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| 3 | == I&M Tools: Basic Test/Tutorial/Experiment Workflow ==
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| 4 |
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| 5 | 0) Overview of experiment
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| 6 |
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| 7 | 1) Establish experiment environment
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| 9 | 2) Obtain slice of GENI resources, install I&M tools and experiment services
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| 11 | 3) Configure I&M tools and experiment services
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| 13 | 4) Run and orchestrate I&M services and experiment services to complete run of experiment
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| 15 | 5) Analyze and visualize measurement results after completing run of experiment
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| 17 | 6) Move selected collected measurements and other artifacts from storage service to long-term archive service
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| 19 | 7) Release experiment resources
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| 21 |
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| 22 | === 0) Overview of experiment ===
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| 23 |
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| 24 | 0.1) Title and abstract
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| 26 | 0.2) Goals
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| 28 | 0.3) Configuration
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| 30 | 0.4 Process (flow chart)
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| 32 |
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| 33 | === 1) Establish experiment environment ===
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| 35 | 1.1) Establish experiment managment (user workspace) service
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| 36 |
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| 37 | 1.2) Gather necessary keys, certificates and credentials
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| 38 |
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| 39 | 1.3) Verify availability of desired aggregates
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| 40 |
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| 41 | 1.4) Verify availability of desired software images/packages
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| 42 |
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| 43 | 1.5) Verify availability of necessary operational services, and access to those services
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| 44 |
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| 45 |
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| 46 | === 2) Obtain slice of GENI resources, install I&M tools and experiment services ===
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| 47 |
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| 48 | 2.1) Select target aggregates
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| 50 | 2.2) Select desired software images/packages for I&M tools and experiment services
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| 51 |
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| 52 | 2.3) Obtain certs, credentials, passwords and keys
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| 53 |
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| 54 | 2.4) Formulate slice topology for experiment, and build request rspec
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| 55 |
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| 56 | 2.5) Acquire resources and load images/packages for I&M tools and experiment services
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| 57 |
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| 58 | 2.6) Start selected software processes
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| 60 | 2.7) Confirm slice with installed I&M tools and experiment services
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| 62 |
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| 63 | === 3) Configure I&M tools and experiment services ===
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| 65 | 3.1) Configure selected I&M services
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| 66 |
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| 67 | - objectives:
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| 68 | - binds services together, e.g., between each MP and the MC
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| 69 | - configures baseline services
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| 70 | - verifies that they are ready to run
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| 71 |
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| 72 | - at completion: configured I&M services, ready to run and collect data
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| 75 | 3.2) Configure selected experiment services
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| 76 |
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| 77 | - objectives:
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| 78 | - binds services together to realize overall reference/actual experiment
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| 79 | - configures baseline services
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| 80 | - verifies that they are ready to run
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| 81 |
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| 82 | - at completion: configured experiment services, ready to run and process data, which can be observed by I&M services
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| 84 |
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| 85 | === 4) Run and orchestrate I&M services and experiment services to complete run of experiment ===
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| 88 | 4.1) Initial setup: start basic host measurements and basic ping active network measurements
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| 89 |
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| 90 | - objectives:
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| 91 | - verify functionality of hosts
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| 92 | - verify topology of slice
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| 94 | - observe measurements with a real-time presentation service
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| 96 | - continue measurements throughout duration of the test/tutorial/experiment
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| 98 | - at completion:
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| 99 | - functionality of hosts and topology of slice has been verified throughout duration of the experiment
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| 102 | 4.2) Continuity test: for a limited time, run iperf active network measurements
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| 103 |
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| 104 | - objectives:
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| 105 | - verify ability of slice to carry traffic expected from experiment
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| 106 |
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| 107 | - observe measurements with a real-time presentation service
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| 109 | - once satisfactory measurements have been observed, stop continuity test
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| 110 |
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| 111 | - at completion:
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| 112 | - capability of slice to carry traffic expected from experiment has been verified
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| 115 | 4.3) Instrument and run experiment:
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| 116 |
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| 117 | - objectives:
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| 118 | - gather measurements during experiment that allow experiment goals to be met
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| 119 |
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| 120 | - include desired measurement points within hosts and/or experiment services to instrument test/tutorial/experiment
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| 121 |
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| 122 | - begin to run and orchestrate measurement services
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| 123 |
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| 124 | - begin to run and orchestrate experiment services
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| 125 |
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| 126 | - observe measurements with a real-time presentation service, to verify expected operation of experiment
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| 127 |
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| 128 | - collect all measurements for duration of experiment
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| 130 | - stop experiment services, when this run of the experiment has been completed
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| 132 | - stop measurement services
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| 134 | - at completion:
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| 135 | - one run of experiment has been completed
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| 136 | - real-time look at measurements has verfied expected operation of experiment
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| 137 | - a full set of measurements has been collected, for later analysis and presentation
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| 138 | - collected measurments have been transfered to storage service, so that slice resources can be released (if desired)
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| 140 | 4.4) Store collected measurements and other artifacts from test/tutorial/experiment in storage service
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| 141 |
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| 142 | - at completion:
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| 143 | - collected measurements and other artifacts have been transfered to storage service
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| 144 | - collected measurements and other artifacts are available for later analysis
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| 145 | - slice resources can then be released at any time, without loss of any measurements or artifacts
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| 146 |
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| 147 | === 5) Analyze and visualize measurement results after completing run of experiment ===
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| 149 | - if necessary, retrieve measurement results from archive service
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| 151 | - analyze and format results as desired, for visualization with presentation service
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| 153 | - as appropriate, store analyzed results and/or visualization in storage service
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| 156 | === 6) Move selected collected measurements and other artifacts from storage service to long-term archive service ===
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| 158 | - identify archived objects with peristent identifier
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| 160 | - include policy for sharing with others
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| 162 | - allow retrieval for further analysis and visualization
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| 165 | === 7) Release experiment resources ===
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