1. CNaaS Extending the NREN through Campusnetwork as a Service David Heed
Project Manager / Product coordinator

2. Quick facts about Sunet
3 optical fiber routes to all regions
Connecting customers at ~25 locations
100 Gbps
8000+ km optical fibre

3. Challenges of today
NRENs need to diverse itself for more than connectivity to stay relevant, more service driven and supporting the customers.
Our goal with Campusnetwork as a Service (CNaaS)
“Share staff and expertise for campus network and security operations by standardizing network architecture, tools and processes.”

4. Competence shift - Retaining staff & no one gets fired!
Hardware and connections more software defined
Network engineer → programmer
Central templates control, but local staff is needed for fixes and user support.
Aging staff, Retention,,Schooling, Few with exposure to complex networking,Not filling the ranks

5. Architecture scalability and automation
In order to achieve scalability we need to be able to repeat processes and orchestrate changes through automation. This is DevOps for the networks.
Built for fault tolerance and expansion
Redundant design on all levels except access ports
Repeatable
Best practise leaf/spine
Common NOC

6. Collaborative activities - Automation and Monitoring
Fully automate provisioning of network switches at Campuses
Sunet CNaaS NMS automation + production at local site
Uninett NAV used for integration with OC and tickets
GN4-3 WP6 making the CNaaS service model available for other NRENs

7. Summary and more information
By extending the NREN core network to the institutions on both equipment monitoring and change management
Sunet is supporting new services including Security operations
New services
Extending NREN physically