1. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 1 NLR Update Dave Reese Joint Techs February 2007

2. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 2 Topics SC06 Results Infrastructure Update New Services Research

3. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 3 SC06

4. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 4 Overview Plan was to focus on FrameNet and PacketNet Service Did do a few WaveNet circuits Atlantic Wave, 2 FrameNet, 2 PacketNet, misc others. All FrameNet and PacketNet bandwidth was allocated 40 Gb total - primary and backup links Hand scheduled, relied on users to honor the specific day and time assignments. Monitoring - NLRview Phase 1 measurement infrastructure installed Measured FrameNet and PacketNet bandwidth in and out of Tampa.

5. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 5 SC06 Users - PacketNet and FrameNet CalTech (CACR) CANARIE Center for Computation and Technology at LSU EVL (Calit2/CEOA) Indiana University KREONet, KISTI NASA National Center for Data Mining Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Purdue University RENCI Research Channel University of Tokyo Virginia Institute of Technology

6. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 6 NLR PacketNet HOUS to ATLA Wednesday 11/15/06 Max 7.34 Gbps Week 11/10/15 - 11/16/06

7. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 7 FrameNet - Houston to Baton Rouge Wednesday - 11/15/06 Max of 9.931 Gbps Week 11/10/06 - 11/15/06

8. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 8 FrameNet Traffic Map

9. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 9 Infrastructure Update

10. NLR Allocated Waves - January 2007

11. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 11 WaveNet Allocation 98 WaveNet Circuits (was 94 in 12/06) ~312 out of 1029 segments allocated 30% of the backbone Avg number of segments per circuit ~ 3 Busiest Segments - Northern Route CHIC to STAR - 24 waves or 75% CHIC to CLEV - 19 waves or 48% CHIC to DENV - 18 waves or 45% Expansion Adding 15454 chassis on Northern route to accommodate additional waves Add capacity between CHIC and STAR 24 out of 32 Waves allocated Investigating additional fiber and equipment

12. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 12 PacketNet Weather Map - Feb 2007

13. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 13 PacketNet Designed to be extremely reliable Diverse backbone Redundant route processors, power supplies Redundant member connections 10 GE primary connection 1 GE backup connection Backup connection opposite direction and connects to different router PacketNet routes 7212 distinct routes Announced (not all distinct) Members:1263 FedNets:1119 International:8575

14. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 14 International Peers

15. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 15 FrameNet Weather Map - Bandwidth

16. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 16 FrameNet Services VLANs Dedicated and non-dedicated bandwidth Point-to-point or multi-point Bandwidth increments of 100 Mbps Up to full link bandwidth Additional backbone links are added if dedicated bandwith exceeds 6 Gbps. Redundant non-dedicated VLAN available upon request for dedicated VLANS

17. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 17 FrameNet Non-dedicated bandwidth No cost for bandwidth through 2007 Cost for additional port (if you want them) 1 GE or 10 GE available Service implementation Close to on demand when port exists Annual contracts Shorter durations are available upon request.

18. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 18 New Services

19. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 19 NLRview - NLR Measurement Infrastructure Phase 1 - Installation completed by January 2007 Phase 1: Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Houston Phase 2 - Installation February/March 2007 Seattle, Sunnyvale or Jacksonville Chicago - last node to be installed - pending co-location space and power. Uses so far: Provided statistics for SC06 10 GE performance tuning at SC06 Multicast testing and debugging

20. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 20 NLR Optical Switch Locate NLR Switch in Kansas City Node which connects to 3 segments CHIC - KANS DENV - KANS TULS - KANS Scheduled to be installed end of February Pending co-location space and power in KANS Node. Initial Projects Collaboration with Enlightened project Service restoration

21. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 21 NLR Optical Switch Topology

22. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 22 Research

23. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 23 Research Ongoing interest in using NLR infrastructure to support research projects. Proposal support Quotes for services and infrastructure Letters of Support New Projects Requests for BGP debug information Distance Learning Class Taught by Thomas Sterling at LSU –Participants - Louisiana Tech University, University of Arkansas, MCND, and Masaryk University in the Czech Republic

24. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 24 ESS ESS Engineer to be assigned to Every project Every major user –To track and anticipate additional needs Inquiry to Installation ESS will track and support the entire process Improved customer service Single point of contact until service placed into production Support for NNRC and NSRC Review of network and science research abstract Documentation Revise Research support documents Release NLR Research Program