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Update on the National Laboratory for Applied Network Research. Internet2 Fall Meeting Atlanta, GA October 31, 2000. George Brett, Janet Brown, Basil Irwin NLANR Team Members. NLANR.
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Update on the National Laboratory for Applied Network Research Internet2 Fall Meeting Atlanta, GA October 31, 2000 George Brett, Janet Brown, Basil Irwin NLANR Team Members
NLANR • The National Laboratory for Applied Network Research is a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation for: • Measurement and Operations Analysis Team • network performance characterization; lead by SDSC/UCSD • National Center for Network Engineering • end-to-end engineering support; lead by PSC/CMU • Distributed Applications Support Team • user applications support/optimization; lead by NCSA/UIUC Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net
NLANR-MOAT • Improving our understanding of service models, service metrics, and tool requirements • Searching for macro-level insights into high performance internetworking http://moat.nlanr.net/ Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net
NLANR-NCNE • Assist in the establishment and use of high-performance network connections (vBNS and Abilene) • Help optimize overall end-to-end performance • Provide information, training, and tools to manage high performance networks http://ncne.nlanr.net/ Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net
NLANR-DAST • Goal is to promote the use of high performance networks (vBNS and Abilene) by • support users and applications developers • develop an Applications Clearinghouse • develop training materials and documentation • disseminate techniques to the applications development population http://dast.nlanr.net Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net
NLANR-DAST Focus Areas • Support users and applications developers • general usage and availability issues • advanced applications development support • Training and documentation • Distributed Applications Workshops • training materials/video available on-line • extensive on-line information targeted to application developers • Apps Support Help Desk • basic users and advanced developers • problem tracking and response coordination Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net
Now the Update… • NLANR funding has been approved for continuation of one more year.This means that some projects of the teams that were on hold can be resumed such as: • NCNE: NLANR On-site Training and Tutorials • NCNE: Traffic Analysis and Automated Diagnosis • DAST Iperf and “Getting Started Guide” • MOAT: Passive Monitoring and Analysis & Active Measurement Program • The Clearinghouse Advanced Applications Database • The I2/NLANR Techs Workshop • Jan. 28-31 Unv Hawaii, Honolulu, HI Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net
Assorted URLs • NCNE On-site: • http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/training/on-site/ • NCNE Traffic Analysis and Automated Diagnosis: • http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/TCP/TAAD/ • DAST Iperf: • http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/ • DAST “Getting Started Guide”: • http://dast.nlanr.net/Guides/GettingStarted/ • MOAT: Passive Monitoring and Analysis & Active Measurement Program: • http://moat.nlanr.net/infrastructure.html • APAN/TransPAC/NLANR/Internet2 Techs Workshop: • http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/news/workshop/2001/010128/mtgnotice.html Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net
George H. Brett II NCSA NLANR / DAST ghb@dast.nlanr.net http://www.ncsa.edu/~ghb v. 703-248-0120 f. 703-248-0100 http://www.nlanr.net/ http://dast.nlanr.net/ http://ncne.nlanr.net/ http://moat.nlanr.net/ Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net