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2.  Team Members  Team Leader: Adam Jackson  Communication Coordinator: Nick Ryan  Bader Al-Sabah  David Feely  Richard Jones  Faculty Advisor Dr. Ahmed Kamal  Client Contacts Aaron Cordes Rick Stevens Client: Lockheed Martin 2

3.  At this time, the maximum real-world throughput of 10 Gbps network configurations is unknown. 3  Investigate a 10 Gbps network using fiber optical components  Test final system

4.  Functional 1.The network shall be implemented with 10 Gbps components. 2.The team shall test the network to determine real throughput.  Non-Functional 3.Must be implemented before the class completes in May 2008. 4.Must determine financial feasibility of fiber optic components. 4

5. 2.1 The team shall test the network to determine real-world bandwidth. 2.2 The team shall test the network to determine bandwidth efficiency. 2.3 The team shall test the network to determine switch time. 5 2.4 The team shall test the network to determine latency. 2.5 The team shall test the network to determine quality of service.

6.  A team member could leave the project  Insufficient funding for project completion  Component failure 6

7.  The team shall present the chosen design solution to LM for approval before implementation.  The team shall provide weekly reports to LM.  The team shall present the test results to LM.  The team shall deliver a final report and all documentation to LM.  The team shall deliver the prototype to LM at the completion of this project.  All deliverables shall be presented to Rick Stevens on or before May 1, 2008. 7

8. 8 Design Strategy Block Diagram

9. µTCAPCI-E  Advantages  Modular design allows for expansion  262.5 Gbps maximum throughput for Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMC)  Disadvantages  AMC Network Interface Cards at 10 Gbps are not readily available  Costly components  Advantages  Readily available optical 10 Gbps NICs  Variety of 10 Gbps XFP Switches  Relatively low cost components  Disadvantages  Lack of PCI-E systems at ISU Source: http://www.compactpci-systems.com/columns/Tutorial/pdfs/4.2005.pdf 9

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11. 11  Composed of three nodes and a Ethernet switch  Used for testing switching time, latency, and quality of service Graphic inspired by previous HSOI team

12. Myricom 10G-PCIE-8A-R+E® 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe Adapter with pluggable XFP optical interface (http://www.myri.com/Myri-10G/10gbe_solutions.html) TigerSwitch 10G 8-Port Standalone XFP 10Gigabit Ethernet Managed Layer 2 Switch SMC Networks, Inc. Node 1 Node 2 Node 3 12 XFP Transceiver PCI-E x8 or x16 bus

13.  ping  Used as a latency measurement tool  iperf  Bandwidth measurement tool  tcpdump  Packet capture program  Scripts  Scripts will control and execute programs according to test specifications  Other  C++ program used to analyze results 13

14.  Bandwidth  Compare link usage for each node under varying workload types  Bandwidth Efficiency  Show a comparison of the amount of OSI Layer 1 data sent for different OSI Layer 7 data block sizes  Latency  Compare the latency between nodes under different network loads 14

15.  Switching Time  Compare switching time and link load for cases when 2 and 3 nodes are connected to the network  Quality of Service  Show the amount data received from each sending node for each endpoint node over time 15

16.  30 iperf runs ◦ Command Line: iperf -p 5001 -c 192.168.1.2  Max: 1.39  Min: 1.38  Avg: 1.38968  Standard Deviation: 0.001796  99% Confidence Interval: [1.38893,1.39043] 16

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18.  1000 ping runs ◦ ping -c 5 192.168.1.2  Max: 0.035 ms  Min: 0.046 ms  Avg: 0.038145  Standard Deviation: 0.046895  99% Confidence Interval: [0.034697, 0.041592] 18

19. ResourceQuantityEstimated CostActual Cost Optical NICs3$3000$2146.50 XFP Switch1$6500N/A XFP Transceiver6$3720$2700 Fiber optic cables3$240$130.94 Host System3$500Department Systems 1 Total$13960$4987.44 2 1 ISU ECpE Department’s update of the Senior Design lab may cover this cost 2 $10 Shipping charge for NICs and Transceivers added to total 19

20. 20 Personnel Meetings Research Design Implementation Testing and Debugging Documentation Website Totals Adam80208 32101171 Bader80208 32101171 Nick80208 32101171 David80208 32101171 Richard8020815301015178 Total40010040951585019862

21. 21 Personnel Meetings Research Design Implementation Testing and Debugging Documentation Website Totals Adam73.75342714.7521.250152.75 Bader8129015.5 0122 Nick79.525.5413.7519.50133.25 David60.53008.55110115 Richard79.25441.5061218.75161.5 Total374.05162.57.517.53569.2518.75684.5 Summary of Individual Hours

22. Estimated Percent Completion Budgeted Hours Budgeted Hours Completed Meetings100%400 Research95%10095 Design100%40 Implementation95%9580.75 Testing75%158118.5 Documentation95%5047.5 Website97%1918.5 22 Table used to calculate Budgeted Cost of Work Performed

23. 23  Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled: 862 scheduled hours * $10 per hour = $8,620  Actual Cost of Work Performed: 684.55 actual hours * $10 per hour = $6,845.50  Budgeted Cost of Work Performed: 800.25 scheduled hours * $10 per hour = $8,002.50

24.  Cost Variance $8,002.5 - $6,735 = $1,267.5 Under budget  Cost Performance Index $8,002.5 / $6,735 = 1.188 Under budget  Schedule Variance $8,002.5 - $8,620 = $-617.5 Behind schedule  Schedule Performance Index $8,002.5 / $8,620 = 0.928 Behind schedule 24

25.  Researched 10 Gbps network architectures  Completed test scripts  Completed analysis scripts and programs  Executed copper tests and analyzed results  Executed limited fiber optic tests 25

26.  Unable to obtain fiber optic switch  PCI-E slot not fully compliant ◦ First system ran at x1 ◦ Second system was graphics only 26

27.  How to coordinate buying components with various groups.  Prepare for unexpected sources of error.  Fully research the technologies before we use them. 27

28.  Creating an affordable fiber optic network is feasible.  Copper results illustrate proof of concept on testing approach.  Preliminary results using PCI-E x1 speeds show that bandwidth efficiency is poor unless parameters are changed. 28

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