SURFnet6, GigaPort and GLIF for CAUDIT Erik-Jan Bos, Director of Network Services, SURFnet

1. SURFnet6, GigaPort and GLIF for CAUDIT Erik-Jan Bos, Director of Network Services, SURFnet Utrecht, October 6, 2006

2. Research network evolution

3. Lambdas SURFnet6 network DWDM SURFnet5 network POS SURFnet4 network ATM GigaPort Next Generation SURFnet4 project GigaPort 1995 1999 2003 2008 Next generation is not a simple extrapolation of current networks Paradigm shift

4. GigaPort Next Generation Network • Research networking as innovation engine between research and market introduction of new services • GigaPort NG Network project (2004-2008) • Consortium of 50+ Dutch research organizations • Government grant 40 M€ • Project started January 1, 2004 • Builds on GigaPort project ended in 2003 • Partnership with industry • Global cooperation

5. GigaPort Research dependent on advanced networks Networks for research Research on networks GigaPort project overview

6. Main Results GigaPort to date • SURFnet6, world’s first country-wide hybrid network, fully operational • SURFnet6 NOC tendered and set-up • Transition of connected organizations from SURFnet5 to SURFnet6 done • SURFnet5 hardware removed from sites and auctioned • TL/1 Toolkit released under Apache 2.0 license • Europe successfully challenged on hybrid networking • SURFnet’s participation in GLORIAD • Demonstrators at iGrid2005, SC05 and other venues

7. SURFnet6 time schedule

8. SURFnet’s Industry Partner • Leader of the consortium • Optical equipment • Ethernet equipment • Network management equipment • Routing equipment • Installation services • Maintenance services

9. Managing SURFnet’s network SURFnet6 NOC, NOC Alliance: • Leader of NOC Alliance • Provides 7x24 hrs capability • Member of NOC Alliance • Expert group • First point of contact for all trouble 7x24 hrs SURFnet Helpdesk:

10. SURFnet6 overview • The first nation-wide hybrid optical and packet switching infrastructure • Based on 6000+ km of SURFnet-owned managed dark fiber, all the way to the customers premises • SURFnet6 delivers all SURFnet5 services (native IPv4 and IPv6) plus Lightpath Provisioning: • Over a single transmission infrastructure • Managed via a single control plane Hence, in an economically sound way

11. Status SURFnet6 • Network accepted from Industry Partner at end of 2005, carrying all SURFnet traffic as of mid December 2005 • SURFnet6 NOC operational • Transition finalized mid June 2006: • 180 organizations • 370 ports • External connections, such as AMS-IX, GÉANT2 and “rest of world” upstream • SURFnet5 removed during summer and auctioned

12. Services on SURFnet6 SURFnet6 IP routed services Lightpath services IPv4 IPv6 dynamic static single lightpath unicast multicast unicast multicast OPN SURFnet5

13. SURFnet6 DWDM on dark fiber Muenster

14. SURFnet6: IP network implementation SURFnet6 Core Routers Avici SSR External IP connectivity Avici SSR Avici SSR Avici SSR 10 GE Nortel OM 5000 10 GE Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OM 5000 Nortel OME 6500 SURFnet6 Common Photonic Layer Nortel OM 5000 1 GE Nortel OME 6500 Nortel Passport 8600 10 Gigabit Ethernet Customer CPE 1 Gigabit Ethernet Customer Nortel OME 6500 Nortel OME 6500 10 GE CPE 1 GE SURFnet infrastructure Non-SURFnet

15. External IP connectivity SURFnet 21 Gbit/s Q3 2006

16. SURFnet6: Light Path Provisioning implementation GLORIAD AMS2 AMS1 Nortel HDXc European Light Paths Nortel transport box Nortel transport box Intercontinental Light Paths .. SURFnet6 Common Photonic Layer Nortel transport box Nortel transport box Customer equipment Customer equipment 10GE End user End-to-End Light Path SURFnet infrastructure End user Non-SURFnet

17. Lightpaths • A lightpath is an end-to-end Layer 1 transmission path with fixed characteristics, e.g.: • Reliable • Secure • Economical • High-speed (up to 10 Gbit/s) • Lightpaths are not constrained by traditional framing, routing, and transport technologies • Lightpaths are the building blocks for Optical Private Networks (OPNs) and scientific instruments

18. Application specific OPNs University dept High Energy Physics Network CERN Healthcare OPN Research Network University University Bio-informatics Network eVLBI Network Telescope site Original slide from Bill St. Arnaud (CANARIE)

19. LHC high-level network architecture

20. NetherLight – Lightpath connections

21. GLIF Vision Linking the World with Light • Optical networks are the central architectural element in support of this decade’s most demanding e-science applications. • Research should not have any geographical boundaries. • Hybrid networks are the next-generation networks: • Packet-switched Internet for regular many-to-many usage • Dedicated lightpaths for guaranteed high-speed few-to-few usage.

22. What is GLIF? • Established in August 2003 at 3rd LambdaGrid Workshop in Reykjavik, Iceland • International virtual organisation to promote and support optical networking • Collaborative initiative of worldwide NRENs, institutions and consortia working with lambdas. • Provides a global-scale laboratory to facilitate application and middleware development, and to build distributed systems. • A forum for making contacts, exchanging information and experiences, and resolving technical problems. • Working towards harmonisation of policy, service and fault management processes.

23. GLIF Organisation • Open to any organisation sharing vision of optical interconnection of different facilities, who voluntarily contribute network resources (e.g. equipment, lambdas) or actively participate in relevant activities. • Managed as cooperative activity with ‘participants’ rather than ‘members’. • Participants operate under lightweight governance structure. • Secretariat functions provided by TERENA with contributions from sponsors. • Currently 45 participants (see http://www.glif.is/participants/).

24. GLIF Participants

25. GLIF Activities • Governance & Growth Working Group • Chair: Kees Neggers (SURFnet) • Technical Issues Working Group • Co-Chairs: Erik-Jan Bos (SURFnet) & René Hatem (CANARIE) • Control Plane & Grid Integration Middleware Working Group • Chair: Gigi Karmous-Edwards (MCNC) • Research & Applications Working Group • Co-Chairs: Maxine Brown (UIC) & Larry Smarr (UCSD)

26. Global Lambda Integrated FacilityWorld Map – August 2005 Visualization courtesy of Bob Patterson, NCSA/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Data compilation by Maxine Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago. Earth texture from NASA. www.glif.is

27. 7th Annual Global LambdaGrid Workshop • The 2007 GLIF Workshop will be held on September 17-18, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic • Host: CESNET, Czech NREN • Location: Charles University, Prague • Followed by: 4th Customer Empowered Fiber Workshop

28. Questions?

29. TeleCity2, Amsterdam

30. Avici SSRs at SARA, Amsterdam

31. NetherLight technical • Centered around a Nortel Optical Cross Connect “HDXc”: • Up to 640 Gbit/s cross connect capability - i.e. up to 64 x 10G lambdas! • Generic Framing Procedure (GFP-F) • Partitionable on port basis for management (operator vs. control plane) • Also: OME6500 for GFP-F mapping and GE switch for apps