12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Network Simulation
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Network Components Router/SwitchSwitch/Hub Client Computers Server
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Simulation Goals To predict system behavior under various traffic loading conditions To evaluate failure performance To evaluate design options
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Simple Laboratory LAN
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Simulation Software - Comnet III Complete dynamic network simulation system Supplies frames/packets according to specified ransom distribution Simulates randomly distributed service times Records data and generates reports
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Workspace
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Toolbar
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Insert Network Object
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Define Properties
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Edit Default Values
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Expand Network
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Add Sources and Responses
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Edit Source Properties
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Edit Multiconnect Properties
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Edit Response Properties
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Select Distribution Function
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Select Report Items
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Specify Simulation Parameters
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Set Animation Parameters
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Start Simulation
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Read Simulation Report
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Basic LAN with Sources
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Preparing Subnet for Routing Delete server and server response Add network device - hub or switch
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Deletion of Server and Source
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Adding Hub/Switch
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Selecting Switch Type
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Updating Switch Parameters
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Resulting Subnet Form
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Creating the Top Level Add a server and response source Add a router Add link to server Add link to subnet Add subnet symbol (do not link yet!)
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Resulting Top Level
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Creating the Subnet Link Get copy of subnet on clipboard Descend into subnet from subnet symbol on top (router) level Intermodel Paste subnet to blank sheet Add access point and link to subnet switch Make router link to subnet Save all
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Select Subnet for Capture
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Selected Subnet
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Put Copy in Clipboard
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Adding the Subnet Link
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Insert Subnet
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Subnet with Access Point Added
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Connect Subnet to Router
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Selecting a Router
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Selecting a Subnet Switch
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Select Simulation Reports
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Simulated Channel Utilization
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Simulated Client Delays
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Questions to Follow Up How can channel utilization be reduced? How can client delays be reduced? What are the effects of various choices of network components? What would be the effect of changing the network interconnections from 10BaseT to 100BaseT
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Steps Expand the top level Expand each subnet –Subnet 1:5 computers –Subnet 2:14 computers –Subnet 3:8 computers Simulate all
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Previous Subnet
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Clone the Subnets
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect New Server Layer
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Laboratory Subnet
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Classroom Subnet
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Classroom Computer Group
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Editing Group Parameters
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Computer Group Parameters
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Laboratory Group Parameters
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Lab Subnet Properties
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Specify Link Properties
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Channel Utilizations
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Transit Delays
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Increasing Link Speeds
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect BaseT Utilization
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect BaseT Transit Delays
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Importing Topology and Traffic
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Comnet Baseliner ™ Used to import topology –extracts node and link information –generates Comnet topology file Used to import traffic models –uses network analyzer output (Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI ring or Point-to-point links) –transforms captured network traffic –provides load characteristics for Comnet
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Supported Network Management Systems (NMS) HP OpenView IBM NetView for AIX Digital PolyCenter Castlerock SNMPc Cabletron SPECTRUM NAC Mind
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Topology Import Steps Export topology from NMS (*.top, *.csv, *.ncb) Import topology via COMNET Baseliner
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Importing Example Topology
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Select File for Import
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Define Topology File
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect View the Topology
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Another Sample
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Select Topology and Import
12/25/2015© 2008 Raymond P. Jefferis IIILect Result
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