Create a vEOS-lab vm with vmware Esx

Before starting, download vmdk and aboot.iso from arista.com. This example uses vEOS-lab-4.23.M.vmdk and Aboot-veso-8.0.0.iso. 

Based on my experiences. vEOS-lab has more features enabled than vEOS-cloud, for example, IGP/ISIS. 




1. Click "Create/Register VM", then "Creat a new VM"


2. Set ESX and OS values


3. Customize Setting. 2 vCPU and 4GB memory should be enough for lab usage. Need to be careful about HD and CD/DVD. 

3.1 HD1 must use IDE0:slave. (IDE0:master is saved for CD/DVD to bootup)



3.2 Add 2nd HD to use the download vmdk file. And uses IDE1:Master. (ISCSI doesn't work)




3.3 Set CD/DVD to use the downloaded Aboot.iso file. By default it uses IDE0:Master.



4. Now all setting is done. You can power up the vEOS. It would boot up with ZTP enabled and would broadcast DHCP requests to get initial setup. You can login by using id - admin, and type "zerotouch disable", then router would reboot and change the behavior to normal router