Cisco CSR1000v#
Cisco CSR1000v virtualized router is identified with vr-csr
kind in the topology file. It is built using vrnetlab project and essentially is a Qemu VM packaged in a docker container format.
vr-csr nodes launched with containerlab comes up pre-provisioned with SSH, SNMP, NETCONF and gNMI services enabled.
Managing vr-csr nodes#
Note
Containers with CSR1000v inside will take ~6min to fully boot.
You can monitor the progress with docker logs -f <container-name>
.
Cisco CSR1000v node launched with containerlab can be managed via the following interfaces:
to connect to a bash
shell of a running vr-csr container:
docker exec -it <container-name/id> bash
to connect to the CSR1000v CLI
ssh [email protected]<container-name/id>
NETCONF server is running over port 830
ssh [email protected]<container-name> -p 830 -s netconf
Info
Default user credentials: admin:admin
Interfaces mapping#
vr-csr container can have up to 144 interfaces and uses the following mapping rules:
eth0
- management interface connected to the containerlab management networketh1
- first data interface, mapped to first data port of CSR1000v line cardeth2+
- second and subsequent data interface
When containerlab launches vr-csr node, it will assign IPv4/6 address to the eth0
interface. These addresses can be used to reach management plane of the router.
Data interfaces eth1+
needs to be configured with IP addressing manually using CLI/management protocols.
Features and options#
Node configuration#
vr-csr nodes come up with a basic configuration where only admin
user and management interfaces such as NETCONF provisioned.