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= Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M) Working Session at the GEC-13 =

Tuesday, March 13, 10:00am-12noon and 1:30pm-3:00pm [[BR]]
Room:   [[BR]]
Session leader:  Harry Mussman (GENI Project Office, Raytheon BBN Technologies) [[BR]]

== Description == 

This is the I&M working session that will review progress towards a comprehensive set of I&M tools for GENI experimenters and for infrastructure measurement. [[BR]]

It will start with reports from several of the design topic teams formed at the GEC-12 working session;  these will include the contributions of the I&M projects continuing from Solicitation 2. [[BR]]

Then the two large Solicitation 3 I&M D&P projects, GIMI and GEMINI, will review their progress.   [[BR]] 

Finally, we will discuss how to support experimenters and infrastructure measurement. [[BR]]


== Summary ==

 
== Agenda ==
This is a tentative agenda, which may change. [[BR]]

== 1)  Introductions ==
10:00am [[BR]]


== 2)  Reports by I&M design topic teams ==
10:05am [[BR]]

At GEC12, nine I&M priority design topics were identified, and nine teams were assigned to understand and resolve these topics by GEC13.  [[BR]] 

See the [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/InstMeasCurrentDesignTopicsAll list of topics], including a brief summary of each topic. [[BR]]






== 3)  Adjourn ==
12noon [[BR]]


== 4)  Update on GIMI project ==
1:30pm [[BR]]
PI:  Mike Zink (UMass Amherst)   [[BR]]
Co-PI/Key:  Max Ott (NICTA);  Ilia Baldine (RENCI);  David Irwin (UMass Amherst);  Thanasis Korakis (NYU Poly) [[BR]]

Goals:  [[BR]]

**Starts with OML, and provides easy-to-use tools for GENI environment  [[BR]]

*First focus: I&M use cases for experiments, with default OML Client in nodes that gathers passive measurements like INSTOOLS, and provides basic node-to-node connectivity tests using ping and iperf  [[BR]]
*Second focus:  I&M use cases for infrastructure measurement  [[BR]] 
*Later focuse:  add sensor measurement data, carried in data network  [[BR]]

*Spiral 4 supported aggregates:  ORCA servers/VMs and ExoGENI (RENCI) racks  [[BR]]
*Later, support:  WiMAX sites  [[BR]]
*Spiral 5 supported aggregates:  protoGENI/Emulab servers/VMs and InstaGENI (HP) racks [[BR]]

*Introduces XML messaging service, with pub/sub, in public IP space    [[BR]]
*Introduces iRODS service for digital object archive.  [[BR]]


Members of the GIMI project will review: [[BR]]

*Current architecture and design [[BR]]

*Current status [[BR]]

*Preview of tonight's GEC-13 demo [[BR]]

*Plan for GEC-14 tutorial [[BR]]



== 5)  Update on GEMINI project ==
2pm  [[BR]]
PI:  Martin Swany (Indiana U) [[BR]]
Co-PI/Key:  Chris Small (Indiana U);  Eric Boyd (Internet2);  Jim Griffioen (U Kentucky);  Zongming Fei (U Kentucky) [[BR]];  Hussamuddin Nasir (U Kentucky) [[BR]]

Goals:  [[BR]]

**Starts with LAMP, which provides flexible tools based on perfSONAR for active infrastructure measurements [[BR]]
++Fold INSTOOLS features into LAMP to form GEMINI tools, and then discontinue INSTOOLS [[BR]]

*First focus:  I&M use cases for infrastructure measurement
*Include sharing of data with other users (e.g., operators), at an interface with authorization using a GENI credential  [[BR]] 
*Show how to monitor clusters/racks [[BR]]
*Show how to measure Layer 2 and OpenFlow paths (with input from OnTimeMeasure project) [[BR]]

*Second focus: I&M use cases for experiments [[BR]]
*Consider how to gather basic host measurements with BLiPP service (as was done by INSTOOLS using SNMP) [[BR]]
*Consider how to gather customized data from applications (as provided by OML Client)  [[BR]]

++Extending LAMP with INSTOOLS features: [[BR]]
*Consider how to load tools on top of basic image [[BR]]
*Consider how to extend Periscope to include druple content management service [[BR]]
*Consider how to add xserver to basic node image, to login from portal using vnc protocol [[BR]]
*Continue separate portal service, which is really a gateway service, within a user workspace service  [[BR]]
*Consider how to add interface to archive service, e.g., iRODs [[BR]]

*Spiral 4 supported aggregates:  protoGENI/Emulab servers/VMs and InstaGENI (HP) racks [[BR]]
*Spiral 5 supported aggregates:  ORCA servers/VMs and ExoGENI (RENCI) racks  [[BR]]

*Continue INSTOOLS portal service, in user workspace, to find GUIs    [[BR]]
*Continue LAMP local and global UNIS service, to register available measurement data, and network topology  [[BR]]

Members of the GEMINI project will review: [[BR]]

*Current architecture and design [[BR]]

*Current status [[BR]]

*Preview of tonight's GEC-13 demo [[BR]]

*Plan for GEC-14 tutorial [[BR]]

== 6)  Support for experimenters ==
2:30pm

== 7)  Support for infrastructure measurement ==
2:45pm

== 8)  Adjourn ==
3pm