Spring 2012
ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

OPNET (version 14.0.A) environment info

Important notes:
  • OPNET version 14.0.A is installed on a Solaris server.
    License server host name for OPNET 14.0.A is "pluto". Please do not try to connect to "pluto".
    Run OPNET version 14.0.A remotely on "payette" (199.60.6.60 payette.ensc.sfu.ca Sun U60).
    To connect to "payette", use "ssh payette.ensc.sfu.ca".
  • Remote access to "payette":
        ssh payette.ensc.sfu.ca -X -C

  • 1. Login to any of the 24 Linux Dell PCs in the ENSC Undergraduate Computer room: ESIL Lab ASB 1000B/ASB 10803. Run ssh payette.ensc.sfu.ca -X -C .
    Do not run OPNET without setting your environment first. Type "which opnet" to ensure that there is no path to older versions of OPNET.

  • 2. In order to properly set your environment, add lines to your ".login" file:
        if ( -e /ensc/local2/opnet/14.0.A/sys/unix/bin) then
        setenv OPNETHOME /ensc/local2/opnet/14.0.A/sys/unix
        setenv PATH ${PATH}:${OPNETHOME}/bin
        endif
    NOTE: Use "chmod 0644 .login" to change the file permission and make it writable.

  • 3. logout and login
    or
    source .login

  • 4. mkdir op_admin
    NOTE: op_admin directory must be directly under the user's home directory and with the correct permissions. (Do chmod 755 op_admin if necessary".)

  • 5. cd op_admin
    Copy to the op_admin directory file env_db14.0 . (Remove the extension .txt if you have downloaded the file from the web.)
    Edit the first line in "mod_dirs" section of the file "env_db14.0" and replace "/ensc/fac1/ljilja/op_models" with the path to your own "op_models" directory. Do the same with lines "/ensc/fac1/ljilja/op_admin/ace_logs" and "reports_dir : /ensc/fac1/ljilja/op_reports".
    NOTE: Make sure that you are the owner of the file "env_db14.0", and that the file has correct permissions. (Do chmod 644 env_db14.0 if necessary.)

  • 6. Run Opnet by typing opnet.

  • 7. If you wish to construct your own models, you need to edit file "env_db14.0" located in the directory "op_admin". Add your own home directory paths in the section "mod_dirs".
    NOTE: Please make sure that your own model directories are listed as the first entries in the file "env_db14.0" in the section "mod_dirs".

  • 8. Ignore the error messages in the command line if Opnet works fine.
    They are from commercial packages that are not available to us.

    REMINDER: Remove any reference to earlier versions of OPNET from your .login file (such as references to opnet 12.0.A).

    Last modified: Monday, February 20, 2012 10:53:35 PM PST.