ACPI(60441d0,1)/EndEntire
Total memory is 0x9f000
Total memory is 0x800000
Sysconf checksum failed -1, Using default values
WARNING: No BIOS Info found
Sysconf checksum failed -1, Using default values
serial --speed=115200 --word=8 --stop=1 --parity=no

success
Sysconf checksum failed -1, Using default values
Strlen bootflash: is 10
Device bootflash: is Drive 0x80 Partition 3
ATE0Q1&D2&C1S0=1
Trying to read config file /boot/grub/menu.lst.local from (hd0,4)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Number of devices detected by BIOS is 1
Failed. Trying to read config file from (hd0,5)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
Number of devices detected by BIOS is 1

I am running EVE "2.0.3-92 " on ESXi 6.5 with 4 CPUs, 40GB HD and 32GB of RAM
Any suggestions?

[Uldis (UD)]

I afraid that it is your server issue not enough power to run such image...
Just mounted newest NX9K

Code: Select all

switch# sh ver
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_support_serie
s_home.html
Copyright (c) 2002-2018, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained herein are owned by
other third parties and are used and distributed under license.
Some parts of this software are covered under the GNU Public
License. A copy of the license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

Nexus 9000v is a demo version of the Nexus Operating System

Software
  BIOS: version 
  NXOS: version 7.0(3)I7(5)
  BIOS compile time:  
  NXOS image file is: bootflash:///nxos.7.0.3.I7.5.bin
  NXOS compile time:  8/28/2018 2:00:00 [08/28/2018 09:51:46]


Hardware
  cisco Nexus9000 9000v Chassis 
   with 8129568 kB of memory.
  Processor Board ID 97FLMMDKDSD

  Device name: switch
  bootflash:    3509454 kB
Kernel uptime is 0 day(s), 0 hour(s), 5 minute(s), 58 second(s)

Last reset 
  Reason: Unknown
  System version: 
  Service: 

plugin
  Core Plugin, Ethernet Plugin

Active Package(s):

switch# 

[mvanoverbeek]

ThankYou Uldis I Will check that as well om the min. Requirements setting of nxosv

[mvanoverbeek]

I checked the Cisco site and could not really find any information about the required CPU.
My system config is like this:
VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 5969303
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz
4 logical CPUs
2 NICs
1 VM

If i run "top" in EVE it indeed cotinuously runs Qemu at 100%. Looking at this CPU though it
Is there any command i can run on EVE to figure out that CPU capacity is indeed my issue?

Thanks

[Uldis (UD)]

your system 100% can run NX9K FOR SURE mate...
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Uldis