Cisco Wide Area Applications Services Command Reference Guide 5.5.1

(config-vb) vnc

(config-vb) autostart

To set a virtual blade to automatically start when the WAE is started, use the autostart virtual blade configuration command. To prevent a virtual blade from starting automatically, use the no form of this command.

autostart

no autostart

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Examples

The following example shows how to configure virtual blade 2 to start automatically when the WAE restarts:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# autostart

Related Commands

(config-vb) boot

To configure the boot image location and source for a virtual blade, use the boot virtual blade configuration command.

boot {cd-image {cd-rom | disk location } | fd-image disk location |
from {cd-rom | disk | network}}

Syntax Description

cd-image	Specifies the location of the boot CD image for the virtual blade. This image can be located on a CD in the WAE CD-ROM drive or it can be an ISO file located on the WAE hard drive.
cd-rom	Specifies that the CD image location is a physical CD in the WAE CD-ROM drive.
disk location	Specifies that the CD image location is an ISO file on the WAE hard drive (for example, /local1/vbs/windows_2003.iso).
fd-image disk location	Specifies the location of the floppy disk image for the virtual blade. This image file must be located on the WAE hard drive (for example, /local1/vbs/fdimage).
from	Specifies the source from which the virtual blade will boot. The boot source (defined by the boot cd-image command) can be a physical CD or a CD image.
cd-rom	Specifies that the virtual blade boots from a physical CD or a CD image (.iso image file stored in the /local1/vbs directory). If you specify this option, the cd-image option is required and configures the location of the boot image.
disk	Specifies that the virtual blade boots from a guest OS installed on the WAE hard drive. If you specify this option, the cd-image option is optional and configures the location of a CD-ROM image that is made available to the guest OS (but is not used for booting).
network	Specifies that the virtual blade boots from a network location. You must have PXE enabled on your network.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Usage Guidelines

The floppy disk image and bootable CD-ROM image must be located in the /local1/vbs directory. The path used with the boot cd-image disk and boot fd-image disk commands must be /local1/vbs/ filename. The CD-ROM image can be used to boot the operating system running on the virtual blade. The floppy disk image reserves resources for an emulated floppy disk drive on the virtual blade.

Use the boot from cd-rom option before you have installed a guest OS, to boot from a guest OS installer CD (a physical CD or an.iso file located in /local1/vbs).

Use the boot from disk option after you have installed a guest OS, to boot from the installed guest OS.

If you specified boot from disk, the cd-image keyword is optional and configures the location of a CD-ROM image that is made available to the guest OS (but is not used for booting). The CD image can be changed during operation, by using the virtual-blade n cd eject EXEC command followed by the virtual-blade n cd disk /local1/vbs/ newimage .iso or the virtual-blade n cd cd-rom EXEC command.

The boot from network option requires PXE to be enabled on your network. A DHCP broadcast message with PXE boot options is sent, and the DHCP server provides the location of files to download for boot.

Use the boot from network option to install the same version of software to many virtual blades, or to boot each virtual blade with a complete OS stored and managed in a centralized network location. If you are network booting to install the guest OS, then you may want to configure the virtual blade to boot from the disk on subsequent boots. You can do this by modifying the boot from parameter while the virtual blade is running.

Examples

The following example shows how to configure virtual blade 2 to boot from a CD image file (such as a guest OS installer CD) located on the WAE hard disk:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# boot from cd-rom

WAE(config-vb)# boot cd-image disk /local1/vbs/windows_2003.iso

The following example shows how to configure virtual blade 1 to boot from a CD-ROM located in the WAE optical drive:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 1

WAE(config-vb)# boot from cd-rom

WAE(config-vb)# boot cd-image cd-rom

The following example shows how to configure virtual blade 1 to boot from a previously installed guest OS installed on the WAE hard disk:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 1

WAE(config-vb)# boot from disk

The following example shows how to configure virtual blade 1 to boot from a network location:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 1

WAE(config-vb)# boot from network

Related Commands

(config-vb) cpu-list

To configure the CPU assignments that the virtual blade runs on, use the cpu-list virtual blade configuration command. To remove the virtual blade CPU list configuration, use the no form of this command.

cpu-list cpu1 [cpu2]

no cpu-list cpu1 [cpu2]

Syntax Description

cpu-list cpu1 [cpu2]

Specifies the CPUs that are available for this virtual blade. The virtual blade may run on a single CPU or both, if available.

Defaults

A single CPU is assigned per virtual blade by default. If more than one CPU is available, odd numbered virtual blades will use CPU 1, and even numbered virtual blades will use CPU 2.

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Usage Guidelines

If the CPU list contains a single entry, then only that CPU will be used. If the CPU list contains two entries, then both CPUs will be used in SMP mode.

You may configure any combination of CPUs, however enabling a virtual blade to use more than one core in SMP mode may interfere with another virtual blade using the same core. In this case, a warning is displayed.

Note A running virtual blade can be moved between CPUs, but the virtual blade must be stopped to add or remove CPUs.

The number of CPUs available for virtual blades depends on the device. On a device with two CPUs, one CPU is always reserved for the WAAS software. On a device with four CPUs, two are reserved for the WAAS software. If no virtual blades are started, all CPUs are used for the WAAS software.

Examples

The following example shows how to configure CPU 1 and CPU 2 for virtual blade 2:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# cpu-list 1 2

Related Commands

(config-vb) description

To enter a description for a virtual blade on your WAE, use the description virtual blade configuration command.

description description-text

Syntax Description

description-text

Text to briefly describe the virtual blade.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Examples

The following example shows how to define the descriptive text for virtual blade 2 as “Windows Server 2003”:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# description Windows Server 2003

Related Commands

(config-vb) device

To set the device emulation parameters used by the virtual blade on your WAE, use the device virtual blade configuration command.

device {cpu {qemu64 | qemu32 } | nic {rtl8139 | E1000 | virtio } | disk {IDE | virtio} |
keyboard {emulation}}

Syntax Description

cpu	Specifies the CPU emulation to be used on the virtual blade.
qemu64	Specifies a 64-bit processor emulator.
qemu32	Specifies a 32-bit processor emulator.
nic	Specifies the network interface card emulation to be used on the virtual blade.
rtl8139	Specifies a Realtek network card emulator.
E1000	Specifies an Intel PRO/1000 network card emulator.
virtio	Specifies a generic NIC emulator optimized for virtual machines.
disk	Specifies the type of hard drive emulation to be used on the virtual blade.
IDE	Specifies an IDE (ATA) type disk emulator.
virtio	Specifies a generic disk controller emulator optimized for virtual machines.
keyboard emulation	Specifies the keyboard device emulation. See Usage Guidelines for values.

Defaults

The default values are as follows:

device cpu qemu64
device nic rtl8139
device disk IDE
device keyboard en-us

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Usage Guidelines

Table 3-1 shows valid values for keyboard device emulation.

Table 3-1 Keyboard Device Emulation Values
Emulation	Value
Arabic	ar
Danish	da
German	de
German (Swiss)	de-ch
English (UK)	en-gb
English (US) (default)	en-us
Spanish	es
Estonian	et
Finnish	fi
Faroese	fo
French	fr
French (Belgium)	fr-be
French (Canada)	fr-ca
French (Switzerland)	fr-ch
Croatian	hr
Hungarian	hu
Icelandic	is
Italian	it
Japanese	ja
Lithuanian	lt
Latvian	lv
Macedonian	mk
Dutch	nl
Dutch (Belgium)	nl-be
Norwegian	nor
Polish	pl
Portugese	pt
Portugese (Brazil)	pt-br
Russian	ru
Slovenian	sl
Swedish	sv
Thai	th
Turkish	tr

Examples

The following example shows how to set the device emulation parameters for virtual blade 2. The CPU emulator is set to qemu64, the NIC emulator is set to rtl8139, and the disk type emulator is set to IDE.

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# device cpu qemu64

WAE(config-vb)# device nic rtl8139

WAE(config-vb)# device disk IDE

Related Commands

(config-vb) disk

To allocate disk space for a virtual blade on the WAE hard drive, use the disk virtual blade configuration command.

disk disk1-size disk2-size disk3-size disk4-size

Syntax Description

disk1-size	Amount of disk space allocated for the virtual disk 1 of the virtual blade in gigabytes. The range of valid values is from 1 to 1000.
disk2-size	Amount of disk space allocated for the virtual disk 2 of the virtual blade in gigabytes. The range of valid values is from 0 to 1000.
disk3-size	Amount of disk space allocated for the virtual disk 3 of the virtual blade in gigabytes. The range of valid values is from 0 to 1000. If you are using IDE disk emulation, you must specify 0 for the size of disk 3, because this IDE bus position is used for a CD-ROM.
disk4-size	Amount of disk space allocated for the virtual disk 4 of the virtual blade in gigabytes. The range of valid values is from 0 to 1000.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Usage Guidelines

You can configure up to four virtual hard disks on the virtual blade.

Examples

The following example shows how to allocate 40 GB of disk space for a single virtual hard disk in virtual blade 1:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 1

WAE(config-vb)# disk 40

The following example shows how to allocate four virtual hard disks in virtual blade 2:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# disk 10 30 0 15

Related Commands

(config-vb) interface

To bridge a virtual blade interface to an interface on your WAE, use the interface virtual blade configuration command.

interface vb-interface bridge-group bridge-id [ mac-address mac ]

Syntax Description

vb-interface	Virtual blade interface to be bridged; valid values are 1 or 2.
bridge-group bridge-id	Specifies that a virtual blade interface is bridged to a bridge virtual interface associated with the specified bridge group.
mac-address mac	(Optional) Specifies the MAC address to be assigned to the virtual interface. If you do not specify a MAC address, WAAS generates one for the interface.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Usage Guidelines

The virtual blade requires bridging of its virtual interface to a bridge group on the WAE so that it can connect to the network defined in the bridge group. You must have previously defined the bridge group and bridge virtual interface by using the bridge and interface bvi global configuration commands.

Examples

The following example shows how to bridge interface 1 on virtual blade 2 to bridge group 3:

WAE# configure

WAE(config)# bridge 3 protocol ieee

WAE(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 1/0 bridge-group 3

WAE(config)# interface bvi 3 ip address 10.10.10.10 255.0.0.0

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# interface 1 bridge-group 3

Related Commands

(config-vb) memory

To allocate memory for a virtual blade from the WAE system, use the memory virtual blade configuration command.

memory memory-allocation

Syntax Description

memory-allocation

Amount of memory allocated for the virtual memory of a virtual blade, in megabytes.

Defaults

No default behavior or values.

Command Modes

virtual blade configuration mode

Device Modes

application-accelerator

Usage Guidelines

The amount of memory that can be allocated for a virtual blade depends on the amount of memory in your WAE or WAVE appliance, and on the amount of memory that is assigned to other virtual blades. The minimum amount of memory that you can allocate for a single virtual blade is 512 MB.

Examples

The following example shows how to allocate 4 MB of memory for virtual blade 2:

WAE(config)# virtual-blade 2

WAE(config-vb)# memory 4

Related Commands