FIONA Workshop 1 – March 3-4, 2018 – Event

Workshop Details

• Dates: March 3-4, 2018
• Location: Windjammer 2-4, Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel 
• Host: Corporation For Education Network Initiatives In California (CENIC)
• Venue: Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa On Del Monte Golf Course, Monterey, CA 93940 (map)

Instructors

• Hervey Allen (HA), (NSRC)
• John Graham (JG), (UCSD)
• John Hess (JH), (CENIC)
• Dmitry Mishin (DM), (UCSD)
  

Workshop

• Workshop Agenda
• Google Doc for collecting Topics & Questions to cover in more depth

Tools

• Putty SSH Client for Windows
  Download page (ssh, scp, sftp, agent, etc.)
  putty.exe (64-bit ssh)
  

Workshop Goals

By the end of this workshop the participant will be able to:

• Understand selected use cases for using a FIONA/FIONette as a Data Transfer Node or Data Access Node
• Be able to deploy a FIONette node at their institution
• Install and configure perfSONAR tools including regular testing (throughput, latency / loss, traceroute)
• Install and configure GridFTP tools including regular disk-to-disk throughput testing
• Install and configure MaDDash visualization tool and Measurement Archive for storing test results
• Troubleshoot selected network issues using the pS toolkit and other tools
• Understand data movement performance analysis and visualization
• Understand scaling and tuning options for for optimal data flow, including
  • BIOS / OS / FileSystem
  • TCP/UDP network stack
  • Single-stream vs Multiple-streams
  • Larger flows
  • Longer paths (with high Bandwidth Delay Products)
• Properly secure FIONA/FIONette devices

Target Audience

• Operational staff with responsibility for science engagement, e.g.:
  • Cyberinfrastructure Engineers
  • High Performance Computing Specialists
  • Research Systems Administrators
  • System Integration Engineers
    

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with the ScienceDMZ architectural model and related concepts
• Experience with an UNIX/Linux command line environment
• Basic understanding of TCP/IP and UDP protocols
• Basic UNIX/Linux System Administration skills and familiarity with Linux PC server hardware
• Basic Network Engineering skills and familiarity with modern routing and switching technologies  
• Familiarity with the perfSONAR toolkit

Please note

• participants are required to bring a notebook computer
• participants should make their travel & lodging arrangements to allow them to be present for an 8AM (Pacific) start on Saturday, March 3rd