Project Number

1628

Project Title

Instrumentation and Measurement for GENI a.k.a. GENI Inst & Meas (obsolete), MeasurementSystem, MeasurementSys

Technical Contacts

PI Paul Barford / ​mailto:pb@cs.wisc.edu / 608 262 6609
Co-PI Mark Crovella / ​mailto:crovella@cs.bu.edu / 617 353 8923
Co-PI Joel Sommers / ​mailto:jsommers@colgate.edu / 315 228 7587

Participating Organizations

Computer Science Department
University of Wisconsin
1210 West Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53706

Computer Science Department
Boston University
111 Cummington St.
Boston, MA 02215

Computer Science Department
Colgate University
13 Oak Drive
Hamilton, NY 13346

Scope

The scope of work on this project is to develop, test and deploy a prototype implementation of network instrumentation and measurement systems for the GENI infrastructure.

Priority activities that contribute to this scope include the following items:

1. Develop an instrumentation and measurement implementation for GENI that provides an interface for researchers, as well an interface to a GENI control framework.
2. Develop an implementation that gives GENI users access to a shared measurement and instrumentation infrastructure that is extensible to several different kinds of measurement devices.
3. Implement systems consistent with the GENI Instrumentation and Measurement Systems (GIMS) Specification, to help reduce risks in this as-yet-unimplemented area of GENI.

Milestones

• MilestoneDate(MeasurementSys: S3.a Demonstration and outreach at GEC9)?
  
• MilestoneDate(MeasurementSys: S3.b Become consistent with the I&M architecture)?
  
• MilestoneDate(MeasurementSys: S3.c Demonstration and outreach at GEC10)?
  
• MilestoneDate(MeasurementSys: S3.d Plan for integration with one other control framework)?
  
• MilestoneDate(MeasurementSys: S3.e Demonstration and outreach at GEC11)?
  
• MilestoneDate(MeasurementSys: S3.f Deliver software and documentation)?
  

Project Technical Documents

​Requirements and Specifications for the Instrumentation and Measurement Systems for GENI

-- ​Notes from the review of the above document

Technical status of the GIMS system as of Nov. 2010​

​The GIMS User Guide. A compilation of useful background and operational information about the GIMS system.

Project Software

• ​Passive capture system software (see also a ​poster describing the design of this system and documentation for how to install and run the capture system.)

Spiral 1 Connectivity

There is no deployment outside the PIs labs planned for Spiral 1. ProtoGENI is the control framework for integration.

The measurement devices being developed will be deployed on network links in the lab (taps or span ports on routers/switches). In the longer term (beyond the first year), measurement devices will be deployed in other labs and/or network locations. At this point, these devices will need IP addresses assigned so that they can be accessed by the control framework interface. The address may be private if the clearinghouse manages download and configuration as it would for a network node.

For Spiral 1, there is no requirement for layer 2 virtual ethernets to the project locations, although the measurement devices are aware of VLAN IDs. Longer-term requirements for VLANs are TBD.

Quarterly Status Reports

December 2008 Report
April 2009 Report
July 2010 Report

GPO Liaison System Engineer

​Vic Thomas

Related Projects

ProtoGENI cluster.