MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011 Hassan Bouhaddou MARWAN National Research and Education Network (NREN)

Objectives Provide to Moroccan Universities a high bandwidth Network; Increase exchanges between Moroccan Universities by setting up common projects; Develop the ICT in Morocco by allowing the Universities to participate in International Networking projects. MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

1998 – pilot stage – 2003 (MARWAN) - Dedicated backbone; - Interconnection of institutions in 16 cities – 2010 (MARWAN2) - Backbone based on VPN/MPLS; - Bandwidth: 2 or 34 Mbps; - Connexion to GEANT; - Deployment of IPv6. Since july 2010 (MARWAN3) - Backbone based on VPN/MPLS; - Bandwidth between 2 and 100 Mbps; - Backup links; - Connexion to GEANT; - Connexion to Internet. Evolution of MARWAN MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

MARWAN 3 MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

MARWAN is a part of National Centre of Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST); Funded by the Ministry of Higher Education; All education and research institutions can be connected to MARWAN; The technical management of the backbone is provided by the telecom operator. Organisation MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Connections (1/2) CountINSTITUTIONS 14 University 77 University Institutions 7 Institutions of Higher Education (Not belonging to universities) 6 Institutes and Research Centres 2 Ministries in charge of Education 1 University Hospital Centers Teachers and Researchers: Students : MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Connections (2/2) CountBandwidth 1634 Mbps 220 Mbps 510 Mbps 18 Mbps 36 Mbps 14 Mbps 32 Mbps The total bandwidth from institutions to MARWAN 3 is 670 Mbps; The bandwidth of MARWAN 3 towards the outside is 340 Mbps. MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Monitoring (1/3) MARWAN-Internet link : 300 Mbps MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Monitoring (2/3) MARWAN-Géant link : 40 Mbps MaxAverageCurrent In 40.5 Mb/s (48.3%) kb/s (5.7%) kb/s (11.8%) Out 24.1 Mb/s (28.7%) kb/s (1.3%) kb/s (11.3%) MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Monitoring (3/3) Cadi Ayyad university : 34Mbps MaxAverageCurrent In 34.6 Mb/s (97.2%)11.9 Mb/s (33.3%)30.4 Mb/s (85.2%) Out kb/s (24.1%) kb/s (8.3%) kb/s (13.6%) MaxAverageCurrent In 34.1 Mb/s (95.7%) kb/s (27.4%)27.8 Mb/s (77.9%) Out 10.0 Mb/s (28.1%) kb/s (6.9%) kb/s (10.5%) MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Current Topology

The objectives of ASREN are: To build, maintain and consolidate regional e- Infrastructures dedicated to e-Science and education across the Arab Countries; To contribute to create and sustain National Research and Education Networks (NRENS); To facilitate the collaboration and cooperation among the researchers and academicians in the Arab region. Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Applications Moroccan Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (IMIST); Moroccan Virtual University; Moroccan Grid Computing Initiative (MaGrid); Environnement Numérique de Travail (ENT). MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

Perspectives Increase MARWAN-Internet link; Increase the bandwidth of the universities; Apply QoS; Implement IPv6; Implement Multicast; Set up Eduroam; Set up MARWAN CERT. MARWAN Chain/Eumedgrid-Support/EPIKH Workshop, Rabat, June 16, 2011

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