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Glossary
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2017-04-12 15:35:49 +03:00
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Topology
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The place where you have all things (node, drawing, link...)
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2016-05-12 20:18:37 +03:00
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Node
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2015-02-18 12:06:13 +02:00
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2016-05-12 20:18:37 +03:00
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A Virtual Machine (Dynamips, IOU, Qemu, VPCS...), a cloud, a builtin device (switch, hub...)
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2015-02-18 12:06:13 +02:00
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2017-04-12 15:35:49 +03:00
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Appliance
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A model for a node. When you drag an appliance to the topology a node is created.
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Appliance template
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A file (.gns3a) use for creating new node model.
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2016-06-23 12:17:23 +03:00
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Drawing
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2016-06-29 15:18:38 +03:00
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2016-06-20 19:45:31 +03:00
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2016-06-23 12:17:23 +03:00
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Drawing are visual element not used by the network emulation. Like
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2016-06-20 19:45:31 +03:00
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text, images, rectangle... They are pure SVG elements.
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2015-02-18 12:06:13 +02:00
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Adapter
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The physical network interface. The adapter can contain multiple ports.
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Port
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A port is an opening on network adapter that cable plug into.
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For example a VM can have a serial and an ethernet adapter plugged in.
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The ethernet adapter can have 4 ports.
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2016-03-11 16:24:48 +02:00
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Controller
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The central server managing everything in GNS3. A GNS3 controller
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2016-04-18 21:55:22 +03:00
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will manage multiple GNS3 compute node.
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2016-04-18 21:55:22 +03:00
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Compute
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2016-03-11 16:24:48 +02:00
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2016-04-18 21:55:22 +03:00
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The process running on each server with GNS3. The GNS3 compute node
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2016-03-11 16:24:48 +02:00
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is controlled by the GNS3 controller.
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2016-06-27 19:33:42 +03:00
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Symbol
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Symbol are the icon used for nodes.
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2016-09-20 13:46:39 +03:00
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Scene
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The drawing area
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2017-06-30 11:22:30 +03:00
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Filter
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Packet filter this allow to add latency or packet drop.
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