Meru Technical Note - Installation of Virtual Controller on VMWARE Workstation 8
Installation of Virtual Controller on VMWARE Workstation 8
Scope
KB ARTICLE TYPE: Configuration
RELATED PRODUCTS: MC1500VE, MC3200VE, MC420VE
RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS:5.2-59
KEYWORDS:Virtual Controller, VMWARE, WORKSTATION
Solution
- Download the image file from support portal
- Extract the file and you should see three files in it. - .img, .vmx, .vmdk
- Edit .vmx file and add the following lines to it and save the file.
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:80:c6:90"
ethernet1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet1.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet1.addressType = "generated"
ethernet1.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE"
ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:80:c6:a0"
ethernet1.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10"
- Open VMWARE Workstation 8.0 and then click on "Open a Virtual Machine".
- Controller will boot up and come to normal login screen.
- Login to the Controller and run "setup" command to do the basic setup(like ip address, DNS, time etc.)
- Controller should be accessible over the network now with the ip address that we assigned while running "setup".
