The Official GNS3 Fundamentals Course: Created with the GNS3 Developers!
If you have not used GNS3 before, then this course is for you! Learn how to download, install and configure GNS3 on a Windows PC. This course is a dynamic course and will be constantly update with new features and information.
Expect monthly content updates with each release of the software to make sure you have the latest and greatest information including comprehensive labs and training materials. David worked directly with the GNS3 development team to make sure that this course captured all the ins-and-outs of the software. We have worked hard to jam pack as much information in the course including the NEW GNS3 VM for VirtualBox, VMware Workstation and ESXi. Best of all you can download the video and labs in the course and take them on the road when you are studying for that next network certification of spinning up a POC with GNS3.
Learn the basics (and some advanced topics) of GNS3 including:
> Understand why you would use GNS3 and the differences between emulating and simulating network devices
> Getting started with the software from soup to nuts including: IOS selection, hardware requirement, switching support, install of the new GNS3 VM with VMware & ESXi, getting familiar with the GUI and icons and more!
> Get Access to some amazing FREE tools that complement and work well with GNS3 including Solarwinds Response Time Viewer which helps to quickly analyze Wireshark packet capture files to troubleshoot performance issues >> FREE Download
> Interactive LABS that we will be updating each month to make sure you have hands-on practical applications to test and build on including the new CumulusVX (Linux Networking Operating System)
Your GNS3 Academy Instructor

David Bombal (CCIE #11023 Emeritus) passed his Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Routing and Switching exam in January 2003. David has the highest rated and most popular course in the GNS3 Academy: SDN and OpenFlow Introduction.
David's software tools and training have been downloaded +100,000 times. Many thousands of engineers like you use his tools and training on a regular basis.
David has developed over 20 courses for HP which are used worldwide. These include multiple SDN courses and HP ASE certification courses (4 day Instructor led training).
David's YouTube videos have been viewed +1 million times.
David has been training Cisco and networking courses for 15+ years and has delivered instructor led courses in various countries around the world covering a wide range of Cisco topics from CCNA to CCIE.
He has also personally developed Cisco engineer utilities such as the VPN Config Generator, software, training materials, EBooks, videos and other products which are used throughout the world.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConfigTerm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidbombal
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/davidbombal

As the CTO and Co-Founder of GNS3 we have been waiting for a course like this for YEARS! It has been an absolute pleasure working with David over the past couple of months on the development of this course and are support excited to keep the content updated and fresh based on the upcoming releases of the GNS3 software.
I can guarantee you all that you will love this course as a fundamentals training on the GNS3 software. We cannot thank David enough for taking the time and interest in working with us to pull this course off!
GNS3 Academy Curriculum
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StartUpgrade to version 2.0 (16:16)
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StartGNS3 2.0 Portable Projects - easily export and import GNS3 projects (3:47)
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StartGNS3 2.0 Profiles = multiple settings for different scenarios (3:46)
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StartGNS3 2.0 New Features Smart packet capture and capture on any link (4:07)
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StartGNS3 2.0 New Feature Support for color-blind users (2:02)
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StartGNS3 2.0 New Feature Connect IOSv, IOSvL2 and other Qemu devices while powered on (1:47)
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StartGNS3 2.0 New Feature Select where VPCS runs (2:27)
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StartGNS3 2.0 NAT Node (9:09)
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StartGNS3 Talks Fast IOSv boot (9:39)
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StartGNS3 Talks Mac OS with Windows 10 Virtual Machine = Mac+GNS3+GNS3 VM+Windows 10 VM+Cisco (7:51)
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StartMultiple clients sharing projects in real time, plus console session shadowing! (9:55)
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StartGNS3 switching setup and options: Cisco and other switching options in GNS3 (14:35)
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StartGNS3 unmanaged built-in switch (13:27)
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StartRouter on a stick with GNS3 unmanaged built-in switch (6:34)
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StartEtherswitch Router for Cisco Dynamips Part 1 (13:36)
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StartEtherswitch Router for Cisco Dynamips Part 2 (6:40)
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StartEtherswitch, Wireshark, 802.1Q, InterVLAN routing (16:33)
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StartGNS3 Talks: Packet.net and GNS3 (Part 1): Overview (4:35)
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StartGNS3 Talks: Packet.net and GNS3 (Part 2): Documentation, Discounts and signup (5:10)
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StartGNS3 Talks: Packet.net and GNS3 (Part 3): SSH Keys (Generate with PuttyGen) (4:21)
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StartGNS3 Talks: Packet.net and GNS3 (Part 4): Deploy Server and setup VPN (8:56)
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StartGNS3 Talks: Packet.net and GNS3 (Part 5): Integrate the GNS3 GUI with Packet.net server (8:25)
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StartDocker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 1 (7:33)
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StartDocker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 2 (10:21)
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StartDocker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 3 (15:31)
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StartDocker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 4 (11:28)
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StartDocker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 5 (7:58)
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StartDocker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 6 (7:04)
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StartDocker, Open vSwitch, SDN and OpenFlow Part 7 (3:41)
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StartSDN Part 1 (3:32)
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StartSDN Part 2 (5:49)
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StartSDN Part 3 (6:58)
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StartSDN Part 4 (6:59)
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StartCreate a Docker based network using OVS and Linux Containers (6:40)
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StartOpenFlow captures using Wireshark, Docker containers, OpenDaylight, SDN (9:18)
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StartOpenFlow FLOW MOD, PACKET IN, PACKET OUT and more captures using Wireshark and GNS3 (9:16)
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StartNetwork programmability made easy. (16:22)
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StartConfigure VLANs on switches. (8:12)
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StartRemove Passwords and improve scripts (8:43)
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StartCreate switch VLANs using loops (8:29)
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StartMultiple switches, multiple VLANs (17:58)
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StartIn-band management and save configs (4:33)
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StartHow to write better code and styles (5:29)
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StartOpening Files and spacing importance! (11:54)
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StartBackup switch configurations. (10:25)
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StartJupyter Python Clients (3.0 and 2.7) (11:40)
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StartParamiko, SSH, Python and Cisco (14:12)
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StartNetmiko, SSH, Python and Cisco (10:26)
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StartNetmiko, SSH, Python Cisco switches (5:59)
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StartNetmiko, SSH, Python Cisco switches (9:34)
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StartNetmiko, SSH, Python Cisco switches (7:19)
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StartNetmiko, SSH, Python Cisco switches (10:37)
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StartNetmiko, SSH, Python Cisco switches (7:42)
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StartCampus Overview (7:02)
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StartHostnames, VTP, VLANs Part 1 (5:57)
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StartHostnames, VTP, VLANs Part 2 (9:13)
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StartIP addressing and ping tests (8:05)
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StartStatic trunk encapsulation and mode (5:27)
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StartDisable DTP and configure access ports (9:06)
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StartPing within a VLAN (2:35)
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StartWhich ports are trunking and which VLANs are permitted? (3:23)
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StartCDP Demo: Basic discovery (7:28)
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StartCDP Demo: Disable globally and per interface (6:49)
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StartCDP Demo: Command Options (4:20)
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StartLLDP Demo: Discover Linux Servers (6:41)
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StartSpanning Tree: Which Ports are blocking (3:58)
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StartSpanning Tree blocks core switch ports (7:11)
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StartCDP & LLDP and STP - what happens? (2:40)
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StartSTP - optimize Core switches (10:03)
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StartOptimize the campus using Etherchannel (14:25)
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StartSTP failover testing (13:53)
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StartHSRP overview (6:44)
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StartHSRP Configuration: Switch 1 (6:15)
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StartDemo: HSRP Configuration: Switch 2 (8:22)
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StartDemo: Test connectivity to HSRP router (2:49)
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StartDemo: HSRP failover test (6:54)
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StartEIGRP Configuration (6:17)
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StartEIGRP Configuration (continued) (7:43)
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StartEIGRP: Redistribute Static Route (5:14)
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StartTroubleshoot GNS3 cloud issue (1:41)
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StartConfigure NAT and test (7:54)
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StartDownload, install and configure (9:00)
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Startwhat happens to Unknown Unicast traffic? (3:00)
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StartMulticast traffic: what happens? (9:04)
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StartBroadcast traffic: What happens? (6:22)
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StartCraft packets to hack network devices (7:20)
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StartInject 802.1Q frames for VLAN hopping (8:39)
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StartDouble tag 802.1Q frames for VLAN hopping (3:14)
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StartMake your PC the Spanning Tree Root by crafting BPDUs with Ostinato (16:40)
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StartStop BPDUs from Ostinato breaking STP using STP Root Guard (4:17)
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StartUsing Ostinato to prove how networks work for the CCNA Exam. Don't be bitten! (7:33)
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StartUsing Ostinato to prove how broadcasts work for the CCNA Exam (Part 1) (6:30)
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StartOstinato Wireshark Captures Part 1: Capture STP BPDUs & craft own (10:25)
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StartOstinato Wireshark Captures Part 2: Capture IP Phone CDP messages & craft your own (6:09)
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StartOstinato Wireshark Captures Part 3: Capture IP Phone CDP messages & craft your own (7:09)
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StartOstinato Wireshark Captures Part 4: Generate packets with COS and DSCP settings (6:14)
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StartOstinato Wireshark Captures Part 5: Capture and generate GNS3 switch CDP messages (4:23)
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StartGNS3 Talks HPE VSR, VNC Console and Cisco integration Part 1 (Cisco IOSv + HPE) (10:57)
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StartGNS3 Talks HPE VSR, VNC Console and Cisco integration Part 2 (Cisco IOSv + HPE) (9:21)
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StartGNS3 Talks ipterm Linux, Docker, Python, SDN and more! Part 1 (7:54)
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StartGNS3 Talks ipterm Linux, Docker, Python, SDN and more! Part 2 (6:05)
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StartGNS3 Talks ipterm Linux, Docker, Python, SDN and more! Part 3 (8:42)
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StartGNS3 Talks Mac OS X, HPE VSR, Chicken of the VNC, Cisco CSR Part 1 (8:58)
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StartGNS3 Talks Mac OS X, HPE VSR, Chicken of the VNC, Cisco CSR Part 2 (7:21)
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StartGNS3 Talks Syslog with Papertrail - easy, online, free syslog server for your GNS3 Labs! (9:28)
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StartGNS3 Talks Syslog with Slack and Papertrail = view your GNS3 Lab syslog messages in Slack! (6:05)
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StartGNS3 Talks Firefox appliance - add a Web browser to your GNS3 topologies (6:31)
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StartGNS3 Talks Chicken of the VNC, Royal TSX to fix console issues with GNS3 on a Mac (2:49)
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StartGNS3 Talks Vote for Videos - which videos should I create (2:08)
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StartGNS3 VM download (1:45)
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StartVirtualBox import (0:44)
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StartSetup Wizard (2:22)
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StartSetup wizard (continued) (2:40)
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StartGNS3 VM IOS upload (1:14)
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StartGNS3 VM router setup (2:54)
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StartGNS3 VM and OSPF demonstration (3:19)
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StartLocal server and Local GNS3 VM demonstration (5:28)
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StartRecommendations (0:56)
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StartCisco Etherswitch Service Module Overview (1:39)
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StartCreate topology (2:18)
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StartSpanning Tree, PCMCIA setup, memory setup (6:53)
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StartFormat Flash and set up VTP (2:20)
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StartVerify PC Connectivity (1:47)
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StartSpanning Tree testing (2:51)
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StartMove PCs to another VLAN (4:23)
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StartGNS3 Etherswitch Wizard (2:06)
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StartGNS3 Macros (1:06)
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StartInstall GNS3 on a Mac (with GNS3 VM) (12:28)
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StartIOSvL2 Appliance import (8:06)
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StartGNS3 1.5.X Appliance Tips (2:34)
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StartIOSv Appliance (10:59)
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StartGNS3 VM Internet appliance (14:26)
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StartGNS3 VM and physical device OSPF route exchange (9:03)
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StartYour First GNS3 Topology with VPCS (4:31)
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StartCumulus VX Introduction (0:43)
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StartCumulus VX FAQs (1:29)
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StartCumulus VX Technical Documentation (0:37)
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StartImport OVA (2:22)
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StartBuild Topology (2:55)
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StartSpine and Leaf (0:34)
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StartStart up and connect (1:03)
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StartSwitch port configuration (4:24)
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StartBridge configuration (5:30)
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StartSVI configuration and ping tests (1:43)
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StartCreate multiple VLANs (4:26)