Bob Lantz
87 lines
2.7 KiB
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87 lines
2.7 KiB
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Mininet: A Simple Virtual Testbed for OpenFlow/SDN
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or
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How to Squeeze a 1024-node OpenFlow Network onto your Laptop
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Mininet 1.0.0
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Welcome to Mininet!
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Mininet creates OpenFlow test networks by using process-based
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virtualization and network namespaces.
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Simulated hosts (as well as switches and controllers with the user
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datapath) are created as processes in separate network namespaces. This
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allows a complete OpenFlow network to be simulated on top of a single
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Linux kernel.
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Mininet may be invoked directly from the command line, and also provides a
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handy Python API for creating networks of varying sizes and topologies.
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Mininet is currently in *limited alpha release*. We encourage you to
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experiment with it and hope that you will provide us with feedback on
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features, documentation, and how you're using it. We plan to make it
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available publicly via a GPL or BSD license (probably in April), but please
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don't distribute the code or URLs yet! The feedback you provide will help
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us improve Mininet for general release.
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In order to run Mininet, you must have:
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* A Linux 2.6.26 or greater kernel compiled with network namespace support
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enabled (see INSTALL for additional information.)
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* An OpenFlow implementation (either the reference user or kernel
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space implementations, or Open vSwitch.) Appropriate kernel modules
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(e.g. tun and ofdatapath for the reference kernel implementation) must
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be loaded.
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* Python, bash, ping, iperf, etc.
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* Root privileges (required for network device access)
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Currently Mininet includes:
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- A simple node infrastructure (Host, Switch, Controller classes) for
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creating virtual OpenFlow networks
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- A simple network infrastructure (Mininet class) supporting parametrized
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topologies (Topo subclasses.) For example, a tree network may be created
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with the command
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# mn --topo tree,depth=2,fanout=3
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- Basic tests, including connectivity (ping) and bandwidth (iperf)
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- A command-line interface (CLI class) which provides useful
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diagnostic commands, as well as the ability to send a command to a
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node. For example,
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mininet> h11 ifconfig -a
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tells host h11 to run the command 'ifconfig -a'
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- A 'cleanup' command to get rid of junk (interfaces, processes, files in
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/tmp, etc.) which might be left around by Mininet or Linux. Try this if
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things stop working!
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# mn -c
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- Examples (in the examples/ directory) to help you get started.
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Batteries are not included (yet!)
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However, some preliminary installation notes are included in the INSTALL
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file.
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Additionally, much useful information, including a Mininet tutorial,
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is available on the Mininet wiki:
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http://openflow.org/mininet
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Enjoy, and good luck!
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---
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Bob Lantz
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rlantz@cs.stanford.edu
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