DevNet Sandbox - Cisco Modelling Labs
1. Setup
Go to https://devnetsandbox.cisco.com
Click on “Sandbox Catalog”.
Search for “Cisco Modeling Labs”.
Click on “RESERVE” to continue.
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You can now choose to extend the duration of your trial session to maximum 4 hours.
1. Click on the edit button next to “SCHEDULE”.
2. Adapt the duration of your session.
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You’ll see the screen below indicating that the setup will take a few minutes.
You will receive a mail as a confirmation that the setup has successfully started. If not yet done, download
and install Cisco AnyConnect via the link provided in this mail. VPN software is needed to interact with the
CML online environment.
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After a successful setup you will get a second email confirmation with all the necessary information (Lab
Network Address, Username and Password) to establish a VPN session. You can also find this information
by clicking on “Output” in the top left corner. You will get the following screen:
Copy the “Lab Network Address” of your last confirmation mail to the VPN textbox in Cisco AnyConnect.
Fill in the username and password provided in the confirmation email. Click “OK” to establish a VPN
session.
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2. Exploring the default topology - Method 1 - Browser
A default lab is preloaded in your CML environment. Before you start adding or importing other labs, it is
highly recommended to stop the default lab from running.
There are different methods to start working with CML via DevNet Sandbox. Method 1 explains how to
access the your labs via the browser.
Use the IP address which is visible in the tab “Cisco Modelling Labs” in the DevNet Sandbox to get access to
your CML environment. Click on the IP address or copy this to your browser.
Use the “Username” and “Password” displayed in the previous screenshot to get access to your CML
environment.
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Click on the example topology “Mult Platform Network” to start interacting with its devices.
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3. Exploring the default topology - Method 2 - SSH
You can use the same connection information to get access to your CML environment via an SSH client such
as Putty.
Ensure that you still have a connection via Cisco AnyConnect as described in the first section of this
document.
Open Putty and use the IP Address shown in the paragraph “Cisco Modelling Labs Server” under the tab
“Cisco Modelling Labs”.
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When prompted. Use the provide “Username” and “Password” which were already visible in the previous
screenshot.
As already shown in the console output, you can use the command “list” to show all the available nodes
currently active in CML.
consoles> list
Lab ID Node ID Lines Node Label Lab Title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
af7151 n0 0,1 internet-rtr01 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n1 0 internet-host01 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n10 0 inside-host02 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n11 0,1 edge-sw01 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n2 0 edge-firewall01 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n3 0,1,2 core-rtr01 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n4 0,1,2 core-rtr02 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n5 0,1 dist-rtr01 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n6 0,1 dist-rtr02 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n7 0,1 dist-sw01 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n8 0,1 dist-sw02 Multi Platform Network
af7151 n9 0 inside-host01 Multi Platform Network
You can now access a node by using the “open” command followed by your “Lab ID”, the “Node ID” and
“Line” number. Below is an example for the lab shown in previous screenshot. Whenever an username or
password is request, user the word “cisco”. The escape character can be used whenever you want to return
to the main console screen.
consoles> open /af7151/n0/0
Connecting to console for internet-rtr01
Connected to terminalserver.
Escape character is '^]'.
internet-rtr01>enable
Password:
internet-rtr01#show ip int brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
GigabitEthernet1 10.10.20.181 YES TFTP up up
GigabitEthernet2 172.31.252.1 YES TFTP up up
GigabitEthernet3 172.31.0.1 YES TFTP up up
GigabitEthernet4 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
Loopback0 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
internet-rtr01#
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Resume after interruption
If you had to reboot your computer somehow, you can easily reconnect with the same VPN credentials. In
the DevNet Sandbox Catalog you have to click on the tab “Reservations”.
Click on your reservation to continue.
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