To get the OnTap simulator working correctly with ESX, the virtual switch that your VM is connected to must allow promiscuous mode (which is disabled by default). Read the following:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/netapp/toasters/7091
-Robert
Robert Borowicz wrote:
He all,
I'm working for a start-up now who is trying to develop against the OnTap SNMP agent and API to do Systems Mgmt with the appliance we make. I've suggested using the SIM for OnTap 7.3 and have stood it up on a ESX VM imaged with CenOS 5.2.
I can install the OnTAP SIM just fine with all the defaults using dir /sim, 3 disks, and using eth0 on the VM image of CenOS.
Our lab at work uses 192.168.10.1 for a Def Gate and the host VM is using 192.168.9.110 and I can ping the Def Gate from CenOS just fine. But when I fire up the SIM (letting it DHCP an addr) I can't ping the Def Gate from the SIM.
So I asked the ESX admin at work to create another interface on my VM CenOS environ. He gave it a static, (192.168.9.109) and I applied it to eth1 as it were. I STILL can't ping the Def Gate via the SIM. I CAN ping the IP I stood up for the SIM (.109) from other boxes in the lab but just not ANYTHING from inside the SIM on the VM.
Anybody try to use a VM to run the SIM in and see similar experiences ?
I stood up the same 7.3 SIM at home on a Generic Athlon 3200+ running CenOS 5.2 and it's FINE. That box only has one NIC and the OnTap 7.3 SIM piggy backs onto eth0 just fine creating NS0 and booting up fine.
Suggestions welcomed.
I've asked the lab manager for my own bare metal to run the SIM on in meantime....
TIA
-Rob