So with my post i would try to have a better understanding about the benefits of using the IOU for the preparation of the new lab.
And i would like to ask help out there if any of you guys is already familiar with this tool...
First of all because i've decided to go for the V5 track and the environment will be all virtual as it seems to be.
I've already red some internet docs that talk about the use of the IOU and there is even a web gui designed for it so i don't think it would be particularly hard to set up a home lab. Also the impact on the hardware seems to be less with a big improvement over the performance and the topology size you can run.
What seems to be unclear is the IOS that could be emulated on it;
Since on the new lab we will have IOS15.3T that it is ISR, i'm not sure IOU can emulate this software as well unless some of you will confirm to me the contrary because i know that IOU run his special images. I never tested a 15.3T image but if i can emulate his features with a 15.0 over a 7200 in dynamips i suppose it would be much more suitable to continue use the GNS3 infrastructure for study.
Any opinion about this topic would be really appreciated.