SESSION 2

Creating a network topology

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 2 Creating a network topology
Session presentation
 Objective: to be able to create a network topology
including Q3 NEs

 Program:
 2.1 Creating a map 3
 2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map 15
 2.3 Managing ISA boards 33
 2.4 Creating a connection 45
 2.5 Creating the GNE list 49
 2.6 Addressing NEs with IP tunnel 53
 2.7 Distributing maps 61

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 SESSION 2
Creating a network topology

2.1 Creating a map

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 2.1 Creating a map
Reminder: map definition
 A map or a network topology view represents a set of sites, NEs
and connections between symbols.
Root submap Object

Open by clicking
on the object

Submap Submap Child submap

Map SM1 NE SM2 related to a
parent object

Submap Submap
SM11 SM12
NE NE NE NE

Browser
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 2.1 Creating a map
Creating an empty map (1)
 1) Log in as an operator having relevant rights
 2) Access to TMN-OSs Management window
 3) Start 1353NM application, selecting Actions  Topology Manager
or double-clic on the icon

 A new map, containing only a “Root” submap, appears.

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 2.1 Creating a map
Creating an empty map (2)
 1) From the current map, select File  New map

 A new map, containing only a “Root” submap, appears.

 2) Authorise a free “layout”, selecting Edit  Layout  Network
 3) Disable “Frozen Mode” if necessary :  Frozen Mode

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 2.1 Creating a map
Creating an empty map (3)
 The root submap can be customized
as follow:

 1) Select the menu

View  View Parameters
 2) Define the following parameters:
 Name : unique and without spaces
 Background : from the list
 Layout : e.g. “Cartesian”
 3) Click OK and the update of the
related window appears:

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 2.1 Creating a map
Creating a submap (1) : by “Child View”
 1) To add a child view, select the menu Edit  Create Child View
 2) Define a Name : unique name
without spaces
 3) Select a symbol
 4) Click Apply , a new symbol appears

 5) Double click on the new symbol, an empty Child view appears

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 2.1 Creating a map
Creating a submap (2) : by “Add Symbol” (1)
 1) To add a child view, select the menu Edit  Add Symbol
 2) Select a Type (no graphical view)
 3) Define a User label : unique name
without spaces
 4) Click Apply , the new symbol appears

 5) Double click on the symbol to attach a Child view and answer OK

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 2.1 Creating a map
Creating a submap (3) : customize submap
 The submap can be customized:
 1) Select the menu
View  View Parameters
 2) Define the following parameters:
 Background : from the list
 Layout : e.g. “Cartesian”
 7) Click OK

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 2.1 Creating a map
Saving a map
 1) Select the menu File  Local Persistency  Save Map as
 Define a File Name : --- (unique name without spaces)
 2) Click Save

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 2.1 Creating a map
Restoring a map
 1) Select the menu File  Local Persistency  Restore Map
 Select a File then the File Name field is updated
 2) Click Restore and Cancel

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 2.1 Creating a map
Exercise

 Create a new map (each group should

use a different name)

 Create a child submap

 Save the created map, close it and
open it

Time allowed :
15 minutes

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 SESSION 2
Creating a network topology

2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map

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 2.2 Managing and addressing an NE on a map
Creating an NE
 1) Open the related submap
 2) Choose Declarations  Create  NE
 3) Fill in the NE Creation window
 Select the appropriate:
 NE family
 Type of equipment
 Release of equipment
 Fill in the two mandatory fields :
 User label
 Location Name
 4) Click Apply to launch the creation
 The created NE appears on the submap
 5) Close the window or create more NEs
 6) Manage the related addresses (NE &
OS) . See next pages.
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 2.2 Managing and addressing an NE on a map
System addressing - NSAP address
 An NSAP address represents globally a unique location in the OSI
environment
 The NSAP address is made of two parts :
 IDP : defining the address structure
 DSP : the address itself

NSAP
IDP DSP
AFI IDI DFI ORG RSD RD Area ID SEL
1 byte 2 bytes 1 byte 3 bytes 2 bytes 2 bytes 2 bytes 6 bytes 1 byte

39 xxxx 80 xxxxxx 0000 xxxx xxxx MAC 1D

address

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 2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map
System addressing - NSAP address

D1 D2

Area

A1 A3

NE
System ID
A2 A4

Domain

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 2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map
System addressing - NSAP address
 Two types of equipment:
 Intermediate Systems (IS),
with routing table
ES
 End Systems (ES), without
routing table IS

 Two protocols:
 ES-IS between an ES
equipment and an IS
equipment
 IS-IS between two IS
equipment.

Each Alcatel equipment runs as an

Intermediate System (IS) equipment and uses
the IS-IS protocol.

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 2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map
Level L1, L2, non-pure L2 for routing tables
 Level L1
 Knowledge of the topology of
the area in which the NE is
located.
 Level L2
 Knowledge of the topology of
L1
all L2 routers in the domain
(i.e. knowledge of all the NEs L2
which make the inter-area Non
routing in a given domain). pure
 Level non-pure L2
 Knowledge of the topology of
the area and of all level L2
routers in the domain. (Non-
pure L2 = L2 + L1 )

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 2.2 Managing and addressing an NE on a map
NE addressing (1)
 1) Viewing the OS address
on the 1353NM
 From TMN-OSs
Management, select
1353NM icon then OS 
System Config
 Double clic on
“Necom_SubSystem_0”
 Then, the whole OS NSAP
address is shown
 Get the required address
 Close the windows as
follow:
 Actions  Close and
Main  Quit  Yes

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NE addressing (2)
 2) Get or configure the NE address from the 1320CT
 Select menu Configuration  Comm/Routing  Local
Configuration
 If already configured the
following addresses are
shown:
 Presentation : 0002
 Session : 00
 Transport : 00
 NSAP : 39 …
 If necessary, configure or
modify and click "OK”
 If no modification is done,
click ”Cancel”

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NE addressing (3)
 3) Configure the OS address on the NE from the 1320CT
 Select menu Configuration  Comm/Routing  OS Configuration
 Make sure the values of the
selectors are :
 Presentation : 0002
 Session : 00
 Transport : 00
 Enter the main (and the
spare if any) OS NSAP
addresses:
 NSAP : 39 ...
 Click "OK"

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NE addressing (4)
 4) Verify or set the LAPD configurations from the 1320CT
 Select menu Configuration  Comm/Routing  Interfaces
Configuration  LAPD Configuration
 For each SDH port between
the GNE and any other NE
to reach, make sure the
LAPD interfaces are used
(Yes) and configured :
 “Network” / “User”
 Click “Apply” to confirm
any modification then
”Close"

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NE addressing (5)
 5) Configure the address of the
NE on the 1353NM
 Select the NE to be
addressed
 Select the menu
Declarations  Set
Addresses  NE Address
 Enter the values for the
selectors
 Presentation : 0002
 Session : 00
 Transport : 00
 Enter the NSAP address (as
for Local Configuration)
 Click Apply then close

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 2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map
Map and IM database

USM IM

icon N°1 NE1

(Map 1) NE1

icon N°2 NE1

(Map 2) NE2

Graphic database Processing database

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 2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map
Populating the map from the OS MIB
 This procedure can be used to add an NE icon to a submap if the NE already
exists in the database
 1) Select the menu Tools  NE Inventory  Global
 2) The list of NEs already created appears

 3) Select the targeted NEs from the list

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Populating the map from the OS MIB
 4) Select the menu Inventory  Population

 5) If necessary, change the

population selection
 6) Click Apply then Close

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Deleting an NE from a submap
 This action simply deletes the NE from the current submap

 1) In the network topology view, select the NE to be deleted from the submap
 2) Select the menu Edit  Cut
or Edit  Delete
or Edit  Delete from all views

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Deleting an NE from the MIB
 This action deletes the NE from the OS database

 1) Select a NE in the map

 2) Select the menu Declarations  Delete  Generic
 3) Click Apply

 4) Click Close after deletion

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2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map
How to do it ?

 How to create an NE

 How to set the NE address

 How to add an NE from the OS MIB

 How to remove an NE

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 2.2 Managing an NE and NE addressing on a map
Exercise

 Create an NE
 Set addresses of this new NE
 Add an NE to the map from the OS MIB
 Create another NE
 Remove from the MIB the last created
Time allowed : NE
20 minutes

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Creating a network topology

2.3 Managing ISA boards

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ISA boards and EML-IM concept
 ISA boards are inserted into the
OMSNs shelves. 1353NM
SNMP Q3
 They run an SNMP agent
EMLIM EMLIM
interworking with the 1353NM.

 Each of them will be considered by

DCN
DCN
the 1353NM as a “Sub NE” while
the related OMSN will be
considered as a “Host NE”.

 Therefore their creation and OMSN

addresses will have to be ISA Equipment
managed. See next pages. Controller
Board

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 2.3 Managing ISA boards
Creating an ISA board (1)
 1) From Equipment view of the Host NE” get or set the IP address of the ISA
board:

 Select the unit

 Choose the menu
Configuration  Comm/Routing  IP Configuration  ISA board IP
address
 If necessary set the IP address and Apply
 Close

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Creating an ISA board (2)
 2) Open the submap in which the Host NE (OMSN) is located and select it
 3) Choose the menu Declarations  Create ISA board
 4) Fill in the window :
« Create ISA board »
 Board type, Label and IP address Submap
 5) Click Apply then Quit
 After the creation the ISA
board icon can be managed into NE User Label ISA User Label
the submap as the one of
another NE OMSN ISA
board

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ISA boards and communication stacks concept

1353NM OMSN NE#1 OMSN NE#2

@ @ @ @ ISA#1.1 ISA#1.2 ISA#2.1 ISA#2.2

1.1 1.2 2.1 2.2 IP@1.1 IP@1.2 IP@2.1 IP@2.2

NSAP NSAP Point to Point IP@1 Point to Point IP@2

@1 @2 GNE IP@1
Eqpt. Ctrl. Eqpt. Ctrl.
SH NSAP@0 NSAP @1 NSAP @2
SH MAC@0 MAC @1

Ethernet OSI
OSI Ethernet SDH Link QECC LAPD
DCN
DCN
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Manage the IP address of the GNE
 1) Open the Equipment view of the
GNE
 2) Choose the menu Configuration
 Comm/Routing  Interfaces
Configuration  Ethernet
Configuration
 3) In the part IP Section, set the IP
address of the GNE and the
network mask
 4) Select OSPF as Routing
Protocol
 5) Click on Apply (3)
 6) Close
(4)

(5)
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 2.3 Managing ISA boards
Manage the Point-To-Point IP address
 The « Point-To-Point » address is
the IP address of the Equipment
Controller board.

 1) Open the Equipment view of the

“Host NE”
 2) Choose the menu Configuration
 Comm/Routing  IP
Configuration  IP Address
Configuration of Point-To-Point
Interfaces
 3) Check or set the IP address
 4) In case of modification, click on
OK.
 5) If no modification click Cancel

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 2.3 Managing ISA boards
IP over OSI through SDH

NE#1 NE#2 NE#3

1353NM NSAP@2 NSAP@3
NSAP@0 NSAP@1
GNE
OSI
OSI
DCN
DCN SDH LAPD SDH LAPD
IP over OSI IP over OSI IP over OSI
NSAP@2 NSAP@1 & NSAP@3 NSAP@2

 The « IP over OSI Tunneling Configuration » will be used by

each « Host NE » reachable through LAPD protocol.
 When a « Host NE » is reachable through LAPD protocol the
« IP over OSI Tunneling Configuration » has to be made for the
involved NEs.
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Manage IP over OSI through SDH
 1) Open the Equipment view of the
“Host NE”
 2) Choose the menu Configuration
 Comm/Routing  Tunneling
Configuration IP Over OSI
 3) Check or set the NSAP Address of
adjacent NE(s)
 4) Make sure OSPF is selected as IP
Routing
 5) In case of modification, click on
Apply.
 7) Fill in New folders if necessary
 8) Click Close

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 2.3 Managing ISA boards
IP routes management into 1353NM (1)
OMSN NE#1 OMSN NE#2 OMSN NE#3

ISA#1.1 ISA#2.1 ISA#3.1

IP@1.1 IP@2.1 IP@3.1
Pt. To Pt.
Pt. To Pt. Pt. To Pt.
IP@1
IP@2 IP@3

1353NM GNE
IP@ SDH LAPD SDH LAPD
OSI
OSI
DCN
DCN

 To be able to start the supervision of the ISA boards,

IP routes have to be created into the 1353NM system.
 The routes must be created between each ISA board IP address
to be supervised from 1353NM and the IP address of the GNE.
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IP routes management into 1353NM (2)
 Open a “hpterm window” and login as root

 To create a route:
 Enter the following command line:
routeuaddu<IP address of ISA board> u<IP address of the GNE>u1
example: routeuaddu139.54.17.132u139.54.1.73u1

 To display the existing routes:

 Enter the following command : netstatu-r

 To remove a route:
 Enter the following command line:
routeudeleteu<IP address of ISA board> u<IP address of the GNE>u1
example: routeudeleteu139.54.17.132u139.54.1.73u1

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Exercise

 For a given ISA board, set the required

configuration in order to create the

corresponding “Sub NE” and create it.

 For a “Host NE” and a related ISA

board, set the IP routing configuration

 Create the relevant IP route in 1353NM

Time allowed :
20 minutes

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Creating a network topology

2.4 Creating a connection

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 2.4 Creating a connection
Procedure
 Two symbols can be linked by a connection
 This connection is nothing else than a graphical object and therefor, it is
not managed by the 1353NM as an SDH object

 1) Open the submap

 2) Click the connection's source symbol (first NE)
 3) Shift-Click the connection's destination symbol (second NE)
 4) Select the menu
Edit  Add Connection
 5) Select a Type in the list
 6) Define a User Label :
unique name without spaces
 7) Click Apply and Close

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Final submap view

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Exercise

 Create a connection between two NEs

Time allowed :
10 minutes

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2.5 Creating the GNE list

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 2.5 Creating the GNE list
Principle (1)
 The GNE list is manually created by the operator
 The 1353NM doesn't check information validity
 This list could be used to make easier IP tunneling creation

 Action  1353NMAdmin
 NE administration  List Gateway NE

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 2.5 Creating the GNE list
Display a GNE list
Display
Filter

1) Select the NE

2) Click here to
get information

3) enter the IP address

if necessary
(for IP tunneling)

Save data
on the disk 4) OK

Refresh
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Exercise

 Set the GNE list to match the network

structure

Time allowed :
10 minutes

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Creating a network topology

2.6 Addressing NEs with IP tunnel

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 2.6 Addressing NEs with IP tunnel
Principle
 OSI over IP tunneling is a
technique that consists in the SH NE
insertion (encapsulation) of the OSI
traffic in IP packets. IS-IS IS-IS
ES-IS CLNP ES-IS CLNP

 The extremities of the tunnels are

typically a 1353NM server and an
NE.

 The DCN connecting the 1353NM IP Packets

and the NE will carry IP packets. IP network

 The NE and the 1353NM server

need to support the OSI and IP
protocols, the routers only need to
support the IP protocol.

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 2.6 Addressing NEs with IP tunnel
Network example

1353NM
CLNP
GRE
IP 802.2
Ethernet
IP network
OSI network

OSI over IP OSI

GNE GNE

OSI OSI
OSI OSI
NE
OSI over IP
NE OSI NE OSI NE
IP network

GNE

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 2.6 Addressing NEs with IP tunnel
NE Configuration Procedure (1)
 On the 1320 CT :
(3)
 1) Start the supervision of the NE
and Login
 2) Choose the menu Configuration
 Comm/Routing  Interfaces
Configuration  Ethernet
Configuration
 3) Check that the Ethernet interface
is enabled
 4) In the part IP Section, set the IP
address of the NE and the network (4)
mask
 5) Click on Apply

(5)
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NE Configuration Procedure (2)
 6) Choose the menu Configuration
 Comm/Routing  Tunneling
Configuration  OSI over IP
 7) Set the Remote Destination IP
Address to match the IP address
of the 1353NM server
 8) Click on Apply (7)

(8)

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1353 NM Configuration Procedure (1)
 On the 1353NM :

 1) From TMN-OSs Management

window, select the 1353NM icon
then Actions  1353NMAdmin
 2) Select the menu
NE Administration and IP
Tunneling

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1353 NM Configuration Procedure (2)

 3) Click on Create
 4) Set the NE IP Address as defined
locally in the NE
 5) Click on Create (4)

(5)

(3)
 6) The [Status] will then change to « progress » (orange background)
 7) If the destination NE can be reached, the [Status] will change to « active »
(green background)
 The first tunnel created has the ID « 0 » ; it is possible to create up to 32 tunnels
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Exercise

 Create an IP tunnel between 1353NM

and an NE

Time allowed :
20 minutes

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 SESSION 2
Creating a network topology

2.7 Distributing maps

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 2.7 Distributing maps
Principle of distribution

DCN DCN
Master server Presentation server
Local
LocalMaps
Maps USM Local
LocalMaps
Maps USM
Map Map
dB Distribute map dB
distribute map
Get map
Distributed
Distributed
IM
DNM-IM Network
NetworkMaps
Maps
Maps IM
IM (DNM -IM)
(DNM - IM)

Get
map DCN

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 2.7 Distributing maps
Saving as distributed maps
 1) Open the local map
 2) Select File  Save Map as…
 3) Enter the Name of the
distributed map
 4) Enter any useful comment
 5) Click OK
 6) After update, click Close

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Retrieving distributed maps
 1) Create a new map
 2) Select File  Map Management
 3) Select the map from the "Map Tree" list
 4) Click the Retrieve button
 5) Click the Close button

If you don't have access to retrieve" button for the selected map, contact
your administrator to modify the rights in SEC.

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 2.7 Distributing maps
locked maps

PNM USM DNM IM PNM USM DNM IM

Local displayed Local displayed
map DNM map DNM
map 1 map 1
map 4 map 4
map 2 map 2
map 3 map 3
map 4 *

After "save as" or " retrieve"

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Unlocking distributed maps
 A map is locked when it is opened to be modified, but it can always be
unlocked
 1) Select the menu File  Map Management
 2) Select the map in the "Map Tree" list
 3) Click the Unlock button
 4) Click the Close button

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Deleting a distributed map
 This operation deletes a map from the list of distributed maps previously
stored in the DNM database
 1) Select the menu File Map Management
 2) Select the map in the "Map Tree" list
 4) Click the Delete button
 5) Click the Close button

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Exercise

 Distribute the map previously created

 Retrieve the map into a new local map

Time allowed :
10 minutes

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Notes

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Evaluation
 Objective: to be able to create a
network topology including Q3 NEs

Thank you for answering

the self-assessment
of the objectives sheet

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