MAX provides the GENI community with access to its research infrastructure. MAX was initially funded under the GENI Spiral 2. In general, the MAX substrate consists of the following components:
- Layer 1: All-optical switching/transport capabilities in the core using a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network
- Layer 2: Ethernet/OpenFlow switches providing dedicated end-to-end Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet circuits. Inter-domain connections to GENI OpenFlow infrastructure and other nationwide Layer-2 backbones (such as ProtoGENI and Internet2 ION).
- Programmable network hardware: NetFPGA card installed in rackmount PC
- Virtualization servers: PlanetLab MyPLC, Eucalyptus cloud
