Emulating cisco network laboratory topologies in the cloud

Presently a multitude of virtualization solutions have been implemented in both classroom environments and by students at home. Their success and widespread deployment made them an ideal surrogate to real hardware based laboratories and an excellent aid in the learning process. However, the intense hardware requirements often limit the number of emulated devices used, and the number of concurrent sessions. To address these issues, in this paper we propose a cloud-based virtual laboratory.