[ixpmanager] switch add to ixp manager + ixp manager installation

[Haider Ali]

Kindly see this?

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 8:51 PM Haider Ali <haiderrana45 at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I want to simulate route server and two customers sharing IP addresses
> with quagga BGP configurations, Should the route server be in peering LAN?
>
> If route server is in peering LAN then how will IXP manager ping the route
> server that resides in different LAN?
>
> Sincerely,
> Haider
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 8:35 PM Nick Hilliard (INEX) <nick at inex.ie> wrote:
>
>> Haider,
>>
>> You need two LANs: one for peering and one for management.  The peering
>> LAN will be your IXP LAN and should contain only customer router IP
>> addresses.  The management LAN should contain IXP Manager and the
>> management IP address of your switch.  When you configure it like this, the
>> server running IXP Manager should be able to ping the switch's management
>> address.
>>
>> Your other questions are related to configuration of virtualisation
>> systems. I'm sure VMware Desktop or VirtualBox can both handle the network
>> connectivity requirements that you're looking for, but we don't use either
>> of these systems  internally at INEX so I can't offer advice on how to
>> configure them.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Haider Ali <haiderrana45 at gmail.com>
>> 30 July 2019 at 16:06
>>
>> Dear All,
>> I am new to IXP manager but I now want to add two customers and one
>> switch to IXP manager.
>>
>> I am simulating an IXP for now.  For which, I used two computers as ISPs
>> having their own ASes and one switch and one route server in a single LAN.
>>
>> Currently, I am running IXP manager in Ubuntu 18 server which is running
>> on VMWare (which is running on Windows). I have HP Aruba Switch 2930F which
>> I want to connect with IXP manager. I think that IXP manager should also be
>> in the same LAN in which my IXP is running. Can I connect the switch (or
>> IXP) to IXP manager which is running inside VMWare?
>>
>> I added a switch in an ixp manager. How will it be connected to switch?
>> Should the switch physically connected to the server? Should the server
>> reside in the same subnet? Should server have the same subnet as of switch
>> and customers (ISPs or ASes)?
>>
>> If I give the wrong information about switch then How will I come to know
>> that ixp manager didnt find the switch?
>> And similarly, How will customers with dummy IP addresses be detected by
>> ixp manager?
>>
>>
>> The basic question is:
>> I added the switch and ixp manager added switch for me. I want to check
>> that can it access my switch? How will I come to know about it?
>>
>> I have a vague answer to my question that first of all the ixp manager is
>> behind the NAT of VMWare and is outside the LAN in which my IXP and
>> customers reside. It should be in the LAN of IXP so that it finds the
>> switch and customers. So, I want you to guide on the basic question above
>> that how will IXP manager find switch if it is not in the same LAN? If it
>> is not finding switch then how will it say or notify me? Basically, I want
>> to debug whether switch is connected or customer is added or not?
>>
>> --------------------------------
>> The second question I have is that I first installed Ubuntu 18 desktop.
>> Then I installed VirtualBox and inside that VirtualBox, I installed Ubuntu
>> 18 server and IXP manager successfully. It gave me the IP address of the
>> IXP manager. But, that IP is inaccessible through the firefox of Ubuntu 18
>> desktop. Can you tell why is that?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Haider Ali
>>
>>
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