Project Number

1643

Project Title

Programmable Edge Node
a.k.a. UMLPEN

Technical Contacts

Principal Investigator: Yan Luo ​Yan_Luo@uml.edu
Student Developer: Chunhui Zhang ​czhang@cs.uml.edu
Student Developer: Tim Ficarra ​timothy_ficarra@student.uml.edu
Student Developer: Eric Murray ​eric_murray@student.uml.edu
Student Developer: Sanping Li ​sanping_li@student.uml.edu
Student Developer: Julie Bissell ​julie_bissell@student.uml.edu

Participating Organizations

University of Massachusetts, Lowell MA

Scope

Design and performance evaluation of a Programmable Edge Node with x86 Multi-Core Processors and Network Processors

Current Capabilities

PEN Architecture and Design

A design for PEN has been completed; see ​PEN Design
Design documents and source code are online at ​PEN web page

This shows the archticture of PEN:

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Integration of PEN into ProtoGENI Control Framework

The initial integration of PEN inth the ProtoGENI control framework has been completed; see ​Integration of PEN into ProtoGENI Control Framework

This shows how PEN is utilized in GENI:

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Usage of PEN in ProtoGENI

PEN is now avaialble for use within ProtoGENI; see ​Usage of PEN in ProtoGENI

This shows the arrangement for using PEN that was shown in a demo at GEC5:

Milestones

MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S2.a Develop plan to deploy PEN)? Click here for plan.
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S2.b Implement clock synchronization)? See 1Q10 QSR for details.
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S2.c Enhance PEN virtual router templates and set-up scripts)?
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S2.d Implement packet header capture functionality)?
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S2.e Provide POC to Security team)?
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S2.f Specific contribution to GENI outreach plan)?

MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S3.a Demonstration and outreach at GEC9)? ​UMLPEN Tutorial Material
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S3.b Plan for OpenFlow deployment at UML)?
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S3.c Demonstration and outreach at GEC10)?
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S3.d UMLPEN is an operational aggregate)?
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S3.e Documentation and outreach at GEC11)?
MilestoneDate(UMLPEN: S3.f Initial OpenFlow deployment at UML Complete)?

Project Technical Documents

Virtualization Technologies: ​XEN and ​OpenVZ
In this project, we choose to use OpenVZ for its virtualization of network stacks and moderate isolation.
Network Processors: ​IXP2850 and ​Acceleration-cards
Network processors (NPs) are multicore multithreaded processors optimized for network packet processing.
​PEN Design
​Integration of PEN into ProtoGENI Control Framework
​Usage of PEN in ProtoGENI
​Implementation of OpenFlow Switch on PEN

Quarterly Status Reports

​4Q08 Status Report
​1Q09 Status Report
​2Q09 Status Report
​3Q09 Status and Year 1 Final Report
4Q09 Status Report​
1Q10 Status Report
2Q10 Status Report
​Spiral 2 Project Review-UMLPEN
4Q10 Status Report
1Q11 Status Report

Spiral 1 Connectivity

The earliest connectivity requirement will be towards the end of year 1. The PEN deployment will either be located in UML labs or within one of the GENI substrate infrastructure networks. This will be determined during the year. IP connectivity between the PEN node and the UML lab (if they are not colocated) will be required after deployment. Layer 2 virtual ethernet connections are not required. Updates on this deployment decision can be monitored through the milestone UMLPEN: Deployable PEN available.

GPO Liaison System Engineer

Vic Thomas ​vthomas@geni.net

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