I love the Netapp simulator (well, apart from the annoying issues with creating and deleting disks) and I use it all the time. It is great for testing ideas, testing scripting and generally refreshing knowledge on commands before having to touch real equipment. I use it with VMware (as I have probably mentioned before) and I can knock up a new environment in a few minutes by cloning an existing machine. Netapp have got a huge advantage in offering the tool as it enables customers who can't or won't put in test equipment to do work and protect their production environments.

Source is 'closed' as a original one. Based on original version made by Fyyre: Dll is free as a original one. Will see what can be done. If don't work for you, just tell. This is beta version, tested it for 2 days and worked.

Online labs - support page. Free access to Cisco & Juniper routers. Nexus 1000v Switches Alteon load balancer & Debian Server. New labs comming soon.

So, where are all the other simulators? Is it just that I don't know they exist or do most vendors not provide them? For the same reasons as I mentioned above, if there were simulators for EMC DMX, HDS USP, Cisco and Brocade/McDATA switches, then there would be a huge opportunity for people to test and develop scripts, test upgrades and other useful work. Would anyone else like a simulator? Can the vendors tell me why they don't produce them? I believe the MDS sim was pulled some time ago and there is no way you can get it anymore. I saw a few comments on it and tried to get a copy to no avail.

Its annoying as there has been some very good IOS simulators floating around for some time. Shlyah da podzvigu petraka i scepanidi znak byadi. The HDS Storage Navigator simulator is downloading a 100 MB file on a dial up internet link. Both extremely slow and frustrating. But seriously, if they want people to become certified, you need the tools to play with and not go stupid on production systems.

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