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Plastic Slices MyPLC Status
The Plastic Slices project uses small MyPLC-controlled installations of PlanetLab nodes at several participating campuses, to provide compute resources with network interfaces on the OpenFlow-controlled backbone.
MyPLC configuration requirements
The MyPlc/NetworkCoreRecommendations page details the common configuration for MyPLCs participating in Plastic Slices, and links to instructions for how to implement each step. In brief, the necessary configuration items are:
- AM: Install and configure the SFA software which implements the GENI AM API
- SA: Configure SFA to trust participating GENI slice authorities
- Pub: Ensure that the site containing your nodes is public (and will remain public across plc service restarts)
- Conn: Connect node secondary interface to OpenFlow-controlled VLANs usable by experimenters
- IF: Configure subinterfaces on secondary interfaces
- ARP: Configure static arp tables for Plastic Slices IPs (and use
/etc/rc.local
to re-apply ARP entries after a node reboot) - Vis: Ensure all IP addresses on a node are visible to slivers
- FW: Ensure MyPLC and its nodes are reachable through firewalls
- QS: Configure fast nodemanager response to MyPLC changes
MyPLC configuration status
This table lists the participating campuses. Use it to record configuration that has been verified. The column names use the abbreviations above, plus the following additional information:
- Nodes: the number of MyPLC-controlled planetlab nodes in the testbed (this count includes only nodes which are available for Plastic Slices use, and have been verified as operational)
- URL: the URL at which the GENI Aggregate Manager for this aggregate can be reached
- OF VLAN: The VLAN used at this campus to implement Port-based physical VLAN translation. This is VLAN 1750 in the example on that page.
The deadlines are from PlasticSlices/ProjectPlan.
Campus | Deadline | Nodes | URL | OF VLAN | AM | SA | Pub | IF | ARP | Vis | FW | QS | Comments |
BBN | 2011-04-25 | 5 | https://myplc.gpolab.bbn.com:12346 | 1750 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
Clemson | 2011-04-25 | 2 | https://myplc.clemson.edu:12346 | 1750 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Verified all items as of 2011-04-26. |
Stanford | 2011-04-25 | 4 | https://nfcm13.stanford.edu:12346 | 901 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Verified all items as of 2011-04-27 (except public site persistence across plc restart) |
Rutgers | 2011-05-02 | 2 | https://plc.orbit-lab.org:12346 | Y | Y | Y | Y | As of 2011-04-27, site appears public (but refresh behavior is unknown). Secondary interfaces are not yet configured, and QS behavior is uncertain (i got both my nodes in 2-4 minutes, which seems less than 15, but not quick). | |||||
Washington | 2011-05-02 | 2 | https://of.cs.washington.edu:12346 | 1750 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Verified all items as of 2011-05-02 (except public site persistence across plc restart) |
Wisconsin | 2011-05-02 | 2 | https://wings-openflow-1.wail.wisc.edu:12346 | 1750 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Verified all items as of 2011-04-28 (except public site persistence across plc restart) |
Gatech | 2011-05-09 | 2 | https://myplc.cip.gatech.edu:12346 | Y | Y | Y | Y | As of 2011-04-28, the AM is responsive, a sliver can be created, and QS appears to be present. The interface configuration is still the G4E one, and the nodes are firewalled to specific subnets. | |||||
Indiana | 2011-05-09 | https://myplc.grnoc.iu.edu:12346 | Y | Y | As of 2011-04-28, the AM is responsive and a sliver can be created, but the nodes do not allow access even after many minutes. |
Links
Some other pages containing relevant information about participating MyPLC installations: