A Network Topology Mapper

This page aims to serve as documentation for the on-going work to produce a topology mapping tool/service for the ORBIT testbeds.

Overview.

The current ORBIT testbeds do not have a framework with which users can easily set up network topologies for their experiments. Users may choose to build test topologies using methods such as:

• node-side packet filtering, e.g. ebtables
• switch partitions, e.g. VLANs
• SDN, e.g. OpenFlow

among others, but this entails impromptu scripting or manual configuration.