Understanding the GENI AM API through a simple experiment

Overview

What you will learn

At the end of this exercise, you will be able to:

• Use and understand the following terms:
  • Resource Specification (aka RSpec)
  • sliver
  • Aggregate Manager API (AM API)
• Customize the resources they reserve using standard mechanisms:
  • understand that a resource specification (RSpec) is an XML file
  • understand that resources are reserved using the aggregate manager API (AM API)
  • understand how to load a topology using an RSpec
  • have edited an RSpec using a tool (Flack) as well as by hand
  • have reserved and deleted resources using a command line tool (omni)
  • know how to specify the image to load on a compute node
  • know how to have software automatically loaded and run on a compute node
  • have run a simple layer 2 experiment
• Use multiple tools to act on a slice and reserve resources
  • understand that all tools use common mechanisms to describe resources (RSpecs) and to reserve resources (the AM API)
• Understand the strengths of different types of GENI racks

Experiment Topology and Setup

Use the Omni GENI client to reserve two VMs connected by a Layer 2 circuit.

Then arrange for automatic installation and execution of software on these nodes (performing basic traffic measurement tests), and manually log in to inspect the results.

Procedure

	Part I: Design/Setup Step 1: Design Experiment Step 2: Establish Management Environment Step 3: Obtain Resources
	Part II: Execute Step 4: Configure and Initialize Services Step 5: Execute Experiment Step 6: Analyze and Visualize Experiment
	Part III: Finish Step 7: Teardown Experiment Step 8: Archive Experiment