Enterprise GENI Evaluation

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

• OpenFlow-based Substrate Version ??: The 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 : A 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: A portal for defining experiment resources. Version
• FOAM Version 0.2: Replacing the Expedient Aggregate Manager and Opt In Manager. Version? Location?
• 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.

The Enterprise GENI Aggregate Manager code and documentation reviewed for this efforts are found at the ​OpenFlow Aggregate Manager page.

Evaluation Time Frame: September 26, 2011

Enterprise GENI Findings

Enterprise GENI How-to

Using instructions from ​https://openflow.stanford.edu/display/flowvisor/fv_deploy, downloaded and installed FlowVisor Version 0.8.1:

$ wget http://updates.flowvisor.org/openflow/downloads/GENI/DEB/unstable/binary-i386/flowvisor_0.8.1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i flowvisor_0.8.1_i386.deb