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GENI Aggregates

A GENI aggregate provides resources to GENI experimenters. There are different types of aggregates. Some aggregates are GENI Racks that provide compute and network resources available, some such as AL2S, GeniAggregate/I2ION ION and MAX provide wired network resources and others such as NYU WiMAX and Orbit provide wireless resources. For a list of all GENI aggregates, see list of aggregates.

Picking aggregates

You may want to take the following into consideration while picking aggregates for your experiment:

  • Aggregate type. The most widely deployed GENI resources are InstaGENI and ExoGENI racks that provide compute and networking resources. Look here for major differences between these two rack types.
  • Aggregate location. The geographical coordinates of aggregates can be found in their advertisement RSpecs.
  • Support for stitching. Aggregates that support GENI stitching are listed at GENI network stitching sites.
  • Virtual machine vs. raw-PC. Most racks provide virtual machines and raw-PCs. As far as possible you should use virtual machines as they are many more of them and your resource reservation is more likely to succeed.
  • Resource availability. Some aggregates are more heavily loaded than others. For current usage information on InstaGENI racks, see ExpGraphs.

Understanding Expiration

Resource expiration

GENI slices and the resources allocated to your slice (called slivers) have expiration times associated with them. You can extend this expiration using experimenter tools such as Omni, the GENI Portal or the GENI Desktop. Note that:

  • Sliver expiration times cannot go beyond the slice expiration times. So be sure to extend the slice expiration time before you extend the sliver expiration time. Some tools such as the GENI Portal allow you to extend slice and sliver expiration at the same time.
  • Different aggregates have different initial expiration times and allow you to extend resources by different amounts of time. See the table at GENIResources for initial and max expiration times allowed by different aggregates.

Using Omni to find and extend slice and sliver expiration times

If you are using the Omni experimenter tool, you can use the following command to find slice expiration time:

$ omni print_slice_expiration my-slice-name
...
 Result Summary: Slice urn:publicid:IDN+ch.geni.net:ln-test+slice+my-slice-name expires on 2015-02-23 20:47:28 UTC 

From the above result, you can see that the slice named 'my-slice-name' expires on '2015-02-23 20:47:28 UTC'. You can expand the amount of time that you request resources by renewing the slice, as follows:

$ omni renewslice my-slice-name 2015-02-28

To find the expiration date for a sliver, you can use omni or stitcher as follows:

$omni --useSliceAggregates sliverstatus slice-name -o
....
Slice slice-name at AM ucd-eg has overall SliverStatus: ready.
 Resources in slice slice-name at AM ucd-eg expire at 2015-03-02T17:48:44 UTC.         <<---- Expiration date for sliver
 Saved sliverstatus on slice-name at AM ucd-eg to file slice-name-sliverstatus-exogeni-net-ucdvmsite.json. 
Slice slice-name at AM al2s has overall SliverStatus: ready.
 Resources in slice slice-name at AM al2s expire at 2015-08-20T17:47:53 UTC.           <<---- Expiration date for sliver
 Saved sliverstatus on slice-name at AM al2s to file slice-name-sliverstatus-al2s-internet2-edu.json. 
Slice slice-name at AM illinois-ig has overall SliverStatus: ready.
 Resources in slice slice-name at AM illinois-ig expire at 2015-05-17T17:48:46 UTC.    <<---- Expiration date for sliver
 Saved sliverstatus on slice-name at AM illinois-ig to file slice-name-sliverstatus-instageni-illinois-edu.json. 
Returned status of slivers on 5 of 5 possible aggregates.

From the above result, you can see that the slice named 'my-slice-name' expires on '2015-02-23 20:47:28 UTC'. You can expand the amount of time that you request resources by renewing the slice, as follows:

$ omni renewslice my-slice-name 2015-02-28

Slivers

Resources requested at an individual aggregate are part of a sliver. A sliver can contain both compute and network resources that are part of your slice. Note that the slice expiration is not the same as the sliver expiration, and that each aggregate has its own expiration limit, which may be significantly different than the slice expiration time.

To find the expiration date for a sliver, you can use omni or stitcher as follows

$stitcher --useSliceAggregates sliverstatus slice-name -o
....
Slice slice-name at AM ucd-eg has overall SliverStatus: ready.
 Resources in slice slice-name at AM ucd-eg expire at 2015-03-02T17:48:44 UTC.         <<---- Expiration date for sliver
 Saved sliverstatus on slice-name at AM ucd-eg to file slice-name-sliverstatus-exogeni-net-ucdvmsite.json. 
Slice slice-name at AM al2s has overall SliverStatus: ready.
 Resources in slice slice-name at AM al2s expire at 2015-08-20T17:47:53 UTC.           <<---- Expiration date for sliver
 Saved sliverstatus on slice-name at AM al2s to file slice-name-sliverstatus-al2s-internet2-edu.json. 
Slice slice-name at AM illinois-ig has overall SliverStatus: ready.
 Resources in slice slice-name at AM illinois-ig expire at 2015-05-17T17:48:46 UTC.    <<---- Expiration date for sliver
 Saved sliverstatus on slice-name at AM illinois-ig to file slice-name-sliverstatus-instageni-illinois-edu.json. 
Returned status of slivers on 5 of 5 possible aggregates.

Expiration by Aggregate type

Initial slice expiration is 7 days from creation, but can be renewed by up to 185 days at a time. This table captures the initial expiration times and maximum renewal times by aggregate type. You can renew your slices and resources multiple times.

Aggregate Resource Type Initial Expiration Max Renewal Time
InstaGENI VM 6 days(1) 90 days
InstaGENI Raw PC 7 days(1) 90 days
ExoGENI VM 6 days 14 days
ExoGENI Bare Metal 7 days 14 days
ProtoGENI Utah VM 1 day 5 days
ProtoGENI Utah Raw PC 1 day 5 days
OpenGENI VM 7 day 185 days
AL2S network path 7 days 185 days
ION network path 6 days 180 days (2)
MAX 6 days 180 days

Note (1): Expiration may vary for InstaGENI development racks, check your sliver to determine your expiration date.
Note (2): ION network will be decommissioned on March 27, 2015.

Experimenter Relevant Differences between InstaGENI and ExoGENI Racks

InstaGENI ExoGENI
Servers per rack 5

Aggregate categories in the GENI Portal

GENI aggregates are categorized as follows. You can select aggregate by category in tools such as the GENI Portal.

  • GENI Production. Resources tested and operated using GENI processes and procedures, under the GENI Aggregate Provider Agreement. Maintenance outages are typically scheduled and announced on the experimenter-ops mailing list. GENI Production aggregates are listed in the GENI Production Resources page.
  • GENI Experimental. Resources used for early deployment of new features and may not have completed testing. Outages are likely to be more frequent and may not be scheduled or announced.
  • Other Federated. Resources made available by agreement with GENI partner organizations, including international partners. They are operated under their own policies and procedures.