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Network Enabled Testbeds
Eamonn Power (Senior System Administrator) 2015-11-13
TSSG
• Founded: In 1996, has 100+ researchers (112 people) in Waterford.
• Expertise: is a leading software R&D Centre with particular expertise in network, mobile
and communications services.
• Science: is a leading SFI funded SRC Centre working with IBM, Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent.
• International: is one of Ireland’s leaders in the EU collaborative R&D programmes
(FP7/Horizon 2020) and has worked with over 450 companies on these programmes.
• Industry: completed over 110 direct industry projects in Ireland over the past 5 years and
has spun out a number of leading international start-ups such as FeedHenry Ltd
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Telecommunications Software & Systems Group
Overview
• ICT Testbeds
• XiFi and FIPPP
• MDVPN, GÉANT and
HEAnet
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• SDN Testbed
• FII
Testbeds and Sustainability
• Things you can do with
commercial offerings
• Things commercial
offerings don’t do (yet?)
• Communities and
economies of scale
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FIPPP and XIFI
• Technology Foundation
• FIWARE
• FI-CORE
• Infrastructures
• INFINITY
• XIFI
• 8 Industry Driven Themes
• 16 Accelerators for SMEs
• 5 Programme Facilitation and
Support Projects
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Timelines
XIFI: April 2013 – September 2015
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Grizzly Havana
Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 Jul-14 Aug-14 Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15
Icehouse Juno Kilo
2013 2014 2015
Implementation
• 1GB circuits
• MDVPN link via Cisco VXR
• Dell Firewall
• 2 Pica8 switches
• Dell Server Hardware
– C6220 cluster
– R720 servers
– R420 servers
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Implementation
• OpenStack Juno (Fuel)
– Nova
– Neutron
– Glance
– Cinder
– Swift (partial)
• FIWARE Lab Federated Services
– Monitoring Components
– Central Keystone
– Public IP addresses (HEAnet provided)
– Private IP addresses (private subnet on
MDVPN)
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Multi Domain VPN
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Multi Domain VPN
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Lessons Learned
• Keep Support Tools Simple
• Upgrades are not trivial!
• Responsibility vs. Ownership
• Resource Quotas are good
• Known States of Systems
• HEAnet team worked well with
us
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• Mature tools are important
• HA in the platform
• Monitoring and Authentication
Services
• Keep Support Processes
Simple
Pan-Ireland SDN Testbed
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Eamonn Power, Senior Administrator
@eamonnpowerynetepower@tssg.org
+353 51 302956
Thank you for your attention
Any questions?
Acknowledgments: The research conducted by XIFI receives funding from the European
Commission FP7 under grant agreement N°: 604590. The European
Commission has no responsibility for the content of this presentation