OpenGENI Racks

An OpenGENI rack is a GENI rack composed of DELL compute and networking equipment and providing a fully GENI-compliant aggregate manager using the GENI Rack Aggregate Manager (GRAM) Open Source software built on the OpenStack resource management and virtualization suite.

Installation

• OpenGENI GRAM Installation Guide
• OpenGENI GRAM Offline Installation Guide
• Installing Monitoring on OpenGENI
• OpenGENI Update Procedure
• OpenGENI Installation Check List

Administration

• OpenGENI Administration Guide
• Tools for debugging and Managing OpenGENI
• OpenStack Dashboard to Manage Resources
• Emergency Stop
  
• Monitoring Procedures
  
• Powering Down Rack
  
• Powering Up Rack
  
• Rack Administration Accounts
  
• OpenGENI Dell Parts List
  

Experimenters

• ​GENI Recommended Use Policy
• OpenGENI Users Guide

Architecture, Software, and Design

• GRAM Network and Software Architecture Description
• Creating Software Release Packages
• OpenGENI Software Updates
  
• Getting OpenGENI software
  

OpenGENI Provisional Racks

OpenGENI racks have been approved as GENI Provisional Resources for use by experimenters. Following are site specific configuration details:

• Clemson OpenGENI Rack Details

OpenGENI Development Racks - NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

These OpenGENI racks are not available to experimenters, they are for internal use only:

• BOS OpenGENI Rack Details
• GPO OpenGENI Rack Details

OpenGENI Acceptance Testing

The OpenGENI Acceptance Test Plan was defined to verify the GENI Rack Requirements for the Dell Rack. Several test efforts took place, the status and findings for each is listed below:

Summary status and findings	Test Report(s)
Acceptance Test Status - May 2013	Acceptance Test Report - May 2013 (05/20/2014)
Acceptance Test Status - December 2013	Acceptance Test Report - Dec 2013 (12/18/2013)
Acceptance Test Status - April 2014	Acceptance Test Report (05/19/2014); Intermediate Test Report - for Dell Meeting (04/18/2014)

OpenGENI New Site Confirmation Testing

Each new OpenGENI Site will undergo a series of tests to validate experimenter, administrative and monitoring scenarios. The OpenGENI New Site Confirmation Test Plan provides details for this testing. See the [GENIRacksHome/OpenGENIRacks/ConfirmationTestStatus OpenGENI New Site Confirmation Test Status] page for details about each site undergoing this testing.