#Gns3 network simulation software#

Figure 2 indicates how these applications interact to create multiple virtual devices on a single hardware platform. The simulation environment uses multiple applications to operate virtual network topologies. The result permits testing and analysis of potential network designs as well as a learning aid for many network based technologies.įigure1: Sample HP Lab Environment showing Simware 7 integration with Checkpoint Firewall and multiple Windows 2008 servers

In addition, this guide details the basic build and operation of a Windows based host that can be used in the simulated environment.Īs an example of use, figure 1 shows a topology using multiple network technologies from HP, Microsoft and Checkpoint simulating a typical computer network system.

#Gns3 network simulation software#

The purpose of this document is to detail the installation steps to enable GNS3 integration with HP Comware 7 simulation software and thus quickly produce your own network topologies using multivendor virtual machines with the aid of the Oracle VirtualBox hypervisor. GNS3 is a popular GUI and simulation package for Cisco based topologies that can be extended to work with HP and other vendor simulation packages filling this gap in functionality. However a key feature lacking is visual representation and control of the topologies that the new version of Simware can produce. The latest iteration of the Simware 7 platform has now been modified to operate on the VirtualBox hypervisor rather than QEMU which has brought substantial improvements to the speed and operation on Windows based machines. The HP Network Simulator enables the generation and design of virtual Comware 7 based labs for testing and training purposes. Integrating the HP Network Simulator with GNS3Ī guide for installation and operation of multivendor virtual labs with VirtualBox and GNS3ĥ.1.2Make the Comware simulator config file17ĥ.1.4Create the Simware 7 switch instances18ĥ.3Testing Comware switch integration with GNS324ĥ.4.3Using Wireshark to capture network traffic27Ħ.2.3Add the CSR1000v instances to GNS334Ĭopyright 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Integration of HP Network Simulator with GNS3