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Shared Service Delivery in the Windy City

Shared Service Delivery in the Windy City. Patrick Christian University of Wisconsin July 17, 2006. Outline. What’s CIC? Why Chicago? CIC Chicago Fiber Collaboration CIC OmniPoP Collaboration Questions. What’s CIC?. CIC = Committee on Institutional Cooperation Founded in 1958

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Shared Service Delivery in the Windy City

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  1. Shared Service Delivery in the Windy City Patrick Christian University of Wisconsin July 17, 2006

  2. Outline • What’s CIC? • Why Chicago? • CIC Chicago Fiber Collaboration • CIC OmniPoP Collaboration • Questions

  3. What’s CIC? • CIC = Committee on Institutional Cooperation • Founded in 1958 • CIC members • University of Chicago • University of Illinois (UIUC & UIC) • Indiana University • University of Iowa • University of Michigan • Michigan State University • University of Minnesota • Northwestern University • Ohio State University • Pennsylvania State University • Purdue University • University. of Wisconsin - Madison • Governed by Provosts (Chief Academic Officers) of member institutions • http://www.cic.uiuc.edu

  4. Why Chicago? Shared Service Delivery in the Windy City

  5. Why Chicago? BOREAS-Net WiscWaves & BOREAS-Net MiLR BOREAS-Net PSU-Net I-WIRE & ICCN TFN I-Light

  6. Why Chicago? Chicago… • is approximately the geographic center of all CIC (Big10 + UIC + UC) institutions • has STARLIGHT (international network exchange) • has both Abilene and NLR nodes • has carrier hotels & other buildings where many ISPs and carriers are accessible & have space for lease • has many long-haul dark fiber providers • has several local dark fiber providers • has pretty good beer (next to Wisconsin!)

  7. CIC Fiber Collaboration Shared Service Delivery in the Windy City

  8. CIC Fiber CollaborationChicago fiber • Very expensive local loops in downtown Chicago • Local loop often a significant fraction (1/4 – 1/3) of long-haul cost • e.g. Merit was paying $10k/mo for CHI local loops vs. $35k for a 20yr IRU • Multiple places of interest • NLR & NewNet at 111 N. Canal • Other research-flavored stuff at 710 N. Lakeshore (aka StarLight) • Commodity Internet carriers at Equinix…

  9. CIC Fiber Collaboration

  10. CIC Fiber Collaboration Chicago Fiber

  11. CIC Fiber CollaborationFinal project summary • 12 of 13 CIC institutions participated in this project + Notre Dame + Wayne State + Merit • 104 strands of fiber purchased (52 from Level3 and 52 from LGN) • $30,668 average price per pair of fiber for 20yr indefeasible right-of-use (IRU) & O&M • Estimated joint savings of ~$13.2 million vs. individual institutional purchases through volume pricing, avoidance of legal fee duplication and sharing the fiber construction cost for multiple laterals into the same building

  12. OmniPoP Collaboration Shared Service Delivery in the Windy City

  13. OmniPoP Collaboration

  14. Omni- A prefix meaning “all” PoP Three letter acronym popular in network engineering meaning “Point of Presence” A place where an organization’s (or several) networking equipment is present What is an OmniPoP? • OmniPoP • A place where all types of networking equipment is present • A place where all members are welcome to place equipment • A place to develop a rich mesh of all types of services between members

  15. OmniPoP Collaboration

  16. OmniPoP Services • Shared research networking access (NLR, Internet2, Starlight, etc) in Chicago • Commercial peering (non-transit/transit) • Possible Internet2, NLR links and collocation space in additional cities • L2/L3 infrastructure • Possible future L1 • NOC/technical support

  17. OmniPoP: Phase I

  18. OmniPoP: Phase II

  19. CIC OmniPoP: Current Activities • Execution of MOU among CIC institutions for governance/cost sharing/high-level operations • Selection of GRNOC as OmniPoP operator • Acquisition of a F10 e1200 switch • Sept ’06 go live

  20. Questions/Thank You

  21. Governance • Governing Board • One representative from each Partner (initially the participating CIC schools) • Responsible for • Policies • Finances, including major expenditures • Approving new Partners (not limited to CIC schools) • Selecting the OmniPoP operator • Requires two-thirds vote to approve all actions • Meets at least annually

  22. Governance • Technical Advisory Council (TAC) • Up to two representatives from each Partner plus representation from the OmniPoP operator & CIC • Responsible for • Preparing an annual strategic technical plan • Recommending an annual budget • Recommending changes to services offered • Approving routine purchases and service contracts • May appoint a subset Tactical Technical Team • Not more than six members • To work with the OmniPoP operator and CIC on day-to-day technical coordination of operational issues

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