Abilene SEGP Update

1. Abilene SEGP Update Tennessee Statewide Network Planning Meeting Heather Bruning, Abilene Program Manager May 13, 2003

2. Abilene Focus • Goals • Enabling innovative applications and advanced services not possible over the commercial Internet • Backbone & regional infrastructure provides a vital substrate for the continuing culture of Internet advancement in the university/corporate research sector • Advanced service efforts • Multicast • IPv6 • QoS • Measurement • Security

3. Partnership approach • The Abilene Network is a UCAID project done in partnership with • Cisco Systems (routers, switches, and access) • Juniper Networks (routers) • Nortel Networks (SONET kit) • Qwest Communications (SONET & DWDM circuits, co-location) • Indiana University (network operations center) • Internet2 Test & Evaluation Centers (ITECs) • North Carolina and Ohio

4. Abilene – May 2003 • IP-over-DWDM (OC-192c) and IP-over-SONET backbone (OC-48c) • 48 direct connections (OC-3c  10-Gbps) • 2 10-Gbps (10 Gig Eth) connections • OC-192 SONET also supported • 7 OC-48c & 1 Gig Eth connections • 24 connections at OC-12c or higher • 222 participants – research univs. & labs • All 50 states, District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico • Expanded access • 76 sponsored participants and 27 state education networks

6. Next Generation Abilene status • 10 of 11 next generation router nodes in place • Deploying two racks in each location: Juniper T640 router & four measurement servers • OC-48c SONET interconnects to Cisco 12008 routers • Atlanta awaiting co-location site selection • Very pleased to date with new router performance and interoperability with 1st generation backbone • Transcontinental 10-Gbps ’s in place • Six ’s connected to network • DC-NYC-Chicago-Indy-KC-Sunnyvale CA-Los Angeles • ITEC network performance validation test • 8 Gbps of 2-way traffic (50% v4/v6 and 100% v6) transmitted transcontinentallywithout loss or reordering

8. Abilene Access • Primary Participants – research universities, corporations, etc. • Affiliate & Corporate members • Sponsored Participants – individual locations And now….. • SEGPs: Sponsored Education Group Participants

9. Sponsored Education Group Participant (SEGP) Fundamentals • SEGP status targeted at both developed and emerging state-based education networks • One or more Internet2 University Members in the same state act as sponsor(s) • Connectors take overall fiscal and operational responsibility for the SEGP • Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene required (e.g., how are SEGPs implementing advanced applications?)

10. Approved SEGPs

11. Sponsored Education Group Participants as of May 13, 2003

12. SEGP Inquiries • Alaska • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Kansas • Kentucky • Massachusetts • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • South Carolina • Tennessee

13. SEGP Connectivity SurveyFall 2002 • Survey Goals • Provide a high level view of the connectivity and enabled technologies within the SEGPs • Also, totals for the entire SEGP program (as of August 2002) • Provide contact information for pursuing additional information • The goal is NOT to provide a detailed site survey as this is too resource intensive and hard to maintain

14. SEGP Connectivity SurveySummary of Results (Fall 2002) • 62% of the state education networks can access the Internet2 backbone network at >155 Mbps • As of late 2002, there are 25 state k12/k20 networks participating connecting about 9800 K20 institutions – • 7173 k12 schools (73% of total) • 1482 public libraries (15% of total) • 551 community colleges (6% of total) • 526 four-year colleges and universities (5% of total) • 102 museums, zoos, aquariums, and science centers (1% of total) • For more information: http://k20.internet2.edu/segp/stateconnect/segpsurvey.shtml

15. SEGP Process • Sponsor(s) complete SEGP Application • SEGP Connector completes Abilene Connection Agreement Addendum • Connector submits SEGP routing information to UCAID at abilene@internet2.edu • UCAID reviews and approves routes and submits them to the Abilene NOC • Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP traffic on the network • Appoint Internet2 K20 Initiative Representatives

16. SEGP Connector Requirements • A Connector supporting the Sponsored Education Group Participant(s) must: • Maintain a 7x24 Network Operations Center (NOC) • Register its routing information and that of the Participant(s) in the Internet2 Routing Registry (I2db) or equivalent • Provide UCAID a quarterly report on the relative utilization of the Abilene connection by the SEGP • Assure compliance with the Abilene CoU by the Participant(s) • Inform the Participant(s) that Abilene does not provide transit to the commodity Internet • These steps will be implemented through an amended Abilene Connection agreement

17. SEGP Related Costs • Annual participation fee • $30,000 + $2,000 x (size of State’s U.S. House delegation) • Delegation size provides a readily auditable population metric • This annual fee • will be charged on a per-connecting organization, per-state basis • will be paid directly by the Abilene Connector on behalf of the Sponsored Participant • is not eligible for E-rate discount

18. Contact Information • On the Web • k20.internet2.edu/ • abilene.internet2.edu/ • Email • Heather Bruning: heather.bruning@internet2.edu • Abilene (general inquiries): abilene@internet2.edu • Phone • Heather Bruning: (734) 352-4955

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