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Once installation is complete, we must first create a new project.

Figure 2.1. Creation of a new project. For a color version of the figure, see www.iste.co.uk/helali/systems.zip

When the project is created, the main window with various toolbars appears.

Figure 2.2. Description of GNS3 interface. For a color version of the figure, see www.iste.co.uk/helali/systems.zip

The outlined parts of Figure 2.2 are defined below.

Create/open a project

The first button allows you to connect with one click to the consoles of each device in the model. The second displays the configuration terminal of a router or a switch.

– The first button is the Start button, which launches the model's hardware.

– The second button pauses it.

– The third button turns it off.

– The fourth button restarts the whole thing.

– The fifth button displays the client's virtual machine.

The first two buttons are used to zoom (this can be useful when working with a large model).

The third button takes a snapshot of the model (to send to the client, for example).