New RLI (March 3, 2009)
ONL is going to a single RLI for both router types:
NPR (Network Processor Router) and NSP (Network Service Processor).
This will occur the afternoon of Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
You will need to get a new RLI.jar file.
The look and feel of the new RLI is identical to the old RLI except
for three things:
- A virtual network can contain both NPR(s) and NSP(s).
- The minimum NPR configuration is one pair of NPRs which
is called an NPR cluster.
(If you want to use only one NPR, just don't connect
the second NPR to the rest of your virtual network.)
- You MUST make a reservation through the RLI.
You can no longer make a reservation through the ONL web site.
All else is the same from a user's perspective; i.e., the ONL tutorial
pages are still valid.
There is one small exception.
The menu item Topology => Add NPR
is now titled Topology => Add NPR Cluster.
What's New?
Most of the changes associated with this new RLI should be transparent
to the ordinary user.
Here's a brief summary of what's new:
- A virtual network can contain both NPR(s) and NSP(s).
- All ONL daemons and the ONL experiment database have been
upgraded to support the new hardware combination.
- Developer's can add new hardware to the testbed with
relative ease.
- Although the format of the experiment file has changed, it
is almost identical to the previous format (for those few
users who care).
What's important though is that the new RLI can convert
old experiment files to the new format.
What Users Need To Do
Listed below is what you should do.
- Save copies of your old experiment files in some new directory
It is always a good idea to do this ... although we doubt that
you will need to refer to these files.
- The new RLI requires Java 1.6 or newer
- You can check your version of java by entering the
command 'java -version'.
- If you need to install the JRE, go to the Java download
page
http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
and download the latest JRE for your platform by following
the instructions posted at the Sun site.
Note: You only need to download the JRE (less than
20 MB), not the entire JDK (Java Development Kit).
- New RLI.jar file
- Get the new RLI.jar file by clicking
here.
Note: You no longer need a separate hardware file
(NPR.hw).
- Start the new RLI, and verify that the version number
is 3.x
The version number is shown at the top of the main
RLI window.
If the version number is 2.x, either you did not get the new
RLI.jar file or you are not using the new RLI.jar file.
Revised: Wed, Mar 4, 2009