This is a Cisco ACI Simulator (Application Centric Infrastructure) version 5.2-5c. The ACI Simulator is a Virtual Machine Appliance that simulates a Cisco ACI environment. It does it by creating a Network of several APIC Controllers Application Policy Infrastructure Cont. With Cisco ACI Spines and Cisco ACI Leafs. This is a great tool for the CCNP and even CCIE DC (Data Center) Exams. This Simulator is implemented on a Dell R620 Server with 128GB RAM + 1TB SSD Drive. The Server also includes an EVE-NG VM with Nexus 7000 & 9000 Virtual Switches (NX-OSv 7K & 9K). This provides the ability to create a separate Leaf & Spine Switch Nodes within the EVE-NG VM. The EVE-NG VM also includes Network Nodes needed to emulate a Viptela SD-WAN Network. The R620 Server comes with 2 x Ten -Core Processors (Xeon E5-2660v2). Ten-Core Processors have 20 vCPU’s. Therefore, this Server has a total of. These are the main features of the Dell R620 Server used to build this Lab: – 2 x Ten-Core Processors Xeon E5-2660 or higher. 4 x Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces – - 128GB RAM can grow up to 768GB! – 1TB SSD Drive (can be upgraded to 2TB SSD) – Operating System. VMware ESXi 6.5 Raw Metal Virtualization OS. Please notice that the Monitor is not included. You’ll need a Monitor and a Keyboard to operate this Server. This System actually implements 2 main VM’s (each one is a separate Virtual Machine). Cisco ACI Simulator. (Emulated Virtual Environment-Next Generation). Ver 5.0.1. In addition, this Server also includes the following VM. Cisco CML-2 Server. (Cisco Modeling Labs) ver 2.6.1. (Latest version, 90-Day License included). The main features of the ACI Simulator don’t require a License. But some special/advanced features do need a License. However, in case that you need to use any of these. Advanced features, you can register the Product to obtain. Evaluation License (or Demo License). With a 90 Days Validity Period. If you need to use the. Advanced features after 90 days after. The Evaluation License expires you can simply re-install the VM. OVA file needed for this purpose. The ACI Simulator can be re-installed an unlimited number of times! Therefore, it can be used indefinitely! The EVE-NG Server includes Nexus 7K & 9K Virtual Switches that allow you to create Leaf & Spine Switch Nodes. This Server will also let you simulate all the Network Nodes needed to implement a. This includes the SD-WAN Controllers, also known as Control Plane Components. VBond – vSmart – vManage. And the WAN Edge Nodes, also known as the Data or Forwarding Plane Devices. The SD-WAN Controllers use the most recently approved version: 20.9.3 The WAN Edge Nodes can be implemented with the Viptela vEdge Software ; also version 20.9.3. But they can also be implemented with a CSR1000v Router or with a CAT8000v Router. We include the following versions. CSR1000v with IOS XE version 16.12.5 – CAT8000v with IOS XE version 17.9 (latest version). For a complete list of the Virtual Devices included with this Server. Is a Free, Open Source Software that can be used to simulate complex networks. CML-2 is a Cisco Licensed Software that can also be used to simulate complex networks. The main advantage of EVE-NG over CML is the fact that while CML provides a Cisco-only environment, EVE-NG is NOT limited to Cisco Devices! EVE-NG provides a Multi-vendor environment! That is, it allows you to emulate complex Networks with all kinds of Network Devices! Please scroll down for more specific differences between EVE-NG and CML. Please also notice that the item price doesn’t include the License for CML-2. Important Note about the CML-2 License. However, some Virtual Devices do work better and faster under CML than under EVE-NG. Just like all Servers, this item needs a separate computer (Client PC) to manage the Server and its VM’s. Typical Server Management tasks include. Power up/Power down VM’s, Assign VLAN’s and Network Ports to the VM’s, etc. The ESXi Server can be managed using either special Software known as the. Both computers (Server and Client PC) must be connected to a LAN Switch that could be your Home Router/Switch from your ISP. Using your Home Router/Switch will the Server access to the Internet, which could be needed for some tasks. Server comes with 128GB RAM. But RAM can grow up to 768GB! These are some other upgrade options available. 1TB SSD Drive upgrade to 2TB or even 4TB SSD. Please write to us for details about these Upgrade options. These are some of the most important features of the Cisco CML-2 Software : – Includes Official Cisco Images it is the only Tool fully Licensed and approved by Cisco! – Multiple Network Platforms (IOSv, IOSvL2, NX-OSv, IOS XRv, IOS-XEv and ASAv Firewall) CML-2 comes with a complete set of Legal and Fully Licensed Cisco IOS Images that are the same as those running on physical Routers & Switches. New Cisco IOS releases are provided in a regular basis. So you’ll always have the most up to date Virtual IOS Images! It supports the classic IOS Images found in common ISR Routers and Layer 2 Switches. It doesn’t support Layer 3 Switches yet, but it might do so in the near future. In addition to the classic IOS Images, CML supports advanced Platforms such as. (used in Service Provider environments) It also supports the. That can be used for Security related tasks. Finally, it also supports. Which is the virtual version of the Cisco IOS XE Software that comes in the newest ISR Routers like the 42XX, 43XX and 44XX Series! Like GNS3, EVE-NG is Free because it doesn’t include the actual IOS Images needed to boot the Virtual Devices in your Network. Without the proper IOS Images, EVE-NG alone would be basically useless! Therefore, you’d need to provide these IOS Images and upload them to EVE-NG. GNS3 & EVE-NG Users normally struggle trying to find the proper IOS Images. However, our EVE-NG Server is already pre-loaded with multiple IOS Images! As mentioned before, our EVE-NG Server includes all the Network Nodes needed to emulate a. In addition, our Server is pre-loaded with the following IOS Images. Cisco IOSv Router version 15.9.3 – Cisco XRv Router version 6.3.1 – Cisco XRv-9K Router version 7.2.1 – Cisco CSR1000v and CAT8000v Routers versions 16.2 and 17.9 Switches – Cisco NX-OSv 9K Nexus Switch version 9.2.2 – Cisco NX-OSv 7K Titanium Nexus version 7.3.0 – Cisco Layer-2 Switch with IOSv-L2 version 15.2. You can create multiple instances of these Virtual Devices, which are fully setup and ready to use! You can also implement many other Virtual Devices, provided that you upload the proper IOS Image for them. This Virtual Lab has been fully tested and. Therefore it’s guaranteed to work! I f you have any questions about the operation of this Virtual Lab, you can always count on us We’ve been providing Networking Training Kits for years with hundreds of very satisfied customers! Please notice that due to the complex nature of this item we need. 2-3 days for processing. (it depends on where you live). Thank you for looking!