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NC-ITEC. Update-Fall 2000. Mission Statement. Provide technology evaluation and testing services to the Internet 2 community. The two main constituencies are: The Abilene NOC – the lab responds to issues raised by the NOC involving code and functions currently deployed in Abilene.
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NC-ITEC Update-Fall 2000 John P. Streck John H. Moore
Mission Statement • Provide technology evaluation and testing services to the Internet 2 community. The two main constituencies are: • The Abilene NOC – the lab responds to issues raised by the NOC involving code and functions currently deployed in Abilene. • Internet 2 Engineering – the lab provides an environment for testing new code and features before they are deployed in Abilene. John P. Streck John H. Moore
NC-ITEC Structure • Present locations • Cisco lab in RTP • Expansion space in MCNC lab • Future additional locations 2Q01 • NC State Centennial Campus in Spirent Communications lab John P. Streck John H. Moore
NC-ITEC Structure –cont. • Connectivity • Cisco lab to NCNI • Presently OC-12 over dark fiber • In progress DWDM over dark fiber • Staff support • NCNI • Cisco • Spirent John P. Streck John H. Moore
ITEC Lab setup • Multiple GSR 12000’s • Access routers and switches • Test equipment (traffic generator/analyzers) • Remote test access (virtual lab setup) • Video/audio application traffic source • Test result and configuration archives John P. Streck John H. Moore
Recent & Current Work Items • Staging for SC 2000 QoS demo • EFT lab test for MPLS-GB • Regression test of IOS FR code problem • CAR performance testing • MDRR functional assessment • Unicast RPF function & performance test • “Smoke test” of debug IOS image John P. Streck John H. Moore
Upcoming Plans • Increase size of test bed to develop parallel testing capabilities • Improve the lab infrastructure to provide a more efficient environment for both local & remote testing • Increase the size of the lab staff to better service requests from the Abilene NOC and I2 Engineering John P. Streck John H. Moore
NC-ITEC Support Staff • John Moore (NCNI) -associate technical director • Lee Graham (NCNI) -test engineer (p/t) • Jitendra Lal (NCNI) -test engineer (p/t) • Katie Cantrell (Cisco) -test engineer (p/t) • Tsegereda Beyene (Cisco) -networking consultant • Michael Lynge (Spirent) -test tool support manager • Bill Cerveny (AN&S.) -test engineer (remote) John P. Streck John H. Moore