- Overview
- Product Documentation
- CML 2.5 Release Notes
- CML 2.5 Installation Guide
- CML 2.5 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
- Hiding Links
- Starting Simulations
- Connecting to a Node's Console
- Changing Global Console Settings
- Download the Console History
- Setting CPU limit on node
- Launch sequencing and CPU limiting
- Stopping Simulations
- Annotations
- External Connectivity for Simulations
- Link Packet Capture
- Lab Sharing
- Console Server
- Breakout Tool
- Custom VM Images
- Creating a New Node Definition
- Viewing Resource Limits
- CML 2.5 Admin Guide
- Resources
Starting a Simulation¶
Open the lab that you want to start in the Workbench by clicking on its tile on the Dashboard page.
Procedure
First, ensure that no nodes are selected by clicking on an empty area of the Workbench.
Optional: Select the Design tab in the lower pane of the Workbench page.
Optional: Click the Build Initial Bootstrap Configurations button in the Design panel.
You can also build configurations on an individual node by selecting the desired node and then clicking the Build Initial Bootstrap Configurations button.
CML generates a basic startup configuration for all nodes in the topology.
Select the Simulate tab in the lower pane of the:guilabel:Workbench window.
Click the Start Lab button.
CML will start the simulation for the lab. Note that the Workbench will provide visual feedback, indicating each node’s status. A node is finished booting and ready for use when the Workbench displays a green dot next to it.