1. CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review FY09 Tactical Plan for Wide-Area Networking Phil DeMar 9/25/2008

2. FY09 Tactical Plan for Wide Area Networking (doc #2876) Relevant Strategic Plan(s): –Strategic Plan for Wide Area Networking (doc #2811) –Strategic Plan for Data Movement & Storage (doc #2812) –Strategic Plan for Scientific Facilities (doc #2788) –Computing Division Strategic Plan (doc #2784) Tactical Plan Leader: Phil DeMar Organizational Unit home: CD/SCF/DMS/WAN CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 2

3. FY09 Tactical Plan: Strategies –Network designs or configurations will be kept as simple as requirements allow. –Network infrastructure capacity will be kept well ahead of current & projected near term requirements. –High capacity, high density network switch fabric will be deployed to the extent practicable. –Network infrastructure will be maintained at the forward edge of established network technology –Reliability of network infrastructure will be maximized. Redundancy will be the cornerstone of reliability. CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 3

4. –Operate the Laboratory’s off-site network facilities at the highest level of reliability & performance –Enhance and maintain the CMS Tier-1 network –Enhance & configure Laboratory’s wide-area network & MAN infrastructure –Facilitate optimal network performance capabilities of the Laboratory wide area systems –Upgrade the wide-area network infrastructure to meet needs of Laboratory experiments & collaborations FY09 Tactical Plan: Goals

5. FY09 Tactical Plan: Goals (II) –Evaluate, and deploy as appropriate new and advanced wide-area network technologies –Engage in and publish research investigations –Harden / complete the Lambda Station project

6. FY09 Tactical Plan: Objectives –Facilitate reliable end-to-end data circuit service –Develop and deploy advanced active & passive network monitoring capabilities over offsite data paths –Enhance the reliability & monitoring of the MAN –Upgrade the CMS Tier-1 network with very high performance central 10GE aggregation device –Provide addtl 10GE offsite network path capabilities –Upgrade offsite backup path to 10GE –Initiate deployment of a 2nd offsite network hub in WH –Deploy redundant supervisor on border routers CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 6 V = vital priority H = high priority M = medium priority {H} {V} {H} {V}

7. –Increase CMS Tier-1’s off-site bandwidth as needed –Enhance structured performance analysis methodology –Guide remote sites in improving data transfer rates –Develop IPv6 test bed to production quality facility –Deploy a 10GE network connection with ANL –Connect to the Global Lambda Integrated Facility –Participate in tests of network speeds beyond 10Gb/s FY09 Tactical Plan: Objectives (II) V = highest priority H = high priority M = medium priority {M} {H}

8. –Refresh FAPL/Gridworks cluster with state-of-the- technology systems –Develop network-based traffic analysis as initiator of dynamic circuits –Design next-generation Lambda Station product FY09 Tactical Plan: Objectives (III) V = highest priority H = high priority M = medium priority {M}

9. FY09 Tactical Plan: Past Action Items –Wide Area Networks initial review – Matt Crawford; Nov. 7, 2007 Re-evaluate budget cuts associated with storage disk space for flow analysis data from border router. »Resolved. Space provided on BlueARC May need to re-visit the budget for making the backup border router to be fully configured to match the primary border router FY09 project –Wide Area Networks mid-year review– Phil DeMar; June 3, 2008 15.1: Andrey's effort - reporting against CMS-T1 but not actually getting charged as expected to CMS-T1. Jon and Phil agree this is a problem, needs to be resolved with Mike Smith. Resolved. New activity for charge-back being set up 15.2: WAN Operations, Support, & Maintenance erroneously listed under Site Networking. Mike Smith knows about and will fix Fixed CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 9

10. Service: Advanced WAN Infrastructure CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 10 Offsite configurations & infrastructure enhancements for WAN data movement Goals: 1.Facilitate reliable end-to-end (E2E) data circuit service Ongoing goal – highest priority 2.Deploy perfSonar-based E2E active monitoring capabilities New goal – high priority Key Metrics: 1.Aggregate off-site bandwidth capacity 2.# of E2E circuits, their uptime & utilization – need to develop E2E monitoring capabilities 3.# of PerfSonar-monitored remote sites Milestones: 1.Active PerfSonar monitoring to all Tier-2 sites - April ‘09

11. Service: Network / Performance Improvement CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 11 Support for optimization of offsite data movement Goals: 1.Enhance structured performance methodology Ongoing goal – high priority 2.Coordinate & assist remote sites in improving data transfer rates Ongoing goal – high priority Key Metrics: –Quantified performance improvements for CMS Tier-2 & Tier-3 sites Milestones: –Incorporation of content management capability in methodology - April ‘09

12. Services: (1) Network Operational Support & Maint. (2) Network Operations / MAN CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 12 (1) Operation & support of WAN network infrastructure (2) Operation & support of Chicago MAN Goals: 1.Facilitate very high performance, highly reliable WAN network service Ongoing goal – highest priority 2.Provide expeditious troubleshooting support for WAN-related network problems Ongoing goal – highest priority 3.Enhance reliability & monitoring capabilities of Chicago MAN Ongoing goal – high priority Key Metrics: 1.Uptime of perimeter routers 2.MAN channel uptime Milestones: ---

13. Service: Network-CMS-WAN CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 13 Planning, deployment, & support of CMS Tier-1 network infrastructure Goals: 1.Upgrade the Tier-1 infrastructure to be based on a very high performance 10GE aggregation device New goal – highest priority 2.Increase CMS onsite & offsite bandwidth capacity to meet the Tier-1’s needs Ongoing goal – high priority Key Metrics: –Uptime of CMS Tier-1 network devices –Measured data traffic levels, internal & offsite Milestones: –Upgrade of CMS Tier-1 network to new core device - September ‘09

14. Project: Network Upgrades CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 14 Testing & deployment of advanced network technologies Goals: 1.Upgrade backup offsite path to 10GE Ongoing goal – highest priority 2.Develop 2 nd offsite hub in WH New goal – high priority 3.Deploy redundant supervisors on border & E2E circuit routers New goal – high priority 4.Additional 10GE offsite channel capacity, as needed Ongoing goal – high priority Key Milestones: 1.Backup border router upgraded with new supervisor – Nov ‘09 2.2 nd Ciena hub deployed in WH - July ‘09 3.Border & E2E routers upgraded with BXL supervisors – Feb ‘09 Issues and Risks: 1.Could be delayed, but would seriously impact long term strategic directions

15. Project: Network Investigations CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 15 Testing & deployment of advanced network technologies Goals: 1.Develop production-quality IPv6 network test bed Ongoing goal – medium priority 2.Deploy 10GE network connection to ANL New goal – medium priority 3.Connect R&D test network to Global Lambda Integrated Facility Ongoing goal – medium priority 4.Participate in wide-area network technologies beyond 10GE New goal – medium priority Key Milestones: 1.Full-function IPv6 test bed with DHCPv6 - July ‘09 2.10GE connection between FNAL & ANL R&D LANs - Sept. ’09 3.Attachment to GLIF GOLE – Dec. ’08 Issues and Risks: 1.Could be delayed, but would impact long term strategic directions

16. Project: (1) SciDAC Lambda Station (2) Lambda Station FTWatch CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 16 (1) Alternate wide-area network path selection service (2) Flow-based traffic analysis initiator of Lambda Station services Goals: 1.Hardened Lambda Station distribution package w/ config tools Ongoing goal – high priority 2.Develop generic flow record analysis algorithms for FTWatch New goal – medium priority 3.Design next-generation Lambda Station product New goal – medium priority Key Milestones: 1.Complete Lambda Station project - Early-as-possible ’09 Issues and Risks: 1.Scripting help (PERL) needed to help finish project 2.Funding spend-down for Lambda Station proving to be difficult 3.Ongoing support effort also a concern

17. CD FY09 Tactical Plan Review 17 FY09 Resource Request, Preliminary Allocation Level 0 Activity: Wide-Area Networking

18. Medium priority projects would be first to be scaled back or deferred –Largely effort expenditures; would try for some forward progress –100GE test bed & IPv6 initiatives have R&E leadership aspects Network upgrades could also be deferred –Would impact strategic direction on reliability & resilience –Backup 10GE path already delayed one year and overdue Lambda Station effort will end this FY –Can not be deferred, only stopped High priority WAN & CMS Tier-1 services remain essential –Must receive required effort, at expense of projects, upgrades, & technology investigations Impact of Partial Allocation