Transcript 20070315-hb-ngnmalaysia

The Research and Education
Network: Platform for
Innovation
Heather Boyles, [email protected]
Next Generation Network Symposium
Malaysia
2007-March-15
Outline
• Internet2 Background
• Internet2 New Technology Development
and Deployment Experiences
• Beyond the Network
• Internet2 and Malaysia
Internet2
• Supports high-performance networking
for U.S. research, universities
• Develops and deploys next-generation
network technology
• Enables collaborations among the
community that advance networking
applications and protocols
Brief Background
• US National Science Foundation NSFnet
– First ‘Internet’ connectivity for many US
universities
– Decommissioned 1994/5
– Universities to use commercial Internet
connections
• NSF funds vBNS to interconnect
supercomputer centers – 1995
– Outsourced to MCI
• In parallel, meetings through 1995-6 resulting
in Internet2
Why?
• Commercial Internet ‘working’ but not meeting
specific needs of research, teaching, learning
– Focused on buildout to residences, businesses
– Little control of service quality to support
especially high-end needs of universities
• Recognition that vBNS needed to be
expanded, but community had limited control
• Recreate innovation of NSFnet period
Internet2 - today
• US-based membership organization
– 207 US University members
– 66 Corporate members
– 47 Affiliate members
• Including several US government research labs
– 2 Association members
– 46 International partnerships
– Budget more than $25 million per year
Internet2 Network
• Hybrid optical and IP network
• Dynamic and static wavelength services
• Fiber, equipment dedicated to Internet2;
Level 3 maintains network and service level
• Platform supports production services and
experimental projects
Internet2 Network - Layer 1
Internet2 Network Optical Switching Node
Level3 Regen Site
Internet2 Redundant Drop/Add Site
ESnet Drop/Add Site
Capabilities
• Capacity and reliability to serve large scale
projects – eVLBI, LHC, NEON, TeraGrid
• Flexibility to support smaller projects at
lower bandwidths, for variable durations
• Lightpath provisioning to the campus
• Ideal platform for network research
Control
• Over years, level of control has evolved
– Down the network layers
– Now: control dedicated fiber pair, optical
equipment
• Control of services provided
– IPv6, multicast
– Now: new hybrid circuit + packet services
• Ability to meet both goals
– Meet day to day (“production”) needs of members
– Provide platform for development of new services,
uses, applications
History of IPv6 in Internet2
• Tunnel network deployed 2001
– First IPv6 tutorial at Lincoln joint-techs meeting
• Migration to native, dual stack implementation at end of 2001
– Before upgrade began
– Using Cisco GSR routers
– Began migration of connectors
• Native dual stack was default for the upgrade to Juniper T640
routers
• Early testing
– 8 gig tests from Sunnyvale to Washington DC
– IPv4, IPv6, and mixed IPv4/IPv6
– No distinguishable difference in performance
Still Working Well
• Our dual-stack IPv6 network continues
to perform well
• Active testing shows no difference
between IPv4 and IPv6 performance
• Changes: improving connectivity to
others
IPv4/IPv6 Comparative
Performance Graphics
Date
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Abilene IPv6 Growth
IPv6 Participant/Connector/Peer Grow th
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Participants
Connectors
Peer Netw orks
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Policy: Interconnection with
other networks
• Peering with commercial v6 networks in
order to encourage adoption,
deployment
– With new Internet2 network, will also now
peer with IPv4 commercial networks
IPv6 Activities
• Internet2 IPv6 Working Group
– Refocusing from campus deployment effort to…..
– Working with middleware and applications working
groups as resource
• Internet2 IPv6 Hands-on Workshops
– Lesser in frequency, but still being held by request
– Next one in April: Merit (Michigan state network)
hosting: IPv6 Multicast Hands-on Workshop
Technology Development and
Deployment Experience
• Internet2 has provided platform for
deploying native IPv6
– On large scale
– In production environment
• Other technologies
– IP layer QoS (DiffServ)
– Multicast
– Dynamic circuit services
Beyond the Network Infrastructure
Applications
Middleware
Services
Networks
Security
End-to-end Performance
Motivate
Enable
Beyond the network
• Common infrastructure needs above network
layer to support members’ needs/use of
network
– Performance: measurement and monitoring
infrastructure from end to end
• perfSONAR infrastructure
– Cross-community collaboration needs interinstitutional authentication, authorization
infrastructure
• InCommon federation
Fine Arts Rehearsal and Performance
Health Science Research and Instruction
Weather Prediction and Disaster Recovery
Images courtesy of NOAA
Collaboration and Communication
MYREN and Internet2
• Memorandum of Understanding since
July 2006
• Connectivity via MYREN connection to
TEIN2 and onto US via NSF-funded
TransPAC2 project
• Platform upon which build
collaborations
Thank You!
• [email protected]