Configuring Cisco UCS emulator
Cisco UCSPE is available in an OVA or a ZIP file. It is packaged on CentOS Linux (a Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone operating system). This virtual machine (VM) can run Cisco UCSPE on a standard laptop or desktop computer meeting the minimum system requirements. A UCS emulator application OVA or ZIP file is approximately 500 MB.
System requirements
The minimum system requirements for the installation of UCS emulator are as follows:
- 1.8 GHz CPU
- 2 GB free RAM
- 8 GB free disk space
- Mozilla compatible browser (Firefox or Chrome)
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6
Hypervisor prerequisites
UCSPE can be installed on the following type 1 and type 2 hypervisor platforms:
- VMware Player 4.0 and above (Windows and Linux version)
- VMware Fusion 4.0 and above for Apple Mac OS
- VMware Workstation 7.0 and above (Windows and Linux version)
- VMware ESXi 4.0 and above
- Microsoft Hyper-V
VMware Player for Microsoft Windows is a free download from VMware. For a basic home-based lab environment, VMware...
