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The ACIS lab is currently equipped with state-of-the-art computing, storage and networking facilities, and has a unique environment for experimental research and design of distributed systems that use virtualization software developed by commercial and open-source projects. In addition to upwards of 20 personal computers, the ACIS lab owns the following systems:
• 10-CPU IBM eServer Cluster 1300: 8 dual Pentium III (Tualatin) 1.4GHz 2GB RAM nodes and 1 dual-processor management node (cluster 1
).
• 68-CPU IBM eServer 1350 cluster: 32 dual Xeon (Prestonia) 2.4GHz 3GB RAM nodes and 2 dual-processor management nodes (cluster 2
).
• 16-CPU IBM X3 architecture based 16-way Xeon (Potomac) 3GHz, 1MB L2, 8MB L3 cache, 64GB RAM, 4x73GB SAS server (cluster 3
).
• 16-CPU IBM x336 based cluster: 8 dual Xeon (Irwindale) 3.2GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 4GB RAM, 146GB U320 SCSI disk nodes (cluster 4
).
• 12-CPU IBM x335 based cluster: 6 dual Opteron (Dual-Core Italy JH-E6) 2GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 8GB RAM, 80GB SATA disk nodes (cluster 5
).
• 8-CPU IBM x306m based cluster: 8 Pentium D (Dual-Core Presler) 3GHz, 2x2MB L2 cache, 4GB RAM, 2x80GB SATA disk nodes (cluster 6
).
• IBM BladeCenter with 2 gigabit switch modules, 14 HS21 blades each with two Xeon (Dual-Core Woodcrest) 2.33GHz processors with 4MB L2 cache, 4GB RAM, and 2x36GB SAS disks (cluster 7
).
• IBM BladeCenter with 2 gigabit switch modules, 14 HS21 blades each with two Xeon (Dual-Core Woodcrest) 2.33GHz processors with 4MB L2 cache, 8GB RAM, and 73GB SAS disk (cluster 8
).
• 32-CPU (128 cores) IBM eServer 1350 cluster: 8 x3950M2 quad Xeon (X7350 Tigerton) 2.93GHz 128GB RAM nodes forming 2 16-way (64 cores) 512GB NUMA systems
• IBM BladeCenter with 2 gigabit switch modules and HS20, HS21 and LS20 blades.
• 2 IBM xServer (x235) disk arrays, 9x300GB SCSI U320 disks (2.7TB raw storage) each.
• 2 IBM TotalStorage (DS300) iSCSI Systems, 14x300GB SCSI U320 disks (4.2TB) each.
• 1 IBM TotalStorage (DS400) FibreChannel System, 14x300GB SCSI U320 disks (4.2TB).
• 1 IBM TotalStorage (DS4800) Disk System, 32x300GB FibreChannel disks + 160 1TB SATA disks
• One SUN Microsystems E250 server.
• 1 IBM System Storage (TS3100) Tape Library.
• One SUN Microsystems E250 server.
• One SUN Microsystems E450 server.
• One SUN Microsystems V440 server with 12x36GB SCSI storage array.
• 1 IBM dual Xeon (Dual-Core Paxville) 2.8GHz, 2GB RAM, 4x300GB SCSI U320 disks (main server).
• 4 dual-Pentium III (Coppermine) Dell Linux servers.
• 6 dual-Xeon (Prestonia) Dell Linux servers.
• 2 dual-Xeon (Irwindale) 3GHz 4GB RAM Linux middleware development/deployment servers.
The following network connectivity is available to all ACIS computers:
• Gbit connectivity to U. Florida’s backbone (connected to Abilene).
• 100Mbit Ethernet (desktops), Gbit Ethernet (servers).
• CyberGuard firewall and private network with VPN support.
• 7 VLANs to isolate production, development, management, SAN, public and private networks.
The following Cisco networking equipment is available for research and teaching in networking:
• Three 24 port, Catalyst® 2950-24 switches; Two 48 port, Catalyst® 3548 switches.
• Two 8 port, Cisco Catalyst® 3508G Gigabit switches.
• One 48 port, Catalyst® 2948G Gigabit switch and three 48 port, SRW-2048 Gigabit switches.
• Three 2621XM routers w/ Cisco IOS® Software w/ firewall, IPSEC and 3DES encryption.
• One Aeronet 350 Series Access Point.
Also available are two 24 port, D-Link DGS-1224T Gigabit switches.
The ACIS resources are configured to be able to simultaneously support upwards of 1000 virtual machines running Linux, Windows and other operating systems. Software packages include:
• Virtualization: Xen, VMware Workstation, Server, ESX, Player
• CiscoWorks Small Network Management Solution (SNMS) (can monitor non-Cisco IT assets).
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