diff --git a/utils/start_example_chain.sh b/utils/start_example_chain.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+# deploy VNFs
+son-emu-cli compute start -d datacenter1 -n tsrc -i traffic_source -c ./start.sh
+son-emu-cli compute start -d datacenter2 -n fw -i firewall -c ./start.sh
+son-emu-cli compute start -d long_data_center_name3 -n tsink -i traffic_sink -c ./start.sh
+
+# setup links in the chain
+son-emu-cli network add -src tsrc -dst fw
+son-emu-cli network add -src fw -dst tsink
+son-emu-cli network add -src tsink -dst tsrc
+
+
+
diff --git a/utils/start_example_topology.sh b/utils/start_example_topology.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# start DC Network
+python ../src/emuvim/examples/simple_topology.py
+
+
+