Transcript NLR

LEARN:
Lonestar Education And
Research Network
Dan Updegrove
VP for Information Technology
The University of Texas at Austin
July 8, 2004
Academic Networking: Dimensions
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Commodity Internet: Bandwidth, cost, backup
Internet2: Bandwidth, cost, backup
TeraGrid: Access for UT Austin, grid partners
NLR: Opportunity for Texas to participate in
generalized, “3rd gen” research network
SURA’s “USA Waves” initiative with AT&T
The need for a statewide R&E backbone net
The LEARN organization: statewide collab!
Will State government provide support?
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Commodity Internet
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All universities connected, of course
Aggregation among campuses, ISDs, et al.
has proven cost effective
Many of us increasingly concerned about
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Cost for increased bandwidth
Backup connections
Service level agreements
Security
Metro/regional peering
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Internet2/Abilene
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Abilene’s regional POP is in Houston
16 Primary Texas members:
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Currently five costly links; :
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Baylor, Baylor College of Medicine, Rice, TAMU,
SFASU, SMU, SWRI, TCU, TTU, UH, UTA, UT Austin,
UTD, UTEP, UTSW, UNT
Austin, Dallas (2), Houston, Lubbock
SEGP being implemented via:
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Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock
UTMDA, UTMB, UTHSC-H, UTHSC-SA, UTSA …
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TeraGrid / ETF
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TeraGrid/ETF
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NSF-funded, “multi-year effort to build & deploy
world's largest, most comprehensive, distributed
infrastructure for open scientific research”
2001, Original sites ~ 3 x 10 Gbps
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San Diego Supercomputer Center @ UCSD
Ctr for Advanced Computing Research @ CalTech
Argonne National Lab (ANL), Illinois
Nat’l Ctr for Supercomputing Applications @ UIUC
Backbone, LA –Chicago: 4 x 10 Gbps lambdas
2002, Pgh Supercomp Ctr (PSC) ~ 3 x 10 Gbps
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TeraGrid/ETF & Texas
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2003, 3 sites newly funded ~ 1 x 10 Gbps
lambda
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Texas Advanced Computing Ctr @ UT Austin
Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), Tennessee
Indiana U/Purdue U
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UT to connect in Chicago, ORNL to connect at
new node in Atlanta ~ 1 x 10 Gbps lambdas
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UT’s connection to TeraGrid/ETF backbone can
benefit other universities, especially HiPCAT (High
Performance Computing Across Texas) members
Requires high-performance state backbone network
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TACC’s ETF Connection
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NLR providing 10 Gbps wave: DallasChicago Starlight via Wiltel IRU
NLR providing interim 10 Gbps wave: Austin
– Dallas, Aug ’04 – Jan ’05
UT acquiring dark fiber: Austin – Dallas, will
light and operate by Feb ’05
This approach provides more support for
state network vision than simple 5-year lease
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NLR – National LambdaRail
Seattle
Chicago
Denver
Sunnyvale
Clev
Pitts
New York
KC
Wash DC
Raleigh
LA
Phoenix
Albuq.
Tulsa
San Diego
Dallas
El Paso Las Cruces
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Atlanta
Jacksonville
Pensacola
Houston Baton
San Ant.
Rouge
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National LambdaRail (NLR)
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National effort, led by research universities,
to provide an enabling infrastructure for new
forms and methods of science & engineering
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High-performance computational science,
engineering, & medical research
High-performance networking research
Leverages historically low prices for dark fiber
& competition among equipment providers
Bridge between Internet2 & TeraGrid
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National Lambda Rail
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$80M est cost for acquisition, 5-yr O & M
Committed $5M partners: CENIC (San Diego, LA,
Sunnyvale), PNWGP (Seattle), NCAR/FRGP
(Denver) CIC/Big10 (Chicago), PSC/CMU (Pittsbg)
VaTech (Washington), Cornell (NYC) Duke
(Raleigh), Ga Tech (Atlanta), FL (Jax), LA (Baton
Rouge), LEARN (Houston), OK (Tulsa), NM (Albuq.)
Internet2 has committed $10M for one wave to
explore Hybrid Optical IP Networking (HOPI),
possible successor to Qwest backbone
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NLR (Cont’d)
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Phase one being built on Level3 footprint
using Cisco 15808 equipment
Phase 2: Jax-San Diego + N-S link(s) to be
built using Cisco 15454 optronics: newer,
lower cost, more flexibility in lambda configs
Texas will have primary POP in Houston
(layers 1, 2, 3) plus layer-1 POPs in Dallas,
San Antonio, El Paso
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SURA Networking Initiative
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SURA & “USAWaves”
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Identified net infra as key regional issue
Explored dark fiber options: Velocita had best
regional footprint; assets acquired by ATT
AT&T partnership, 12/03, includes:
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6,000 miles dark fiber donated (+ equipment)
2,000 miles donated for net research / zero O&M
Point-to-point lambdas “at cost” (tb negotiated)
SURA & ATT seeking “early wins”
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SURA & Texas
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Members:Baylor, Rice, UH, TAMU, UT Austin
SURA has committed ATT fiber between Jax
and Houston to NLR for backbone
More AT&T fiber available in Texas (map)
SURA’s research initiatives: JLab, coastal
research, HPC, grids, biomedical
collaboration
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SURA AT&T “NexGen” Network
Seattle
Spokane
Bridgeport ,CT
Missoul
Helena
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Portland
Eugene
New York
City
Billings
Minneapolis St.
Paul
Boise
Des
Moines
Cheyenne
Ren
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San
Francisco Sacramento
And
San Jose
Chicago
Omaha
Salt
Lake
City
Kansas
City
Tulsa
Oklahoma
City
Phoenix
Cleveland Pittsburg
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Washington
DC
Denver
LA
Boston
Philadelphia
St.
Louis
Raleigh
Little
Rock
Atlanta
San Diego
LA – El Paso:
NOT COMPLETE.
El Paso
Ft.
Worth
El Paso – Ft Worth:
NOT COMPLETE.
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Jacksonville
Dallas
San
Antonio
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Houston
New
Orleans
Orlando
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The LEARN Organization
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Non-profit institutional membership org (n=31):
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Baylor, BCM, Lamar, NETnet, PVAMU, Rice, SHSU, SMU,
SFASU, TACC, TAMU, TAMU Sys, TAMU-CC,
TAMUSHSC, TCU, TSU-San Marcos, TTU, TTU Sys, UH
Sys, UNT Sys, UTA, UT Austin, UTD, UTEP, UTHSC-H,
UTHSC-SA, UTMDA, UTMB, UTSA, UTSW, UT System
Each member has committed $20K x 2 years
Focus is building & operating R&E backbone
LEARN is also Texas’ NLR member
Could provide leadership/svc on I1 & I2
Other roles (esp in absence of TIF)?
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LEARN (Cont’d)
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Full-time Exec Dir being recruited
HQ location to be in Austin
Board meets every 6 weeks + conf calls
Tech Advisory Group meets in parallel
Officers
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Chair: Dan Updegrove, UT Austin
Vice chair: Jenifer Jarriel, BCM
Treasurer: Richard Moore, UTMB
Secretary: Maurice Leatherbury, UNT
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Investigations of Fiber Options in Texas
Texas Optical Options
Possible Fiber
Services in
Texas
Dark Fiber
Lambda/Fiber
NLR/ SURA
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Texas Enterprise Fund
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$7.5 M authorized by Legislature last year for
advanced R&E backbone network
$2.5M authorized, in parallel, for grid effort
Gov & Speaker have signed off; not Lt Gov
Lt Gov said to be skeptical of economic
development benefit of an R&E network
How could we convince him?
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Grid Computing & HiPCAT
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$2.5M has been requested from the State for
multi-university grid computing collaboration
HiPCAT founding members: Rice, TAMU, TTU,
UH, UT Austin; other universities joining
Budget for salaries, software; assumes state-ofthe-art network connecting universities to each
other and to ETF
Other Texas universities could benefit as well as
Grid software, expertise are generalized
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Open Issues / Challenges
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Will state commit the $10M? When?
NLR topology can affect LEARN topology
TeraGrid link must be operational by Oct 1
NSF role in funding beyond TeraGrid?
LEARN Org needs staff, ongoing support
Indiv campuses need to understand total
costs: I1, I2, local loop(s), LEARN, NLR
Advanced networking is a moving target!
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Questions?
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Contact: Dan Updegrove
[email protected]
512 232-9610
LEARN Info: www.tx-learn.org
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Reference: Networking “Alpha-Soup”
Abilene
CENIC
ETF /
Teragrid
Fiberco
HiPCAT
Internet2
NLR
NTGP
SURA
SGA
TACC
LEARN
Texas
SEGP
UCAID
USAWaves
Other
Resources
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