= OFNLR Project Status Report =

== Period: 2010-Q2 ==

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]]

=== I. Major accomplishments''' ===

'''A. Milestones achieved'''[[BR]]

Currently in process:
 * OFNLR: S2.b Lab test OpenFlow 1.0 capable switch and controller
 * OFNLR: S2.c Deploy OpenFlow switches to five POPs
 * OFNLR: S2.d Engineer and test regional network connections 

'''B. Deliverables made'''[[BR]]

 * Equipment installation planning completed
 * Switches and supporting components acquired
 * Switches deployed to 4 of the 5 PoP locations

=== II. Description of work performed during last quarter ===

'''A. Activities and findings'''[[BR]]

 * Equipment planning and installation
    * Verified availability of rack space, AC power, and cooling in each of the designated PoPs
    * Generated optical engineering design and verified available optical wavelength and slotting capacity throughout the Layer 1 WaveNet path
    * Confirmed availability of Layer 2 FrameNet ports and optics and out-of-band ports
    * Generated installation and cross-connect orders
    * Switches installed in Atlanta, Sunnyvale, Seattle, and Chicago

 * Switch and system components ordering
    * Selected HP 6600-24G-4XG switch
    * Used the information from the “Equipment planning and installation” activity to generate component purchase list
    * Placed orders for all equipment

 * OpenFlow controller installed and tested based on OpenFlow 1.0

 * Planning for GEC8 demo

'''B. Project participants'''[[BR]]

 * PI: Glenn Ricart, NLR CEO
 * Grover Browning, NLR Director of Engineering and Operations
 * Andrew Lee, Network Engineer
 * Ron Milford, Network Engineer
 * Chris Small, Systems Engineer
 * Kathy Benninger, Project Manager

'''C. Publications (individual and organizational)''' [[BR]]

'''D. Outreach activities'''[[BR]]

'''E. Collaborations'''[[BR]]

 * GPO/Stanford/IU collaboration and discussion led to:
    * Choosing an OpenFlow-enabled switch with primarily 1GbE ports for direct connections
    * Adding Layer 2 FrameNet connections to all OpenFlow switches

 * GPO/Internet2
    * NLR Internet 2 backbone connection planning in Atlanta


'''F. Other Contributions'''[[BR]]