u/ParrotSecurity_EST

Trying to learn ACI and setting up the ACI Simulator on my Windows machine using Hyper-V. I extracted the .vmdk from the official Cisco OVA, converted it to a .vhdx, and built the VM.

It boots up fine, but I hit a wall with two issues:

• Console Loop: When I open the VM console, it asks for a username. As soon as I type it and press Enter, it just loops back and asks for the username again. I never get prompted for a password.
• No Ping: I assigned a management IP, but I cannot ping it from my host machine.

I've attached it to an External Virtual Switch. I suspect the VMDX conversion stripped out or broke the TTY serial console settings that APIC relies on, or the network interfaces aren't mapping cleanly to Hyper-V adapters.

Has anyone gotten the simulator to behave nicely on Hyper-V? Or should I just give up on native Windows virtualization and spin up VMware Workstation Player?

Appreciate any advice!