Create Cisco Switch with IOU [IOS On Unix] Loaded on CentOS

ciscoThe tutorial describes steps required for creating Cisco switch based on IOUl2. The Qemu image with installed CentOS Linux is loaded with IOU image. The IOU (IOS on UNIX) instances are attached to the network using iou2net.pl script written by Jeremy L. Gaddis. The script forwards frames between a IOU instance and a Qemu network adapters. The script is started using tap mode when Qemu interfaces are bridged with virtual tap interfaces.

1. Create Qemu image

/usr/local/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 ./centos6.0-ioul2.img 2000M

2. Download CentOS 6.0 minimal install CD

wget http://centos.arcticnetwork.ca/6/isos/i386/CentOS-6.0-i386-minimal.iso

Start Qemu image with attached CentOS minimal CD. Read more