GLIF Infrastructure Kees Neggers SURFnet SC2004 Pittsburgh, PA 12 November 2004

2 GigaPort Next Generation Network  Research networking as innovation engine between research and market introduction of new services GigaPort NG Network ( )  Consortium of 50 Dutch research organizations  Government grant 40 M €  Project started January 1 st, 2004  Builds on GigaPort project ended in 2003  Partnership with industry

3 History of the SURFnet infrastructure 10 kbit/s 100 kbit/s 1 Mbit/s 10 Mbit/s 100 Mbit/s 1 Gbit/s 10 Gbit/s 100 Gbit/s SURFnet1 9,6 kbit/s SURFnet2 64 kbit/s SURFnet3 2 Mbit/s SURFnet4 34 Mbit/s SURFnet4 155 Mbit/s SURFnet5 20 Gbit/s

4 Paradigm shift SURFnet4 projectGigaPort DWDM Lambdas POS 1995 GigaPort Next Generation SURFnet4 network SURFnet5 network ATM 2008 SURFnet6 network Next generation is not a simple extrapolation of current networks 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

5 LambdasLambdas  form an excellent basis for IP networking  enable layer 1/2 end-to-end Light Paths  provide excellent quality on point-to-point connections at very high speed (1-10G)  not constrained by traditional framing, routing, and transport protocols  are becoming integral part of scientific instruments  enable creation of Optical Private Networks (OPN)

6 SURFnet6 overview  A hybrid optical and packet switching infrastructure  Based on customer-owned managed dark fiber  Native IPv4, IPv6 and Light Path Provisioning over a single transmission infrastructure –Managed via a single control plane –Network nodes reduced from 20 routed locations to 2 routed locations Paving the way to a ubiquitous and scalable Services Grid

7 SURFnet6 on dark fiber  SURFnet6 will be entirely based on SURFnet owned managed dark fiber via the customer premises  Over 5300 km fiber pairs available today; average price paid for 15 year IRUs: < 6 € /meter per pair  Managed dark fiber infrastructure will be extended with new routes, to be ready for SURFnet6

8 SURFnet6: IP network implementation Avici SSR External IP connectivity SURFnet6 Core Routers SURFnet6 Border Routers SURFnet6 Common Photonic Layer 10 Gigabit Ethernet Customer Avici SSR Avici SSR Avici SSR Non-SURFnet SURFnet infrastructure Nortel Passport GE Nortel OM GE CPE Nortel OME Gigabit Ethernet Customer CPE 1 GE Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OM 5000 Nortel OM 5000 Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME 6500

9 SURFnet6: Light Path Provisioning implementation GLIF SURFnet6 Common Photonic Layer Customer equipment Non-SURFnet SURFnet infrastructure Optical Switch 10 GE 1 GE 10 GE Customer equipment End-to-End Light Path 10 GE LAN Amsterdam International Light Paths 10 GE Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME x16 MEMS 16x16 MEMS Nortel HDXc

10 Common Photonic Layer (CPL) in SURFnet6

11 Subnetwork 1: Green Hilversum1 Leiden1 DenHaag1 Delft1 Utrecht1

12 NetherLight: Open Optical Exchange  Experiments with Light Path provisioning in a multi- domain environment  Open Optical Exchange in Amsterdam –Operational since January 2002 –Built and operated by SURFnet  Nortel Networks HDXc at the centre  Full duplex 640G non-blocking cross- connect capability  GE grooming, GE switch for access to clusters

13 NetherLight 2004 DWDM SURFnet 10 Gbit/s SURFnet 10 Gbit/s SURFnet 10 Gbit/s Dwingeloo ASTRON/JIVE Dwingeloo ASTRON/JIVE Prague CzechLight Prague CzechLight 2.5 Gbit/s NSF 10 Gbit/s London UKLight London UKLight Stockholm NorthernLight Stockholm NorthernLight 10 Gbit/s Geneva CERN Geneva CERN Amsterdam Chicago IEEAF 10 Gbit/s SURFnet 10 Gbit/s New York MANLAN

14 Lambdas as part of research instruments Many data collection points Processing in Groningen Large data sets distributed to many destinations in The Netherlands and abroad

15 Thank you