Open-source DevOps tools are used to deploy applications and services in datacenter server networks, but they may also enable researchers or students to simulate networks. In this post, we will survey popular open-source DevOps tools and provide links to information that shows how to use them to create network simulation scenarios. Most open-source network simulators […]
The CORE Network Emulator has been updated to version 4.8. This new version fixes the issues I noted in my previous review of CORE release 4.7. It also implements some new features. See the CORE 4.8 release notes for all the details. The most visible change is the addition of some new services — most
The Cloonix development team released an update to Cloonix version 26 in May 2015. An important addition in version 26 is a greatly expanded and improved Cloonix user guide. The new version also changes the user interface, adds a new LAN type, and eliminates the t2t device. It also includes updated guest virtual machines.
When a researcher uses the Mininet network simulator to create a network of hosts and switches connected to an SDN controller, he or she may wish to be able to see what the simulated network topology looks like. The POX SDN controller includes a component that will send network topology data to the Gephi data