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RouterOS Virtualization
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Problem with bridges and dhcp-server on x64 mode still persists on rc16.

Tested on ESXi 5.5 with E1000 and VMXNET3 interfaces.

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What about KVM ?

103

Could you add igbvf driver to the release in order to use SR-IOV?

104

we are planning to add that. Have to get proper hardware etc.

just add additional storage as a device use VIRTIO

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Thank you! Looking forward to it.

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Hi everyone

I wanted to test the addition of a second Vmware scsi drive on CHR 6.31rc16

My CHR is installed on ESXi 5.5u2, i’ve added a new virtual disk drive (scsi, dependant, thin provisionned) but the command /disk print answers nothing.

How do we add a new virtual disk on CHR ?

Thanks for your help

107

Would it be possible to add/remove vNICs from CHR while running?

Other guest OSes (Windows, Linux) do support this feature and allow you to add remove virtual hardware without rebooting the VM.

Is that something you would be able to support on CHR? It would be really useful :slight_smile:

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I’m answering to myself: i’ve reconfigured the new disk as IDE and it is now detected by RouterOS.

but the changelog says “chr - added support for VMware SCSI virtual disks”

why is that ?

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I’m testing it on VMware Player and not only SCSI disks work, they can be even added/removed without turning the VM off. I have scsi0.virtualDev=“pvscsi” in .vmx (did not test others). CHR 6.31rc16.

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platform for testing Vmware virtualization is ESXi 6.0

scsi configuration for the test:

scsi0.virtualDev = "pvscsi"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
scsi0:0.fileName = "test_2.vmdk"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "192"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 6e f4 ee b7 a0"

also, add scsi drives in order (starting with 0) jumping over may yield strange results.

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I’ve just started VmWare image successfully on my Proxmox machine! Good job MikroTik! :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your answer Janisk

For my first attempt, I used the template “Other Linux 64bit” and it defaulted with LSI Logic SCSI controller and E1000 network adapter.

I created a new virtual machine with the template “Other Linux 3.x 64bit” and the machine is now created with VMware paravirtual controller and VMXnet3 network adapters.

But I was still unable to boot the VM with disk in SCSI mode (works fine with IDE), I had to “import” the vmdk with the following command executed on the ESXi console :

vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/Datastore_local_x3300/CHR2/chr-6.31.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/Datastore_local_x3300/CHR2/chr-6.31import.vmdk

My CHR VM is now booting in full SCSI paravirtual mode on ESXI 5.5u2 :smiley:

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we will look into other virtual SCSI devices for vmware. Cannot promise that they will be able to boot them. There are 2 other “controllers” that might get support.

114

Any idea when bridges will be fixed?

115

Hello,

Where can I find the last CHR vmdk disk?. Do I need to convert the img file to a vmdk?

Regards

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You can download the .img file and using “StarWind V2V Converter” you can convert it to anything you’d like (its free).
http://www.mikrotik.com/download/share/chr_6_31rc16.img



Regarding Fast Path:
Does anyone able to get fastTrack to work with it? I assume since it suppose to work with FastPath it has support for FastTrack as well?

117

Is 6.31 Img going to be available through the download page ?

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I couldn’t find it either. I downloaded the RC, upgraded it, reset the configuration to completely blank, and made a new copy of the img.

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sorry, did not upload them on time.

http://www.mikrotik.com/download/share/chr_6_31.img
http://www.mikrotik.com/download/share/chr_6_31.vmdk

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Hello Janisk,

I updated my Vbox version to 5.2 and now I can choose the virtualization option (like KVM, Hyper-V, Legacy, etc…) and now, works perfectly.

Thank you very much.