Documentation of the VP18 Environment

Overview

• Standards
  • Hostname Naming
  • Network Connections
• Documentation of the System
  • Operational documentation
    • [Deployment of the System(s)][documentation/System_Deployment.md]
    • Runbooks
  • The rack configuration
  • General Network Information
  • The Networking Diagram
  • Detailed Description of the Network Wireing
  • Detailed Description of the Power Wireing
  • Hardware Devices
    • Networking Equipment
      • Edgecore 7326-56X-O-AC-B
      • Edgecore 5835-54X-O-AC-B
      • Edgecore 4630-54TE-O-AC-B
      • Edgecore 7726-32X-O-AC-B
    • Server Equipment
      • Supermicro H12SSL-NT
      • Supermicro H12SSL-CT
      • Supermicro ARS-110M-NR
      • Supermicro A2SDV-4C-LN8F
      • Supermicro A2SDV-8C-LN8F

A visual impression

What describes this repository?

This repository describes the envrionment build for VP18. VP18 runs a hardware environment in a colocation located at JH Computers.

The main goals of this environment are:

• Provide a network testing lab for:
  • Switch/network automation
  • Sonic packaging
  • Evaluating network architecture concepts
  • Test environment to evaluate and test concepts and implementations in layer-3 underlay networking with SONiC
  • Test environment to evaluate and test improvements to the monitoring stack
• Run a "production-like" experimentation and testing plattform
  • Demonstration showroom for interested parties (A blueprint for potential SCS operators to get an idea of the OSISM setup)
  • Training and demonstration environment
  • Testing of new releases (Environment for the future execution of QA tests)
  • Reproduce and analyze production problems on a real system
  • Develop and test topics that can only be analyzed, tested or reproduced on a real system
  • Dogfooding / continuous operation with real workload
  • Develop operational procdures
  • Develop and test certification tests