Open AccessFirst field demonstration of cloud datacenter workflow automation employing dynamic optical transport network resources under OpenStack and OpenFlow orchestration
Author(s) -
Thomas Szyrkowiec,
Achim Autenrieth,
P. Gunning,
Paul Wright,
Andrew Lord,
Jörg-Peter Elbers,
Alan Lumb
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.002595
Subject(s) - orchestration , openflow , cloud computing , workflow , computer science , networking hardware , transport network , automation , computer network , distributed computing , operating system , software defined networking , database , engineering , mechanical engineering , art , musical , visual arts
For the first time, we demonstrate the orchestration of elastic datacenter and inter-datacenter transport network resources using a combination of OpenStack and OpenFlow. Programmatic control allows a datacenter operator to dynamically request optical lightpaths from a transport network operator to accommodate rapid changes of inter-datacenter workflows.