Introduction

AdventNet Simulation Toolkit is a comprehensive and versatile set of intuitive tools that simplify development, testing, and demonstration of network management products without requiring real devices. It provides unparalleled benefits and capabilities to simulate a network with SNMP, TL1, TFTP, FTP, Telnet and IOS manageable devices on a single PC, in addition to simulating standalone SNMP and TL1 agents. The Topology editor enables establishing inter-connections across routers, switches and other network devices and visualize the topological relationship between the devices.

AdventNet Simulation Toolkit 6 offers a completely new data model that enables creation of large networks in seconds and offers enhanced network performance. Since the simulated environment is fully controllable, complete testing of the management application can be done with 100% accuracy. Every tool is independent and you can use them for your specific requirements.

The various sections that are covered in this product documentation is given below. Please choose the section, based on your requirement, to learn more.

The Quick Tour section gives an overview about Simulation Toolkit, the product experience, and the valuable features available with the product. Further, it provides the contact information and various other products of AdventNet.

The Installation Guide gives you an overview of the system requirements and how to install the product. It also provides information on licensing, installing patches, the directory structure, the third-party software that are bundled with the product.

The Release Notes section explains features available with the current release of the product. It also gives a list of Known issues and Limitations with the current release of the product.

The SNMP Agent Simulator Guide explains in detail about the usage of the features supported in simulating a standalone SNMP agent.

The TL1 Agent Simulator Guide explains in detail about the usage of the features supported in simulating a standalone TL1 agent.

The Network Simulator Guide explains in detail about the usage of the features supported in simulating a network with SNMP and TL1 devices.

The IOS Simulator Guide explains in detail about the Cisco IOS software simulation supported in the Network simulator.

The TFTP, FTP and Telnet section explains the TFTP client and server protocol, FTP client protocol and Telnet support implemented in Simulation Toolkit, to enable transfer of files between the manager and the agents.

The Managing Agents and Network via RMI section explains the RMI support in SNMP Agent Simulator, TL1 Agent Simulator and Network Simulator, to manage the simulated agents via RMI, from a remote client program. The RMI client APIs defines the methods in the simulator which can be accessed via RMI.

The SNMP Trap Recorder explains the usage of the Trap Recorder tool to record SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c traps. The Network Recorder explains the usage of the Network Recorder tool to record real networks.

The topic Simulating Large Networks explores the capabilities of Simulation Toolkit to simulate a large network with ease at the shortest possible time.

The Performance Guide gives the performance statistics of the Network Simulator.

SNMP Trap Stormer explains the usage of this exclusive tool to configure and send SNMP v1/v2c traps.

SNMP Proxy Agent Simulation explains the Proxy feature to simulate such scenarios, where there are multiple SNMP agents with different community strings.

TL1 Gateway Network Simulation explains the Gateway NE feature to simulate multiple NEs connected via a GNE and also simulate the GNE.

Migration Guide is designed to aid users of AdventNet Simulation Toolkit 5 in migrating to the latest AdventNet Simulation Toolkit 6 release version.

TroubleShooting Guide helps you in identifying and correcting some common problems that you might encounter while working with the different tools available in the product.

Using Test and Editor Tools section explains about the functionality of each test tool and editor tool that is bundled with this product.

FAQs section lets you familiarize yourself with the frequently asked questions.