Cloud computing Labs

Lab#11: Building Visual Data Centers

using iCanCloud

Lecturers: Muthanna Jabbar, and Ali Munther

Lab Ten
Fourth Class.
Department: Informatics Systems Management (ISM)
2022/01/ 06 and 13

2022
 Building Visual Data
Outline
Centers

➢ The goal of this lab is to building an Virtual Data center

from Scratch in iCanCloud Simulator by using the
following Steps:

➢ Step 1: Adding Our Nodes (Computing Nodes (servers)

and Storage Nodes (Storage Servers)), i.e. Custom Nodes
➢ Step 2: Adding Our Racks (in real data center the Servers
and storage are rack amounted ).
➢ Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center.

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 – Computing nodes
Outline
Step 1 : Adding Our Nodes
➢ To adding Computing Node (servers) ►click on Nodes
► Computing Nodes ► Choose any Node ► Change the
Parameters
➢ Name: CloudLab_CNA;
➢ CPU: Xeon_E5-2650-V2
➢ Memory: GB16_KVR16R11D4.
➢ Disk Maxtor_3TB
➢ #disks :1
➢ PSU : Generic_PSU.
➢ Hypervisor : MainHypervisor.
➢ After complete press Save

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 – Computing nodes
Outline
Step 1 : Adding Our Nodes
➢ The Node full Specifications appear in black screen

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 – Storage
Outline
Step 1 : Adding Our Nodes
➢ To adding Storage ►click on Nodes ► Storage Nodes ►
Choose any Node ► Change the Parameters
➢ Name: CloudLab_STN1;
➢ CPU: intel_i7_3370_4core
➢ Memory: Kingstone_8GB
➢ Disk Maxtor_3TB
➢ #disks :4
➢ PSU : Generic_PSU.
➢ Hypervisor : MainHypervisor.
➢ After complete press Save

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 – Storage
Outline
Step 1 : Adding Our Nodes

➢ The Node full Specifications appear in black screen

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Step 2 : Adding Rack – Computing
Outline (Servers)
➢ To adding Rack ►click on Racks► Choose any Rack ►
Change the Parameters to
➢ Name: Lab_Rack_10;
➢ Node type: CloudLab_CNA
➢ #nodes: 10
➢ Switch type: GeneriticSwitch
➢ Comm. Link: Ethernet 1Gbps
➢ Delay: 1.25E-4;
➢ Ber.:0.0;
➢ Per: 0.0
➢ After complete press Save

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Step 2 : Adding Rack – Computing
Outline (Servers)

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Step 2 : Adding Rack – Storage
Outline
➢ To adding Rack ►click on Racks► Choose any Rack ►
Change the Parameters to
➢ Name: Lab_Rack_Sto15;
➢ Storage Rack?
➢ Node type: CloudLab_STN1
➢ #nodes: 15
➢ Switch type: GeneriticSwitch
➢ Comm. Link: Ethernet 10Gbps
➢ Delay: 1.25E-4;
➢ Ber.:0.0;
➢ Per: 0.0
➢ After complete press Save

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Step 2 : Adding Rack – Storage
Outline

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Now we are ready to create first virtual Datacenter,

Suppose that we have 3 storage Nodes, 3 computing
Racks and 3 switches. Connected as shown below
Server1

Storage1
Sw2

Sw1 Sw3
Server2

Storage2
Server3

Storage3
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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Click on Datacenter ►Go to Data Center Menu ►Click

on New Data Center

➢ Confirm overwrite open ►press OK. ► Blank data

center open

➢ Now go to switch ► Right Click on GenericSwitch ►Add

to data center

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ On the same way Add two switches, we obtain

➢ Now Right Click on Switch[0] ►Choose add Connection

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Choose the shown parameters for set connections

➢ Do Same parameter for another connection

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ We obtain

➢ Now Add the Computing Racks by Right click on

Lab_Rack_10 ►Click Add to data center ( repeat this 2
more times)

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Now Right Click on Lab_Rack_10 [3]►Choose add

Connection with shown parameters

➢ Do Same setting with other racks (but dest. Element is

Sw[2])
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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Now we obtain

➢ Now Add the Storage Node by Right click on

CloudLab_STN1 ►Click Add to data center ( repeat this 2
more times)

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Now Right Click on CloudLab_STN1 [10]►Choose add

Connection with shown parameters

➢ Do Same setting with other Storage nodes

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Now we obtain

➢ Now at Data Center Menu ►Save as “myDatacenter”

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 Outline
Step 3: Adding Racks and Nodes to Visual Data center

➢ Now at Data Center Menu ►Save as “myDatacenter”

►Click on Save Data Center

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