WEBVTT 00:04.910 --> 00:06.830 So guys, welcome to this tutorial. 00:06.830 --> 00:11.270 In this tutorial we will going to set up Cisco Modeling Labs. 00:11.750 --> 00:15.260 So what exactly is Cisco Modeling Labs or CMS. 00:15.260 --> 00:21.320 So Cisco Modeling Lab is nothing, but it is a network simulation platform developed by Cisco that allow 00:21.350 --> 00:26.060 users to design, build and simulate complex network topologies. 00:26.060 --> 00:34.430 It is primarily used for educational training and testing purposes, allowing network engineers or students 00:34.430 --> 00:40.940 or IT professionals to experiment with network design using a virtual Cisco devices. 00:41.900 --> 00:48.020 All right, so the biggest advantage of this Cisco modeling Labs is that that it has to be set up completely 00:48.050 --> 00:49.220 on a remote server. 00:49.220 --> 00:53.420 So you don't have to install anything on your local machine as, as well. 00:53.660 --> 00:54.260 All right. 00:54.260 --> 01:02.030 So this is completely a hassle free task to set up CML Now going forward. 01:02.030 --> 01:04.010 First of all, it is free. 01:04.010 --> 01:08.780 So the biggest advantage to the students is that that these labs are free. 01:08.780 --> 01:12.020 But since it is free, it comes with certain restrictions. 01:12.020 --> 01:13.400 For example. 01:13.700 --> 01:18.230 Uh, you have to reserve the lab before you can use it. 01:18.560 --> 01:19.130 All right? 01:19.130 --> 01:26.270 And since it's a shared lab that is, hundreds of users all across the world are sharing these resources. 01:26.270 --> 01:31.790 Therefore, depending on the availability, uh, you will get an instant access to the lab, or you 01:31.790 --> 01:32.600 may not. 01:33.260 --> 01:39.800 If in case you don't get an instant access to the lab, you will get an email as when your lab will 01:39.800 --> 01:41.030 be available to you. 01:41.030 --> 01:47.390 But most of the time, as I have seen, that the lab is always available as per your reservation, and 01:47.390 --> 01:52.670 once your reservation succeeds, you will get four hour limit time to access your lab. 01:53.210 --> 01:57.320 All right, after four hours, you again have to do a new reservation altogether. 01:57.650 --> 02:03.320 You don't have to install anything locally on your machine, and the lab will going to provide you access 02:03.320 --> 02:09.290 to most of the Cisco devices that you can use in order to build your network topologies. 02:10.940 --> 02:18.440 So if in scenarios where you need to do networking with devices which belong to other vendors other 02:18.440 --> 02:23.450 than Cisco, then probably CML would not going to be a much helpful to you. 02:23.480 --> 02:31.670 But as we know that Cisco is a networking giant, so most of the time, whatever requirement is the 02:31.670 --> 02:38.270 Cisco devices are more than enough to fulfill most of the requirement that as a student, you can have 02:38.270 --> 02:40.730 when it comes to learning networking. 02:41.810 --> 02:50.540 An alternative to CML is obviously gns3 and even g like softwares, but these softwares requires too 02:50.540 --> 02:57.560 much processing power and therefore until or unless you have a very high end machine which have a good 02:57.560 --> 02:59.780 enough Ram and processors. 03:00.410 --> 03:06.470 Gns3 or even g like softwares would give you a hard time if you try to run them on low end machines. 03:06.500 --> 03:12.680 But yeah, the these installation of the software comes with a disadvantage that it is a little bit 03:12.710 --> 03:17.930 hassle ful to install these software and and make them up and running flawlessly. 03:17.930 --> 03:22.160 At least beginners will have a hard time to have these softwares up and running. 03:22.460 --> 03:28.580 All right, so when it comes to the CML lab, you will going to access the lab completely remotely through 03:28.610 --> 03:29.210 internet. 03:29.210 --> 03:31.790 You don't have to install anything on your machine. 03:32.150 --> 03:32.660 All right. 03:32.660 --> 03:36.080 So straight away we will going to start our CML. 03:36.080 --> 03:41.000 And I will show you that how you can bring up CML labs in just ten 15 minutes.