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Using OMF testbeds at NICTA

OMF is deployed and used on 4 testbeds at NICTA, as described on the OMF Deployment page.

The access to these testbeds is currently restricted to NICTA staff, students, and partner institutions. However, access to third party researchers and institutions can be made available on a case-by-case basis.

If you would like to use the NICTA testbeds, please contact one of the listed OMF managers/administrators. We will then give you an account and the instruction to access and reserve resources on the NICTA testbeds.

NICTA plans to make its testbed facilities accessible to a wider community. This will be facilitated by the current ongoing development of a Web-based Portal to any OMF-enabled testbed. Please watch this page for further updates on this.

Step-by-step for new users of the NORBIT testbed

  • You will need an account on norbit.npc.nicta.com.au. Contact or
  • SSH into norbit.npc.nicta.com.au
  • Change your password by running passwd.
  • We need to share our Google Calendar with you. Sign up for a Google account at http://www.google.com/calendar and give us your Gmail address if you don't have one already.
  • Before you use the testbed, please make an appointment in the calendar. Log on to http://www.google.com/calendar and you should see the "NICTA Indoor Testbed 1" calendar. Make sure noone else is using your nodes during your desired timeframe. Include your name and list the nodes you intend to use in the appointment details.
  • The NORBIT testbed is located in the AEST timezone (Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10)
  • Check your node status before you run your experiments: http://norbit.npc.nicta.com.au/status/. You can also use this page to power on/off or reset the nodes. If you cannot access this page in your browser, enable SSH tunneling by running something like ssh norbit.npc.nicta.com.au -L8080:localhost:80 and direct your web browser to http://localhost:8080/status/
  • Subscribe to our testbed announcement mailing list: https://lists.nicta.com.au/wws/info/testbed-announce
  • Read the tutorials on this website. Start with "hello world".
  • From norbit, SSH into the nodes using ssh root@nodeX with X=1..38
  • To access the serial console of a node, run telnet 172.16.0.X with X=1..38 and enter pass 0
  • Please report any issues you might see to our mailing list (Contact).