1. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed TF-NGN meeting, Rome (Italy), 05-06 February 2003 Robert Walton Network Engineer DANTE

2. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed Purpose To provide NRENs and DANTE with a place to test OS and protocol features - but not for load testing The TestBed will be operated separately from the production backbone - although the traffic will flow over GÉANT

3. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed for GÉANT Six GÉANT PoPs involved Each PoP will have a router and a workstation The workstation will run FreeBSD - other software can be installed by the NOC Various routers will be used (3xM20, 2x7507, 1x12008) TestBed user has freedom to configure routers

4. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed Routers Three M20s (Juniper) –Each has a Geth to connect to the workstation –Two have Tunnel PICs –Each has an STM-1 4-port PIC One 12008 (Cisco) –G-Enet port to connect to the workstation –Four STM-1 ports

5. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed Routers (cont) Two 7507s (Cisco) –Each has G-Enet port to connect to the workstation –Each has 2 or more STM-1 ports using VIP2-50s and one VIP6-80 Each Cisco router was re-cycled from New York PoP with some upgrades

6. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed Connectivity Each TestBed router connected to its PoP host router by two or more STM-1 ports A Layer 2 VPN created over GÉANT between the TestBed routers, using LSPs

7. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed Logical Topology

8. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed and GÉANT - Topology

9. TestBed - Robert Walton TestBed - PoP Layout

10. TestBed - Robert Walton Operational Considerations Requests for the TestBed will need to be scheduled GÉANT NOC will prepare the TestBed by restoring it to a known configuration Access to TestBed via GÉANT router –M20: via fxp0 –7508: via fast ethernet –12008: via fast ethernet –PC: via fast ethernet

11. TestBed - Robert Walton Operational Questions Remaining Procedures NREN access to TestBed routers Traffic measurement Changes to LSP configurations NOC assistance...