Testbed Networks: Provided by NLR
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GENI, the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), is a virtual laboratory at the frontiers of network science and engineering for exploring future internets at scale. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, GENI is open and inclusive, supporting researchers from academia and industry interested in pursuing innovations in emerging global networks. NLR makes its Layer 2 (FrameNet and CWave) and Layer 3 (PacketNet) services available to any GENI researcher. Connectivity to NLR's backbone is made possible by NLR's regional optical network members. Information on NLR resources and assistance for GENI can be found at: http://www.nlr.net/geni.php . Any additional questions may be directed at NLR's Experiments Support Services organization, at ess@nlr.net For information on how to get involved with GENI, please visit: http://www.geni.net/?page_id=4 |
NLR Coast-to-Coast, High-Performance Platform Available to GENI
Source: GENI and NLR
The Open Cloud Consortium (OCC) is developing standards for cloud computing and the frameworks needed to permit interoperability between various types of clouds. The OCC has already published a benchmark for measuring computing performance of large-data clouds, MalStone, at http://code.google.com/p/malgen/ 
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NLR provides the infrastructure for OCC's testbed network, a 10-Gigabits per second (Gbps) backbone between San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The OCC testbed is the only wide-area cloud currently utilizing 10-Gbps networks.
The Open Cloud Testbed Network on NLR
Source: Open Cloud Consortium
For further details on the OCC testbed, please visit: http://opencloudconsortium.org/testbed/ .
Researchers or organizations interested in additional information or in joining the OCC, please see: http://opencloudconsortium.org/membership-documents/ .
The OCC is a member-driven, non-profit consortium managed by the Center for Computational Science Research in Illinois.
OpenFlow is an open standard that allows experimental protocols to run on production networks. The OpenFlow Switch Consortium supports and evangelizes the OpenFlow standard. The Consortium is using experimental (NetFPGA) and commercial (Hewlett Packard 6600) OpenFlow platforms deployed within several NLR Points of Presence (PoPs) to enable researchers to create and run experiments using realistic scenarios.
OpenFlow Research and NLR
Source OpenFlow and NLR
HP 6600 switches are installed in Sunnyvale, Seattle, Denver, Chicago, and Atlanta. They are connected to each other by a dedicated NLR WaveNet infrastructure backbone and are also connected to NLR's FrameNet.
NetFPGAs are installed in Sunnyvale, Houston, Chicago, and New York. They are interconnected via a FrameNet VLAN mesh.
The OpenFlow Switch Consortium proposes that the Ethernet switches and routers we deploy in our universities - in wiring closets, basements and computer centers - should support the OpenFlow feature. OpenFlow allows a researcher to experiment with new functionality in their own network; for example, to add a new routing protocol, a new management technique, a novel packet processing algorithm, or even - eventually – alternatives to IP.
Hosted at Stanford University, OpenFlow is open to interested parties. For information on participation, please visit: http://www.openflowswitch.org/wp/people/
VINI is a virtual network infrastructure that allows network researchers to evaluate their protocols and services in the wide area. Connected to NLR at nodes across the country, VINI allows researchers to deploy and evaluate their ideas with real routing software, traffic loads, and network events.
VINI: National LambdaRail Deployment
Source: VINI
To provide researchers flexibility in designing their experiments, VINI supports simultaneous experiments with arbitrary network topologies on a shared physical infrastructure.
For more information on VINI and on its NLR infrastructure, or to request a VINI account, please visit: http://www.vini-veritas.net .