User manual

11 Boson NetSim User Manual
Console Menu
This menu tree enables you to modify, load, and save conguration les.
Note: This menu tree is active only after you have loaded a lab.
Copy
Select text in the Consoles panel, then click Copy or press the ENTER key to copy the text.
Paste
Click this option or right-click in the Console window to paste text into the open devices conguration.
Load Multi-Device Cong
This option loads a saved “snapshot” of every single device conguration that was previously saved
using the Save Multi-Device Cong option. The supported le extension is *.nwc.
Save Multi-Device Cong
This option takes a “snapshot” of every single device that is currently loaded in NetSim and
allows you to save all of your device congurations at once. This is comparable to making a TFTP
conguration backup of all devices (routers, switches, and workstations) on your entire network with
one click.
Note: This will save one *.rtr le for each device currently loaded in NetSim. This will also save
a single network conguration (*.nwc) le, which will be used to link together the *.rtr les.
Zip Multi-Device Cong
This option creates a zip le that contains the current running congurations of all loaded devices.
This feature is useful when sending les to an instructor or when requesting assistance from Boson
customer support.
Package Multi-Device Congs
This option creates an encrypted le that contains the current running congurations of all loaded
devices. This feature is useful when sending les to an instructor but should not be used when
requesting assistance from Boson customer support.
Load Single Device Cong
This option erases your current device conguration and then loads a device conguration from a
saved le (*.rtr). This option does not allow you to load a new topology (*.top) le into the NetMap. To
do that, click the NetMap tab and select the Open Topology option from the NetMap menu.
Save Single Device Cong
This option saves a single device conguration to load into NetSim at a later time.
Note: All device conguration les are saved with the *.rtr extension.