NetLabX: ferramenta visual para controle de ambiente virtualizado de rede

Abstract

With the growth of the world-wide computer network and its use, it becomes necessary studies and abstractions of concepts used in the area. In this way a great demand arises for applications related to security, expansion and its maintenance. The definition of computer networks is given by the set of interconnected equipment in order to exchange information and share resources, such as files, printers, modems, software, among others. With this, in order to obtain and study the behavior of a network, a large amount of equipment and technical capacity for configuration is necessary, in the academic environment this necessity makes the study costly. Thus, an alternative to obtain a complete network environment is the simulation, where the equipment is not allocated physically, but in virtual form within a computer application, every necessary equipment or resource is created within that capable software to simulate a real machine. The simulation process brings several benefits, due to its low investment and better understanding. A simulated environment requires a reduced amount of physical equipment, and its configuration can be automated. In the activities carried out in the technology course in internet systems, at the Guarapuava campus of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, the lack of a visually intuitive and simple configuration environment was observed, where any academic or teacher can perform their simulations and tests, without lost most time in creating this environment. For this reason, the present work aims to describe the steps followed during the development of a visual tool for the control of virtualized equipment. Centralizing the configuration of computers, servers, switches and routers in a single tool.