Changes between Version 42 and Version 43 of GENIRacksHome


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    152152== Past Project ==
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    154  '''[#GENIStarterRacks Starter Racks]''': Deployed by the GPO, a project to deliver an early low-end solution for GENI Racks.
    155 
    156 The Starter Racks project is an effort to get [http://www.nsf.gov/cise/usignite/ US Ignite] cities connected to the GENI Network to facilitate experimental network and compute research, and city application development. The Starter racks jump start the delivery of fully integrated network and compute resources to selected sites. At this time, the Starter racks do not deliver GENI software features such as an Aggregate Manager. Starter Racks can be used as Meso-scale !OpenFlow Site, but requires GPO Infrastructure support to implement, if you are interested in running !OpenFlow on a deployed Starter rack contact [mailto:help@geni.net]. If you would like to make your own GENI Starter rack, see the [#GetYourOwnGENIRack section] below.
     154 '''[#GENIStarterRacks Starter Racks]''': No longer deployed by the GPO, this project delivered an early low-end solution for GENI Racks.
     155
     156The Starter Racks project was an effort to get [http://www.nsf.gov/cise/usignite/ US Ignite] cities connected to the GENI Network to facilitate experimental network and compute research, and city application development. The Starter Racks jump started the delivery of fully integrated network and compute resources to selected sites. During this period, the Starter racks did not deliver GENI software features such as an Aggregate Manager. In any case, it was possible to use a starter rack as a Meso-scale !OpenFlow Site, but required GPO Infrastructure support for implementation. Furthermore, details were provided in the [#GetYourOwnGENIRack section] below to build your own Starter rack.
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    158158== Starter Racks Components ==
    159159
    160 A Starter rack delivers software and hardware components that enable a site to be a GENI site. Each GENI Starter Rack delivers the following types of systems:
     160A Starter rack delivered software and hardware components that enabled a site to be a GENI site. Each GENI Starter Rack delivered the following types of systems:
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    162162 * Router - Cisco IOS router is delivered to set up standard routed IP to the local network provider.
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    167167 * Monitoring Host - Monitors both compute and network resources for the GENI site.
    168168
    169 The Rack resource above are connected as follows:
     169The Rack resource above were connected as follows:
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    171171[[Image(GENI-StarterRacks-components.jpg)]]
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    190190== Starter Racks Implementation ==
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    192 Each GENI Starter Rack systems requires a specific setup, which is captured for each of the rack components: Router, !OpenFlow Switch, IPKVM, Eucalyptus Head Host, Eucalyptus Worker Hosts, and Monitor Node. See the '''[wiki:GENIRacks/StarterCompSetup Starter Component Setup]''' for details about the required configuration. For specific details about the configuration settings, please contact [mailto:help@geni.net help@geni.net]. Some examples are available to get insight into '''[wiki:GENIRacksAdministration#StarterracksAdmin  Starter Racks Administration]''' tasks.
     192Each GENI Starter Rack systems required a specific setup, which was captured for each of the rack components: Router, !OpenFlow Switch, IPKVM, Eucalyptus Head Host, Eucalyptus Worker Hosts, and Monitor Node. See the '''[wiki:GENIRacks/StarterCompSetup Starter Component Setup]''' for details about the required configuration. Some examples are available to get insight into '''[wiki:GENIRacksAdministration#StarterracksAdmin  Starter Racks Administration]''' tasks.
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    194194== Starter Racks  Monitoring ==
    195 Starter Racks meet the following [wiki:GeniRacks#D.MonitoringRequirements monitoring requirements]. Monitoring data for the 3 deployed Starter Racks, GPO, Chattanooga and Cleveland is available at the [http://monitor.gpolab.bbn.com/ganglia/ GPOLab Monitor] portal, where the user can select a location and get monitoring detail for ''System load'', ''CPU load'', ''Memory usage'', and ''Network usage''. In addition, ''Services Health'' is monitored on each of the GENI Starter Racks and alert notifications are available upon request, contact [mailto:help@geni.net] to become a notification recipient. To access the ''Service Health'' detail on demand, go to the [http://monitor.gpolab.bbn.com/nagios/cgi-bin/status.cgi Service Status Details] page for all Starter rack sites.
     195Starter Racks met the following [wiki:GeniRacks#D.MonitoringRequirements monitoring requirements]. Monitoring data for the 3 deployed Starter Racks, GPO, Chattanooga and Cleveland was available at the [http://monitor.gpolab.bbn.com/ganglia/ GPOLab Monitor] portal, where the user selected a location and received monitoring detail for ''System load'', ''CPU load'', ''Memory usage'', and ''Network usage''. In addition, ''Services Health'' was monitored on each of the GENI Starter Racks and alert notifications were available upon request. Access to the ''Service Health'' details was provided via the [http://monitor.gpolab.bbn.com/nagios/cgi-bin/status.cgi Service Status Details] page for all Starter rack sites.
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    197197== Starter rack Site Requirements ==
    198 Starter racks have the following site requirements:
     198Starter racks contained the following site requirements:
    199199 * Network Setup - Define how the rack will connect to the Internet and to the GENI backbones. Ex Regional connections, connection speed, VLANs to be used, etc.
    200200 * Site Security Requirements- Determine changes required for rack connectivity, such as FV rules, IP filters, etc.
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    204204 * Delivery logistics - Details for ''where'' the rack is to be delivered, ''who'' will accept the delivers, and ''when'' the delivery will take place.  Also covers any physical restrictions for the rack delivery.
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    206 If you are interested in building your own starter help and would like help from the GPO, please contact us at [mailto:help@geni.net].
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    210208= Get Your Own GENI Rack =
    211 If you are interested in making your own GENI Starter Rack, the GPO can help with the following:
     209Below were some of the guidelines provided by the GPO to build your own GENI Starter Rack:
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    213211    * Develop specification for GENI racks, defining storage, compute, network resources, etc.
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    215213    * Test and integrate early rack hardware and software.
    216214    * Define acceptance criteria to demonstrate successful rack deployment.
    217 To get started, please contact [mailto:help@geni.net] for getting started.
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    219218If you would like to make your own InstaGENI or ExoGENI rack, or to be considered as a potential site for the next phase of funded deployments, contact the project PI: