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Description

This article presents the steps necessary to implement a 128T Virtual Network Function.

Solution

Documentation for 128T Session Smart Router: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/product/us/en/session-smart-router/
To download the qcow2 file: https://software.128technology.com/artifactory/list/generic-128t-images-release-local
This qcow file can be downloaded to the NFX's /var/public directory. The 128T VM requires 8 GB of memory, and 4 CPU's.

The commands to use to implement the VM from the qcow are as follows:

set virtual-network-functions ssr image /var/public/ssr.qcow2
set virtual-network-functions ssr image image-type qcow2
set virtual-network-functions ssr virtual-cpu count 4
set virtual-network-functions ssr virtual-cpu features hardware-virtualization
set virtual-network-functions ssr interfaces eth2 mapping vlan mode access
set virtual-network-functions ssr interfaces eth2 mapping vlan members 100
set virtual-network-functions ssr interfaces eth2 mapping peer-interfaces ge-0/0/0
set virtual-network-functions ssr interfaces eth3 mapping vlan mode access
set virtual-network-functions ssr interfaces eth3 mapping vlan members 200
set virtual-network-functions ssr interfaces eth3 mapping peer-interfaces ge-0/0/1
set virtual-network-functions ssr memory size 8388608
set virtual-network-functions ssr memory features hugepages page-size 1024

To connect to the SSR VNF

> request virtual-network-functions ssr console

Modification History

2023-04-07: Initial publication
2023-06-29: Removed link for ISO file (since it is not relevant for SSR in NFX). Also, removed duplicate/redundant URL links)