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Create a Demand (Planner)

You can create demands for your network model. Demands are created when you want to analyze the traffic between the nodes.

To create a demand:

  1. Navigate to Planning > Networks > Offline Models > Model-Name > Open.

    The offline topology page is displayed with the topology map at the center and the network information table at the bottom of the page.

  2. Navigate to the Demands tab.

  3. Click the plus icon (+).

    The Create Demand page appears.

  4. Complete the configuration according to the guidelines in Table 1.

    Note: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

  5. Click Submit to create a demand.

A message indicating that the demand is created appears. You are returned to the Demands tab where you can view the newly added demand.

Table 1: Fields on the Create Demand Page
Column Description
Name* Specify a unique name for the demand. You can use any number of alphanumeric characters, period, hyphens, colons, and underscores.

For example, traffic-1.
Node A* From the list, select the device that you want to use as the ingress node.
Node Z* From the list, select the device that you want to use as the egress node.
Planned Bandwidth Specify the planned bandwidth (along with valid units, with no space between the bandwidth and units) for the demand. If you specify a value without units, bps is automatically applied. Valid units: B or b, M or m, K or k, or G or g.
Properties section
Description

Enter a brief description about the demand that you are creating.

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