BrandonCCIE Posted July 12, 2023 Posted July 12, 2023 Anybody seen this new vDNAC OVA file yet?? We know it's been released, so anybody willing to share this?? I mean, it's going to be free to students anyways, I don't understand the logic on this one.
Myccie Posted July 13, 2023 Author Posted July 13, 2023 8 hours ago, BrandonCCIE said: Anybody seen this new vDNAC OVA file yet?? We know it's been released, so anybody willing to share this?? I mean, it's going to be free to students anyways, I don't understand the logic on this one. I believe this is not available for the public. Only beta version was given to some companies by Cisco, and it will be risky for the individual to distribute it globally. 2
certway4life Posted July 27, 2023 Posted July 27, 2023 On 7/13/2023 at 12:03 PM, Myccie said: I believe this is not available for the public. Only beta version was given to some companies by Cisco, and it will be risky for the individual to distribute it globally. This will eventually be shared by someone. The current DNAC qcow2 image is also not tagged "for public use by cisco" I believed someone shared it to help the countless students who benefited from it and enhanced their career. Someone with similar heart will share the DNACv ova and people like me would be forever grateful for it, progress with our learning journey and eventually give back to the community of students who are not so privileged to work in companies with this kind of privileges. Just biding my time.
ksh Posted August 16, 2023 Posted August 16, 2023 awesome. thx. Def. have been waiting for the virtual one for a while
ksh Posted August 17, 2023 Posted August 17, 2023 On 6/26/2023 at 2:30 AM, Myccie said: Here is the VM settings. Also, all the disk should be within the same virtual drives, otherwise you won't be able to create the VM. Unfortunately i'm not able to get it installing under those circumstances. Some error of the device-mapper docker seems not to run. Any ideas?
certway4life Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 22 hours ago, ksh said: Unfortunately i'm not able to get it installing under those circumstances. Some error of the device-mapper docker seems not to run. Any ideas? Please share the image, mate. I can try to install it in my lab environment and give a feedback. 3
ksh Posted August 26, 2023 Posted August 26, 2023 (edited) @certway4lifeThe image is the iso from wufiles.ru that has been shared here in the thread. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38649262080 May 12 07:15 DNAC-SW-2.3.3.7.iso Edited August 26, 2023 by ksh 2
xtab Posted August 30, 2023 Posted August 30, 2023 Cisco DNA Center installs very well, using the original DNAC ISO installation file, directly into an ESXI environment, absolutely no issues. You need a server with dual CPU with at least 12 cores each, better 16 or 20 cores and a minimum 256GB of RAM. The secret of a successful installation is in giving enough CPUs, enough RAM(256GB min) and very important thing - to simulate the number of disks and storage space exactly as on a DNAC physical appliance. Absolutely same disk space and number of disks, otherwise DNAC will install but it will be very unstable and do weird things, like not showing or opening different things on the GUI. DNA Center will install perfectly if you follow the specs of a real physical DNAC appliance or server from Cisco. I have already installed DNA Center on different servers using the ISO file from the Cisco website. I can add and manage Cisco devices, no issues. No need for an OVA file or anything like that. Good luck! 1
benbu Posted August 31, 2023 Posted August 31, 2023 I think you are missing the point here that the specs for the ova is 32vCPU/256GB Ram, whereas the physical appliance which you need to simulate to install the iso have minimum specs of 88vCPU/256GB Ram. Not many of us have a machine which has those heavy specs but any relatively cheap HP Proliant Gen7/8 DL380 server supports 32vCPU/(upto 800GB Ram). Since the CPU is the deciding factor here, ova from Cisco which can run on our meager Hardware would be the choice for most of us here. 1
ksh Posted September 4, 2023 Posted September 4, 2023 On 8/30/2023 at 4:35 AM, xtab said: Cisco DNA Center installs very well, using the original DNAC ISO installation file, directly into an ESXI environment, absolutely no issues. You need a server with dual CPU with at least 12 cores each, better 16 or 20 cores and a minimum 256GB of RAM. The secret of a successful installation is in giving enough CPUs, enough RAM(256GB min) and very important thing - to simulate the number of disks and storage space exactly as on a DNAC physical appliance. Absolutely same disk space and number of disks, otherwise DNAC will install but it will be very unstable and do weird things, like not showing or opening different things on the GUI. DNA Center will install perfectly if you follow the specs of a real physical DNAC appliance or server from Cisco. I have already installed DNA Center on different servers using the ISO file from the Cisco website. I can add and manage Cisco devices, no issues. No need for an OVA file or anything like that. Good luck! Well, I have tried to put all of that into my ESXi environment (as seen in the screenshot). However, that does not work and this is due to the missing running docker container. I cant figure out why the docker is crashing at startup. I'm also doubting if I might need to partition the disks upfront as lvm or if the installation does that?
RISENTOP333 Posted September 17, 2023 Posted September 17, 2023 i dont think so anyone here is having the vDNAC , all files share above are DNAC only which was available on cisco download page better we wait for vDNAC release ...no other option
BrandonCCIE Posted September 18, 2023 Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) It would be great to have this smaller OVA DNAC one day.... but more importantly gaining the knowledge to attempt the CCIE EI exam. Need DNAC in homelabs for exam prep; simple as that. Edited September 18, 2023 by BrandonCCIE
certway4life Posted October 9, 2023 Posted October 9, 2023 Anyone got the vDNAC ova image and willing to share yet?
zazu Posted October 24, 2023 Posted October 24, 2023 On 5/28/2023 at 9:58 AM, Myccie said: Hello Folks, Does anyone have the Cisco DNACv ova to share please. I am aware it is distributed to some Cisco partners, but is not available for everyone. Tks
BrandonCCIE Posted October 27, 2023 Posted October 27, 2023 Surely the Networking Gods are going to bless the community soon with this lite version of DNAC. Would love to see this OVA shared with the community for CCIE exam readiness.
wekin Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 On 5/29/2023 at 12:45 PM, ipmanyak said: 0 Posted May 21 If need anybody DNAC-SW-2.3.3.7 Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. Hidden Content Give reaction or reply to this topic to see the hidden content. thx guys 5 1 1
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