How to Build Complex, Large-Scale Emulated Networks

Hung Nguyen; Matthew Roughan; Simon Knight; Nick Falkner; Olaf Maennel; Randy Bush

Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities. 6th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2010, Berlin, Germany, May 18-20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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How to Build Complex, Large-Scale Emulated Networks

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    author={Hung Nguyen and Matthew Roughan and Simon Knight and Nick Falkner and Olaf Maennel and Randy Bush},
    title={How to Build Complex, Large-Scale Emulated Networks},
    proceedings={Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities. 6th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2010, Berlin, Germany, May 18-20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
    year={2012},
    month={10},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_1}
}

Hung Nguyen
Matthew Roughan
Simon Knight
Nick Falkner
Olaf Maennel
Randy Bush
Year: 2012
How to Build Complex, Large-Scale Emulated Networks
TRIDENTCOM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_1

Hung Nguyen¹, Matthew Roughan¹, Simon Knight¹, Nick Falkner¹, Olaf Maennel², Randy Bush³

1: University of Adelaide
2: University of Loughborough
3: IIJ

Abstract

This paper describes AutoNetkit, an auto-configuration tool for com- plex network emulations using Netkit, allowing large-scale networks to be tested on commodity hardware. AutoNetkit uses an object orientated approach for router configuration management, significantly reducing the complexities in large-scale network configuration. Using AutoNetkit, a user can generate large and complex emulations quickly without errors. We have used AutoNetkit to successfully generate a number of different large networks with complex routing/security policies. In our test case, AutoNetkit can generate 100,000 lines of device configuration code from only 50 lines of high-level network specification code.

Published: 2012-10-10

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_1

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