Appendix A: Install and Configure Spirent Virtual LabServer
Spirent Virtual LabServer (vLS)
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Getting Started with Spirent TestCenter
Spirent Virtual LabServer (vLS)
Spirent provides the following files to create vLS, effective with Spirent TestCenter
version 4.99:
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OVA format VM Image (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.99.xxxx.ova)
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Checksum file (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.99.XXXX.ova.sha256)
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OVA format VM Image (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.99.xxxx-SHA1.ova)
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Checksum file (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.99.XXXX-SHA1.ova.sha1)
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QCOW2 format VM Image (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.99.xxxx.qcow2)
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Checksum file (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.99. XXXX.qcow2.sha256)
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QCOW2 format VM Image (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.97.xxxx-
compat.qcow2)
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Checksum file (Spirent_TestCenter_LabServer-4.97. XXXX-
compat.qcow2.sha256)
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XZ format Docker Container Image (labserver-4.99.xxxx.tar.xz)
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Checksum file (labserver-4.99.xxxx.tar.xz.sha256)
Note:
The file names provided in this section are examples of the file
formats
. The release
version number may be different in your product.
You can choose either the OVA or QCOW2 VM image file to create the vLS, depending
on the hypervisor in your virtualization environment. Users with older hypervisors may
use the OVA image with the -SHA1 name, if the system does not support an SHA256
checksum. The two OVA files are otherwise identical.
Users with older QEMU hypervisors should use the QCOW2 image with the
-compat
file
name; this file can be read by any QEMU version since 0.10. The QCOW2 image
without
the
-compat
file name contains image format extensions that can only be understood by
QEMU version 1.1 and newer. The two QCOW2 files are otherwise identical.
Choose the Docker container image if you want to run LabServer natively on a bare metal
Linux server without a hypervisor. Checksum files (<filename>.sha256 or
<filename>.sha1) are available for the container and VM images to verify the integrity of
the downloaded files.
Notes: •
Recommended system requirements for vLS:
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4 core CPU
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32 GB RAM
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100 GB disk (SSD or better)
Five (5) concurrent RFC2544 benchmark tests of 90 ports each were tested on
this system configuration.
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If you need to run sensitive or long duration production tests, with a custom
array of mixed protocols, and you want to ensure the system is configured
appropriately, please contact Spirent Customer Support (refer to page
complete contact information).
