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You must have a Cisco device installed with an operating system release that supports virtual services and has the needed system infrastructure required for specific applications like Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow.
Note | A compatibility matrix is delivered with each Cisco application. Refer to this matrix for information about which operating system release supports the features and infrastructure necessary for a particular application such as Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow. |
You must download an open virtual application (OVA) package that is compatible with the device operating system, and downloaded from an FTP server connected to the device.
You must have enough memory for installation and deployment of application. Refer to the application configuration guide for specific recommendations.
Information About Virtual Services Container
A virtual services container is a virtualized environment on a device. It is also referred to as a virtual machine (VM), virtual service, or container.
You can install an application within a virtual services container. The application runs in the virtual services container of the operating system of a device. The application is delivered as an open virtual application (OVA), which is a tar file with a .ova extension. The OVA package is installed and enabled on a device through the device CLI.
Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow is an example of an application that can be deployed within a virtual services container.
Some of the files that can be found in an OVA file are the following:
Virtual machine definition file, in libvirt XML format, with Cisco extensions.
Manifest file, listing the contents of a distribution. It contains the hash information for each file in the OVA package.
Certificate file containing the signature of a manifest file. This file is used in validating the integrity of an OVA package.
Version file, used to check compatibility with the virtualization infrastructure.
This section includes the following required and optional tasks:
This task copies an open virtual application (OVA) package from an FTP file location, installs the application in a virtual services container, provisions the application, and activates it.
You can now begin using your application.
(Optional) Perform this task to uninstall and deactivate an application from within a virtual services container.
(Optional) Perform this task to upgrade a virtual services container application.
Note | An application upgrade might require an upgrade of the device operating system. Check the compatibility matrix of the respective application software release before upgrading it. |
You can now begin using your application.
Information collected using the commands listed below can be sent to Cisco Technical Support for troubleshooting purposes.
Troubleshooting Virtual Services Containers
Device# show virtual-service list Virtual Service List: Name Status Package Name ------------------------------------------------------------------- multiova Activated multiova-working.ova WAAS Installed ISR4451X-WAAS-5.2.0-b...
Device# show version 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) 2002-2013, 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. Software BIOS: version 1.2.0 loader: version N/A kickstart: version 6.0(2)U1(1) system: version 6.0(2)U1(1) Power Sequencer Firmware: Module 1: version v4.4 BIOS compile time: 08/25/2011 kickstart image file is: bootflash:///n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U1.0.78.bin kickstart compile time: 5/7/2013 12:00:00 [05/07/2013 19:45:30] system image file is: bootflash:///n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U1.0.78.bin system compile time: 5/7/2013 12:00:00 [05/07/2013 20:54:48] Hardware cisco Nexus 3048 Chassis ("48x1GE + 4x10G Supervisor") Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU P450 with 3980876 kB of memory. Processor Board ID FOC16434LJ2 Device name: n3k-202-194-2 bootflash: 2007040 kB Kernel uptime is 0 day(s), 19 hour(s), 5 minute(s), 45 second(s) Last reset at 132996 usecs after Wed May 8 18:27:54 2013 Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload System version: 6.0(2)U1(1) Service: plugin Core Plugin, Ethernet Plugin
Device# dir bootflash: 407 May 08 21:35:52 2013 admin.rc.cli 1332 Feb 28 16:51:27 2013 bxmnt-n3k 3348 May 08 16:21:57 2013 config-sumana-08-may-13 2826744 Feb 13 15:00:49 2013 dd2 2826744 Jan 30 15:26:15 2013 dplug 10273827 Apr 10 03:09:52 2013 gdb 123496 Apr 10 03:12:46 2013 libexpat.so.0 2016 Feb 28 15:18:33 2013 linux-mount-setup-n3k 2826744 Jan 29 19:51:24 2013 lltor-dplug_md.bin 49152 Nov 29 00:52:45 2012 lost+found/ 1903 Jan 11 16:08:49 2013 mts.log 31884800 Apr 01 18:40:52 2013 n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U1.0.36.bin 31864320 Apr 08 15:53:00 2013 n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U1.0.44.bin 32757760 May 08 16:37:08 2013 n3000-uk9-kickstart.6.0.2.U1.0.78.bin 232540777 Apr 04 18:24:30 2013 n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U1.0.40.bin 232535711 Apr 08 15:51:49 2013 n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U1.0.44.bin 232632475 May 08 16:36:35 2013 n3000-uk9.6.0.2.U1.0.78.bin 53555200 May 08 15:37:44 2013 n3k_ofa.ova 55101440 Feb 28 20:27:39 2013 n3k_ofa.ova-gdb 52613120 Apr 04 18:26:55 2013 n3k_ofa.ova.port-channel2 58675200 Feb 01 14:47:44 2013 n3k_ofa.ova1 58675200 Feb 01 20:40:47 2013 n3k_ofa.ova31-6 2201210 Feb 27 20:30:02 2013 of_agent 56729600 May 08 16:41:33 2013 ofa-0.1.0_46-n3000-SSA-k9.ova 4096 Jan 29 17:52:15 2013 onep/ 8552 Apr 04 18:10:50 2013 saveApril3 7536 Feb 28 19:08:06 2013 saveConfigFeb28 4096 Jan 29 00:48:00 2010 vdc_2/ 4096 Jan 29 00:48:00 2010 vdc_3/ 4096 Jan 29 00:48:00 2010 vdc_4/ 4096 May 08 18:56:52 2013 virt_strg_pool_bf_vdc_1/ 4096 Apr 09 20:24:06 2013 virtual-instance/ 0 May 08 16:51:44 2013 virtual-instance-upgrade.conf 63 May 08 16:51:44 2013 virtual-instance.conf Usage for bootflash://sup-local 1558257664 bytes used 90365952 bytes free 1648623616 bytes total
Device# show virtual-service global Virtual Service Global State and Virtualization Limits: Infrastructure version : 1.5 Total virtual services installed : 1 Total virtual services activated : 1 Machine types supported : LXC Machine types disabled : KVM Maximum VCPUs per virtual service : 1 Resource virtualization limits: Name Quota Committed Available -------------------------------------------------------------- system CPU (%) 6 1 5 memory (MB) 256 256 0 bootflash (MB) 256 164 92
Device# show virtual-service list Virtual Service List: Name Status Package Name ------------------------------------------------------------------- WAAS Activated ISR4451X-WAAS-5.2.0-b...
Device# show virtual-service Virtual Service Global State and Virtualization Limits: Infrastructure version : 1.5 Total virtual services installed : 1 Total virtual services activated : 1 Machine types supported : LXC Machine types disabled : KVM Maximum VCPUs per virtual service : 1 Resource virtualization limits: Name Quota Committed Available -------------------------------------------------------------- system CPU (%) 6 1 5 memory (MB) 256 256 0 bootflash (MB) 256 164 92
Device# show virtual-service list Virtual Service List: Name Status Package Name ------------------------------------------------------------------- WAAS Deactivated ISR4451X-WAAS-5.2.0-b...
Device# delete bootflash:virtual-instance.conf Device# reloadSolution If the problem persists, collect general troubleshooting information and contact Cisco Technical Support. For more information, see Collecting General Troubleshooting Information.
Device# show virtual-service list Virtual Service List: Name Status Package Name ------------------------------------------------------------------- oneFW Activated iosxe-cx-9.0.2-hudson...
Device# delete bootflash:virtual-instance.conf Device# reloadSolution If the problem persists, generate general troubleshooting information and contact Cisco Technical support. For more information, see Collecting General Troubleshooting Information.
Device# enable Device# copy scp://myserver.com/downloads/ofa-1.0.0-n3000-SPA-k9.ova bootflash:/ofa-1.0.0-n3000-SPA-k9.ova Device# virtual-service install name openflow_agent package bootflash:ofa-1.0.0-n3000-SPA-k9.ova Device# configure terminal Device(config)# virtual-service openflow_agent Device(config-virt-serv)# activate Device(config-virt-serv)# end Device# copy running-config startup-config
Device# show virtual-service list Virtual Service List: Name Status Package Name ----------------------------------------------------------------------- openflow_agent Installed ofa-1.0.0-n3000-SPA-k9.ova
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The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.
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Virtual Services Container |
Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow runs in an operating system-level virtual services container on a device. Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow is delivered in an open virtual application (OVA). The OVA package is installed and enabled on the device through the CLI. |
Application installed within and hosted from a virtual ervices container on a device.
This is another name for virtual service container.
Application instance running within a container.
Operating system installed on a device.
Kernel Virtual Machine. This is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel.
Linux Container. Operating system virtualization technology that shares the host kernel with the guest, but provides namespace extensions to the kernel.
An Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow switch configured on a device and controlled by an external controller using flows defined on the controller.
This is an open virtual application. Software package used to install an application and related metafiles within a container. This is a tar file with a .ova extension.
A physical device on which Cisco Plug-in for OpenFlow application is installed and deployed.
This is another name for virtual service container.
This is another name for virtual service container.
This is a virtualized environment on a device on which an application can be hosted. A virtualized environment on a Cisco device is called a Cisco virtual-services container.
This is the virtualization manager. A process that manages virtual service containers and runs as a host process.