SuperJANET5 Enabling Education and Research Roland Trice

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Introduction to JANET The Education Internet in the UK HE, FE, Schools (via LEA networks) Research Institutes, and others Over 1000 institutions Complete Internet connectivity SuperJANET4 10 Gbit/s SDH backbone Delivers service to 20 regional networks Regional networks connect individual institutions

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference The Requirement: Key issues Network reliability and resilience RNs connected by single link remained a concern Demand for bandwidth Power users Pent up demand from FE Enlarging the user base The usual growth Protect the interests of diverse communities Flexible provisioning Enhance network monitoring services

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference SJ5 must deliver RELIABILITY SCALABILITY SEPARABILITY FLEXIBILITY VISIBILITY END-TO-END Achievable with a flexible transmission platform built on optical fibre

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Infrastructure procurement Negotiated Procedure We know what we want Flexible transmission system –Fibre and WDM equipment Dedicated to SuperJANET We didn’t know how we wanted it provided Lease dark fibre & light it ourselves Managed service from a Telco We didn’t know if the market would deliver

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Infrastructure procurement Pre-qualification Q Six suppliers short-listed Negotiate form of ITT with all six Q1/2 of 2005 Launch ITT June 2005 Only to short-listed suppliers Contract awarded to Verizon (MCI) end of 2005

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Router procurement Met with MCI in mid 2003 Avici, Axiowave, Caspian, Chiaro, Hyperchip, Procket Informal talks with suppliers in Q3/ RFI document issued in early 2004 Evaluate features of carrier class routers Hands-on testing of Chiaro Enstara, Cisco CRS-1, Juniper T-640, Procket PRO 8000

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Router procurement Open procurement launched in Sept 2005 Awarded to Lucent Technology January 2006 Juniper T-640 routers Carrier Class >1000 in service world wide 40 Gbit/s demonstrated by Juniper and Verizon Available as a product now Very good deal, Driving down the cost of ownership

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Router marketplace To date Axiowave, Chiaro & Hyperchip have ceased trading Procket bought up by Cisco A week before RFI test Caspian has moved out of the carrier space

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Core Infrastructure Six C-PoPs Like SJ4 without Cosham and Edinburgh Fibre network dedicated to SuperJANET5 Single pair of fibres Protection at the IP layer Dedicated WDM transmission equipment Operated by Verizon initially UKERNA may manage circuit provision later in the project

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Core Infrastructure Ciena Corestream DWDM equipment 80 wavelenghts per fibre 10Gbit/s now, 40 Gbit/s in 2008 Pilot on SJ5 core in 2007 Core circuits grouped into ten bands of eight Bands add/dropped at C-PoPs or at OADM sites

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Core Network Design Core Terminal sites – Six blue locations Flexible OADM sites (Optical Add Drop) – Eight white locations Optical Amplification sites – Eleven locations, not shown Core Network consists of three basic components:

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Core Traffic Provision 10Gbit/s circuits are provisioned using two transponders only No Regeneration needed Each circuit would have to be regenerated separately Expensive Optical amplification still needed every 80 KM or so Telehouse & Telecity part of the core Peerings to UK and Global Internet

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Connecting Regional Networks Two IP production circuits delivered to each RN Delivery to diverse locations in the RN One 10 Gbit/s research circuit Connected to UKLight SDH mux Two connection methods Collector Arc Point-point fibre through RNEPs linking C-PoPs Single point-to-point fibre Fibre from RNEP into the core

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Point to point fibre Glasgow C-PoP Leeds C-PoP University of Newcastle NORMAN University of Northumbria Verizon Edinburgh Verizon Newcastle Verizon Middlesbrough

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Point to point fibre Regional Network Carried over collector arc Production 2.5 Gbit/s circuit presented on muxponder cards at Newcastle Circuit is aggregated onto a 10 Gbit/s wavelength using an aggregation card The 10 Gbit/s wavelength is added into to the core network at the Verizon node in Newcastle and transported to the Glasgow C-PoP over the Corestream equipment. It is dropped out of the Glasgow Corestram into another 4200 at the Glasgow C-PoP The 2.5 Gbit/s circuit is de-muxed by a muxponder card and presented to the core router 10 Gbit/s research circuit Newcastle UniversityVerizon NewcastleVerizon Glasgow Core network

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Point to point fibre Regional Network Carried over collector arc Newcastle UniversityVerizon NewcastleGlasgow C-PoP Core network Verizon MiddlesbroughNorthumbria UniversityLeeds C-PoP Core network

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Collector Arc YHMAN Leeds Network North West YHMAN Leeds Met Verizon Preston NNW Preston NNW Manchester Leeds C-PoP YHMAN Warrington C-PoP

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Collector Arc Warrington C-PoPManchesterLeeds MetLeeds Uni Leeds C-PoP Leeds Uni 10 Gbit/s Production and Research on 10 Gbit/s transponders to Leeds C-PoP Leeds Met 10 Gbit/s Production on 10 Gbit/s transponders passing through Manchester to drop off at Warrington. Note pink amplifier cards at Leeds Uni and Manchester and the re-use of the green wavelength towards Warrington from Leeds Met. Manchester 10 Gbit/s Production and Research circuits on 10 Gbit/s transponders to drop off at Warrington.

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference NIRAN & HEAnet Newry NTL Kennedy Way Queens 2 Queens 1 NTL Shore road Verizon Glasgow Core Stream Subsea Span 203 KM (41 dB)

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference NIRAN & HEAnet Clonshaugh HEAnet Verizon Dublin Core Stream Subsea Span 235 KM (49 dB) Lytham Manchester Warrington

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference HEAnet Replacement of existing connection to JANET GE circuit presented at ESAT-X HEAnet provisioned dark fibre between ESAT-X and the HEAnet PoP at Erne Street Delivery due by 24 th November UKERNA/HEAnet acceptance testing

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Potential research collaboration CERN Large Hadron Collider Project HEP access to the UK Tier 1 centre Network research Future service development Automated path provisioning Control plane experiments

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Migration 1st Regional Networks migrated on 31 st November Aggressive timetable Tuesdays and Thursday mornings Due to complete before Christmas 2006 SuperJANET4 to continue until March 2007 Contingency Migrate research projects

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Meeting the requirement: Reliability Reduce single points of failure Diverse fibre routing in the core Dual connection of Regional Networks Carrier class optical and routing equipment SDH technology In the core and out to the regional networks Rapid failure detection and recovery Detect latent problems

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Meeting the requirement: Scalability Ability to expand capacity Where it’s needed When it’s needed 40 Gbit/s trial in early 2007 Predictable cost Marginal cost for transmission channels Significant discount for router equipment Not clawed back in maintenance charges

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Meeting the requirement: Separability Hard multiplexing of bandwidth channels Production services firewalled from research infrastructures

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Meeting the requirement: Flexibility Deliver bandwidth quickly In weeks rather than months With a variety of interfaces and bandwidths 10 and 2.5 Gbit/s SDH 10 and 1 GE (LAN-PHY and WAN-PHY) Temporary arrangements may become practical

SuperJANET5HEAnet National Networking Conference Meeting the requirement: Visibility Ability to monitor network in more detail Operational monitoring Research projects Optical taps Monitor all router interfaces at Reading and London Issues of confidentiality have been addressed

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