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| 7 | == Integration of Slice Login Manager (SLM) == |
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| 9 | The SLM is a software module running on the SPP's Control Processor that enables remote users to login to their slices without having to be aware of the specific GPE on which their slice's vServer is running. Incoming SSH connections are directed by the SPP Line Card to the SLM, which deals with authentication, determines which GPE is hosting the user's slice and forwards the connection to that slice. Once the login procedure is complete, packets flowing between the user and its vServer are forwarded transparently by the CP (at the OS level), without further involvement by the CP. |
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| 11 | == Software for Remote Display of Real-Time Performance Data == |
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| 13 | The NPE in the SPP provides an extensive collection of performance monitoring counters. These are maintained by the datapath software and are accessible to the xScale management processor. We have developed software to allow a remote user to monitor these counters and have the values displayed on remote real-time charts, allowing researchers to observe what is happening "under the covers'' as traffic flows through their fastpath running on the NPE. The software consists of three components. First, there is a user interface implemented as a java application that the user runs on a remote machine. |
| 14 | This interface communicates with a monitoring daemon that is run within the user's vServer. |
| 15 | This daemon communicates with a software module running on the xScale processor in the NPE |
| 16 | to retrieve the current values of the appropriate counters. |
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| 18 | == Preparation for First Public Demonstration at GEC 4 == |
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| 20 | == Development of SPP Reservation System (work in progress) == |
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| 22 | == Facilitate Communication and Interaction Among Cluster B Participants == |
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| 24 | == Deployment Planning == |
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| 26 | == System Integration/Bug Fixes == |