Transcript NLR Overview - EDUCAUSE Library

Owning, Controlling and Managing the
Network Infrastructure: Bridging
Research Communities
Tom West, CEO
National LambdaRail
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Questions to be Addressed
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What is the Mission of NLR?
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What are NLR members and others doing to ensure
researchers have or will have connectivity to the
NLR backbone?
Who is NLR targeting to serve?
What services does NLR offer the Research
Community?
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Questions to be Addressed
• How does NLR fit into the Global Lambda
Integrated Facility (GLIF)?
• How is NLR Governed and Managed?
• What are the Unique Benefits and Characteristics of
NLR?
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POTENTIAL CAPACITY
• The Equivalent of 40 nationwide 10 G
networks.
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NLR Infrastructure Status - June 2006
SEAT
PORT
STAR
BOIS
OGDE
CLEV
NEWY
DENV
KANS
SUNN
SYRA
CHIC
SALT
PITT
WASH
RALE
RATO
LOSA
ALBU
SAND
TULS
ATLA
DALL
PHOE
PENS
ELPA
JACK
SANA
BATO
HOUS
NLR owned fiber*
NLR WaveNet, FrameNet & PacketNet PoP
NLR WaveNet & FrameNet PoP
NLR WaveNet PoP
* Fiber on the SAND-LOSA-SUNN path belongs to CENIC
PoP for primary connection point by a member (“MetaPoP”)
PoP needed because of signal regeneration requirements
but can also be used for secondary connection by a member
PoP established by NLR for members regional needs
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PoP established at exchange points
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INITIALLY LIT CAPACITY
• LAYER 2 GE SWITCHED NETWORK
• LAYER 3 IP EXPERIMENTAL NETWORK
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LAYER 3 IP STABLE NETWORK FOR PEERING
HOPI WAVE FOR INTERNET2
QUICK START & SPARE WAVE
2 NETWORK RESEARCH PROGRAM WAVES
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NLR Allocated Waves - planned
SEAT
30%/28
20%/16
30%/28
OGDE
5%/19
CLEV
31%/22
CHIC
25%/15
31%/22
31%/22
RATO
31%/22
25%/24
PHOE
DALL
ELPA
38%/20
SANA
28%/23
NLR owned fiber*
NLR WaveNet, FrameNet & PacketNet PoP
NLR WaveNet & FrameNet PoP
NLR WaveNet PoP
* Fiber on the SAND-LOSA-SUNN path belongs to CENIC
22%/25
22%/25
PITT
WASH
25%/15
25%/30
TULS
ALBU
SAND
NEWY
DENV
SALT
LOSA
25%/24
SYRA
50%/20
40%/24
KANS
SUNN
25%/24
STAR
BOIS
75%/5
40%/12
50%/10
30%/28
PORT
38%/20
59%/13
% used/Free
RALE
ATLA
30%/14
30%/14
28%/29
PENS
JACK
BATO
HOUS
22%/25
28%/23
25%/24
34%/21
PoP for primary connection point by a member (“MetaPoP”)
PoP needed because of signal regeneration requirements
but can also be used for secondary connection by a member
PoP established by NLR for members regional needs
PoP established at exchange points
National LambdaRail Mission
To advance the research, clinical and
educational goals of members and other
institutions by establishing and maintaining a
nationwide advanced network infrastructure.
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Communities Served by NLR
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Network Researchers
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Science Researchers—Big Applications
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Educators---Teaching-Learning Applications
Supercomputing continues to be a key driver
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Special Commitment to Network Research
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Devoting up to 50% of NLR capacity to support
network research projects
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Advisory council of leading network researchers sets
the agenda
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NLR Services
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Network of Networks
• Multiple types of networks and services available over single
footprint
Core Services
• WaveNet - point-to-point lambdas
• FrameNet - Ethernet based service
• PacketNet - IP based networks
Other Services
• Co-location
• Remote Hands
• Fiber IRUs
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Optical Network Infrastructure Framework
Efforts to deploy
optical networking
are being led by
groups that might
be called Network
Infrastructure
Plumbing Persons
for Education and
Research
(The NIPPERS)
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Regional Optical Networks
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California (CALREN)
PNWGP
Colorado/Utah (FRGP)
Illinois (I-WIRE)
Michigan (MLR)
Indiana (I-LIGHT)
Ohio (TFN)
New York (NYSERnet)
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Maryland, D.C. & Virginia
(MAX/MATP)
North Carolina (NCREN)
Georgia (Southern Light
Rail)
Florida (Florida LambdaRail)
Louisiana (LONI)
Texas (LEARN)
Oklahoma (OneNet)
Courtesy of Steve Corbato
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Global Lambda Integrated Facility
Visualization courtesy of Bob Patterson, NCSA.
www.glif.is
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NLR Organization Detail
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
CEO
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
Ex. Dir. Engineering
And
Infrastructure
Operations
ADMINISTRATION
• Financial Mgt.
• Contracts Mgt.
• Inventory Mgt.
• Legal
• Audit
• Communications/PR
NETWORK RESEARCH
COUNCIL
Chief
Scientist
SCIENCE RESEARCH
COUNCIL
Ex. Dir.
Development and
Collaborations
INFRASTRUCTURE
& NETWORKS
RESEARCHERS’ AND
MEMBER RELATIONS
• Research,Custom
& Wholesale Services
• Research Community
Relations
• Standard Services
• Engineering &
Network Operations
• Member Relations
• Federal Relations
• Corporate Relations
• Internat’l Partnerships
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NLR Network Research Council
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Dave Farber
Carnegie Mellon University
NLR Chief Scientist and Chair
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Paul Barford*
Dan Blumenthal*
Javad Boroumand
Hank Dardy
Konstantinos Dovorlis
Gerald Faulhaber
Paul Francis
University of Wisconsin, Madison
UC Santa Barbara
Cisco Systems
Naval Research Laboratory
Georgia Tech
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
* NLR Board of Directors
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NLR Network Research Council (cont’d)
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Dewayne Hendricks
Larry Landweber
(Ex-Officio)
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Jason Leigh
Steven Low
Mike O’Dell
Phil Papadopoulos
Craig Partridge
Harry Perros
Dandin Group
University of Wisconsin
Madison and Internet2
University of Illinois-Chicago
Caltech
New Enterprise Associates
UC San Diego
BBN Technologies
North Carolina State University
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NLR Science Research Council
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Dave Farber
Carnegie Mellon University
NLR Chief Scientist and Chair
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Charlie Catlett
James Cordes
Kelvin Droegemeier
Mark Ellisman
Harvey Newman
Ed Seidel
Larry Smarr
Argonne National Laboratory
Cornell University
University of Oklahoma
UC San Diego
California Institute of Technology
Louisiana State University
UC San Diego
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NLR Unique Benefits and Characteristics
NLR is the only R&E nationwide network
infrastructure:
• OWNED
• MANAGED AND OPERATED
• TOTALLY CONTROLLED
by the R&E Community
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NLR Unique Benefits and Characteristics
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Serves the Research Community
Owns the Infrastructure
Unconstrained use policies
User empowered
Enables leading edge research and technologies
Full integration of IP services
Guided by Regional Optical Networks that are pillars
Provides for Diverse Partnership Opportunities
Links RONs to each other and to International and National
networks (GLIF)
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