1. Delivering Circuit Services to Researchers: The HOPI Testbed Rick Summerhill Director, Network Research, Architecture, and Technologies, Internet2 Joint Techs 18 July, 2005 Vancouver, BC, CA Rick Summerhill Director, Network Research, Architecture, and Technologies, Internet2 Joint Techs 18 July, 2005 Vancouver, BC, CA

2. 2 Agenda Announcements Thoughts about the next generation Abilene The HOPI testbed Current status

3. 3 HOPI Project - Summary In the near future we will see a richer set of capabilities available to network designers and end users Core IP packet switched networks A set of optically switched waves available for dynamic provisioning Fundamental Question: How will the core Internet architecture evolve? Many options being examined Examine a hybrid of shared IP packet switching and dynamically provisioned optical lambdas HOPI Project – Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure Dynamic Provisioning - setup and teardown of optical paths Hybrid Question - how do hosts use the combined packet switched and circuit switched infrastructures?

4. 4 HOPI Supporters Equipment Force 10 - Ethernet switches HP - control, measurment and support servers Glimmerglass - Optical (white light) switches Advisory The HOPI design team The HOPI corporate advisory team Soon to be announced HOPI research advisory panel Management The HOPI TSC - MAX, NCREN, and IU The ITECs in the near future Internet2

5. 5 HOPI Testbed Support Center Call for proposals several months ago Received 4 responses, all excellent The TSC is a collaboration between MAX, NCREN, and the GRNOC at IU Advanced engineering and design focus Implement control plane activities The MAX GigaPoP (and Dragon) will focus on these issues Coordinate application activities NCREN will focus on these issues Manage and engineer the facility GRNOC at IU will focus on these issues

6. 6 Abilene Next-Gen Network Futures October 2007 - End of recent 1-year Abilene transport MoU extension Sets next-generation network planning timeline Architecture definition: 1/1/2006 Transport selection: 4/1/2006 Equipment selection: 7/1/2006 Backbone deployed: 1/1/2007 Connector transition: 2007 Concurrently, review overall business plan and management model Network design time frame: 2007-2012 Note that ESnet transport agreement with Qwest Federal is on similar time line - December 2007 HOPI testbed is expected to be in place for 3 years, to experiment with future protocols Refine and evolve next generation architecture

7. 7 Backbone Footprint Basic component will be ITU grid waves that interconnect nodes on a national fiber footprint Expected to be anywhere from 10 to 40 waves Bandwidth of each wave expected to be 10 Gbps (and possibly 40 Gbps) Switching nodes between segments Schematic:

8. 8 Switching Capabilities Through an optical interconnecting device that serves 3 purposes: Provides a client interface to connecting network Provides access to waves on the network Provides support for sub channels on a wave i.e. Ethernet VLANS, SONET paths, or other suitably framed capacity.

9. 9 Connector Interface The interface to the backbone: Two or more client interfaces between optical interconnects (analogous to router-to-router connections today) Requirements: Support connectivity to IP Network Support multiple sub channels through backbone to other RONs up to capacity of interface HOPI testbed to help refine ideas

10. 10 The HOPI Testbed Build a national scale testbed to examine architectural issues Use the facilities from Internet2 and NLR The Abilene network The Internet2 wave on NLR MAN LAN An OC-192c circuit to London for connecting to GEANT testbeds The RONs Use the testbed to model many of the issues that arise in the next generation design Refine architectural models over the next few years

11. 11 HOPI Questions Examine how to build an architecture A lot is known about how to do various pieces The main question is how would one put it all together into a network Problems to understand When does a host use the circuit switched infrastructure and when does it use the packet infrastructure? How are the circuit and packet switched infrastructures integrated? Temporal degree of dynamic provisioning Temporal duration of dynamic paths and requirement for scheduling Topological extent of deterministic provisioning Examine backbone, RON, campus hierarchy – how will a RON interface with the core network? Understand connectivity to other infrastructures – for example, international or federal networks? Network operations, management, measurement, and control plane across administrative domains?

12. 12 HOPI General Problem

13. 13 HOPI Topology

14. 14 HOPI Deployment Installed node locations Los Angeles Equinix facility - same location as NLR node Washington, DC MAX/Dragon facility - same location as the NLR node StarLight in Chicago The Pacific Northwest GigaPoP in Seattle - Westin Building, and new location of the NLR node Future node locations New York City – NYSERNet area in 32 AoA - same location as NLR node (many thanks to NYSERNet for donating rack space and power to support the HOPI project). Looking at additional possibilities as the southern route of NLR is installed Circuit from NYC to London Early October, 2005

15. 15 HOPI Node

16. 16 HOPI Connector Interface and Basic Service Basic Service 1 or 10 GigE channels (may add to this list in the future) Connector Interface A 1 or 10 GigE connection to the fiber cross connect, either dark fiber or a provisioned service An MPLS L2VPN service through Abilene to the Ethernet switch Provides immediate connection to the Internet2 NLR wave from Abilene May add basic services and interface types at later stage Current planned connectors/peers Ultralight Ultrascience net ITECs

17. 17 How do you Connect to the HOPI Testbed? Connections Bring a 1 GigE or 10 GigE fiber connection directly to a node for connection to the optical switch Create an MPLS Ethernet VPN across the Abilene connection terminating at the Ethernet switch Note: Connecting to HOPI is not about obtaining additional bandwidth Rather, it’s about participating in the experiment Control plane development and deployment is essential Working on integrating particular applications Working with the HOPI TSC

18. 18 References To request a connection to the HOPI testbed, send email to hopi@internet2.edu HOPI Call Center: 877 472-2419 Active 9/25/2005 Additional Information http://abilene.internet2.edu http://www.nationallambdarail.org http://hopi.internet2.edu abilene@internet2.edu

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