Kees Neggers SURFnet SC2003 Phoenix, 20 November 2003

Question 2

e-infrastructuree-infrastructure e-infrastructure is the innovation engine for a modern economy new network infrastructure is an enabler for new applications research and higher education community are the early adopters

GigaPort innovation engine GigaPort Network Application in research and higher education Application in business and by citizens Application in education Application in government Application in healthcare GigaPort NG Network Application in research and higher education Application in business and by citizens

SURFnet Partners BT and Cisco 15 PoPs connected by thirty 10 Gbit/s lambdas Dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 since 2001 More than 100 institutes connected at Gbit/s level 500,000 users

Global Lambda Integrated Facility 2003 DWDM SURFnet 10 Gbit/s SURFnet 10 Gbit/s SURFnet 10 Gbit/s IEEAF 10 Gbit/s Dwingeloo ASTRON/JIVE Dwingeloo ASTRON/JIVE Prague CzechLight Prague CzechLight 2.5 Gbit/s NSF 10 Gbit/s Stockholm NorthernLight Stockholm NorthernLight CA*net4 2.5 Gbit/s New York MANLAN New York MANLAN Tokyo WIDE Tokyo WIDE 10 Gbit/s IEEAF 10 Gbit/s 2.5 Gbit/s Tokyo APAN Tokyo APAN Amsterdam NetherLight Amsterdam NetherLight Geneva CERN Geneva CERN London UKLight London UKLight Chicago StarLight Chicago StarLight

VLBI at JIVE in Dwingeloo today

Lambdas as part of instruments

Question 5

What did we learn Point to point lambdas are a powerful service Current Optical-Electrical-Optical equipment can allocate sub-lambdas to individual applications Management is still cumbersome Hybrid network architecture seems to be the only valuable NREN option for the future: –Packet switched internet for regular many-to-many usage –Light Paths for new high speed few-to-few usage

SURFnet6 overview Realization of a next generation hybrid network with seamless end-to-end communication: –Based on SURFnet owned dark fiber, already 3000 km in place –Native IPv4, IPv6 and Lambda Services over a single transmission infrastructure managed via a single control plane –Multi-domain networking –Ethernet services as part of the WANs –Intelligence of networks and the associated responsibilities at the edges Paving the way to a ubiquitous and scalable Services Grid

Positioning GigaPort NG Network Applications Network infrastructure Grid services Generic application services Civil infrastructure ResearchPilotMarket GigaPort-Network Virtual Laboratory for E-Science Innovation cycle Function Joint development with Virtual laboratory for E- Science project from the University of Amsterdam