We are researching information to transitioning a test and dev system to a virtual environment.
We have the physical server conversion handled, but there has been a question raised.
Basically, there are Cisco switches and routers in the testbed and we need the capability to simulate these in a virtual environment.
We want to be able to be able to run the same iOS (cisco os) and network configurations on a virtual cisco device.
To my knowledge, there is no way to PtoV a Cisco Switch or Router.
Are than any appliance that simulates the different Cisco brands of equipment?
I assume we could create multiple vSwitches and connect to ESXi physical NICs and attach the real thing, but we were hoping move to a complete virtualization solution.
thanks