1. High-quality Internet for higher education and research GigaPort  Overview SURFnet6 Niels den Otter SURFnet EVN-NREN Meeting Amsterdam October 12, 2005

2. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  2 SURFnet Provides the Dutch National Research Network Not for profit company, 55 employees 100% subsidiary of Stichting SURF 170 connected organizations, 750.000 users Infrastructure services: –innovation paid for by government –cost effective exploitation for higher education and research

3. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  3 GigaPort project overview Research on networks Networks for research Research dependent on advanced networks GigaPort

4. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  4 Timelines SURFnet6

5. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  5 SURFnet6 overview A hybrid optical and packet switching infrastructure Based on SURFnet-owned managed dark fiber all the way to the customers premises Native IPv4, IPv6 and Light Path Provisioning over a single transmission infrastructure –Managed via a single control plane –Network nodes reduced from 20 routed locations to 2 routed locations Paving the way to a ubiquitous and scalable Services Grid

6. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  6 SURFnet’s Industry Partner  Leader of the consortium  Optical equipment  Ethernet equipment  Network management equipment  Routing equipment  Installation services  Maintenance services

7. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  7 SURFnet6 DWDM on dark fiber

8. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  8 SURFnet6: IP network implementation Avici SSR External IP connectivity SURFnet6 Core Routers 10 Gigabit Ethernet Customer Avici SSR Avici SSR Non-SURFnet SURFnet infrastructure Nortel Passport 8600 10 GE Nortel OM 5000 10 GE CPE Nortel OME 6500 1 Gigabit Ethernet Customer CPE 1 GE Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OM 5000 Nortel OM 5000 Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME 6500 Avici SSR SURFnet6 Common Photonic Layer

9. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  9 SURFnet6: Light Path Provisioning implementation AMS1 Intercontinental Light Paths Nortel HDXc AMS2 European Light Paths SURFnet6 Common Photonic Layer Customer equipment 10 GE Customer equipment End-to-End Light Path Nortel transport box End user Nortel transport box Nortel transport box Nortel transport box Non-SURFnet SURFnet infrastructure GLORIAD..

10. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  10 Dwingeloo architecture

11. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  11 Lightpaths A lightpath is an end-to-end transmission path with fixed characteristics Characteristics of a lightpath: Flexible, reliable, secure, economical and high-speed (up to 10 Gbit/s) Lightpaths are not constrained by traditional framing, routing, and transport technologies The network is becoming an integral part of the scientific instrument: Lightpaths are the building blocks

12. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  12 Application specific OPNs Healthcare OPN Bio-informatics Network University dept University Telescope site CERN University High Energy Physics Network eVLBI Network Research Network

13. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  13 Hybrid Networking in Europe

14. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  14 Global Lambda Integrated Facility World Map – August 2005 www.glif.is Visualization courtesy of Bob Patterson, NCSA/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Data compilation by Maxine Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago. Earth texture from NASA.

15. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  15 Lambda connections to NetherLight 3rd quarter 2005

16. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  16 LHC high-level network architecture

17. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  17 e-VLBI

18. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  18 StarPlane/DAS3 Source: Cees de Laat (UvA)

19. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  19 Key Themes A hybrid optical and packet switching infrastructure, economies of scale Hybrid LANs on Campus SURFnet-owned managed dark fiber all the way to all institutes, enabling full use of the hybrid network Optical technology is rapidly evolving Lightpath technologies: –Static today (OPNs) –Work with Grid community on dynamic and inter-domain aspects, and see how far we can go

20. High-quality Internet for education and research GigaPort  20 Thank you http://www.surfnet.nl/ http://www.gigaport.nl/