1 Role of Ethernet in Optical Networks Debbie Montano Director R&E Alliances Internet2 Member Meeting, Apr 2006

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3 Role of Ethernet in Optical Networks Allocation of Optical Network Resources Finer Control of Paths and Bandwidth Integration between Optical & IP networks Example: HOPI Project You still need/want Ethernet: –Integration with LANs, end sites –Management / Subdivision of larger lambdas –Higher layer services

4 Force10 Participation Internet2 HOPI Project HOPI - Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure Fundamental Questions: How will the core Internet architecture evolve? What should the next generation Internet2 network infrastructure be? Examining a hybrid of shared IP packet switching and dynamically provisioned optical lambdas Modeling scaleable next- generation networks Internet2 Corporate Partner & HOPI project partner Provided five E600 switch/routers, deployed in Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, Seattle & New York

5 Internet2 HOPI Project

6 HOPI Nodes with E600s Washington DC / Virginia –MAX GigaPOP Node, McLean, VA Los Angeles –CENIC GigaPOP Chicago –Starlight, 710 N. Lakeshore Seattle –Pacific Northwest GigaPOP / Pacific Wave New York –NYSERNET, MANLAN, 32 Avenue of the Americas

7 Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) Node Abilene Network Abilene core router Force10 E600 Switch/Router NLR Optical Terminal Abilene Network NLR 10 GigE Lambda OPTICAL PACKET NLR Optical Terminal Optical Cross Connect 10 GigE Backbone Control Measurement Support OOB HOPI Node Regional Optical Network (RON) GigaPOP GigaPOP VLSR PC

8 Abilene core router Force10 E600 Switch/Router NLR Optical Terminal Abilene Network Optical Cross Connect Regional Optical Network (RON) GigaPOP VLSR PC Virtual Label Switch Router (VLSR) VLSR Bandwidth Reservation for User Work (BRUW) HOPI Clients

9 Control Plane Architecture VLSR - The VLSR is a software suite which can be adapted to switching elements of various technologies. These switching elements can then act as a Label Switch Router (LSR) in Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching (GMPLS) context Includes protocols and functions such as Open Shortest Path First with Traffic Engineering extensions (OSPF-TE), Resource ReServation Protocol with Traffic Engineering extensions (RSVP-TE), Constrained Shortest Path First (CSPF) Path Computation, and switching element resource control and provisioning. HOPI: Dynamic Control of VLANs (Virtual LANS) Bandwidth Reservation for User Work (BRUW). BRUW is an adaptation of the CANARIE User-controlled Lightpath (UCLP) software to enable of MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label-Switched Paths (LSPs) dynamic provisioning across IP routed infrastructures.

10 VLSR Architecture

11 Ethernet in Optical Networks Exchanges: Starlight Protocol Conversion –LAN PHY to WAN PHY –UltraScienceNet –JGN2 US Link

12 HARNET NCDM CLUSTER NODES 10GE GE Click on E1200 to see real time MRTG graph DREN E1200 As of April 2005

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