Appliance Setup Debugging

When the appliance is shipped to customer, it is in a setup ready stage. Ideally customers need not worry about the scripts mentioned in this section. However, if there was some issues setting up the appliance, user may choose to run below test scripts under /data/imaging/ directory to verify the settings:
  • dca-200-veos-test.sh
  • dca-200-veos-test-nics.py

/data/imaging/dca-200-veos-test.sh checks things like hyperthreading, interface MTU and etc.

Below output from the script means appliance is properly setup: 

[root@cv /data/imaging]# ./dca-200-veos-test.sh
Device '10GB1' successfully disconnected.
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/19)
Device '10GB2' successfully disconnected.
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/20)
Device '10GB3' successfully disconnected.
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/21)
Device '10GB4' successfully disconnected.
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/22)
Appliance is correctly set for VEOS use
Note: /data/imaging/dca-200-veos-test.sh will bring host interfaces down and up again, which may impact running VMs traffic on the host.

/data/imaging/dca-200-veos-test-nics.py creates 4 VMs and sends traffic among them to test NICs are setup properly for creating new VMs and sending traffic.

Below output from the script means appliance NICs are in good stage: 

[root@cv /data/imaging]# ./dca-200-veos-test-nics.py -a -i /data/tools/CloudEOS.qcow2 
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut1']
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut2']
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut3']
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut4']
Creating instance autoDut1
Creating instance autoDut2
Creating instance autoDut3
Creating instance autoDut4
Starting Traffic test on created VMs
Running Tests onautoDut1
Running Tests onautoDut2
Running Tests onautoDut3
Running Tests onautoDut4
All Tests finished Successfully
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut1']
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut2']
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut3']
Cleaning up VMs:['autoDut4']
Note:To make /data/imaging/dca-200-veos-test-nics.py test properly, appliance interfaces have to be connected in a way that 10GB1 connects to 10GB3, 10GB2 connects to 10GB4 and there’s no existing VMs on the appliance.

If there are error messages shown from the above two test scripts, user can run /data/imaging/dca-200-veos-setup.sh to re-setup the appliance. Note, The /data/imaging/dca-200-veos-setup.sh will reconfigure the interfaces and other parameters on the appliance and reboot the VMs, which may affect the running VMs to working properly and stop.

The appliance shipped should be in good condition, and quality checked stage, where setup and test scripts have already been run. So it is NOT recommended for customer to run /data/imaging/dca-200-veos-setup.sh without contacting Arista support.