Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Tutorial/HowToTopology

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Nov 20, 2007, 4:39:14 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

thierry

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Tutorial/HowToTopology

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 Go back --> [wiki:Tutorial Tutorials]
 
-== How to use Topologies in an experiment script ==
+= How to use Topologies in an experiment script =
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+=== Prerequisite ===
 
 This feature is only available in NodeHandler v4 and above.
 
-Before going through this tutorial, you should know [wiki:Tutorial/HowToImage how to install a disk image]. 
+Before going through this tutorial, you should know the basics of writing and running an experiment script (see [wiki:Tutorial/HelloWorld here] and [wiki:Tutorial/HowtoWriteScripts here]).
 
-You should also have installed a disk image with Node Agent v4 on the nodes of the testbed you are using (e.g. "baseline-7.11.ndz").
+You should also have installed a disk image with Node Agent v4 on the nodes of the testbed you are using (e.g. "baseline-7.11.ndz"). See [wiki:Tutorial/HowToImage "How to install a disk image"].
 
 === Goal ===
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 This experiment is given in the attached script [attachment:tut_topo_1.rb tut_topo_1.rb]. 
 
-This file contains extensive comments that should help you understand the different steps involved in defining and using topologies. For more information on the basics of writing and using an experiment script, please refer to the previous tutorials, [wiki:Tutorial/HowtoWriteScripts here] and [wiki:Tutorial/HelloWorld here].
+This file contains extensive comments that should help you understand the different steps involved in defining and using topologies.
 
 You can find more detailed information on the available commands to define topologies [wiki:Documentation/NodeHandler/Commands/defTopology here].
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  }}}
 
-(This assumes that you previously logged in to the 'grid' testbed, and imaged its nodes with the "baseline-7.11.ndz" image, thus you should have a "system_topo_active_grid.rb" file in your home directory.)
+(This assumes that you previously logged in to a testbed with its nodes having a disk image such as "baseline-7.11.ndz").
 
 === The Results ===