= Welcome to GENI Operations =

The GENI operations team consists of representatives from GENI aggregate providers, the [wiki:GENIMetaOps GENI MetaOperations Center (GMOC)], the GENI rack teams, and the GPO.  Contact [http://globalnoc.iu.edu/gmoc/index/support.html GMOC] for 24x7 support.

See [wiki:GENIRacksHome/InstageniRacks/Operators the operators pages] for network engineering information about GENI sites.  

Please see [wiki:GpoDoc] for documents describing the GENI concept of operations, and operations procedures such as Emergency Stop.

If you are a GENI aggregate (resource) provider or a GENI campus operator, please sign up for the [http://lists.geni.net/mailman/listinfo/response-team GENI Response Team] mailing list.  This list is primarily for those providing production engineering and support to GENI.  List members receive all GENI outage and maintenance notifications from the GMOC.  The GMOC also posts these [http://gmoc.grnoc.iu.edu/gmoc/index/support/gmoc-operations-calendars.html notifications] on the GMOC calendars.

If you plan to take down a GENI resource for planned maintenance OR if you notice a GENI resource has an unexpected outage, you should [mailto:gmoc@grnoc.iu.edu email] or [http://gmoc.grnoc.iu.edu/gmoc/index/contact-us.html phone] operations.  Please provide as much warning as possible for scheduled maintenance activities, and be sure to check the [http://gmoc.grnoc.iu.edu/gmoc/index/support/gmoc-operations-calendars.html operations calendars] for conflicting events before scheduling any maintenance.

GENI measurement data is available for operators on the web at [https://genimon.uky.edu/login with login] or general status [https://genimon.uky.edu/status without login].  Email help@geni.net for an account.

[wiki:GENIProduction] lists all GENI production resources.  [wiki:GeniAggregate] lists all existing aggregates.  Links on this page lead to Aggregate Information Pages with more details about the aggregates and how to use them.

[wiki:GENIRacksHome] provides information on GENI Racks in general, and [wiki:GENIRacksHome/Security GENI Racks Security] provides information about security in particular.

[wiki:EmergencyStop] provides information on Emergency Stop, including an example procedure of how site operators can handle an Emergency Stop request.

[wiki:OF1.3SwitchComparison] provides documentation about OpenFlow 1.3 implementations supported by GENI hardware vendors.