Getting Started

• Creating the IOS Simulation

• Logging into IOS Devices

Creating the IOS Simulation

The following devices in the device tree supports IOS commands and CLI protocol support.

• Router : Cisco 3600, Cisco 7600

• Switch : Cisco 3750

The following Router/Switch devices will be available in the device library

• Routers   : Cisco1700, Cisco12000

• Switches : Cisco2950Switch, Cisco6500Switch

1. Create a new network using the template devices in the device tree. To create a new network, refer to Network Simulator Guide ->  Creating a New Network.

2. Right-click on the router/switch device in the network area and select the option CLI -> Start Agent. This will automatically start the CLI agent with the given IPAddress and at default port 2323.

Logging into IOS Devices

1. To establish a telnet connection with the agent, go to command prompt and type:  c:\> telnet <ip address> <port number>.  This prompts you to enter the user name as shown below:

2. To log in to IOS device, the default user name is user and password is password.  Specify the default user name and password or the configured user name and password using deviceInfo dialog or BulkModification dialog.

This is called User Exec Mode. The prompt Cisco1700>  displays the name of the device started. Type ? to list the commands that can be executed in this mode.

3. To set up Passwords for your Router you need to first enter what is called: Privileged Exec Mode. To enter Privileged Exec Mode type in the word enable at the prompt.

4. Specify the password. The default password is test. This changes the prompt from Cisco1700> to Cisco1700# , as shown below:

The # means that you have entered Privileged Exec Mode, also called "Enable Mode" for short. If you want to go back to being a plain User, just type disable . Type ? to list the commands that can be executed in this mode.

5. To get from Enable Mode to Configuration Mode, type the word configure terminal as shown below:

6. The prompt will appear as shown below, which means that you are in the Router (Configure) mode. Now and only now can you start the process of configuring the router. Configure is a Global Command. Type ? to list the commands that can be executed in this mode.

For example, you can configure your own hostname by specifying the following command. Note that the prompt changes to Router(config)#  

7. To get from Configuration Mode to configif mode (interface mode),  type the word interface as shown below, specify the interface name and number.

8. The prompt will appear as shown below, which means that you are in the Router (config-if) mode. Now you can start the process of configuring the router interface commands. Type ? to list the commands that can be executed in this mode, as shown below. Type exit to go back to the previous mode.