1. PERN (Pakistan Education & Research Network )
Jawad Raza
Sr. Network Engineer

2. Outline
PERN Network
NOC Operation
PERN Current Projects

3. PERN Overview
Established, Managed and operated by Higher Education Commission (HEC).
A Digital Dedicated Communication Network interlinking 84 Public & Private Sector Universities in Pakistan.
I Gbps connectivity to all Institutes
Connected to other Education & Research Networks World wide for fruitful R&D.

4. PERN Topology

5. PERN Motive PERN2 Research Internet Distance Learning Managed Services
Intranet

6. PERN2 Network Overview Core Network
Fifteen (15) PoPs in eight major cites of country
Three (3) Regional Access PoPs
Twelve (12) Local Access PoPs in major cities
10Gbps metro rings in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad
10Gbps to Intercity Connectivity
10Gbps Commodity Internet bandwidth
155Mbps Link with TEIN3

7. Core Network Router Topology
NE80E=3
NE40E=12
Access router= NE20E

8. Redundant Internet Connectivity
SP1
SP2
SP1
SP2
SP1
SP2

9. PERN Offered Services Ordinary Services
Internet – Min 32 Mbps to 400 Mbps Bandwidth distributed among different Institutes
Upto 1Gbps of domestic Intranet link
Digital Library Access
Video Conferencing
VOIP

10. Special Services MPLS L3 VPN MPLS L2 VPN IPv4 Multicast IPv6 Unicast
Dedicated R&D link  (PERN directly connected to NREN through TEIN3 SG-PoP)

11. Interconnectivity between PERN and other NREN’S
PERN2-GIEANT
PERN2-TEIN3
PERN2-Internet2
PERN2-APAN

12. Research Activities through TEIN3 link
NCP research with CERN on LHC (Large Hadron Collider)

13. Network Operations

14. PERN NOC TWO NOC throughout the country Central NOC at HEC Islamabad
NOC Operating time 24X7X365
Karachi NOC at HEC Karachi
NOC Operating time 8 to 18X7X365
Engineers are deputed on each PERN2 POP site (Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta & Multan)

15. NOC Support Level First Level Support Second Level Support
NOC Engineer (Immediate response Officer)
Available on
Landline: PERN
Cell Phone:
Second Level Support
Senior Network/Datacomm/ Transmission Engineer(s)
Third Level Support
Director
Project Director
Level1:
Complaint logged through phone/ or ticket generated by university
Ticket generated by PERN2 NOC
Forwarded to relevant department (Transmission, media availability/Bandwidth issues, H/W)
Team send to area
Issue resolved
Ticket cleared
Level 2:
Router Configuration or IP related issue (Engineer Involved from HEC)
Link choking, low bandwidth complaint (Real time testing)
Level 3:
Full vendor support
Any type of R&D

16. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Generates Tickets Developed by HEC
Account of Every University / Institutes Available.
They can log their Complain through this portal.

17. PERN2 Network Operations (CONTD..)
View of PERN2 Central NOC

18. Network Monitoring Primary NMS is Solar winds
Secondary NMS is Huwaei DMS for Network as well as for Transmission equipment
Web Access to Universities / Engineers
PerfSonar

19. NMS View

20. PerfSONAR Bandwidth Test Controller (BWCTL)
PerfSONAR server is deployed at four PoP sites
Karachi
Lahore
Islamabad
Quetta
Bandwidth Test Controller (BWCTL)
Lookup Service
One-Way Ping Service (OWAMP)
PingER Measurement Archive and Regular Tester
SNMP Measurement Archive
Reverse Ping ( mid=96)
Reverse Traceroute ( mid=96)

21. Current Project

22. IPv6 National Research Test-bed
Test-bed aims to promote IPv6 implementation within the PERN connected Institutes
Established among the 15 institutes
HEC provided them carrier class router (Huawei NE40-X3), Internet Connectivity
Universities were ask to run at least one IPv6 network application
IPv6 deployment within there campus .

23. PERN Network & Information Security

24. Network & Information Security Plans
Core Network Security
International Traffic monitoring
DDOS prevention, Anti Spam
Deep Packet Inspection
URL Filtering
IPS/IDS
DDOS, Spam prevention
Passive Monitoring
Access Network
Network Forensic tools
IP mapping record for back tracking.
Internal Logs
Host Base Intrusion Prevention System
Internet Service Provider
10 G Stateful Firewalls
No intrusion/Attacks: Special Check
on Inside/Outside Traffic PE
IP/MPLS
Backbone
1G firewall, IPS/IDS
Access Router

25. THANKS