= [.. Scaling Up: How to Grow the Topology of an Existing Experiment] =
{{{
#!html
- On the Slice tab, press the Flack button. Flack will open in a new tab.
|
Figure 3-3 Launch Flack
|
- Wait for Flack to load. You should see: your username, the slice name, and a list of aggregates. Flack should look like the picture to the right.
|
Figure 3-4 Flack after it has loaded.
|
- Find the aggregate listed on your worksheet.
- Click the VM box next to that aggregate and drag it onto the canvas.
- Repeat the above step. You should now see two VM boxes on the canvas.
- Now click near one of the VM boxes on the canvas, then click and drag towards the other VM. Release when you reach the other VM. You should now see a line and a box representing a link connecting the two VMs.
- The canvas should now look like the picture on the right.
- To edit the name of each VM, click the i in the circle.
|
Figure 3-5 Two VMs connected by a link.
|
- In the field at the top, replace "VM" with "client".
|
Figure 3-6 Edit the name of the VM. Set the Sliver Type on ExoGENI racks.
|
- Now click on "Interfaces and Links" (this is the middle tab with the "link" symbol").
- Enter an IP Address for this node of 10.1.1.1.
- Enter a Mask of 255.255.255.0.
- Then Press "Apply" at the bottom of the screen.
- Repeat the above six steps for the second VM, labeling it "server" and setting the server's IP Address to 10.1.1.2 and a Mask of 255.255.255.0.
|
Figure 3-7 Edit the IP Address and Mask of the VM.
|
- Click the Submit button near the bottom of the page. When prompted, confirm you want to actually reserve resources.
|
Figure 3-8 Two VMs connected by a link.
|
}}}
=== 3.4 Check Whether Virtual Machines are Ready to be Used ===
{{{
#!html