![]() ![]() Distribution of IOU images to customers or external persons, orĭiscussion of IOU with customers or external persons, is prohibited.ĭon’t do it or we’ll have to come and kill you. From an old,Ĭisco IOS on Unix is a tool intended for internal use Usage of Cisco IOU is potentially a legal gray area. If you are not an authorized Cisco employee (or trusted partner), If you have never used a UNIX CLI before, you probably want GNS3 instead. Of vi (or other UNIX text editors) and basic shell scripting would be useful. IOU, you will need to be familiar with the UNIX command line. Graphical installer allows pretty much anyone capable of clicking “Next” What skills do I need to run IOU? Dynamips, dynagen, and GNS3Īre all cross-platform and can be run on Windows, Linux, and OS X. Any examples that I provide in this FAQ will be based upon Cisco IOU running on Debian. While the images should run on any 32- or 64-bit (x86/amd64) Linux host, I highly recommend using Debian GNU/Linux. The versions of IOU that have been available via BitTorrent are all Linux only, I believe. Not sure the OS X builds are still maintained). Nowadays, however, there are also builds for Linux and OS X (though I’m It is my understanding that, initially, IOU was Solaris (SPARC) only. This is useful for validating networkĭesigns, proof-of-concept testing, and certification self-study. IOU allows you to build out a network topology on a single PC without With regard to functionality, it is very similar to GNS3 but it does not require nearly the resources that several virtual routers running under dynamips does. IOU supports all platform independent protocols IOU is built as a native Solaris image and run just Is a fully working version of IOS that runs as a user mode UNIX ![]() Allįrom the Cisco Engineering Education Web Site (a long time ago): Mileage may vary, void where prohibited, for a limited time only. I make noĪssurances as to the accuracy of any of the information herein. On my own or contributed by other users of IOU (thank you!). Most of the information in this FAQ has been gathered fromĭocumentation that is several years old. If you wish to share or link to the FAQ, please use this permanent URL. It is not intended to be comprehensive or complete To an overwhelming number of requests for information about Cisco This list of frequently asked questions has been compiled in response Have put together this comprehensive list of frequently asked questions Blog comments and e-mails since I first posted about Cisco IOU, so I ![]()
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