Peter O’Neil Executive Director November 29, 2007 MAX Fall Member Meeting

Update Outline MAX Member Relations –Participant changes, TAC, & Newsletters Optical Refresh Layer 1, 2, & 3 service offerings now available IWT installed at McLean Research Funding Status Disaster Recovery Planning Non-Merger VRF options

Member Relations MAX staff Several participants upgrading their bandwidth Strong interest in joining from 2 schools and 2 federal agencies –Lost US Census Bureau –Requests for more ala carte service menu Technical Advisory Council Monthly newsletter Baltimore & College Park Research Centers Petascale & Clinical Translation solicitations New Service Initiatives (particulars later today)

Fujitsu Optical Refresh

FLASHWAVE 7500 Advantages High survivability –Clear separating of Left/Right DWDM –Physical separation between shelves (up to100m) –Redundant shelf processor Non-banded, self tuning network Robust rapid response system Architecture for triple play service –Voice, Data, Video Rich service delivery options –End-to-end service protection Performance monitoring (PM) for all levels Advance operation features Full compliment Operation Support (OS) Systems –Fujitsu craft tool, EMS, and network planning & design tool

CLPK MCLN 660 RW MCLN ASHB ARLG DCGW DCNE Internet2 NewNet NGIX T640 Cogent ISP R&E Nets Old Abilene Qwest ISP Qwest ISP 1. Original Zhone dwdm over Qwest fiber 2. Fujitsu dwdm over State Md fiber 3. 10G on HHMI dwdm over Abovenet fiber 4. 10G on Univ Sys Md, MRV dwdm Ring 1 Ring 2 Ring 3 Prod Ring 4 National LambdaRail 6 St Paul New Res fiber 10G backbone 10G lambda

Multi-Layer Services MAX now can provide Layer 1 and Layer 3 services –L1waves & L2 VLANs enable dedicated experimental & research services Supplements to L3 common bearer routed IP service Allows for redundancy and diversity options Evolution of DRAGON service as “Production” service –Meeting with Fujitsu next week to explore control plane enhancements

Internet Wind Tunnel IWT core PoP 10GE wave on NLR, and CENIC Equinix 818 W. 7th St. Los Angeles PacificWave 1000 Denny Way (Westin Bldg.) Seattle Level Kifer Rd. Sunnyvale StarLight Northwestern Univ Chicago CalIT(2) San Diego MAX GigaPoP U of Maryland Washington DC

Atlantic Wave

Research Funding Status Research staff funded through MAX “core” and –DRAGON no-cost extension until August –HOPI TSC until June 30th but uncertain now –ATDnet/NRL letter of intent to renew January –LTS through June 30th, perhaps longer NSF funding crucial up through this point Shift towards fiber and optical infrastructure to be self supporting

Disaster Recovery Planning DRP written and submitted to University of Maryland for further review and comment State of Maryland auditors expected in January so need for MAX to be compliant with State guidelines and requirements Useful process (but certainly not fun) thinking through business, architecture, and service impacts –Our mission is to enable and ensure you meet your missions In discussions with MIT that has fiber at Level 3 in Baltimore for backup wave to NYSERnet for NLR, I2, and MANLAN

External Activities Quilt - Officially independent Jan. 1st as 501c(3) –Continuing to hold workshops on optical networking & ops –Role of RONs and Quilt growing in importance –Key to strengthening regional technical, scientific, and economic development –RFP for fiber and wave pricing from carriers SeRON - Southeast RONs - coordination calls & meetings RONs pursing gateway agreements with backbone providers Atlantic Wave coordination and engineering support NGIX engineering support and services NSF GENI Initiative

Global Environment for Networked Innovation (GENI) Focus is on project risks and “how prototyping efforts will (need to) drive down risks in building and operating GENI” –Technical Risks »Getting arms around beast »Keeping up with technology and research –Funding Risks »Congressional funding of NSF »Impact on other areas –Getting the Scope Right »Narrow vs broad participation »What communities of researchers to be served

GENI Approach Aiming for clear achievable starting point and envisioned long term goal Begin prototyping trials –Gain experience and increment wish-lists and requirements, adding new features and complexity over time Repeatedly assess current risk level, usefulness of efforts towards goals and adjust Spiral development process of planning, design, build out and integration Working groups: substrate, narrow waist, experimenter workflow & services, end-user opt-in, OMIS (ops, mgmt, integration & security)

GENI Solicitation Process Academic, non-profit, for-profit or individual Academic & industry teams strongly encouraged Subcontracts NOT research grants –Concrete, near-term results –3 to 24 month awards; $30K to $750K –Tech merit, management realism, practical problem understanding –Specific deliverables with monthly milestones –Funding cut if progress not sustained Solicitation issued mid December, due mid February, award decisions mid May –Analyses & papers, prototypes, integration efforts

MAX Involvement in GENI Jerry & I attended the 1st GENI Engineering Conference at the University of Minnesota Followed this up with a visit to BBN to meet with GPO staff on DRAGON work in general and Application Specific Topologies in particular Meeting with Fujitsu next week to explore alliance Expecting to submit two proposals

No I2/NLR Merger Maintain existing agreements –Status quo for now Grateful for our relationship with MATP for NLR access Question is how much longer R&E community can afford to pay for two backbones? –While they may look the same they are not »one owned and one leased »profound differences in cultures and ways of working with RONs Concerns if I2’s GNC represents REAL change Are we “waiting for Godot” (who never arrives) MAX will participate in I2’s “free” 2008 DCS offering MAX BoD meeting with Doug & Ana this past Tuesday

Virtual Routing & Forwarding Participant vLANs MAX Infrastructure NLR VRF I2 & NLR Blended VRF I2 VRF Qwest VRF Cogent VRF

Fiber Based RON facilities

Expected Outcomes Convey to all of you a sense of where we are Highlight short term proposed directions and hear your feedback on their usefulness & value Enlist your participation in a series of discussions to firm up our long term business and technical directions to better serve your needs and missions

Questions?

RONs and Backbone Providers Current Abilene agreement outdated Flat fee for gateway port - no additional fees for SEGP, Rural Health, universities, research labs to have routes accepted I2’s projects, working groups, activities unbundled from network connectivity fees RON members can pay I2 for participation in those projects & activities they value - “stand on own bottom” or sunset those that don’t pay their way RONs are “primary” connector in their geographical area Commitment to network research, AUP free, and pass all traffic without any additional charges