Introduction
Basics of OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition
This lab teaches you the basics of using OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition.
OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition enables students to better understand the core
concepts of networking and equips them to effectively troubleshoot and manage
real-world network infrastructures.
OPNET's IT Guru provides a Virtual Network Environment that models the behavior
of your entire network, including its routers, switches, protocols, servers, and
individual applications. By working in the Virtual Network Environment, IT
managers, network and system planners, and operations staff are empowered to
diagnose difficult problems more effectively, validate changes before they are
implemented, and plan for future scenarios including growth and failure.
OPNET's Application Characterization Environment (ACE) module for IT Guru
enables enterprises to identify the root cause of end-to-end application perfor-
mance problems and to solve them cost-effectively by understanding the impact of
changes.
In this lab, you will learn the basics of the OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition
software. You will learn how to setup and run OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition.
You will become familiar with some of its preferences and will practice using the
software by running some tutorials.