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+We describe the chronological steps needed to run a swarm:
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+ \item The Commander parses the file that describes the systems involved in the experiment: \textit{nodes.xml} and the file
+ containing swarm information: \textit{swarm.xml}
+\item The Commander applies traffic control rules upon hardware nodes using \textit{TrafficControl.py} script
+\item The traffic control rules are applied using SSH commands on the system.
+\item The Commander starts the Server daemon using SSH on the described nodes(OpenVZ containers). In order to connect, the commander
+uses the public IP address of the hardware node and the port.
+\item The Commander monitors the nodes using the Server daemon. It interacts using the messages described in section [to do section protocol]. A special port is assigned to this communication.
+\end{enumerate}