University of Missouri
Internet2 Spring Member Meeting
April 24, 2012
Developing a 100G TestBed
for Life Science Collaborations
 Taking advantage of existing UM/SURA dark fiber to
create a research 100G pathway from St Louis to Kansas
City via Columbia along Interstate 70
 Using InCommon Federated Identities for authentication
via Shibboleth; authorizations occur via an autonomous
Entitlement Server to provide fine-grained authorizations
to/from service providers
 Developing distributed resource sharing by mapping
needs to resources eligible for assignment depending on
geography and resource availability
 At 100G some distributed computing latency issues can
likely be overcome
Problem Set
 High-Throughput Sequencing is producing enormous
quantities of data; needing a storage infrastructure as
a private cloud
 Need to provision collecting, analyzing and using
resources according to demand and includes the
processing applications being net-aware
 Develop security, measurement and analysis tools to
efficiently run at 100G across a regional multi-cluster
environment using OpenFlow and other specialized
protocols
Where Does the Data Come From?
A High-Volume EST Pipeline For Discovery
High throughput DNA
sequencing at MU DNA
Core Facility.
Swine female reproductive tissues and embryos are
removed at various times of gestation.
Gene annotations
quickly obtained by
access to other databases through the MU
Internet2 high speed
network.
Improved
efficiency, quality
and profitability is
the goal.
Sequence
data
analyzed at
MU on
high-speed
systems.
Iterate microarray &
other experiments to
focus on gene discovery.
Patterns of gene expression
analyzed with microarrays to
reveal mechanisms that
contribute to reproduction
efficiency.
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100G Pathway along I70
HtSeq
LSC
Internet2
100G
UM Portion of MOREnet
100G
Multi-Site Sharing
HPC Infiniband Network
HPC Infiniband Network
Mgmt
HPC Storage
SMP Servers
Linux Cluster
GPGPUs
Mgmt
HPC Storage
Machine Room GbE Network
Managem
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Central
Administra
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Monitoring
File Mgmt
Availabilit
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Data
Migration
Replicatio
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Backup
Research Data Store
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Protocols
Instruments
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Visualization & Display
Instruments
(Medical)
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GPGPUs
Protocols
CIFS
NFS
HTTP
FTP
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Campus GbE Network
Lab (Research
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Linux Cluster
Machine Room GbE Network
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CIFS
NFS
HTTP
FTP
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Instruments
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Instruments
(Medical)
Site B
Instrument
(Research)
OpenFlow at the packet level
Controller
OpenFlow-enabled
Commercial Switch
Normal
Software
Normal
Datapath
PC
Secure
Channel
Flow
Table
Analysis Engines
User
Storage Cloud
NetProcessors
NetStorage
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Bridging the Gaps
(Some are very Large)
• Authenticate
• Provider
(InCommon)
Analysis
Sharing
Tools
Nets
• Processors
Apps
• Data
Administrative User
WAYF
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Identity Provider
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Command
Service Provider
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Credentials
Handle
Service
Identity
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User
Handle
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SHIRE
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Attribute
Authority
Handle
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SHAR
Credentials
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Attributes
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Entitlement
Client App
Entitlement Server
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YES/NO
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VO Entitlement Command
Using Middleware
Tools for VO
Collaboration
Resource Reso
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Manager
Handle
Command
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Entitlement
Server
YES/NO
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User
Simplified Design
1: request by URL or
command
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Entitlement
Server
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4
uses public key encryption for
authentication
and privacy
Identity
Provider
3
Service
Provider
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Page or computational
results
Getting Authenticated
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please contact your local GPN representative to request help in authenticating in this
environment.
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And the story continues …
More Data, Resources, People &
Knowledge
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