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VRP first steps on a router and a switch

Meet the Huawei VRP command line on an AR router (VRP5) and a CloudEngine switch (VRP8). You move between views, use help and completion, name and address the devices, read display output, undo mistakes, and save a configuration you can prove will survive a restart.

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In your workspace: Shared, then HCIA-Datacom H12-811 guided labs, then 01 - VRP first steps on a router and a switch

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Level
Beginner
Time
About 45 minutes
Nodes need
3 vCPU, 4,096 MB
Smallest plan
Lite

The scenario

It's your first week on the Northwind Logistics network team. Two new devices sit on the bench: an AR router and a CloudEngine switch, joined by one cable. Before they go into the rack, your lead wants you to get fluent with the Huawei command line on both. You'll name them, give them addresses, prove they can reach each other, and save a configuration that survives a restart.

DeviceInterfaceAddressNotes
R1GE0/0/0 (GigabitEthernet0/0/0)10.0.0.1/24Link to SW1
R1LoopBack01.1.1.1/32Always-up test address
SW1Vlanif110.0.0.2/24The switch's own address in VLAN 1

What you’ll practise

  • Move between the user view, system view and sub-views, and use ?, Tab and abbreviations
  • Name devices and configure interface and loopback addresses
  • Explain the VRP8 two-stage commit compared with VRP5's immediate changes
  • Use display, display this, | include and undo
  • Save the configuration, check the start-up file and work with the flash file system

The tasks

  • Task 1: Find your way around (R1)
  • Task 2: Name the router and tidy the console
  • Task 3: Address R1
  • Concept: the two-stage commit on VRP8
  • Task 4: Name and address the switch
  • Task 5: Prove it works
  • Task 6: Undo a mistake
  • Concept: running and saved configuration
  • Task 7: Save and check
  • Task 8: The file system

The Lab Tasks pane has the scenario, these tasks, the checks to run, hints and the full solution.

Topology and devices

The network as it opens in EVE-NG, drawn from the lab’s own canvas, and the image each node runs.

Topology of VRP first steps on a router and a switch2 nodes, 1 link. Every link is listed as text below the diagram.R1SW1GE0/0/0GE1/0/1
2 nodes, with the interface names each link uses.
Every link, as text
  • R1 GE0/0/0 to SW1 GE1/0/1
Nodes in VRP first steps on a router and a switch, with the image each runs and the vCPU and RAM it’s set to
NodeDeviceImage in Add NodeSet to
R1Huawei AR1000V routerhuaweiar1k-5.170-V300R022C00SPC100-Auto-update-esn1 vCPU, 2,048 MB
SW1Huawei CloudEngine CE6800huaweice6800-bundled2 vCPU, 2,048 MB

How to open this lab

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder HCIA-Datacom H12-811 guided labs.

  3. Open 01 - VRP first steps on a router and a switch and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the scenario and the steps.

The lab is read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change it, rebuild it in your own folder.

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