ICALEPCS2013 - List of Authors (Frazier, T.M.)

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Status of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Integrated Computer Control and Information Systems

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L.J. Lagin, G.A. Bowers, G.K. Brunton, A.D. Casey, M.J. Christensen, A.J. Churby, R. Demaret, D.B. Dobson, J.M. Fisher, B.T. Fishler, P.A. Folta, T.M. Frazier, M.S. Hutton, D. Larson, A.P. Ludwigsen, C.D. Marshall, M.G. Miller, V.J. Miller Kamm, J.R. Nelson, R.K. Reed, S.M. Reisdorf, D.E. Speck, G.L. Tietbohl, S.L. Townsend
LLNL, Livermore, California, USA

Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. #LLNL-ABS-631632
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is operated by the Integrated Computer Control System in an object-oriented, CORBA-based system distributed among over 1800 front-end processors, embedded controllers and supervisory servers. At present, NIF operates 24x7 and conducts a variety of fusion, high energy density and basic science experiments. During the past year, the control system was expanded to include a variety of new diagnostic systems, and programmable laser beam shaping and parallel shot automation for more efficient shot operations. The system is also currently being expanded with an Advanced Radiographic Capability, which will provide short (<10 picoseconds) ultra-high power (>1 Petawatt) laser pulses that will be used for a variety of diagnostic and experimental capabilities. Additional tools have been developed to support experimental planning, experimental setup, facility configuration and post shot analysis, using open-source software, commercial workflow tools, database and messaging technologies. This talk discusses the current status of the control and information systems to support a wide variety of experiments being conducted on NIF including ignition experiments.

Slides TUCOAAB01 [4.087 MB]

THCOBA04

Evolution Of IT Infrastructure For Fusion Control Systems

T.M. Frazier, P. Adams
LLNL, Livermore, California, USA

Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. #LLNL-ABS-633253
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a stadium-sized facility that contains a 192-beam, 1.8-Megajoule, 500-Terawatt, ultraviolet laser system that provides a scientific center to study Inertial Confinement Fusion and matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. An Information Technology (IT) infrastructure consisting of some 2,500 servers, 400 network devices and 700 terabytes of storage provides the foundation for NIF’s Control System & Data Archive. Over the past 36 months, NIF’s infrastructure has been highly consolidated and segmented. This talk discusses the high-level requirements and design principles which guided this effort, the metrics & monitoring tools used to assess the performance and configuration management of the infrastructure, and the processes and procedures used to migrate to a highly virtualized infrastructure. Elements of NIF’s approach that might be applicable at other facilities will be discussed.

Slides THCOBA04 [3.370 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
TUCOAAB01	Status of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Integrated Computer Control and Information Systems	483
	L.J. Lagin, G.A. Bowers, G.K. Brunton, A.D. Casey, M.J. Christensen, A.J. Churby, R. Demaret, D.B. Dobson, J.M. Fisher, B.T. Fishler, P.A. Folta, T.M. Frazier, M.S. Hutton, D. Larson, A.P. Ludwigsen, C.D. Marshall, M.G. Miller, V.J. Miller Kamm, J.R. Nelson, R.K. Reed, S.M. Reisdorf, D.E. Speck, G.L. Tietbohl, S.L. Townsend LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
	Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. #LLNL-ABS-631632 The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is operated by the Integrated Computer Control System in an object-oriented, CORBA-based system distributed among over 1800 front-end processors, embedded controllers and supervisory servers. At present, NIF operates 24x7 and conducts a variety of fusion, high energy density and basic science experiments. During the past year, the control system was expanded to include a variety of new diagnostic systems, and programmable laser beam shaping and parallel shot automation for more efficient shot operations. The system is also currently being expanded with an Advanced Radiographic Capability, which will provide short (<10 picoseconds) ultra-high power (>1 Petawatt) laser pulses that will be used for a variety of diagnostic and experimental capabilities. Additional tools have been developed to support experimental planning, experimental setup, facility configuration and post shot analysis, using open-source software, commercial workflow tools, database and messaging technologies. This talk discusses the current status of the control and information systems to support a wide variety of experiments being conducted on NIF including ignition experiments.
	Slides TUCOAAB01 [4.087 MB]

THCOBA04	Evolution Of IT Infrastructure For Fusion Control Systems
	T.M. Frazier, P. Adams LLNL, Livermore, California, USA
	Funding: This work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. #LLNL-ABS-633253 The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a stadium-sized facility that contains a 192-beam, 1.8-Megajoule, 500-Terawatt, ultraviolet laser system that provides a scientific center to study Inertial Confinement Fusion and matter at extreme energy densities and pressures. An Information Technology (IT) infrastructure consisting of some 2,500 servers, 400 network devices and 700 terabytes of storage provides the foundation for NIF’s Control System & Data Archive. Over the past 36 months, NIF’s infrastructure has been highly consolidated and segmented. This talk discusses the high-level requirements and design principles which guided this effort, the metrics & monitoring tools used to assess the performance and configuration management of the infrastructure, and the processes and procedures used to migrate to a highly virtualized infrastructure. Elements of NIF’s approach that might be applicable at other facilities will be discussed.
	Slides THCOBA04 [3.370 MB]