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diff --git a/docs/labs/spirent.rst b/docs/labs/spirent.rst index b0ba0ba9..2c6a0cfb 100644 --- a/docs/labs/spirent.rst +++ b/docs/labs/spirent.rst @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ Spirent Virtual Cloud Test Lab =============================== -A community provided metal resource hosted at Nephoscale, leveraged for SDN/NFV public testing and OpenDaylight, -OpenStack, OPNFV projects. +A community provided metal resource hosted at Nephoscale, leveraged for SDN/NFV public testing and +OpenDaylight, OpenStack, OPNFV projects. -**Spirent VCT Lab** is currently working on 3 different **OpenStack** environments each one of them deployed on different hardware configuration: +**Spirent VCT Lab** is currently working on 3 different **OpenStack** environments each one of them +deployed on different hardware configuration: * **OpenStack Juno - 2014.2.2 release** (CentOS 7, 20 Cores, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SATA, 40 Gbps) * **OpenStack Juno - 2014.2.2 release** (Ubuntu 14.04, 8 cores, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB SATA, 10 Gbps) @@ -20,20 +21,24 @@ There are a number of different networks referenced in the VPTC Design Blueprint * Mission Clients – 10g * Mission Servers – 10g -These can be added or removed as specified by the test methodology. -There are 8 x 10 gige SFP+ ports available on a typical C100MP used for Avalanche Layer 4-7 testing. -The N4U offers 2 x 40 gige QSFP+ ports with the MX-2 Spirent Test Center Layer 2-3 testing. -There are 2 x Cumulus switches with 32 ports of 40 gige QSFP+ ports for a total capacity of 256 ports of 10 -gige. We use QSFP+ to SFP+ break out cables to convert a single 40 gige port into 4 x 10 gige ports. -Together these offer a flexible solution to allow up to 8 simultaneous tests to take place with physical -traffic generators at the same time. Assuming a 10 to 1 oversubscription ratio we could handle 80 community -users with the current environment. +These can be added or removed as specified by the test methodology. There are 8 x 10 gige SFP+ +ports available on a typical C100MP used for Avalanche Layer 4-7 testing. The N4U offers 2 x 40 +gige QSFP+ ports with the MX-2 Spirent Test Center Layer 2-3 testing. There are 2 x Cumulus +switches with 32 ports of 40 gige QSFP+ ports for a total capacity of 256 ports of 10 gige. We use +QSFP+ to SFP+ break out cables to convert a single 40 gige port into 4 x 10 gige ports. Together +these offer a flexible solution to allow up to 8 simultaneous tests to take place with physical +traffic generators at the same time. Assuming a 10 to 1 oversubscription ratio we could handle 80 +community users with the current environment. For example: * An 80 Gbps test would need 4 port pairs of 10 gige each and require 8 mission networks. - * Multiple clients sharing common test hardware might have dedicated management networks for their DUTs yet communicate with the APIs and Management services via a shared DMZ network protected by a firewall. - * SSL and IPSec VPN will typically be leveraged to connect networks across the untrusted Internet or other third party networks. - * Stand-alone DUT servers using STCv and AVv traffic generators could easily scale to hundreds of servers as needed. + * Multiple clients sharing common test hardware might have dedicated management networks for their + DUTs yet communicate with the APIs and Management services via a shared DMZ network protected by + a firewall. + * SSL and IPSec VPN will typically be leveraged to connect networks across the + untrusted Internet or other third party networks. + * Stand-alone DUT servers using STCv and AVv traffic generators could easily scale to hundreds of + servers as needed. .. image:: images/spirent_vptc-public-drawing.png |