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=== T4)  GENI Environment  ===
Platform Targets  [[BR]]
Experiment and Measurement Orchestration Tools  [[BR]]
Interfaces/Protocols Between Tools and Services  [[BR]]

[wiki:InstMeasTopic_4.4GENIEnvironment  Work in Progress]  [[BR]] 

1)  Definition of topic:  [[BR]]

a)  Platform targets: [[BR]]
  1)  protoGENI servers/VMs [[BR]]
  2)  ORCA servers/VMs [[BR]]
  3)  WiMAX sites [[BR]]
  4)  ExoGENI (RENCI) racks;  like ORCA [[BR]]
  5)  TransCloud (HP) racks;  like protoGENI? [[BR]]
  6)  PlanetLab

b) Experiment and Measurement Orchestration tools: [[BR]]
  1)  FLACK [[BR]]
  2)  GUSH (with Omni) [[BR]]
  3)  SFACE + RAVEN [[BR]]

c) Interfaces/protocols between tools and services: [[BR]]
  1)  protoGENI API, with protoGENI RSpec v2, for resource assignment [[BR]]
  2)  GENI AM API, with protoGENI RSpec v2, for resource assignment [[BR]]
  3)  ns for topology [[BR]]
  4)  ssh for image loading [[BR]]
  5)  OMF messages for orchestration [[BR]]

2)  Who: Martin Swany (IU);  Jim Griffioen (U Kentucky);  Ilia Baldine, for ExoGENI racks (RENCI);  ?, for InstaGENI racks (?);  David Irwin (UMass Amherst);  Mike Zink (UMass Amherst);  Christoph Dwertmann (NICTA);  LEAD  Harry Mussman  (GPO);  Tom Mitchell (GPO);  Aaron Helsinger (GPO);  Marshall Brinn (GPO);  Vic Thomas (GPO)  [[BR]]