[AusNOG] CAIA Seminar - 10:30am, 16th Mar 2015, EN715 - VIRL: The Virtual Internet Routing Lab

[Jason But]

Hello all

A recording of Simon's presentation is now publically available at 
http://caia.swin.edu.au/seminars

Due to a glitch in the recording system, the first minute of the 
presentation was not captured, also the recording schedule expired prior to 
the last few questions being asked/answered. Apologies

Jason


> Hello all
>
> I anybody is in Melbourne next week (perhaps for Cisco Live), you may be 
> interested in attending Simon's presentation at Swinburne University as 
> part of our Seminar series.
>
> Details below
>
> Regards
>
> Jason
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> CAIA Seminar Notice
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> For more information, please visit http://caia.swin.edu.au/seminars
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> Title:    VIRL: The Virtual Internet Routing Lab
>
> Speaker:  Simon Knight
>
> Time:     10:30am, 16th Mar 2015
>
> Location: EN715, Level 7, EN Building
>
> Abstract:
>
> VIRL is a network simulation platform that allows network operating
> systems, to run in a virtual environment. It provides a drag-and-drop user
> interface to design network topologies, an automated configuration engine
> to configure IP addressing and routing protocols, and a simulation engine
> based on OpenStack, allowing clustering across multiple physical servers.
>
> The VIRL platform includes virtualised versions of Cisco's four main
> routing operating systems (IOS, IOS-XR, IOS-XE and NX-OS), which can be
> connected to other network devices such as firewalls, layer 2 switches,
> Linux servers, or connected to external devices such as live BGP feeds or
> physical hardware.
>
> With the combination of real-world operating systems (using the same
> control-plane code as production routers), traffic generators and automated
> packet capture, VIRL provides a comprehensive platform for conducting
> network research, change validation, training, education, and network
> applications development.
>
> This talk will cover the VIRL platform architecture, focusing on the key
> components as well as looking at how such Network simulation system are
> being used in the real world.
>
> Biography:
>
> Simon Knight is a Software Engineer in the Chief Architect's Office at
> Cisco Systems. He is working on the Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL)
> project, in the areas of automated router configuration, data collection,
> visualisation, and integration with other systems.
>
> Simon has a Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications) with First Class
> Honours, and a Bachelor of Economics. He is completing his PhD thesis on
> Automated Network Configuration.
>
>


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Dr. Jason But
Deputy Chair, Department of Telecommunications, Electrical and Robotics Engineering
Deputy Academic Director (Education Quality & Accreditation)
Course Co-Ordinator, Bachelor of ICT (Network Design and Security)

Department of Telecommunications, Electrical and Robotics Engineering
School of Software and Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology
Swinburne University of Technology
CRICOS Provider 00111D

Phone:  +61 3 9214 4839
Email:  jbut at swin.edu.au
www:    http://caia.swin.edu.au/cv/jbut
Office: EN606e