Modeling Lab from existing configs

[danaachee]

I've searched around, and I don't seem to be able to find the answer.

Is there software that ships with modeling lab (or is available for download) that will take a folder of Cisco existing configurations and create the topology and configs for the lab?  The reason is that I don't see how this would be useful to emulate an existing network (of possibly 100s of devices) if the expectation is that the user will manually draw everything out and cut/paste information.  This is almost given to produce an emulation that is not the same as the existing network.

Since this product is aimed at the corporate environment, I must be missing something.

Thanks

Dana

[ssnider · Accepted solution]

We are aware of the desire for real-node configuration import, but that is not yet a CML capability.  The virtual nodes are not intended to emulate chassis capability.  They provide faithful representations of the control plane and higher aspects of the vDevice operating system.  You will still experience issues that mandate manual intervention during the simulation setup to reconcile the differences between the real nodes and the virtualized reference platforms.

The AutoNetKit function can provide an expiditious method to quickly spin up a project topology, and may be the best method to rapidly prototype network functionality.