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- Click the New Button
- Click the Physical Node box and drag it onto the canvas.
- To edit the node, double click on the node box.
- From the "Select testbed" drop-down, pick the aggregate assigned to you. DO NOT forget to do this
- Select the node and press the "Duplicate" button. You should now see two node boxes on the canvas.
- Now click near one of the node boxes on the canvas, then click and drag towards the other node. Release when you reach the other node. You should now see a line and a box representing a link connecting the two nodes.
- The canvas should now look like the picture on the right.
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Figure 3-5 Two nodes connected by a link.
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- To edit the name of each node, double click on the node box.
- In the "Name" field at the top, replace "node0" with "client".
- Repeat for the node labeled, "node1". In the "Name" field at the top, replace "node1" with "server".
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Figure 3-6 Edit the name of the VM. Set the Sliver Type on ExoGENI racks.
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- Now double click on node0 to set its IP address.
- In the interface tab of node properties, enter 10.1.1.1.
- Enter a mask of 255.255.255.0.
- Save the node properties.
- Do the same for the server node. Set the server's IP address to 10.1.1.2 and a mask of 255.255.255.0.
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Figure 3-7 Edit the IP Address and Mask of the VM.
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- Click the Run button near the top of the window.
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Figure 3-8 Two VMs connected by a link.
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- When prompted, pick experiment details, such as your slice and project, and then hit OK.
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Figure 3-9 Pick Experiment Details.
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=== 2.2 Check Whether Virtual Machines are Ready to be Used ===
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