Adding VMware VMs to GNS3 Topologies. Adding VMware VMs to GNS3 Topologies. This document explains how to add VMware virtual machines to GNS3 topologies. Even though this document discusses the use of VMware virtual machines, you can do something similar using Virtualbox. This document will show you two methods of adding a virtual machine to GNS3 Manually using a local install of GNS3 Using an appliance and adding the VM to the GNS3 VMNOTEWe are not discussing the importing of the GNS3 VM in this document but rather the addition of other virtual machines to GNS3 topologies which may be running in the GNS3 VM or running locally. Driver Sony Ericsson Z530i Windows 7. The data of the VMware VMs are stored outside GNS3. This mean a topology using a VMware VM will not be portable on a different computer. If you want a portable topology you will need to use Qemu. You cant run multiple instances of the same VMware VM if you are using VMware Player. 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The user interface of VMware Fusion is different to VMware Workstation, but it works in the same way with GNS3. If you already have a virtual machine imported into VMware Workstation, go to the next section of this document. Download or copy of a virtual machine ISO to your local computer. In this example, Tiny. Core Linux is used. This is a recommended lightweight Linux distribution Download link http tinycorelinux. ISO on local PC In VMware Workstation, click File and then New Virtual Machine Follow the VMware Wizard to import create the new virtual machine. In the first step, select Typical and then click Next   Point to the ISO file downloaded and click Next   Select Linux as the Guest operating system and Ubuntu as the Version and then click Next         Name the VM and change the default Location if you want to. In this example the VM is called Tiny. Core Local VMware and the default Location is used. Then click Next Specify the amount of disk space required by your virtual machine. In this example only 1 GB is allocated. Then click Next Click Customize Hardware        Customize the hardware of the VM as required. In this example only 9. Vmware Workstation 9 Portable DownloadMB of RAM is required for the VM. Once the required changes have been completed, click Close        To complete the VM import, click Finish The VM is now available in VMware Workstation Power on the virtual machine in VMware Workstation Install the operating system as required. Tiny. Core Linux does not require this and is booted to RAM by selecting Boot Tiny. Core Complete any operating system installation setup as required. In this example, Tiny. Core simply boots up and no configuration is required Once install is completed, shut down the virtual machine You are now ready to integrate the new VM with GNS3. Once you have installed and configured your virtual machine in VMware Workstation, you are ready to integrate the VM with GNS3. Start GNS3 and create a New project Click Edit and then Preferences Click VMware VMs Click New to add a new virtual machine Select the virtual machine from the VM list. In this example Tiny. Core Local VMware is selected. Then click Finish The new virtual machine is now available in GNS3. Click Edit to change the VM settings Click the Network Tab Check the Allow GNS3 to us any configured VMware adapter checkbox then then click OK Click VMware to edit the VMware configuration        Click the Network Tab to view the available Managed VMnet interfaces The number set here depends on the topologies you are going to use with GNS3. Start with a range of vmnet. Click Configure. GNS3 will create the relevant network adapters on your PC Once completed, click Click OK to complete the integration. Once you have integrated the new virtual machine with GNS3, you can now create topologies that contain the new VM. To create a new GNS3 topology, select a group of devices in the Devices Toolbar by clicking the Browse End Devices button. The new virtual machine is now available to be added to a GNS3 topology Drag and drop the selected node device to the GNS3 Workspace. An instance of the node becomes available in the Workspace. In this example, the Tiny. Core PC is now available Drag and drop another node into the GNS3 Workspace. In this example, a router was added to the GNS3 workspace. The devices available will depend on your GNS3 configuration Click the Toolbar Device button again to collapse the group Click the Add a Link button to start adding links to your topology. The mouse cursor will change to indicate that links can be added Click on the VM device in your topology to display available interfaces. In this example Ethernet. Click the interface and then select another device in the topology to connect the interface to. In this example Ethernet 0 on Tiny. Core Local VMware was selected and the link was joined to R1 Select an interface on the second device to complete the connection. In this example, Fast. Ethernet 00 on R2 was selected Click the Add a Link button to stop adding links. The mouse cursor will change back to normal to indicate that you have stopped adding links Click the ShowHide interface labels button on the GNS3 Toolbar to display interface labels in your topology You are now ready to power on your network devices. Click the StartResume button on the GNS3 Toolbar to start up your network devices GNS3 indicates that the devices have been powered on by turning the interface connectors from red to green You are now ready to configure your devices. Click the Console connect to all devices button on the GNS3 Toolbar to open a connection to every device in the topology A console connection is opened to the router in the topology You can access the virtual machine console using VMware In this example, R1 is configured as follows R1 configure terminal. R1config interface fast. Ethernet 00. R1config if ip address 1. R1config if no shutdown. R1config if end. R1Configure the VM with an IP address in the same subnet. In Tiny. Core, this is done by first selecting the Control Panel Click Network        Configure the relevant IP addressing information and click Apply and then Exit        In this example the following settings have been used Interface eth. IP address 1. 0. Mask 2. Broadcast 1. 0. 1. Gateway 1. 0. 1. DNS 8. Open a terminal on the virtual machine Ping R1 from the Tiny. Core PC        Result The New Tiny. Core PC can ping the GNS3 router R1. Congratulations You have integrated a new VMware virtual machine with GNS3.