Simple Layer 2 Experiment Using the GENI Portal

This tutorial is deprecated and only listed here for reference. A similar tutorial is ​Lab Zero

Experiment Description

Reserve two VMs across the US from each other connected by a Layer 2 circuit.

Then send layer 2 traffic between these two nodes (without IP).

Prerequisites

In order to participate in this tutorial you need to have an account at an InCommon institution or from the GPO. If you haven't done so before, please ​sign in to the GENI Portal.

Make sure you know which institution will provide you access to GENI and the username and password you need to authenticate. If you don't know, please let us know.

It may be helpful for you to have access to your email.

If you are doing this exercise at home, please use the "Do it at home" worksheet​.

If you are leading this exercise for a tutorial or class, please see guidance for instructors.

Tutorial Instructions

	Part I: Design/Setup Step 1: Establish Management Environment: Setup your GENI account and join a GENI Project Step 2: Obtain Resources: Create a slice and reserve resources
	Part II: Execute Execute Experiment: Login to nodes and execute a simple layer 2 experiment
	Part III: Finish Teardown Experiment: Delete Resources