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InstaGENI Aggregate

Naval Postgraduate School

This InstaGENI aggregate supports the GENI Aggregate Provider Agreement (07/11/2014).

InstaGENI Aggregate Overview

Aggregate Manager URL https://foam.instageni.nps.edu:3626/foam/gapi/2
Aggregate Manager URN urn:publicid:IDN+openflow:foam:foam.instageni.nps.edu+authority+am
Aggregate Manager Common Name nps-ig-of
Aggregate Resources An InstaGENI aggregate includes 5 Hosts (3 VM Servers and 2 dedicated PCs) that can load experimenter specified OS images. Racks also support OpenFlow topologies, usually including extensions onto campus OpenFlow networks. Rack servers are HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8.
Typical Experiments InstaGENI provides a controllable, predictable, and repeatable network environment. Experimenters can get virtual machines or dedicated PCs on which they have full "root" access, run available operating systems of their choice, and connect nodes in an arbitrary topology that can support OpenFlow.
Sample RSpecs Site Confirmation RSpecs Stitching RSpecs
Aggregate Status Restricted access to monitoring at http://genimon.uky.edu/ and GMOC
Slice Authorities Recognized GENI Portal (https://portal.geni.net), ProtoGENI (http://www.emulab.net)
Usage Policies The GENI Recommended Use Policy. No additional site usage policy.
Layer 2 Connectivity Internet2 via CENIC OpenFlow Regional Network

The following is the layout of OpenFlow switch connections for the InstaGENI Aggregate. Shown are the OpenFlow Switches:

  • InstaGENI Switch procurve2: Model: HP J8697A Switch E5406zl

NOTE: OpenFlow resources must be allocated at CENIC OpenFlow Regional to connect to the GENI core network.


Port List

InstaGENI Rack Switch

NameNumberConnects To
E1 1 pc1[eth1]
E2 2 pc1[eth2]
E3 3 pc1[eth3]
E4 4 pc2[eth1]
E5 5 pc2[eth2]
E6 6 pc2[eth3]
E7 7 pc3[eth1]
E8 8 pc3[eth2]
E9 9 pc3[eth3]
E10 10 pc4[eth1]
E11 11 pc4[eth2]
E12 12 pc4[eth3]
E13 13 pc5[eth1]
E14 14 pc5[eth2]
E15 15 pc5[eth3]
E17 17 Reserved for on-campus OF connections
E19 19 CENIC OpenFlow


NPS OpenFlow connection to the GENI core network is via port name="E19" num="19" on the procurve2 switch.

All host eth1, eth2 and eth3 interfaces are connected to the OpenFlow switch for experimental use. Full list of port names and port numbers:

Shared Nodes interfaces (port name/port number) details:

Hosteth1eth2eth3
pc1 E1/1 E2/2 E3/3
pc2 E4/4 E5/5 E6/6
pc3 E7/7 E8/8 E9/9

Dedicated Nodes interfaces (port name/port number) details:

Hosteth1eth2 eth3
pc4 E10/10 E11/11 E12/12
pc5 E13/13 E14/14 E15/15


Shared Mesoscale VLAN

VLAN DPID Port
1854 07:3e:2c:59:e5:5f:80:00 E19


AL2S OpenFlow Testing VLANs

This site currently support VLANs 1695-1699 as exclusive OpenFlow VLANs for AL2S. These correspond to the following DPIDs:

VLAN DPID
1695 06:9f:2c:59:e5:5f:80:00
1696 06:a0:2c:59:e5:5f:80:00
1697 06:a1:2c:59:e5:5f:80:00
1698 06:a2:2c:59:e5:5f:80:00
1699 06:a3:2c:59:e5:5f:80:00


Aggregate Management

Aggregate Operator Michael Monahan mkmonaha@nps.edu, Naval Postgraduate School
Resource Owner Michael Monahan
Technical POC instageni-ops@flux.utah.edu
Developer Links Software pages: InstaGENI, InstaGENI, FOAM, and FlowVisor; Project page: InstaGENI Racks Project; Developer mailing list: instageni-design@geni.net


OpenFlow over GENI Network Stitching

This rack supports running hardware OpenFlow experiments over stitched GENI network connections. Please be advised that the following restrictions apply:

  • Network stitching on the InstaGENI rack allocates and enforces link bandwidth, which cannot be modified by OpenFlow.
  • VLANs allocated to stitched connections on the rack cannot be modified, because InstaGENI rack switches operate in hybrid mode, preventing VLAN tag rewriting.

If you require some other type of dataplane connections for your OpenFlow experiment, please contact geni-users@googlegroups.com.

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