Prepare for your next Cisco certification with this powerful network virtualization and orchestration platform.

Whether you are studying for an Expert, Professional, or Associate certification, Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal enables you to practice by creating highly accurate models of existing or planned networks in a safe virtual environment.

Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal is a network simulation platform for designing, testing, troubleshooting, and learning about networks. The latest version offers a complete rewrite of the software formerly called Cisco Virtual Internet Routing Lab Personal Edition, now with a streamlined HTML5 interface and a comprehensive API so you can design and test network automation workflows.

Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal uses licensed Cisco IOS images — the same software in routers and switches. This gives you a simulation tool with reliable models, whether you’re preparing for your next certification exam or writing automation code for work.

Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal allows you to:

Create models and what-if scenarios of real-world and future networks

Use Cisco IOS network operating systems, with routers and switches

Connect virtual and physical environments

Add nodes and change links in a running network simulation

Start and view packet captures right from the UI

Cisco Modeling Labs – Personal supports the following Cisco images:

IOSv and IOSvL2

NX-OSv and NX-OS 9000v

IOS XRv and IOS XRv 9000

IOS XE (CSR1000v)

ASAv

For more information on images and features supported, see the documentation at https://developer.cisco.com/docs/modeling-labs.

Cisco Modeling Labs – Personal also includes the following third-party and utility VMs:

Linux VM with Cisco's Trex packet generator

A WAN Emulator for creating WAN-like delay, jitter, and loss effects on links

Desktop Alpine Linux image that provides a graphical, Xfce interface

Tiny Core Linux server image

Full-featured Ubuntu server image using cloud-init YAML configuration

CoreOS Linux container-focused OS using cloud-init YAML configuration

Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal is distributed as an OVA file for you to deploy as a virtual machine on supported VMware products. For more information on packages, requirements and supported hypervisors, see the Quick Start Guide.

Cisco Modeling Labs – Personal is a community-supported product supported by 5000+ community members, including Cisco community managers. Join the Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal Community on the Cisco Learning Network to get articles, how-to tips, and links to useful resources.