APAN 24th Meeting, Xi’an, China – August 28, 2007 Hybrid Networking What’s in GLIF for you? Erik-Jan Bos, SURFnet, The Netherlands

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research2 NREN Challenge -How to accommodate needs of scientific users for higher speed, higher quality networking, e.g.: -Astronomy: eVLBI and LOFAR -Particle Physics: Large Hadron Collider -Medical imaging & research -Media streaming, such as HDTV and 4K -While protecting the performance of the network for current users -And keeping the successful end-to-end model of the internet

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research3 Photo section

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research4 LHC high-level network architecture

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research5 We realized that… -Counting on bigger routers and fatter pipes was no longer a realistic option. -And introducing QoS was not a viable alternative of course. -Next Generation Research Networks would not be a simple extrapolation of the current Internet evolution anymore.

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research6 Hybrid networking -Hybrid Networking concept has evolved since 2001 in a global context, with yearly LambdaGrid Workshops. IP + lambdas -Packet switched internet for regular many-to-many usage -Light Paths for new high speed few-to-few usage

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research7 Lightpaths and OPNs -Lightpath: high quality and high capacity optical network connection -Lightpaths provide applications with dedicated bandwidth with fixed characteristics at relatively low costs and with added security -Optical Private Network: system of permanent lightpaths to interconnect multiple locations

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research8 GLIF, Global Lambda Integrated Facility -In 2003 it was agreed to continue the international cooperation for lambda networking under the name GLIF. -GLIF is an international virtual organization managed as a cooperative activity with ‘participants’ rather than ‘members’ under a lightweight governance structure. -Open to anybody sharing the vision of optical interconnection of different facilities, who voluntarily contributes network resources (e.g. equipment, lambdas) or actively participates in relevant activities. -Secretariat functions provided by TERENA with voluntary contributions from participants.

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research9 GLIF Vision Linking the World with Light -Optical networks are the central architectural element in support of this decade’s most demanding e-science applications. -A research world without geographical boundaries. -Hybrid research networks worldwide connected by lambdas and GLIF Open Lightpath Exchanges (GOLEs)

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research10 GLIF Working Groups (1) -Governance and Growth (GOV) Working GroupGovernance and Growth (GOV) Working Group Chair: Kees Neggers (SURFnet) Goals: To identify future goals in terms of lambdas, connections and applications support, and to decide what cross-domain policies need to be put in place. -Research and Applications (RAP) Working GroupResearch and Applications (RAP) Working Group Chair: Maxine Brown (UIC) & Larry Smarr (UCSD) Goals: To train a new generation of scientists on the use of super-networks.

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research11 GLIF Working Groups (2) -Technical Issues (Tech) Working GroupTechnical Issues (Tech) Working Group Co-Chairs: Erik-Jan Bos (SURFnet) & René Hatem (CANARIE) Goals: The goals of the working group are to design and implement an international LambdaGrid infrastructure, identify which equipment is being used, what connection requirements are required, and which functions and services should be provided. -Control Plane and Grid Integration Middleware Working GroupControl Plane and Grid Integration Middleware Working Group Chair: Gigi Karmous-Edwards (MCNC) Goals: To agree on the interfaces and protocols that talk to each other on the control planes of the contributed Lambda resources.

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research12 GLIF Tech and Ctrl Working Groups -GLIF Tech: Facilitate manual use of the GLIF resources today -GLIF Ctrl: Towards automated use of the GLIF resources tomorrow

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research13 GLIF resources: lambdas

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research14 GLIF resources: GOLEs -GLIF lambdas are interconnected through established lightpath exchange points known as GOLEs: GLIF Open Lightpath Exchanges -GOLEs are comprised of equipment capable of terminating lambdas and performing lightpath switching, allowing end-to-end connections -GOLEs have an open connection policy

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research15 GOLEs around the world -AMPATH – Miami, FL, USAAMPATH -CERN – Geneva, CHCERN -CzechLight – Praha, CZCzechLight -HKOEP - Hong Kong, CNHKOEP -KRLight – Daejoen, KRKRLight -MAN LAN - New York, NY, USAMAN LAN -MoscowLight – Moscow, RUMoscowLight -NetherLight – Amsterdam, NLNetherLight -NGIX-East – Washington, DC, USANGIX-East -NorthernLight – Stockholm, SENorthernLight -Pacific Wave (LAX) - Los Angeles, CA, USAPacific Wave (LAX) -Pacific Wave (SEA) – Seattle, WA, USAPacific Wave (SEA) -Pacific Wave (JSV) – Sunnyvale, CA, USAPacific Wave (JSV) -StarLight – Chicago, IL, USAStarLight -T-LEX – Tokyo, JPT-LEX -UKLight – London, UKUKLight

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research16 NetherLight: The GOLE in Amsterdam, NL GLIF Open Lightpath Exchange, located in the Science Park Amsterdam -Operational since January Built and operated by SURFnet Nortel HDXc Optical Cross Connect at the centre (full duplex 640G non-blocking) Nortel OME6500, Nortel ERS8600, and Cisco ONS15454 at the edges for grooming

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research17 NetherLight Topology

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research18 GLIF Tech recent work -GLIF Resources: -GOLEs (GLIF Open Lightpath Exchanges) -Lambdas -GOLE coordination (calls and updates) -Inventory of resources: -Manual -Automated (TL1 Toolkit & Network Description Language) -Documents: -Process for lightpath set-up and trouble shooting -Issue analysis -Monitoring in the hybrid network

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SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research21 Network Description Language (NDL) -Project of the University of Amsterdam -Aim: Develop language to describe computer networks meaningfully, and build easy to use tools -Work uses RDF (Resource Description Framework) -Tools: -Generator -Validator -Visualization -Pathfinding -Use of Google Maps

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research22 NDL on Google Maps

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research23 Important topics for next GLIF Tech & Ctrl -Control plane interworking -Advances in the TL1 Toolkit tools and NDL -Technical challenges in VLAN-based “lightpaths” -Enlighten your research (SURFnet) experiences

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research24 7th Annual Global LambdaGrid Workshop -The 2007 GLIF Workshop will be held on September 17-18, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic -Host: CESNET, Czech NREN -Location: Charles University, Prague -Followed by: 4th Customer Empowered Fiber Workshop (September 19-20, 2007)

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research25 Questions? -More information: Erik-Jan Bos

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research26 Enlighten Your Research -18 high-quality proposals received -5 winners of lightpath(s) and funding: -Distribution of radiology images in the NELSON lung cancer screening study – UMCG & UMCU -High-throughput genome-wide analyses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) – UMCU & UCLA -Intelligent CCTV monitoring at Arke Stadium –TI e.a. -Electron microscopy using lightpaths – LUMC, TUE & SARA -Remote High-Resolution Visualisation of Climate Data using Pixel Streaming – UU & SARA

SURFnet, Pioneering Network for Higher Education and Research27 eEVN: European VLBI Network 1-30 Gbps Data processing centre: 16 Gbps (2005) 1 Tbps (2010) China USA South Africa Russia asymmetric star topology This slide courtesy of Richard Schilizzi from