Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Request for Viptela(Cisco) vManage/vBond/vSmart Version 16.3.x OVAs

Fellow Networkers,

If you're gearing up for SD-WAN and are thinking about Viptela/Cisco, I hope this post can save you some time when it comes to setting up a lab. My colleague and I were in the process of setting up a Viptela/Cisco SD-WAN fabric, using v18.3.0. After the control plane was setup, we were ready to add our first edge device, only to find out that, "Prior to software version 17.x this file was just a CSV file made up of the chassis number and certificate serial number of the vEdges. After 17.x the vEdge serial file became a signed binary file that can only be downloaded from Viptela and only includes the vEdges for which you have purchased a license." -- https://codingpackets.com/blog/viptela-control-plane-setup/ -- Gee Thanks, Cisco. BTW this blog is a GREAT resource and if the author is on /r/networking, thank you thank you thank you! But the part that explains why you need to use a version prior to 17.x doesn't come until AFTER you've explained how to setup the control plane (doh!). Unless I skipped over or missed something... No big.

So, would any of you happen to have & be willing to share the ESXi OVA files for Viptela vManage, vBond, and vSmart, version 16.3.x? Cisco's done a pretty good job of removing them from the searchable internet. If you can't post a public link, please PM me. I have some bandwidth to spare, so i can host the files to our community (if you'll allow it of course).

Thanks!



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