| 1 | = OFNLR Project Status Report = |
| 2 | |
| 3 | == Period: 2010-Q2 == |
| 4 | |
| 5 | This project will deploy and operate OpenFlow-enabled HP Procurve 6600 switches at 5 NLR PoPs and interconnect NLR’s FrameNet network to the GENI OpenFlow-enabled backbone, permitting members and non-members of NLR to connect to GENI OpenFlow services.[[BR]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | === I. Major accomplishments''' === |
| 8 | |
| 9 | '''A. Milestones achieved'''[[BR]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[BR]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | '''B. Deliverables made'''[[BR]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | * Equipment installation planning completed |
| 16 | * Switches and supporting components acquired |
| 17 | * Switches deployed to 4 of the 5 PoP locations |
| 18 | |
| 19 | === II. Description of work performed during last quarter === |
| 20 | |
| 21 | '''A. Activities and findings'''[[BR]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | * Equipment planning and installation |
| 24 | * Verified availability of rack space, AC power, and cooling in each of the designated PoPs |
| 25 | * Generated optical engineering design and verified available optical wavelength and slotting capacity throughout the Layer 1 WaveNet path |
| 26 | * Confirmed availability of Layer 2 FrameNet ports and optics and out-of-band ports |
| 27 | * Generated installation and cross-connect orders |
| 28 | * Switches installed in Atlanta, Sunnyvale, Seattle, and Chicago |
| 29 | |
| 30 | * Switch and system components ordering |
| 31 | * Selected HP 6600-24G-4XG switch |
| 32 | * Used the information from the “Equipment planning and installation” activity to generate component purchase list |
| 33 | * Placed orders for all equipment |
| 34 | |
| 35 | * OpenFlow controller installed and tested based on OpenFlow 1.0 |
| 36 | |
| 37 | * Planning for GEC8 demo |
| 38 | |
| 39 | '''B. Project participants'''[[BR]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | * PI: Glenn Ricart, NLR CEO |
| 42 | * Grover Browning, NLR Director of Engineering and Operations |
| 43 | * Andrew Lee, Network Engineer |
| 44 | * Ron Milford, Network Engineer |
| 45 | * Chris Small, Systems Engineer |
| 46 | * Kathy Benninger, Project Manager |
| 47 | |
| 48 | '''C. Publications (individual and organizational)''' [[BR]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | '''D. Outreach activities'''[[BR]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | '''E. Collaborations'''[[BR]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | * GPO/Stanford/IU collaboration and discussion led to: |
| 55 | * Choosing an OpenFlow-enabled switch with primarily 1GbE ports for direct connections |
| 56 | * Adding Layer 2 FrameNet connections to all OpenFlow switches |
| 57 | |
| 58 | * GPO/Internet2 |
| 59 | * NLR Internet 2 backbone connection planning in Atlanta |
| 60 | |
| 61 | |
| 62 | '''F. Other Contributions'''[[BR]] |