The Network Simulator, integrated with Simulation Toolkit, helps you to simulate a network with SNMP, TL1, CLI, TFTP, FTP, Telnet and IOS devices. It provides an intuitive UI to simulate a network in Windows, Linux, and Solaris.

The Network Simulator provides a rich set of utilities which help in setting up a simulated network in a very short time. The use of Jython-based scripting allows advanced modeling of agent behavior, trap generation, creation of error scenarios, and expression of inter-relationships between MIB variables and across agents. This enables simulation of real-time behavior of devices.

Each simulated device can support its own MIBs, TCS File, data, and IP Address. The devices support TFTP client and server protocol and FTP client protocol, to enable transfer of files between the manager and the agent. You can add your device to the network tree and then drag and drop the device to the blank network to simulate a network of devices.

The following topics are covered in this section:

• Getting Started

• Device Library

• Device Tree Configuration

• Creating and Configuring a Network

• Editing Operation of Devices

• Finding a Device in the Network

• Viewing Device and Network Info

• Modifying Device Information

• Deleting Devices in the Network

• Deleting the Network

• Saving the Network

• Starting and Stopping the Network

• Starting and Stopping Agents in the Network

• Loading and Unloading a Network

• Porting your Network

• Automated Network Simulation

• Starting Multiple Network from Command Line