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Network infrastructure control for virtual campus
| Resumo: | An evolution of the current university’s networking infrastructure and service models has been shown to be necessary to enable the provisioning of innovative services that are able to respond to today’s needs. On this work a network orchestration tool is proposed that, integrated with the OpenStack cloud framework, is able to virtualize any network deployment in a non-disruptive manner, providing a clean upgrade path from the traditional networking to the world of virtualization. The framework is able to extend virtual networks created on the datacenter by OpenStack or other cloud frameworks, to the outside campus. It does so by directly reconfiguring the network devices according to the needs, independently of the device vendor, the type of device or its specificities, and independently of the specific physical network topology. This service is provided to the end user using a cloud like service model, much more flexible than the current one, properly integrated with the cloud framework services. The project was developed with the Aveiro University use cases in mind, but the final result can be applied in many academic or business environments. The framework is presented both from a conceptual perspective, by describing the abstractions and mechanisms created, and from an implementation perspective, provinding the reader the necessary understanding about the framework operation and the integration with OpenStack. The integration of this work with a broader vision for the future of the university’s services is left as future work. |
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| Autores principais: | Manco, Filipe José Jesus |
| Assunto: | Engenharia de computadores Computação em nuvem Redes de informação Dispositivos lógicos |
| Ano: | 2013 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Aveiro |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro |
| Resumo: | An evolution of the current university’s networking infrastructure and service models has been shown to be necessary to enable the provisioning of innovative services that are able to respond to today’s needs. On this work a network orchestration tool is proposed that, integrated with the OpenStack cloud framework, is able to virtualize any network deployment in a non-disruptive manner, providing a clean upgrade path from the traditional networking to the world of virtualization. The framework is able to extend virtual networks created on the datacenter by OpenStack or other cloud frameworks, to the outside campus. It does so by directly reconfiguring the network devices according to the needs, independently of the device vendor, the type of device or its specificities, and independently of the specific physical network topology. This service is provided to the end user using a cloud like service model, much more flexible than the current one, properly integrated with the cloud framework services. The project was developed with the Aveiro University use cases in mind, but the final result can be applied in many academic or business environments. The framework is presented both from a conceptual perspective, by describing the abstractions and mechanisms created, and from an implementation perspective, provinding the reader the necessary understanding about the framework operation and the integration with OpenStack. The integration of this work with a broader vision for the future of the university’s services is left as future work. |
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