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Abilene Engineering
Guy Almes
Internet2 Project
<[email protected]>
San Francisco
28 September 1998
Overview
Abilene Engineering and Goals
1998 Schedule
Launch Network Expectations
Early 1999 Expectations
Planning a Connection
Abilene Network
Abilene Demo Network: September 1999
Seattle
Eugene
Minneapolis
Westfield
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Pittsburgh
Lincoln
Sacramento
Oakland
Indianapolis
Newar
Trent
k
on
Philadelp
Wilmington
hia
Columbus
Washington
Denver
Kansas City
Raleigh
Albuquerque
Nashville
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Anaheim
Phoenix
Dallas
Abilene
Router Node
Access Node
New Orleans
Star Tap
New Haven
Houston
Miami
Launch: Directly Connected Participants
Seattle
Eugene
Minneapolis
Westfield
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Pittsburgh
Lincoln
Sacramento
Oakland
Indianapolis
New Haven
Newar
Trent
k
on
Philadelp
Wilmington
hia
Columbus
Washington
Denver
Kansas City
Raleigh
Albuquerque
Nashville
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Anaheim
Phoenix
Dallas
Abilene
Router Node
Access Node
New Orleans
Directly Connected Participant
Houston
Miami
28 Total Access Nodes
17 Directly Connected Participants
Abilene Engineering and Goals
Very High Speed Connectivity
• Among Internet2 GigaPoPs, including vBNS
• Other federal ‘NGI’ networks
• Non-US advanced networks
Qualities Stressed:
• Reliability
• Low latency
• Effective NOC and Engineering teamwork
Abilene Architecture: Core
Router Nodes located at Qwest PoPs
• Cisco 12008 GSR
• ICS Unix PC: IPPM and Network Mgmt
• Cisco 3640 Remote Access for NOC
• 100BaseT LAN and ‘console port’ access
• Remote 48v DC Power Controllers
Initially, ten Router Nodes:
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Sacramento, Kansas City, Indianapolis
Seattle, Los Angeles
Denver, Houston, Cleveland
Atlanta, New York City
Launch: Core Architecture
Seattle
New York
Cleveland
Sacramento
Indianapolis
Denver
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Abilene
Router Node
Houston
Abilene Architecture: Access
Access Nodes
• Located at Qwest PoPs
• Sonet: Connects Local to Long-distance
Initially, about 120 Access Nodes:
• This list grows as the Qwest Sonet plant grows
Launch: With Access Nodes
Seattle
Boston
Eugene
Minneapolis
Westfield
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Lincoln
Sacramento
Oakland
Indianapolis
Newar
Trent
k
on
Philadelp
Wilmington
hia
Columbus
Washington
Denver
Kansas City
Raleigh
Albuquerque
Nashville
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Anaheim
Phoenix
Dallas
Abilene
Router Node
New Orleans
Access Node
New Haven
Houston
Miami
Abilene NOC
Located at Indiana University
Excellent Operations and Engineering
Skills
Commitment evidenced in Abilene
Rollout
Schedule
Design work: Mar-98 and ongoing
Rack design: May-98 to Jul-98
Initial assembly / testing: Jul-98 to Aug-98
Router Nodes / Interior Lines: Jul-98
Demo network installed: Sep-98
Remainder installed: Oct-98
Beta Period: 1-Nov-98
Production begins: 1-Jan-99
Launch Network Expectations
Some Sonet Rings not completed
Mix of OC-12 and OC-48 Interior Lines
NOC fully operational
Measurements of Delay, Loss, Utilization
Some Access Lines not completed
Multicast support
Connections at two NGIXes
Early 1999 Expectations
Gradual increase in OC-48 Interior Lines
Gradual completion of Sonet Rings
Gradual smoothing of NOC procedures
Gradual improvement of access to
measurements and other engineering data
Participation in QBone
Connection to remaining NGIX
Gigabit Ethernet?
Access Line Process
Qwest personnel dedicated
Issues:
• Access Node
• OC-3 vs OC-12
• IP/ATM vs IP/Sonet
• Choice of Local Carrier
• Sonet ring vs Dark fiber vs ATM cloud
Thanks:
 (ATT/TCG) Sam Yuen, Phil Lordo, Michael Rabin,
(Qwest) Debbie Montano, Kelly Kermode, (PacBell)
Greg Wong, Hal Bray, (Nortel) Costa Fitopolous, Jean
Noel, Brian McFadden, Steve Mariano, The IU Abilene
NOC, (MCI/vBNS) Kevin Thompson, The vBNS Engineering
Team, (Cisco) Roy Brooks, John Cavanaugh, Samir
Parikh, Jeff Barret, David Meyer, Chris Buja,
Michael Turzanski, (3com) Matt Mauss, Matt Rockwell,
Harley Reed, (Advanced Network & Services) David
Sutherland, Bill Cervany, Matt Zekauskas, (Indiana
Univ) Brent Sweeny, Rick Wood (Univ California)
Kyung Huang, Russ Hobby, John Hess, Ken Lindahl,
David Wasley, (Hyatt Embarcadero) Arnel Cruz,
(California State Univ) Brian Court