It removed some advanced feature from the 60 day demo such as clustering but I am unlikely to use it anyway. I was about to purchase a VMware licence but found I could use the free licence. Now I just need some extra DRAM so that I can turn up the Embedded Service Engine and run CIMC Express - evidently it requires 1GB of RAM, and the second CF slot to be populated. GNS3 running on the router backplane via SRE-V (for funzies): | Customize System/View Logs Shut Down/Restart | | Download tools to manage this host from: | | VMware ESXi 5.0.0 (VMKernel Release Build 474610) | VMware ESXi 5.0.0 build-474610 running on SRE Getting status from the Service Module, please wait.
Testout lab 15.2.4 registration#
Jul 19 00:39:55.495: %SM_INSTALL-6-INST_RBIP: SM1/0 received msg: RBIP Registration Request Jul 19 00:39:24.171: %SM_INSTALL-6-RBIP_STATUS: SM1/0 RBIP status is at Secondary Bootloader Verified Copying to Primary. Please wait for module to reset before next operation
Please wait for module to reset before next operation. Jul 19 00:37:01.967: %SM_INSTALL-6-INST_PROG: SM1/0 PROGRESSING: Performing Hot install. Jul 19 00:36:32.887: %SM_INSTALL-6-INST_PROG: SM1/0 PROGRESSING: Starting payload download. Jul 19 00:36:30.627: %SM_INSTALL-6-INST_PROG: SM1/0 PROGRESSING: Starting payload download. Jul 19 00:35:57.843: %SM_INSTALL-6-INST_PROG: SM1/0 PROGRESSING: Parsing package manifest files. Jul 19 00:35:57.731: %SM_INSTALL-6-INST_PROG: SM1/0 PROGRESSING: Validating package signature. Jul 19 00:35:40.851: %SRE_SM-6-STATE_CHANGE: SM1/0 changing state from SERVICE_MODULE_STATE_ERRQ to SERVICE_MODULE_STATE_STDY Jul 19 00:34:53.515: %SM_INSTALL-6-INST_RBIP: SM1/0 received msg: RBIP Registration Request
Testout lab 15.2.4 install#
Install status : Waiting for RBIP registration Service Module is trying to recover from error Please select disk configuration (-1 = nonraid, 0 = raid0, 1 = raid1 ) : 0 Service Module heartbeat-reset is enabledĬ2911_HQ#service-module SM1/0 install url ftp://admin: /.2.0.1.pkg Service Module is waiting for registration message Service Module supports session via TTY line 67 Service-module ip default-gateway 10.1.200.1 I have a vSphere license that I'm using in the lab - which apparently works fine on the SRE (no more eval warning).
Testout lab 15.2.4 full#
Software installed without a hitch - not sure what happens after the ESXi eval period though = may still work with limited functionality like a full blown install, may not work at all. NAME: "Services Module with Services Ready Engine on Slot 1", DESCR: "Services Module with Services Ready Engine"