- Overview
- Product Documentation
- CML Release Notes
- Getting Started
- CML 2.1 User Guide
- CML User's Guide
- Overview of CML 2.x
- Using CML and the HTML5 UI
- Dashboard
- Workbench
- Adding Nodes to a Lab
- Starting, Stopping, and Wiping Nodes
- Deleting Nodes
- Creating Links
- Rules for Creating Links and Interface Overprovisioning
- Adding Interfaces and Overprovisioning
- Overprovisioning Interfaces with Link Creation
- Starting Simulations
- Connecting to a Node's Console
- Setting CPU limit on node
- Launch sequencing and CPU limiting
- Stopping Simulations
- External Connectivity for Simulations
- Link Packet Capture
- Breakout Tool
- Custom VM Images
- Creating a New Node Definition
- CML 2.1 Admin Guide
- Resources
Summary of CML 2.1 Changes¶
Feature |
Description |
Details |
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In-Place Upgrade |
You may upgrade from CML 2.0 to CML 2.1 without performing a full re-installation. |
See Upgrading to CML 2.1 for more information about upgrading. |
Bare Metal Installation |
You have the option to do a bare metal installation of CML 2.1 instead of deploying this release as a VM. |
See also Installing CML 2.1 and New and Changed Features in CML 2.1. |
UI Updates and Usability Improvements |
CML 2.1 incorporates many updates and fixes the HTML5 browser-based user interface (UI). Note that the Lab Manager is now called the Dashboard. |
See New and Changed Features in CML 2.1 and Bug Fixes in CML 2.1 for more details. See Cisco Modeling Labs User’s Guide for instructions on using the HTML5 UI. |
Dark Mode |
Dark mode uses a color scheme with a dark background color. The setting is persistent for your user. |
The Dark Mode setting is available in the User Menu. |
User Settings page |
Non-admin users can change their own passwords on this page. |
The Settings page can be accessed from the User Menu. |
Administrator Access |
Application administrator accounts may now view and control other users’ labs. |
See New and Changed Features in CML 2.1 and Bug Fixes in CML 2.1 for more details. |
Packet Capture |
The UI now provides a detailed packet display and the ability to download a PCAP file for the capture. |
See the Packet Capture documentation for this feature. |
Configuration Generation and Extraction |
Build Initial Bootstrap Configurations and Extract Configs incorporate a variety of improvements to address issues seen with CML 2.0. |
See New and Changed Features in CML 2.1 and Bug Fixes in CML 2.1 for more details. |
Support for mutli-disk VMs |
CML 2.1 includes support for VMs that require multiple disks. The feature enables you to add third-party VMs that use multiple disk images to your CML server. |
See Custom VM Images for documentation on adding custom images to your CML server. |
CPU Limit and Launch Sequencing |
The new release incorporates various changes to the launch sequencing. Small labs should start faster, and it may be possible to start larger labs on your existing hardware than CML 2.0 would run. |
See the Launch Sequencing and CPU Limits documentation for this feature. |
Node and Image Definitions |
These pages are newly updated and incorporate changes for other features, such as multi-disk VMs and CPU limits. |
See Creating A New Node Definition and Preparing a Custom Image for documentation on adding or modifying node and image definitions. |
DHCP Snooping |
We improved the DHCP snooper, and it will now also work on IPv6-only network segments. The API should return an IP address for any node that has successfully acquired an IP address. |
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Link Conditioning |
You can set properties on a link without using an extra WAN Emulator node between two nodes. |
See the link’s Simulate pane in the Workbench. This feature is also available via the APIs and Client Library. |
API and Client Library Updates |
New and updated API endpoints expose new functionality in CML 2.1. The Client Library also provides licensing support. |
See or in the CML UI for documentation about the updated APIs. |
New Licensing Options |
CML 2.1 enables new licensing options |
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