What is MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA

MIMIC Virtual Lab creates a real world lab environment with a network of Cisco Routers and Switches. It gives hands-on learning experience without buying expensive equipment.

MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA comes in two versions: MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA and
MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA Plus.
The features below apply to both the versions.

MIMIC Virtual Lab is for beginners interested in familiarizing themselves with the complex environment and for intermediate or expert users looking to sharpen their skills and move to a higher level. It provides a safe environment to practice. You don't have to worry about bringing down the equipment/network and affecting other users.

MIMIC gives Network Engineers the ability to practice for CCNA and other certifications instead of just reading instructions. It enables Training organizations to supply a Virtual lab to students with the classroom training or e-learning courses. Students can interact with Routers and Switches, just like with real devices.

The Lab

Interact with the routers and switches, just like real devices:

Network of 7 devices

Cisco Routers (2620, 3640 and 7206)

Four Cisco Switches (2950, 3550 (2) and 6500)

A large set of IOS Commands for Router and Switch operations

LAN, WAN, ISDN and Serial links

Ability to Reconfigure the lab

Users can Telnet in to any of these devices as if they are connecting to real devices. You can open as many Telnet connections as the device supports. Users can also connect to it using a Console connection. It fully supports Cisco IOS® software.

Lab Exercises and Tutorials
The lab includes many Exercises and Tutorials. This shows some samples:

Tutorial: Basic IOS command line interface

Tutorial: Configure OSPF routing protocol

Tutorial: Configure a default route

Tutorial: Configure a serial line

Tutorial: Configure Standard Access List on Firewall Routers

Tutorial: Configure Extended Access List on Firewall Routers

Tutorial: Configure RIP routing protocol

Tutorial: Configure BGP routing protocol

Tutorial: Configure EIGRP routing protocol

Tutorial: Configure eBGP mode BGP routing

Tutorial: Configure OSPF multiple-area routing

Tutorial: Configure Frame Relay

Tutorial: Configure NAT

Tutorial: Configure VLAN

Quiz: Neighbor device information

and many more ...

Device Operations

Logging in/out

Get into and out of different modes - User, Privileged, Configuration, Interface

Set passwords, IP addresses, clock rates, hostname, bandwidth

Assign routing protocols - RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS

Ping other devices in the lab

Save/load configurations

Boot using flash or TFTP protocol

Configuration of ISDN, CDP, PPP, Frame Relay ACL and NAT protocols

and many other functions required for certifications

Lab Operations

Start/Stop devices, individually or in a group

Reconfigure the lab by adding and removing connections between the devices

Save/Load a configuration of the network

View configuration information of a device or the entire network

Troubleshoot

View the topology with connections and addresses

Open Telnet sessions

Context sensitive help

MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA Plus
This is a networked version of MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA. It includes all of the above features and more:

Fully connected to the network

Support for SNMP

Support for SYSLOG

Telnet in to any device from any remote machine.

Discover and configure the lab/devices using Cisco Network Management applications such as CiscoWorks, CiscoWorks 2000, CiscoView and CEMF (CDM, GSR Manager), just like real devices. All the changes done using IOS are visible via management applications and vice versa.