Networking updates: Westnet 1 Marla Meehl UCAR/FRGP/UPoP/BiSON Manager UCAR/NCAR

2 Acronym soup University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR; –National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) –Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) –UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) –Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON) Questions and discussions throughout as needed – and as for acronym soup ingredients, please ask if I miss one or check decoder page at

3 Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) Continued LANDER support and partnership PerfSonar in the FRGP continues to expand and be a valuable tool Starting new 5-year agreement cycle 7/1/14 New agreements Completely new cost model Increased costs due to shifts from UCAR Some smaller users moving to EAGLE-Net due to cost increases

FRGP Cont’d 4 Upgraded connection to ESnet to 2x10G Colocation updates 1850 Pearl – major move covered under NLR 1200 Larimer – No change th – No change Continued steady growth in all traffic (peering, commodity, I2, etc.) Future participants: –NEON –Jefferson County School District –CSU-P –Colorado College –State of Wyoming

FRGP Cont’d 4 Peering – No change –10G Google peering active at 910 –Comcast –TR/CPS – largest single FRGP/UPoP usage –Akamai –Netflix active at 1850 Pearl –Coresite/Any2 –Open to other peering opportunities –95th Percentiles - Member port maximum and 95th percentiles95th Percentiles - Member port maximum and 95th percentiles

FRGP/UPoP Traffic – 6-12/13 percent commercial 13.2 percent peering percent other

Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON) 4 Expanding to: National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) CSU-P Colorado College UC-CS USDA Jefferson County School District New full/half participant model Continuing to build ADVA replacement fund and upgrade to 100G

8 UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) UPoP being integrated into the FRGP and will cease to be a separate entity with the flattening of the new FRGP cost model

Internet2 4 NET+ roll out Expansion to further RONs on hold pending I2 Considering having third party, MERIT, manage for FRGP Marla co-chairing I2 Diversity Initiative – starting Spring 2013 I2 Global Summit in Denver, April 2014 Pat Burns Program Chair Pat Burns won the Rose Award

Internet2 4 Steve and Marla participating in I2 Network/Connector call/meeting agenda development Retreat in KC in June Discuss the evolution in the R&E networking ecosystem Opportunities to collectively serve national organizations such as PBS, USDA, etc. and how we work together to create solutions. Network architecture that includes both Internet2 and the regionals in support of “friction-free” science and innovation among the research universities.

NLR/CBREC 4 NLR ceased operation 3/17/14 with less than 60 days notice (original shutdown scheduled 2/17/14) Services moved: NWAVE lambdas TeliaSonera service Level3 colocation WRN 10G lambdas KC to SLC move for redundancy/performance Tremendous help from I2 and Level3!!

CDOT 4 Lots of fiber activity in various parts of the State I-25 build – nearly complete by EAGLE-Net US36 fiber into Boulder of great interest – ongoing discussion Southern Colorado CDOT/Higher Ed Fiber Map

WRN 4 Regular WTC and WPC calls WRN I2 KC Move to Chicago – complete 50Gbps NSF ARI award 100G ports in LA, Seattle, and Chicago Upgrading WRN to 100G using Ciena optics in I2 WDM hardware and 100G Brocade switches

14 Quilt items Completed new CIS RFP –CenturyLink –Cogent –Level3 –TeliaSonera International Carrier –TW Telecom –Zayo Bandwidth Monitoring FCC activities including E-rate Quilt growing – largest attendance at February 2014 mee3ting Quilt CEO Roundtable – 6/14 – KC Quilt Member Meeting/Leadership Workshop – 9/14 – Madison, WI

EAGLE-Net Partnered with Affiniti to operate and manage network – – content/uploads/2013/12/Affiniti_Backgrounde r.pdfhttps:// content/uploads/2013/12/Affiniti_Backgrounde r.pdf Completing build out of network by end of August 2014 FRGP working in partnership on fiber and service opportunities 15

Futures/Challenges BiSON growth, upgrade, funding Supporting/funding services – NET+, etc. Replacing expiring fiber IRUs Supporting/funding 40/100Gbps 18

Discussion 18  Any follow up questions or feedback?  Other items ?