nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 1 NLR Connectivity and Services for GENI Projects Wendy Huntoon 3rd GENI Engineering Conference 10/28/08

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 2 NLR Backbone Contribution Access to 3 backbones PacketNet, FrameNet and CWave Up to 30 Gbps of bandwidth Mechanisms to control Layer2 VLANs Use of NLR’s Sherpa service to provision VLANs across FrameNet - both static and dynamic VLANs Dedicated block of GENI specific VLAN IDs Regional Access Through existing Layer2 and Layer3 RON infrastructure Some regional costs may apply Available today through at least 16 RONs Available to all GENI funded projects. Independent of NLR Membership affiliation Some regional restrictions may apply

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 6 Additional Services Co-location space in NLR PoPs Based on availability Free for the first 6 months Access to NLRview platform Data Collections BGP RIB, IS-IS messages, Netflow, Optical light levels Performance Test points 10 GE PacketNet and 1 GE FrameNet connections. Test performance between NLR nodes or between end sites and NLR Nodes. Shared Research platform Virtualized OS server allows you to provision your own slice.

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 7 Support NLR ESS provides support to the research community Information on NLR services Help in connecting to NLR Services Works with the RONs on regional and backbone interconnect issues Access to additional NLR services NLRview, co-location, etc How to contact: Send to