E-GENI

From OpenFlow Wiki

Enterprise-GENI is composed of three main entities:

• OpenFlow-based Substrate: The switches that communicate using the OpenFlow protocol to a controller application
• FlowVisor: A custom-build OpenFlow controller that isolates control traffic of individual experiments.
• Aggregate Manager: The application which mediates between the Clearinghouse and the E-GENI FlowVisor, over a SOAP-based SFA protocol.

Architecture

Following figure illustrates the important entities and the communication between them.

Interfaces

E-GENI can be accessed through two different interfaces:

• OpenFlow protocol between the experiment's controller and the E-GENI FlowVisor,
• SOAP-based SFA interface between ClearingHouse and the E-GENI Aggregate Manager.

Milestones

• Integration of Control framework between E-GENI and PL-GENI: September, 2009

Questions: Mail [Srini]: Date updated 06:52, 8 July 2009 (PDT)