Transcript Fall03ITF2-SURFnet6

SURFnet6: the Dutch hybrid network initiative
Kees Neggers
Managing Director SURFnet
Indianapolis, 13 October 2003
SURFnet
• Provides the Dutch National Research Network
• Not for profit company, 50 employees
• 150 connected organisations, 500,000 users
• Turnover (2002): 30 million Euro
• Infrastructure services:
– innovation paid for by government
– cost effective exploitation for higher education and
research
GigaPort
• Research networking is innovation engine between
research and market introduction of new services
– GigaPort (1999-2003):
• government grant: 70 million Euro
• contribution of industry : more than 90 million Euro
– GigaPort Next Generation Network (2004-2007):
• consortium of 50 organizations
• government grant asked: ~ 50 million Euro
• contribution of industry and institutions: ~ 56 million Euro
GigaPort results (1999 - 2003)
• SURFnet5
10 Gbit/s lambda based network up and running
since mid 2001
• Fiber to the
dormitories
20,000 students via 10/100 Mbit/s switched
Ethernet
• GigaMAN
development of market for managed dark fiber
• Access pilots
mobility and middleware
• NetherLight
international testbed for lambda networking
• Playground
for new applications
SURFnet5
• Partners BT and Cisco
• 15 PoPs connected by
thirty 10 Gbit/s lambdas
• Dual stack IPv4 and IPv6
since 2001
• More than 100 institutes
connected at Gbit/s level
• 500,000 users
NetherLight
• Optical Internet exchange point in Amsterdam
• Built and operated by SURFnet
• Experiments with light path provisioning in a
multi domain environment
What did we learn
• Lambdas form an excellent basis for IP networking
• Dark fiber and gigabit ethernet form excellent
combination to connect customers
• Incumbent operators were reluctant to sell
dark fiber
• Researchers are interested in lambdas
What did we learn
• Point to point lambdas are a powerful service
• Current Optical-Electrical-Optical equipment can
allocate sub-lambdas to individual applications
• Management is still cumbersome
Hybrid network architecture seems to be the only
valuable NREN option for the future:
– Packet switched internet for regular many-to-many usage
– Light Paths for new high speed few-to-few usage
Some recent events
• 5.4 Gbps PC to PC from CERN to Amsterdam via
10G WAN PHY interfaces
• 10G WAN PHY is now extended from CERN via
NetherLIGHT and StarLight to Carleton in Canada
• Over 6 Gbps over the Abilene and SURFnet 10G
routed network between to clusters from Bob
Grossman in Amsterdam and Chicago
Paradigm shift
Lambdas
SURFnet6 network
DWDM
POS
SURFnet4 network
ATM
SURFnet4 project
1995
SURFnet5 network
1999
GigaPort
GigaPort
Next Generation
2003
2007
Next generation is not a simple extrapolation of current networks
SURFnet6 overview
• Realization of a next generation network with
seamless end-to-end communication:
– Native IPv4, IPv6 and Lambda Services over a single
transmission infrastructure managed via a single control plane
– Multi-domain networking
– Ethernet services as part of the WANs
– Intelligence of networks and the associated responsibilities at
the edges
• Paving the way to a ubiquitous and scalable
Services Grid
SURFnet6 will be based on dark fiber
• Over 3000 km fiber pairs
already available, average
price paid for 15 year IRUs
is 7 Euro/m per pair
• More than 25 co-location
facilities in use
• Managed dark fiber
infrastructure will be
extended with new routes
Provisioning of IP Services
External
IP connectivity
SURFnet6
Border Routers
SURFnet6
Core Routers
SURFnet6
Layer 2 / Layer 1 network
Layer 3 functionality
Non-SURFnet
Customer
Router
Light Path Provisioning
Operations
Management
Broker
OGSA
Applications
Web
service
Layer 3 flow
data collection
and analysis
Light Path Provisioning
via Control Plane
SURFnet6
Layer 2 / Layer 1 network
Light Path
SURFnet6
Routers
In search of an Industry Partner
• Participates in realization GigaPort NG Network
• Supplies, implements, maintains and supports
transmission, switching and routing equipment
• Provides a major own contribution in the project
• Selection via European procurement procedure
Timelines SURFnet6
Conclusion
• NREN users need new services that current
networks cannot support
• Telecommunication infrastructures will become part
of the Grid and will be integrated in scientific
instruments
• Hybrid networks delivering IP and Lambda Services
can meet user demand within budget constraints
• SURFnet6 will be a showcase for hybrid networks
[email protected]
www.surfnet.nl
www.gigaport.nl