July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 1 RCWG Update Sheila Cisko, Chair, Fermilab ESCC

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 2 Topics RCWG membership RCWG membership ECS stats ECS stats ECS status ECS status Recent activities Recent activities Future activities Future activities Contact Information Contact Information

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 3 RCWG Membership Sheila Cisko, Chair Fermilab Alan Sill Texas Tech University Andy KromphardtUniversity of Iowa Art Bray SLAC Carl Scimeca Princeton Plasma Physics Lab Chris Masullo Brookhaven National Lab Christian Helft IN2P3-LAL Brooks Collins SLAC Deb Agarwal LBNL Ed Ritenour LBNL Gheni AblaGeneral Atomics Ed Ritenour LBNL Gheni AblaGeneral Atomics Janine Jensen Pacific Northwest National Lab Jim Berry Sandia National Lab Joao FernandesCERN/VRVS.org Josh Stillerman MIT Karl Pommer Los Alamos National Lab Kars Ohrenberg DESY Knut Bjorkli CERN K. Estelle Dodson NASA Ames Research Center K. Estelle Dodson NASA Ames Research Center Margaret McMurray UTexas-TACC Martin Jara LBNL Reinhard Eisenberg DESY Margaret McMurray UTexas-TACC Martin Jara LBNL Reinhard Eisenberg DESY Rich Horwitz BNL Rich Horwitz BNL Sabah Salih University of Manchester Sabah Salih University of Manchester Stan Kluz ESnet Philippe Galvez Caltech/VRVS.org Steven Goldfarb University of Michigan Thomas Baron CERN Thomas Uram ANL/Access Grid Terry Schalk University of California – Santa Cruz

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 4 ECS Stats H323 MCUs (ad-hoc) H323 MCUs (ad-hoc) Total registrants 1547 (1400 endpoints in 7/06)Total registrants 1547 (1400 endpoints in 7/06)  After 12/06 scripts previously used to provide utilization stats not available  Tandberg gatekeeper not yet into production Tandberg Management Suite (TMS) to provide statsTandberg Management Suite (TMS) to provide stats Audio/data MCU (reserved resources) Audio/data MCU (reserved resources) Total registrants 672 (500 in 7/06)Total registrants 672 (500 in 7/06) Average ports hrs 3343 Apr-June (2000 in 7/06)Average ports hrs 3343 Apr-June (2000 in 7/06) Continued observations of port utilizationContinued observations of port utilization

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 5 ECS Status - Infrastructure Equipment Upgrades –June ‘07 Equipment Upgrades –June ‘07 Codians replaced RadvisionsCodians replaced Radvisions 3 video MCUs = 120 ports 3 video MCUs = 120 ports feature rich: streaming, customized video display, transcoding, H239 (video+data) feature rich: streaming, customized video display, transcoding, H239 (video+data) Continued use of original gatekeeperContinued use of original gatekeeper ECS & Tandberg working on interoperability and GDS issues with new gatekeeper. ECS & Tandberg working on interoperability and GDS issues with new gatekeeper. All hardware moved to production VLANAll hardware moved to production VLAN new POTS/ISDN gateway with 2 PRIsnew POTS/ISDN gateway with 2 PRIs

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 6 ECS Status - Operations Outsourced to TKO January ’07 Outsourced to TKO January ’07 Generally working wellGenerally working well TKO learning ECS user community and RCWG members TKO learning ECS user community and RCWG members TKO = 1 project engineer and 1 lead engineer TKO = 1 project engineer and 1 lead engineer responsive and timely audio & video registration process responsive and timely audio & video registration process

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 7 ECS Status - Operations(cont’d) Concerns: Concerns: Fusion community asks for improved ECS support servicesFusion community asks for improved ECS support services ECS used in two ways ECS used in two ways Scheduled meetingsScheduled meetings up to 40 attendees at 3 to 4 sites up to 40 attendees at 3 to 4 sites Ad-hoc meetingsAd-hoc meetings up to 10 attendees at 2 to 3 sites up to 10 attendees at 2 to 3 sites use of ISDN gateway use of ISDN gateway  ECS reliability and responsivity are critical On rare occasions of problems support is problematic when urgency is required On rare occasions of problems support is problematic when urgency is required Need to get system status quickly Need to get system status quickly

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 8 ECS Status - Operations(cont’d) Concerns (cont’d) Concerns (cont’d) suggested ways to improve: suggested ways to improve: upgrade service to on-call business hours of Pacific, Central or Eastern timeupgrade service to on-call business hours of Pacific, Central or Eastern time phone or IM supportphone or IM support provide mechanism to specify urgency of service requestprovide mechanism to specify urgency of service request provide IM chat rooms associated with meetings for negotiating connection problems among participantsprovide IM chat rooms associated with meetings for negotiating connection problems among participants provide support through ESnet operations phone support lineprovide support through ESnet operations phone support line

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 9 ECS Status - Operations(cont’d) suggested ways to improve (cont’d): suggested ways to improve (cont’d): allow RCWG member (or select power users) web access to view meetings on video MCUsallow RCWG member (or select power users) web access to view meetings on video MCUs provide real time status of ECS infrastructureprovide real time status of ECS infrastructure improved web documentation for testing, troubleshootingimproved web documentation for testing, troubleshooting use ESnet Consolidated Requirements Survey to express future services and supportuse ESnet Consolidated Requirements Survey to express future services and support No interaction with TKO on R&DNo interaction with TKO on R&D new tools & applicationsnew tools & applications Open Source Linux and Mac H323 solutionsOpen Source Linux and Mac H323 solutions audio bridgingaudio bridging web conferencing solutionsweb conferencing solutions HD & TelepresenceHD & Telepresence

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 10 Recent RCWG Activities Tested MCUs, gatekeeper, gateway Tested MCUs, gatekeeper, gateway Assisted with rollout of same Assisted with rollout of same Testing EVO (replaces VRVS) with MCUs and gatekeepers Testing EVO (replaces VRVS) with MCUs and gatekeepers Outreach to Fusion community, especially for Global Dialing Scheme (GDS) Outreach to Fusion community, especially for Global Dialing Scheme (GDS)

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 11 RCWG Future Activities Distribute ESnet Consolidated Requirements Survey to ECS community Distribute ESnet Consolidated Requirements Survey to ECS community  with emphasis on user video, audio & web collaboration communication needs Methods:Methods: DOE labs contact site coordinators DOE labs contact site coordinators US & non-US institutions contact PIs, co-spokespersons, project leads US & non-US institutions contact PIs, co-spokespersons, project leads survey to ecs-info list (all registered ECS users) survey to ecs-info list (all registered ECS users)

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 12 Future RCWG Activities (cont’d) Presentations at CHEP07 (2 members) Presentations at CHEP07 (2 members) Assist with transition to EVO from VRVS Assist with transition to EVO from VRVS continue interaction & interoperations with EVOcontinue interaction & interoperations with EVO Plan next Workshop Plan next Workshop RCWG instead of ECSRCWG instead of ECS will ask ECS/TKO to attend and provide input will ask ECS/TKO to attend and provide input likely to be “virtual”likely to be “virtual” all by video, phone, stream and web all by video, phone, stream and web date tbddate tbd Membership drive Membership drive Create RCWG document repository Create RCWG document repository to replace ECS workshop wikito replace ECS workshop wiki open to VC users for technical referenceopen to VC users for technical reference

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 13 Future RCWG Activities (cont’d) Outreach to LHC, ILC and Fusion Outreach to LHC, ILC and Fusion help collaborations select interoperable toolshelp collaborations select interoperable tools Continue to promote ECS H323 MCU features Continue to promote ECS H323 MCU features H239 (video+data)H239 (video+data) StreamingStreaming Customizable video displaysCustomizable video displays Continued interactions with industry vendors & developers Continued interactions with industry vendors & developers including technology investigationsincluding technology investigations H323 to SIP MCUs H323 to SIP MCUs HD and telepresence HD and telepresence

July 19, 2007 S. Cisko - RCWG Update - ESCC 14 Contact Information Contact Sheila Cisko Contact Sheila Cisko for connection information RCWG Meetings Wednesdays 11amCDT