NETLAB Academy Edition^® Features

Lab Access

• Provide 24 x 7 access to your lab equipment
• Network appliance that can reside at your location with your lab equipment
• Connect to real network equipment (no simulation)
• Use the same lab equipment for classroom lectures, individual access, or team access
• Conduct distance learning, traditional classroom training, or a combination of both
• Provision lab access through a scheduler
• Share a single connection - every keystroke, command, and response is simultaneously viewed by all users
• Instructors may override control of a shared connection from trainees
• Replay a connection to see recent input and output on a device
• Use your own Telnet client or optional built-in Telnet Applet
• Personalize profile settings (time zone, e-mail, Telnet client preference)
• PCs supported in several lab topologies
  • Built-in Remote PC viewer
  • Integration with VMware GSX

Lab Automation

• Automatically initialize lab to last configuration or predefined configuration
• Perform automated operations on a single device or entire lab simultaneously
• Detect and reset console speed, recover from erased flash (optional), and clear configuration (scrub)
• Password recovery
• Power devices on or off

Assessment

• Automatically archive commands, output, and configuration files from student or team reservations for later review and assessment
• Review archives using an online log viewer
• Commands entered during the lab session are indexed in chronological order with hyperlinks to corresponding device output for easy review
• E-mail archived data to the instructor automatically

Configuration Management

• Easily load or save configuration files by device or entire lab
• Lab configuration automatically saved at the end of each reservation
• Manage or edit saved configuration files in your personalized directory with the File Manager
• Create new config files without tying up your network equipment

Class Management

• Create and edit class profiles with the Class Manager
• Organize trainee accounts and teams
• Support multiple classes with different attributes and policies
• Restrict how often a trainee or team can reserve lab equipment
• Enable or disable student logins for each user or entire class
• Define retention period for archived logs and configurations files

Customization

• Design and host up to two (2) custom pods
• Create custom lab exercises using both standard and custom pods

Serve Curriculum & Lab Content

• Use NETLAB_AE to serve your curriculum or lab exercise content (set up required)
• Curriculum can be secured with a username and password
• Default config files for specified lab exercises can be automatically loaded into lab equipment for each reservation

Easy Administration

• Requires no knowledge of UNIX or system administration
• Web-based administration interface
• Comprehensive diagnostic tools to verify connections and configurations
• Proactive Internet based monitoring and support services
• Software updates delivered via the Internet
• No backup server required
• Automatic time synchronization
• Security and integrity monitoring
• Online viewing of system logs