Who currently runs Router OS virtualized?
- I do.
- I don’t.
- I haven’t had the time, but plan on it.
In Router OS 4.6 running on a XenServer 5.5 VM, everything works. When I upgrade to 5.0 beta 1, the Ethernet Interfaces are gone. Obviously it is difficult to access the Router if there are no NICs.
FYI, here is the output from RouterOS 4.6 running on XenServer:
[admin@MikroTik] > /system resource pci print
# DEVICE VENDOR NAME IRQ
0 00:08.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev: 32) 5
1 00:05.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev: 32) 10
2 00:04.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev: 32) 5
3 00:03.0 XenSource, Inc. Xen Platform Device (rev: 1) 10
4 00:02.0 Cirrus Logic GD 5446 (rev: 0) 0
5 00:01.3 Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev: 1) 10
6 00:01.2 Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 USB [Natoma/Triton II] (rev: 1) 5
7 00:01.1 Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II] (rev: 0) 0
8 00:01.0 Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II] (rev: 0) 0
9 00:00.0 Intel Corporation 440FX - 82441FX PMC [Natoma] (rev: 2) 0
Please, please keep the Xen Platform Device drivers in the kernel! This is the best way for me to run the Dude server - RouterOS on XenServer VM! I hope it’s an easy compile option for the devs at Mikrotik. We use XenServer since it’s currently free, and works great as a host for MANY Windows 2008 servers and various Linux servers.
I digress. I’m thinking the Xen Platform drivers were just accidentally left out of the beta 1 release. Please don’t confuse this with running a Xen Server in Router OS, which I know has been removed. I’m referring to a XenServer client VM situation here, which like I said worked beautifully until 5.0 beta 1 dropped it.
I will be glad to test in any way I can!
John