gem5 uses interconnection network within a "system" (i.e.
CPU+OS+Caches+DirecrotyControllers+ ...)
I guess what you want is a TCP/IP-network-connected systems. This is also
supported; at least for two systems. For more than that, you have to add
software-simulated swtich/routers between.

remember! this might not be the best way to simulate a cluster. you should
think about the level of abstraction you need.

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Payne, Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I’m interested in a cycle-accurate simulation of a cluster of nodes, each
> with their own CPU/RAM+OS and assocaited network connections. It looks like
> gem5 can do this according to****
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> http://www.m5sim.org/Interconnection_Network****
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> and****
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> https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/archive/gems-users/2012-March/msg00009.shtml****
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> but I don’t see any mention of it in the paper****
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> https://research.cs.wisc.edu/multifacet/papers/can11_gem5.pdf****
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> What is the status of networking and gem5? Is a cluster simulation a
> realistic objective?****
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> Kindly,****
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> Ben Payne****
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