Starting a Simulation

Open the lab that you want to start in the Workbench by clicking on its tile on the Dashboard page.

Procedure

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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.

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