nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR Update Jt. Techs, Madison July 17, 2006 nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Topics Infrastructure Update Uses Hardening Update SC06 Summary nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

Infrastructure Update nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

NLR Infrastructure Status - June 2006 SEAT PORT STAR BOIS SYRA CLEV NEWY OGDE DENV KANS CHIC SUNN PITT SALT WASH RATO RALE LOSA ALBU TULS ATLA SAND DALL PHOE PENS ELPA JACK SANA BATO HOUS NLR owned fiber* NLR WaveNet, FrameNet & PacketNet PoP NLR WaveNet & FrameNet PoP NLR WaveNet PoP PoP for primary connection point by a member (“MetaPoP”) PoP needed because of signal regeneration requirements but can also be used for secondary connection by a member PoP established by NLR for members regional needs PoP established at exchange points * Fiber on the SAND-LOSA-SUNN path belongs to CENIC

NLR Allocated Waves - planned % used/Free 59%/13 40%/12 SEAT 30%/28 50%/10 20%/16 25%/24 30%/28 PORT STAR 25%/24 BOIS SYRA 75%/5 50%/20 30%/28 40%/24 CLEV NEWY 5%/19 OGDE DENV 31%/22 KANS CHIC SUNN PITT SALT 25%/15 WASH 31%/22 25%/15 31%/22 25%/30 31%/22 RATO RALE LOSA 30%/14 ALBU TULS ATLA 30%/14 22%/25 SAND 25%/24 DALL PHOE PENS 28%/29 22%/25 ELPA JACK 38%/20 SANA BATO 38%/20 HOUS 28%/23 28%/23 25%/24 22%/25 34%/21 NLR owned fiber* NLR WaveNet, FrameNet & PacketNet PoP NLR WaveNet & FrameNet PoP NLR WaveNet PoP PoP for primary connection point by a member (“MetaPoP”) PoP needed because of signal regeneration requirements but can also be used for secondary connection by a member PoP established by NLR for members regional needs PoP established at exchange points * Fiber on the SAND-LOSA-SUNN path belongs to CENIC

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc WaveNet Summary Adding 21 new circuits by August 1st 77 new layer 1 segments Utilization 24% April 2006 32% expected by August 2006 Segments with 50% utilization or better SUNN to SEAT - 75%, CHIC to STAR - 59%, KANS to CHIC 50%, CHIC to CLEV 50% nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc FrameNet Summary Use of non-dedicated service is growing TransitRail UltraLight Texas A&M University Interest by research groups Collaborative multi-point projects Non-dedicated service Understand utilization, then migrate to dedicated service. New Services Investigation of on-demand dedicated services Process for implementing - both backbone and RONS nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc PacketNet Connection Status 12 out of 14 Members connected 9 of the 12 have 10 GE 6 also have 1 GE secondary connections 3 with GE or multiple GE Peering USGS, StarLight,CA*Net,Ultralight ESnet - at StarLight and MANLAN DREN, NREN - pending completion of agreement Total routes - ~3500 nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR PacketNet Goals Meet the needs of the Network Research community and the Gigapop/RON community AUP-free Allow each group to determine what traffic to send Removes the need for some “stupid routing ticks” Full routing tables Add some level of Commodity connectivity Real traffic environment Allows for better testing of new network protocols nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

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NLR Optical Switching Project Calient Switch Three possible objectives Shared control between backbone and RON. Fault Tolerance GMPLS experimentation Engineering Committee Subcommittee to make recommendation on priorities and switch placement by end of June. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

NLR Measurement Infrastructure Infrastructure to support both operation and research measurement needs Provides pre-GENI infrastructure Data collection and dissemination points for NLR services - PacketNet, FrameNet and possibly WaveNet. Process Final review by Engineering committee Submission to NNRC for review, comments and recommendation Positive review by NNRC, recommendation to board for funding. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Operations - Sparing nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Sparing Focusing on transponder outages Goal is to reduce outage to <2 hours. Use existing resources as much as possible 80-channel transponder cards Availability of quickstart or spare wave Remote hands to make changes Work with Layer1 NOC and Service desk to develop process and procedures Identify other components to spare nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Projects nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

Cisco Research Wave Projects UltraLight PI - Harvey Newman, Caltech Collaboration of experimental physicists and network engineers whose purpose is to provide the network advances required to enable petabyte-scale analysis of globally distributed data. Infrastructure - migrating to 10 GE PacketNet and 10 GE FrameNet TransLight PI - John Silvester, Univ. of Southern California Development of a distributed exchange facility on the west coast to allow interconnection of international research and education networks in the US. Infrastructure - WaveNet Circuit nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

Cisco Research Wave Projects EnLightened PI Gigi Karmous-Edwards, MCNC Developing a dynamic, adaptive, coordinated and optimized use of networks connecting geographically distributed high-end computing resources and scientific instrumentation. Infrastructure - WaveNet circuits nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Research Projects CHEETAH PI – Malathi Veeraraghavan, Uva A high-performance, experimental, optical network infrastructure capable of: (a) on-demand provisioning of end-to-end high-speed circuits, (b) stable transport to sustain control and streaming operations, and (c) middleware and application software to support data transfers, visualization, steering and control. Infrastructure - WaveNet circuit VINI PI Larry Petersen/Jennifer Rexford VINI is a virtual network infrastructure that allows network researchers to evaluate their protocols and services in a realistic environment that provides a high degree of control over network conditions. Infrastructure - an overlay testbed using NLR co-location, FrameNet and PacketNet services. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Research Projects Cornell AnyCast Case Western Reserve QoS Optiputer Lambda Switching Scheduler NLR Optical Switching Project Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology (CAMERA) Extensible Terascale Facility Pacific Wave UltraScience nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc SC06 Plans nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR SC06 Layer 1 Infrastructure for Atlantic Wave Permanent, ordered in time for it to be implemented by SC06. Layer3 and Layer2 10 GE from JACK to TAMPA, 10 GE from PENS to TAMPA for each service Assumes the PENS to TAMPA is for redundancy Both will be delivered to the show floor CRS-1 and 65xx provided by Cisco to terminate service Assumes FLLR will provide backhaul to Tampa nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc

nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR SC06 Peering Leverage existing connections PacificWave, StarLight, MANLAN Provide transit for other networks. Example - ESnet. Investigate providing Quality of Service At both Layer2 and Layer3 Already received some application requirements Integrated into NLR inquiry process General idea Divide up links in terms of bandwidth and time of day Support demo requirements. Better use of the network nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc