1. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) GÉANT2 Network Infrastructure 12 th October 2005, 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam Michael Enrico Network Engineering & Planning, DANTE

2. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Reminder of Remit Procurement history (why so long?) Planned GÉANT2 build Equipment to do it Service overview Agenda

3. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Upgrade GÉANT (1) –Reached end of 4-year funding cycle –Possibility for greater infrastructure ownership (fibre) But requires longer term views than hitherto adopted Provide support for new services –Not just a bigger IP network… –…support for high-capacity P2P services… –…and (if needed)…lots of them! Facilitate (joint) R&D efforts Extend geographical coverage GÉANT2 (GN2 I3) Remit

4. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Q4 2003started drafting connectivity ITT Q1 2004announced & issued ITT Apr/May 2004first supplier meetings, “DF lighting” modelling June 2004started on equipment & NOC ITT Sept 2004GN2 contract (with EC) came into force first equipment supplier meetings Oct/Nov 2004equipment suppliers shortlisted Dec 2004connectivity suppliers shortlisted started hands-on “testing” of final 3 equipment suppliers first NREN engineer consultation workshop Jan/Feb 2005further equipment “testing” March 2005second NREN engineer consultation workshop Apr-June 2005connectivity & equipment suppliers decided (LOIs issued) July 2005contracts being finalised and signed Nowbuilding Review of Procurement

5. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) GÉANT in 2005 (the starting point) Some Facts & Figures… 21 POPs serves 29 European NRENs 16 x 10G lambda 13 x 2.5G “lambda” + some lower speed links Juniper M160 & M40 routers in POPs with NREN accesses at up to 10Gbps (+ backup) 12G to North America POP in NY connections to R&E networks in: USA, Canada & Japan AND Mediterranean AND Latin America AND (soon) South East Asia

6. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) GÉANT(1) → GÉANT2 Some New Facts & Figures… 25 POPs (+4) to serve 30 NRENs (+1) 11600 km of fibre 140+ ILA sites 50+ x (own) 10G lambdas 9 x (leased) 10G lambda 8 x 2.5G (leased) “lambda” + some lower speed links Juniper T640, M160 & M40 routers in POPs with NREN accesses at up to 10Gbps (+ backup) + P2P 4 x 10G to North America POP in NY connections to other R&E networks as before…

7. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) GÉANT2 POP A IP Router Switch n  lambda to neighbouring POP GÉANT2 POP B To NREN n  10 Gbps 10 Gbps n  lambda to neighbouring POP Primary IP Peering Backup IP Peering GÉANT2: A hybrid infrastructure

8. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Typical GÉANT2 POP

9. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Transatlantic (Phase 1)

10. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Transatlantic (Phase 2) [TBC!]

11. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Equipment

12. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Alcatel 1626 Light Manager New product. On paper: –Up to 96 ’s in ext C- band –Up to 4500km reach P2P, ring and mesh “Plug & Play” operation 466 x 500 x 290mm

13. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) 1626 LM Terminal BMDX1000 CMDX TRBD(C) CMDX TRBD(C) 1 2 12 1 8 1 8 OSC 96 λ OFA ADD filter DROP filter TRBD(C) 8 CMDX TRBD(C) 1 Optical bit rate, client side: 9.9532 Gbps. 10.709 Gbps. 2.488 Gbps. Mux/demuxes: 1:8 channel mux/demux Mux/demuxes: 1:12 band mux/demux EDFA Amplifiers Amplifies the signal in the (extended) C band Optical Supervisory Channel 1510nm – 4Mbps CLNS (ISO) only over OSC 96 λ 50 Ghz

14. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) 1626 LM B-OADM BMDX1100 OSC 96 λ OFA ADD filter DROP filter OFA ADD filter DROP filter BMDX1100 CMDX TRBD(C) 1 11 1 7 TRBD(C) 7 CMDX TRBD(C) 1 CMDX TRBD(C) 1 11 7 1 TRBD(C) 1 CMDX TRBD(C) 7 96 λ ALCT Pass-Through

15. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) 1626 LM Line Repeater (ILA) 1 2 ADD filter DROP filter 2 1 ADD filter DROP filter ATT/DCU PUMP OSC Two stage amplifiers

16. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Transmission Overview Mux/demuxes: –1:8 channel mux –1:12 band mux Currently supports 50GHz channel spacing OSC running at 1510nm (4Mbps) CLNP (ISO) only over OSC 10G transponder options –Tunable over whole band (VLH reach) –Cheaper version tunable over two ’s (LH reach) 10GE LAN-PHY transponder available 4 x 2.5G muxponder (SFP) 4 x Any muxponder Plan to support XFP modules on client side in future

17. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Alcatel 1678 Metro Core Connect (MCC) 575 x 533 x 294mm SONET/SDH/OTH switch Switching matrix up to 640Gbps –1+1 protected –VC-4 granularity LO matrix available –VC-12 & VC-3 switching 16 x 40G line card slots

18. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Alcatel 1678 MCC G.ASON (G.7713.2) control plane available OIF UNI1.0 support In-band (DCC) or OOB (Ethernet) management access TMN Q3 interface used between NMS and NEs Large MTU (9k) support in the GE cards 10GE on its way

19. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Alcatel 1678 MCC Usual array of line cards: –4 x STM-64 fixed optics Lower port count for longer reach optics XFP support in future –16 x STM-16 using SFPs –16 x STM-1/4 using SFPs –4/8/16 x GE (SX/LX) using SFP –4 x 10GE LAN PHY (around now) –2 x 10GE LAN PHY VLAN (Feb 2006) –STM-256 (future)

20. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Generic solution: Rate adaptive mapping into VC4-nv with flow ctrl. and LCAS, n=1..64; up to 4 ports per board Full rate option: Ethernet full rate up to VC4- 68v, flow ctrl. and LCAS for n<68 OTH option: Mapping into ODU1/2 with flow ctrl. O/E Data Mapper 4x 10GE LAN board in 1678MCC Data Mapper MAC O/E BKP dr Data Mapper Data Mapper MAC O/E Data Mapper Device - GFP-F into VC-4-nv - GFP-F into ODU1/2 4x10GE LAN interface ports To matrix 10GE-LAN interface board in 1678 MCC

21. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Services

22. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Continue to support usual IP services –BE, LBE, PIP, mcast (v4), v6, mcast (v6) Enhance these with: –implementation of new features as required and available e.g. embedded RP for IPv6mcast –improved performance monitoring (JRA1 & SA3) –more automated PIP provisioning (SA3) –network security best practice (JRA2) Continue to support emulated L2 P2P services –L2VPNs for lower capacity [“lightpath”] support Add portfolio of new L1 and L2 P2P services –cost-effective support for high-capacity [“lightpath”] services up to 10G (for now) –emphasis placed on support for Ethernet framing –experiment with translational P2P service support e.g. native gigE to GFP VC-4-7v over SDH –experiment with support for various protection modes Headlines

23. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Circuit Services over GÉANT2 GÉANT2 More resilient IP service POP A POP B POP C POP D Features: uses GFP/VCAT GE port per instance more dynamic sub 1G possible Primary IP access Backup IP access

24. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Circuit Services over GÉANT2 GÉANT2 Point-to-point GE (GE access) POP A POP B POP C POP D Features: uses GFP/VCAT GE port per instance more dynamic sub 1G possible

25. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Circuit Services over GÉANT2 GÉANT2 Point-to-point GE (10GE access) POP A POP B POP C POP D Features: uses GFP/VCAT 10GE port (multiple instances) use 802.1Q VLAN tags as IDs more dynamic sub 1G possible

26. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Circuit Services over GÉANT2 GÉANT2 Point-to-point GE (10G SDH access) POP A POP B POP C POP D Features: uses GFP/VCAT 10G SDH port GFP done in NREN more dynamic sub 1G possible

27. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Circuit Services over GÉANT2 Managed wavelength service POP A POP B POP C POP D Features: 10G only SONET/SDH or 10GE LAN PHY static 10GE is full-rate GÉANT2

28. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Circuit Services over GÉANT2 GÉANT2 Point-to-point 10GE (and SDH too) POP A POP B POP C POP D Features: uses GFP/VCAT (for 10GE) NOT line rate! (for 10GE) more dynamic sub 10G possible

29. 4 th EVN-NREN Meeting, 12 th Oct 2005, Schiphol – Michael Enrico (michael.enrico@dante.org.uk) Questions ?