Enterprise GENI Evaluation

The Enterprise-GENI solution is composed of four main entities:

• OpenFlow-based Substrate Version ??: Switches that communicate using the OpenFlow protocol to the OpenFlow controller. Software version available include
  • Indigo ​http://www.openflowhub.org/display/Indigo/Indigo+-+Download+Page
  • Pica8
• FlowVisor Version 0.8.1.2 : Custom-build OpenFlow controller that isolates experiment control traffic. DOwnloaded debian package from ​http://updates.flowvisor.org/openflow/downloads/GENI/DEB/unstable/binary-i386/
• Opt In Manager Version 0.2.5 : The application used by the network administrator to allow experiments to be hosted in an OpenFlow-based network. It interacts with the FlowVisor to push needed slice definitions.
• Expedient Version 4.0.2: Portal for defining experiment resources.

• NOX Zaku branch: An OpenFlow Controller providing flow level control of network traffic. Location?
• SNAC (​http://www.openflowhub.org/display/Snac/SNAC+OpenFlow+Controller+Packages) An OpenFlow Controller which is a NOX module.

Note: * FOAM Version 0.2.2 will replace the Expedient Aggregate Manager and Opt In Manager. Version? Location?

Evaluation Time Frame: September 26, 2011

Enterprise GENI Findings

Enterprise GENI How-to

Install and Configure Flowvisor

Using instructions from ​https://openflow.stanford.edu/display/flowvisor/fv_deploy, installed the ubuntu package FlowVisor Version 0.8.1.2. First, add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://updates.flowvisor.org/openflow/downloads/GENI/DEB unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/

Install package: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flowvisor

Before proceeding to configuration step, should modify the SSL_KEYPASSWD in the file /usr/etc/flowvisor/envs.sh to define the password to be used by the fv-admin profile:

You can now start the flowvisor, note if this is a new flowvisor installation, the SSL keystor must be generated, below is a capture of the process:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/flowvisor /usr/etc/flowvisor/config.xml 
Starting FlowVisor
Running with FV_JVM_ARGS=-server -Xms100M -Xmx1000M -XX:OnError=flowvisor-crash-logger -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
--- Setting logging level to NOTE
java.lang.RuntimeException: SSL Key Store file not found: '/usr/etc/flowvisor/mySSLKeyStore'
Please generate with `fvconfig generateCert`
        at org.flowvisor.api.APIServer.spawn(APIServer.java:85)
        at org.flowvisor.FlowVisor.run(FlowVisor.java:143)
        at org.flowvisor.FlowVisor.main(FlowVisor.java:191)

lnevers@mallorea:~$ sudo fvconfig generateCert
Trying to generate SSL Server Key with passwd from scripts/envs.sh
Generating cert with common name == mallorea.gpolab.bbn.com

$ sudo /usr/sbin/flowvisor /usr/etc/flowvisor/config.xml &
[1] 1283
lnevers@mallorea:~$ Starting FlowVisor
Running with FV_JVM_ARGS=-server -Xms100M -Xmx1000M -XX:OnError=flowvisor-crash-logger -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
--- Setting logging level to NOTE

Minor issues found, with setting password and paths. (expand)

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