1. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc GLIF: The Underlying Plumbing in the USA Tom West, CEO National LambdaRail twest@nlr.net

2. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 2 Key Messages Ownership and Control Leadership and Partnership Network Research Laboratory Big Science - Big Pipes Teaching-Learning - Big Pipes Collaboration and Cost Efficiencies Nationwide and Worldwide Connectivity Essential

3. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Institutional, Regional, National and International Network Infrastructures Owned by the Research and Education Community: A Key Pillar

4. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 4 Optical Network Infrastructure Framework Efforts to deploy optical networking are being led by groups that might be called Network Infrastructure Plumbing Persons for Education and Research (The NIPPERS)

5. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 5 University of California San Diego

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8. 8 Pacific Wave – Seattle PNWGP Pacific Wave - Los Angeles CENIC NLR User / Node 10 Gbps Lambda NLR Lambdas Supporting Pacific Wave Peering 10 Gbps

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10. 10 Translight / Pacific Wave David Richardsondrr@washington.edu

11. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 11 Five new circuits for iGrid… Pacific Wave today Ethernet Seattle Ethernet Sunnyvale Ethernet LA UCSD CalIT2 SDSC Optiputer / Cavewave SONET/GFP Canarie / Pacific Wave IEEAF CA*net4 … even more for SC’05

12. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 12 Pacific Wave tomorrow Optical Switching Pacific Wave Ethernet Services SONET/GFP Services Transport providers: NLR, Canarie CENIC, PNWGP RONs Users, Researchers Other networks…

13. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 13 Current Projects Served: OptIPuter

14. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 14 Univ of Illinois Chicago Univ of Wash - Seattle UCSD / SDSU NLR User / Node 10 Gbps Lambda NLR Lambdas Supporting Optiputer 10 Gbps

15. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 15 Chicago Metro ~$1500/fiber mile Wiltel POP

16. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 16 Global Lambda Integrated Facility www.glif.is Visualization courtesy of Bob Patterson, NCSA.

17. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 17 iGrid Sample Traffic Stats (95th percentile) 27th28th Cave Wave46203817 KREONet1852 934 CENIC 937 958 ABILENE 584 968

18. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 18 Question 1 Why develop NLR? How does NLR fit into the evolution of R&E networking in the USA? How does the NLR effort compare to previous efforts?

19. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 19 Sea Change in R&E Impacting Networking Needs Growing urgency for new network technologies Increased collaboration worldwide on“Big” Science projects Exponential growth in size of data sets being accessed Need for multiple dedicated/private research networks

20. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 20 R&E Networking in USA 1969-90--APRANET (Milnet split off in ‘83) 1981-96--BITNET/CREN (would not stop) 1981-91ish--CSNET (CSnet merged with BITNET into CREN) 1986-95ish--NSFnet Mid-1990s--CoREN effort 1995-2001ish--vBNS 1998-??--Internet2/Abilene 2003-??--NLR

21. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 21 Characteristics of NLR Research Community Leadership Partnerships * Regional Aggregations of Research Universities * Cisco Systems Launched with NLR Member Funds (no direct Federal Funds) Own the Nationwide Network Infrastructure Provides for Multiple Networks Committed to Support Network Research and “Big” Science Applications and Projects Owned and Driven by the NLR Members

22. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 22 Question 2 What is the status of NLR development?

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24. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 24 National LambdaRail Mission To advance the research, clinical and educational goals of members and other institutions by establishing and maintaining a nationwide advanced network infrastructure.

25. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 25 National LambdaRail Goals Support experimental and production networks Foster networking research Promote next-generation applications Facilitate interconnectivity among high-performance research and education networks

26. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 26 Strategic Corporate Participants Cisco Systems Level 3 Communications WilTel Communications

27. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 27 Question 3 Who is NLR targeting to serve?

28. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 28 Communities Served by NLR Network Researchers Science Researchers—Big Applications Educators---Teaching-Learning Applications Supercomputing continues to be a key driver

29. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 29 Special Commitment to Network Research Devoting up to 50% of NLR capacity to support network research projects Advisory council of leading network researchers sets the agenda

30. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 30 Current Projects Served: Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF)

31. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 31 P A C I F I C W A V E an International Connection & Exchange partnership of PNWGP & CENIC, done in collaborations with StarLight, and our international network partners, and partially funded by NSF

32. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 32 Current Projects Served: OptIPuter

33. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 33 UltraScience Net: Initial Configuration PNNL CalTech Fermi ORNL Atlanta Seattle SLAC Sunnyvale Chicago Switching Hubs Storage or Other Res. Access Links Dual 10Gbs Backbone MPLS (Via ESnet)

34. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 34 UltraScience Net Extensions: Coming or Under Discussion PNNL CalTech Fermi Switching Hubs Seattle SLAC Sunnyvale Chicago NERSC LBL BNL JLAB To CERN ANL Switching Hubs Storage or Other Res. Access Links Dual 10Gbs Backbone MPLS (Via ESnet) Proposed Links ORNL Atlanta (SOX)

35. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 35 ESNet: Plans for 2007

36. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 36 Current Projects Served: Internet2 Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) Exploring the evolution of the Internet’s core Examining a hybrid of packet switching and dynamically provisioned lambdas Engaging industry, regional, and international partners Deploying a testbed based on design team’s white paper

37. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 37 Potential Network Research Project: Virtualized Testbed for Network Research Provide multiple heterogeneous virtual networks on a common substrate Engage broad networking research community Bridge gap between cutting-edge research and production usage Proposed by: –Tom Anderson, University of Washington –Larry Peterson, Princeton University –Scott Shenker, UC Berkeley –Jon Turner, Washington University in St. Louis

38. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 38 Question 4 What does NLR have to offer the Research Community?

39. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 39 POTENTIAL CAPACITY The Equivalent of 40 nationwide 10 G networks.

40. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 40 INITIALLY LIT CAPACITY LAYER 2 GE SWITCHED NETWORK LAYER 3 IP EXPERIMENTAL NETWORK LAYER 3 IP STABLE NETWORK FOR PEERING HOPI WAVE FOR INTERNET2 QUICK START & SPARE WAVE 2 NETWORK RESEARCH PROGRAM WAVE

41. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR FrameNet (Layer 2 Switched Ethernet Network)

42. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 42 HOU TUL ELP KAN NLR FrameNet – Initial Physical Topology BAT LAX ALB PIT WDC CLE ATL RAL CHI NYC DEN SVL SEA JAC 10GE wave 10GE managed wave Cisco 6509 switch

43. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 43 HOU TUL ELP KAN NLR FrameNet – Initial Logical Topology BAT LAX ALB PIT WDC CLE ATL RAL CHI NYC DEN SVL SEA JAC 10GE wave 10GE managed wave Cisco 6509 switch

44. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR PacketNet (Layer 3 Routed IP Network)

45. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 45 ALB BAT RAL JAC TUL PIT HOU NLR PacketNet – Initial Physical Topology LAX WDC ATL CHI NYC DEN SEA CLE Cisco CRS-1 8/S router 10GE wave 10GE managed wave

46. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 46 ALB BAT RAL JAC TUL PIT HOU NLR PacketNet – Initial Logical Topology LAX WDC ATL CHI NYC DEN SEA Cisco CRS-1 8/S router 10GE wave 10GE managed wave CLE

47. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 47 ATL NLR PacketNet Backhauls – dual homed: one 10G wave as primary connection and one 1G FrameNet link for backup HOU WDC CHI JAC RAL NCLR router FLR router NLR BAT 10G wave, link or port 1G wave, link or port Cisco CRS-1 8/S router Cisco 6509 switch Regional Network router RAL and JAC are shown as examples; other MetaPoPs needing backhaul are PIT, BAT, TUL, ALB and CLE.

48. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR PoP Configurations

49. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 49 Seattle (SEA) PoP To POR 15808 ELH Terminal SVL2 SVL4-5 POR1 To BOI 15808 ELH Terminal DEN1 DEN3-4 SVL1 DEN2 POR2-4 10GE wave, link or port OC192 wave, link or port 10GE or OC192 wave (software selectable) 10GE or OC192 managed wave 1G wave, link or port DWDM …… … 6509 CRS-1 8/S Out-of-band (OOB) management devices not shown

50. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 50 Chicago (CHI) PoP To KAN 15808 ELH Terminal KAN2 DEN2-4, KAN3-4 To CLE 15808 ELH Terminal PIT1 CLE3-4, PIT2-3 DEN1 10GE wave, link or port OC192 wave, link or port 10GE or OC192 wave (software selectable) 10GE or OC192 managed wave 1G wave, link or port DWDM To STA 15454 Terminal CLE2 …… KAN1 CLE1 PIT4-6 STA1-3 fiber connect x3 6509 CRS-1 8/S Out-of-band (OOB) management devices not shown

51. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 51 Los Angeles (LAX) PoP To SVL 15808 LH Terminal SVL2 SVL3-4 To PHO 15454 Terminal PHO1,3-4 PHO5-6 10GE wave, link or port OC192 wave, link or port 10GE or OC192 wave (software selectable) 10GE or OC192 managed wave 1G wave, link or port DWDM To SAN (Level3 route) 15808 LH Terminal PHO2 … SVL1 6509 15808 LH Terminal SAN(L)1-2 To SAN (WilTel route) … SAN(W)1-2 SVL5-6 …… … CRS-1 8/S Out-of-band (OOB) management devices not shown

52. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 52 Question 4 What are NLR members and others doing to ensure researchers have or will have connectivity to the NLR backbone?

53. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 53 Optical Network Infrastructure Framework Efforts to deploy optical networking are being led by groups that might be called Network Infrastructure Plumbing Persons for Education and Research (The NIPPERS)

54. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 54 University of California Berkeley

55. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 55 Courtesy of Steve Corbato Regional Optical Networks California (CALREN) PNWGP Colorado/Utah (FRGP) Illinois (I-WIRE) Michigan (MLR) Indiana (I-LIGHT) Ohio (TFN) New York (NYSERnet) Maryland, D.C. & Virginia (MAX/MATP) North Carolina (NCREN) Georgia (Southern Light Rail) Florida (Florida LambdaRail) Louisiana (LONI) Texas (LEARN) Oklahoma (OneNet)

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57. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 57 MAX – MATP Combined Regional Infrastructure McLean LVL3 UVA VTVT E-Light ODU W&M JeffLab VCU Ring completes via Pittsburgh Ring completes via Durham V Roanoke V Arlington V Richmond V Norfolk V Lynchburg V Charlottesville V Ashburn GMU MAX DC metro WDM GWU GU UMD V MATP OSR NLR CLPK Baltimore Abilene ESnet NREN NISN DREN NASA BoSSnet JHU NGIX ATDnet MAX T640 Network Virginia MAX Members & Projects MATP Members & Resources V MATP VORTEX DWDM Node OC-48 POS 10 GE KEY: Combined Participants (partial) Primary Members (MAX and MATP) GMUGU GWUJeffLabs/SURA ODUNASA UMDUVA VCUVT W&M Selected Connectors Library of CongressNASA GSFC Nat. Archives & Records Ad.NSF Nat. Inst. Of HealthATDnet Nat. Library of MedicineUSGS NOAAUSDA Naval Research LabUS Census Howard Hughes Med. Inst.JHU Smithsonian InstitutionISI East UCAIDWorld Bank Univ. System of Maryland (11 campuses) NetworkVirginia (651 campuses) DRAGON

58. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 58 Florida— Florida LambdaRail (FLR)

59. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 59 Texas—Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN)

60. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 60 Question 5 How does NLR fit into the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF)?

61. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 61 Global Lambda Integrated Facility www.glif.is Visualization courtesy of Bob Patterson, NCSA.

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63. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 63 Summary Ownership and Control Leadership and Partnership Network Research Laboratory and Big Science - Big Pipes Teaching-Learning - Big Pipes Collaboration and Cost Efficiencies Nationwide and Worldwide Connectivity Essential

64. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 64 Think Globally – Act Locally

65. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 65 More Information www.nlr.net info@nlr.net