Hi !
Ther are some info on installing the vQFX10k , this one was helpful for me
vQFX 10k Testlab on ESX 6.0 / 6.
(NOTE that the RE needs a lot of memory if you add interfaces, I use 6GB/RE)
but on ESX/ESXi you also need to set the correct mac-adresses (at least for all interfaces starting with xe-0/0/1, the xe-0/0/0 worked for me without setting the correct mac-adress))
em3 to xe-0/0/0
em4 to xe-0/0/1
.....
I have written a procedure for the vMX and adapted it for the vQFX which does this automatically on each commit
The script sets the correct mac address on any configured XE interface ( taken from the corresponding em(+3) interface,.
- the mac address is visible under current address in show interface
- Only if there is a mac adress set in the configuration, that one will be overwritten with the correct one.
- If the interface belongs to an ae-set, then there will be no mac adress set, as the mac-address is set by the ae
- if the config contains an interface without a corresponding em-interface , it signals an error on commit
the procedure is attached...
Installation on RE
> file copy <location>/set-em-mac-to-xe-ae-vQFX.slax /var/db/scripts/commit/
>edit
# set system scripts commit allow-transients
# set system scripts commit file set-em-mac-to-xe-ae-vQFX.slax
# commit
Hope that helps to install vQFx10k on ESXi, I assume that the mac-seting is also needed on VMware Workstation but I have not tested it.
Another hint: there are a bunch of et,xe... interfaces with DHCP in the startup-factory-default, clear them all before starting with your configuration.
and yes independent of your ESXi physical interfaces the interfaces are 10gig XE interfaces.
With best regards
Alexander Marhold
JNCI, JNCIP-DC,....