OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 Introduction
About OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition OPNET Modeler Simulation workflow Laboratory Source Example OPNET Modeler Editors

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About OPNET
Alain Cohen, a 20-year-old MIT student, developed OPNET in 1986 Alain Cohen and his classmate Steven Baraniuk developed a prototype data

network
system Network

modeling
they

and

simulation
"Optimized Tools", or

called

Engineering

OPNET for short.

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 Alain Cohen, along with his brother Marc and Steven Baraniuk, founded MIL 3, Inc. in 1986 (OPNET 1.1) In 2000, MIL 3, Inc. changed name to OPNET Technologies, Inc. (OPNET 7.0)

Today, OPNET Technologies, Inc. is a provider of software products and related services for:
Application performance management Network planning and engineering Network research and development

www.opnet.com
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer: Marc Cohen President & Chief Technology Officer: Alain Cohen

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 The company's first product was OPNET Modeler , a software tool for network simulation and modeling
Since then, it has been diversified to provide a range of solutions for:

Application performance management

ACE Analyst Standard, ACE Analyst Plus, ACE Enterprise Management Server, OPNET Panorama, ACE Live Appliance, ACE Live Rover, ACE Live on RSP, ACE Live VMon, IT Guru Systems Planner

Network planning and engineering

IT Guru, SP Guru Network Planner, SP Guru Transport Planner, IT Guru Network Planner, NetOne, VNE Server, Report Server, IT NetMapper, IT Sentinel, SP Sentinel, OPNET nCompass for Enterprises, OPNET nCompass for Service Providers

Network R&D
OPNET Modeler, OPNET Modeler Wireless Suite, OPNET Modeler Wireless Suite for Defense
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 Sample list of clients: Service providers British Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Inmarsat, . . Enterprises Deutsche Post AG, FBI, Oracle, 20th Century Fox, Xerox,. . . Network equipment manufacturers 3Com Corporation, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Fujitsu, HP, Nokia, Defense and homeland security Generic Systems Sweden Ab, NASA, US Air Force, US Army, . . . University Program Over 25,000 university professors and students use OPNET products in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and related disciplines
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 The following products are available through the University Program: 1. IT Guru Modeling of a broad range of network protocols and technologies 800+ protocol and vendor device models 2. OPNET Modeler IT Guru with source code for protocol and technology models 3. OPNET Modeler Wireless Suite OPNET Modeler with a broad range of wireless models 4. SP Guru Transport Planner Optical network planning and engineering 5. IT Guru Academic Edition Based on IT Guru commercial version 9.1 (Build 1999) Created for introductory level networking courses Greatly simplified licensing (6-month renewable license)

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Chapter 1 Introduction
About OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition OPNET Modeler Simulation workflow Laboratory Source Example OPNET Modeler Editors

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IT Guru Academic Edition

IT Guru Academic Edition limitations: Limited import and export capabilities Limited wireless functionality Other product modules are not supported The maximum number of simulation events is limited by 50 million The maximum number of intermediate nodes is limited by 20 Supported platforms: Microsoft: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Linux
ITG Academic Edition v2000.exe: 195 MB
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 Downloading and Installation flow: 1. Registration

Use Link in respective post from it92imamreza.mihanblog.com to go over OPNETs site and complete the register form. Link will send to e-mail address you entered.

2. Download and installation

Dont Leave the downloads page until finishing download Use helps that site gives you to flow the installation steps. Flow the steps to finishing Installation After installation Complete, Flow steps from site to Activate your software Enter license code you received from site to active the software.

3. Activation

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Chapter 1 Introduction
About OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition OPNET Modeler Simulation workflow Laboratory Source Example OPNET Modeler Editors

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OPNET Modeler
System Requirements
Supported platforms: Microsoft: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Linux: Red Hat Enterprise, Fedora OPNET software does not work with number representation different from English The reason is the different decimal separator: point in English, comma practically in all others Start Control Panel Regional and Language Options Standards and formats English (United States)

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 Installing OPNET Modeler

Supporting software for OPNET Modeler: Microsoft: Visual C/C++ 6.x, Visual Studio .NET 2002, Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, or Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition Linux: gcc 3.4 or higher Install OPNET components in the following order: 1. Software 2. Additional modules (if any) 3. Model library 4. Documentation

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 Accelerating Network R&D

OPNET network R&D solutions enable: Test technology designs in realistic scenarios Evaluate enhancements to standards-based protocols Develop new protocols and technologies

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 Key Features
Hierarchical GUI-based editors High-fidelity modeling 800+ wired/wireless protocol and vendor device models with source code Different aspects of wireless communication, including RF propagation, antenna modeling, signal modulation, node mobility, and interference Scalable simulation 32-bit and 64-bit fully parallel simulation kernel Grid computing support for distributed simulation Sophisticated analysis Integrated GUI-based debugging and analysis Integrating live network and application behavior Optional System-in-the-Loop module to interface simulations with live systems Open interface for integrating external libraries, and other simulators
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 Simulation Technologies
OPNET supports 4 simulation technologies: Discrete Event Simulation (DES) Flow Analysis ACE Quick Predict Hybrid Simulation (within the DES environment)
OPNET Simulation technologies

Discrete Event Simulation (DES)

Flow Analysis

ACE Quick Predict

Hybrid

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 Discrete Event Simulation provides highly detailed models that explicitly simulate packets and protocol messages

The models in DES execute the protocol in much the same way as a production environment
Although DES provides very high-fidelity results, simulation runtimes are longer than with the other methods

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 Hybrid simulation combines 2 distinct modeling techniques (analytical and discrete) to provide accurate, detailed results for targeted flows Hybrid simulation relies on background and explicit traffic Background traffic is used to represent most of a network's ambient Load at an abstract level Selected network application flows are represented in detail, using the explicit traffic models Execution runtimes can be significantly faster as compared with DES

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 Flow Analysis uses analytical techniques and algorithms to model steady-state network behavior Flow Analysis does not model individual protocol messages or packets, therefore it does not generate results for transient network conditions It can be used to study routing and reachability across the network in steady state, and in scenarios with one or more failed devices Execution runtimes can be significantly faster as compared with DES

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 ACE Quick Predict uses an analytical technique for studying the impact on application response time of changing network parameters (e.g., bandwidth, latency, utilization, packet loss) This technique is supported within the OPNET Application Characterization Environment (ACE)

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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Simulation workflow
Projects and Scenarios
OPNET Modeler uses a project-and-scenario approach to model networks Project - a collection of network-related scenarios, each of which explores a particular aspect of the network design All projects contain at least 1 scenario Scenario - a single instance of a network Typically, a scenario presents a unique configuration for the network The term "configuration" can refer to different aspects such as topology, protocols, applications, traffic, and simulation settings
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 OPNET simulation workflow: 1. Create a project

2. Create a baseline scenario

Import or create a network topology Import or create traffic Choose statistics to be collected Run the simulation View the results

3. Duplicate the scenario

Make changes Re-run the simulation Compare the obtained results

4. Repeat Step 3 if needed

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 New project

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 Project Editor is used to construct and edit the topology of a network model

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 Project Editor window

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 Initial topology

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 There are several methods for creating a network topology: Manually, by dragging and dropping objects from an Object Palette to the Project Editor workspace Manually, using the Topology Rapid Configuration... Command from the Menu Bar to specify and build a complete network topology quickly Automatically, by importing the network model from an external data source - either a system that monitors your network or one or more data les that describe the network Importing a topology ensures that the network model you build corresponds to the existing network exactly
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 Network scale

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 Background maps

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 Zooming

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 Dragging and dropping objects from an Object Palette into the Project Editor workspace

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 Using the Topology ) Rapid Configuration... command from the Menu Bar to quickly deploy common network topologies

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 Available configurations: Bus, Mesh (Full or Randomized), Ring, Star, Tree, and Unconnected Net

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 Using the Topology Deploy Wireless Network... command from the Menu Bar to specify and build a wireless network

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 Model Library
OPNET Modeler provides an extensive library of models that you can use to build networks

www.opnet.com/support/desmodel library/index.html
These models are called standard models because users can also develop their own models Those models can then be shared with other OPNET users if desired

Certain models support the needs of users with particular interests in emerging or vendor-specific technologies (aka specialized models) An additional license is needed to use these models in a simulation

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 The standard model library consists of the following types of objects: Subnetworks Nodes (aka devices) Links LANs and clouds Utility objects

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 Objects
Model Family: internet toolbox

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 Subnetworks Subnetworks are essentially containers that abstract the network components specified within them into one object A subnetwork can also contain other subnetworks A special subnetwork called the top level or global subnetwork is the highest level subnetwork in the network hierarchy

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 Nodes A node represents a network device with a wide range of possible capabilities (router, switch, hub, workstation, server, firewall, etc.) The actual function and behavior of a node is determined by its node model

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 node model

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 Links Links represent the physical media and properties (line rate in bits per second, delay, likelihood of data corruption, etc.) Links are represented as line segments or a series of line segments with arrowheads

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 Links

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 LANs A LAN object abstracts the LAN infrastructure into one object LAN objects dramatically reduce the amount of configuration required to do to represent an internetwork of LANs, and the amount of memory needed to run the simulation

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 LANs

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 Clouds A cloud object abstracts the WAN infrastructure into one object Cloud objects provide high-level characteristics (packet latency and discard ratio) used to simulate the behavior of ATM, Frame Relay, and IP WANs

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 Clouds

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 Utility objects Utility objects do not correspond to the actual physical infrastructure Instead, they perform logical functions in the network (configuration of network resources, scheduling special events, etc.)

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 Utility objects

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 Applications and Traffic

The first step is to drag and drop Application Config and Profile Config objects from the Object Palette to the Project Editor workspace Application Config specifies standard and custom applications used in the simulation, including traffic and QoS parameters Standard applications (Light/Heavy): Database, Email, FTP, HTTP, Print, Remote Login, Video Conferencing, Voice Profile Config specifies the activity patterns of a user or groups of users in terms of the applications used over a period of time You can have several different profiles running on a given workstation or a LAN These profiles can represent different user groups and behavior patterns
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 Profiles describes activity patterns, such as: When does a user start using applications? What is the duration of his/her activity? What applications does he/she use? How often does he/she use each application? Configure applications Define profiles (Menu Bar ProtocolsApplications Deploy Defined Applications...)

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 Choosing Statistics
Choose statistics to collect Menu Bar DES Choose Individual Statistics... Or Right-click in the Project Editor Choose Individual DES Statistics List of statistics appears Types of statistics Global: collected on the total network (e.g., application response time) Node: collected on individual nodes (e.g., delay, delay variation) Link: collected on individual links (e.g., utilization, throughput, queuing delay)
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 Choose Results dialog box

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 Choose Results

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 Running Simulation
Menu Bar DES Configure/Run Discrete Event Simulation... Set simulation options and click Run

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 Running Simulation

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 Viewing Results
Menu Bar DES Results View Results... Or Right-click in the Project Editor View Results

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 Viewing Results

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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Laboratory Source
Computer Networks-A Systems Approach Edition 3 Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie
Network manual simulation experiments

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 Laboratory workflow: This manual has 12 experiments that cover a variety of networking designs and protocols. The experiments in this manual do not require programming skills as a prerequisite. They are generic and can be easily expanded to utilize new technologies and networking standards. With the free easy-toinstall software, the OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition, networking students and professionals can implement the experiments from the convenience of their homes or workplaces. The manual is suitable for a single-semester course on computer networking at the undergraduate or beginning graduate level. Professors can pick the experiments that are appropriate to their class.

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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Example
Case study: Small Internetworks In this example, you plan for the expansion of a small company's intranet Currently, the company has a star topology network on the first floor of its office building and plans to add an additional star topology network on another floor You will build and test this "what-if" scenario to ensure that the load added by the second network will not cause the network to fail

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 Creating the network Initial Topology: Create empty scenario Choose Network Scale: Office & Use metric units Specify Size: 100 m x 100 m Select Technologies: Sm_Int_Mode_List

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Rapid Configuration: Star Center Node Model: 3C SSII 1100 3300 4s ae52 e48 ge3 Periphery Node Model: Sm_Int_wkstn Number (of periphery nodes): 30 Link Model: 10BaseT Center X x Y: 25 x 25 Radius: 20 Sm_Int_server, 10BaseT, Sm_Application_Config, Sm_Prole_Config

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 Right-click on a node View Node Description 3C_SSII_1100_3300_4s_ ae52_e48_ge3 represents a stack of 4 3Com switches (4s): 2 SuperStack II 1100 switches 2 SuperStack II 3300 switches 52 auto-sensing Ethernet ports (ae52) 48 Ethernet ports (e48) 3 Gigabit Ethernet ports (ge3)

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 Compare with an abstract node in ns-2 set node_30 [$ns node]

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 The original network

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 Will the server be able to handle the additional load of the second network? Right-click on the server node Individual DES Statistics Node Statistics Ethernet Load (bits/sec) Will the total delay across the network be acceptable once the second network is installed? Right-click in the workspace (but not on an object) Individual DES Statistics Global Statistics Ethernet Delay (sec) Run the simulation for 30 minutes

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 Expanding the network Rapid Configuration: Star Center Node Model: 3C_SSII_1100_3300_4s_ae52_e48_ge3 Periphery Node Model: Sm_Int_wkstn Number (of periphery nodes): 15 Link Model: 10BaseT Center X x Y: 75 x 62.5 Radius: 20 CS_2514_1s_e2_sl2 (Cisco 2514 router), 10BaseT

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 The expanded network

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 Comparing results Menu Bar DES Results Compare Results...

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 The average load for the expansion scenario is higher (as expected) But there is no significant change in Ethernet delay on the network

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Chapter 1 Introduction
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OPNET Modeler Editors

The Project Editor is used to construct and edit the topology of a network model

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 The Node Editor provides operations to support creation and editing of node models

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 The Process Editor is used to specify the behavior of process models Process models use a finite state machine (FSM) paradigm to express behavior that depends on the current state and a new stimuli

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 The operations performed by a process model are described in statements based on the C or C++ languages These statements can be associated with states, transitions, or special blocks within the process model

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