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Nordic Networks

Nordic Networks. Peter Villemoes NORDUnet A/S NORDUnet 2003 August 2003 Reykjavik. NORDUnet’s Mission and Activities. Mission International service provider for the Nordic national networks for research and education Nordic platform for International research networking

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Nordic Networks

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  1. Nordic Networks Peter Villemoes NORDUnet A/S NORDUnet 2003 August 2003 Reykjavik

  2. NORDUnet’s Mission and Activities • Mission • International service provider for the Nordic national networks for research and education • Nordic platform for • International research networking • Network development • Activities • Research networking • Network development • Provision of General Internet connectivity NORDUnet 2003 1

  3. NORDUnet organisation • Danish limited company • Shareholders are the Nordic states or state institutions • DK - Ministry of Science • FI - Ministry of Education • IS - University of Iceland • NO - UNINETT • SE - National Agency for Higher Education • Board members are managers of the Nordic national networks for research and education • Financed by the Nordic national networks with GNP based cost sharing NORDUnet 2003 2

  4. NORDUnet network in 2003 General Internet 5G NETNOD 3.5G 155M RUNNet 622M General Internet 2.5G NASK 12M GÉANT 10G (Oct ’03) NORDUnet 2003 3

  5. General Internet traffic NORDUnet 2003 4

  6. Cost History NORDUnet 2003 5

  7. Cost Distribution 2003 NORDUnet 2003 6

  8. Income Distribution 2003 NORDUnet 2003 7

  9. General Internet Service • The General Internet Service is the connectivity between the Nordic research networks and the General Internet. • NORDUnet provides it in two ways • Peering with IP providers, mainly in Stockholm (20% of traffic) • Purchase of IP Transit from IP providers (80% of traffic) • Earlier, NORDUnet connected to IP providers in USA and used its own transatlantic links, but in 2001 it was changed to a local connection in Stockholm to KPNQwest’s IP network, because • it was cheaper, being at the beginning of a dramatic price decrease of IP transit services • it was technically safer, because of more physical redundancy in the networks NORDUnet 2003 8

  10. but ……. • it turned out to be extremely unsafe because of the lack of viability of the provider • On 31 May 2002 KPNQwest filed for bankruptcy and the fate of the 2Gbit/s service became uncertain • However, NORDUnet was lucky because a 2.5G backup connection under implementation to KPNQwest in Copenhagen could be connected to Sprint International in Copenhagen within a few days and became operational on 30 May 2002as the KPNQwest troubles were anticipated some time before the bankruptcy • and on 6 June another 2.5G connection was set up to Telia in Stockholm with the local loop delivered in 7 days • As a result continuity of service was assured, and NORDUnet could use the rest of the year to normalise the service situation by issuing a new call for tender NORDUnet 2003 9

  11. and today ….. • NORDUnet has learned the lesson and has two providers of IP transit service, each connected over two 2.5G ports (3 ports in Stockholm and 1 port in Copenhagen) • The arrangement gives local and global physical redundancy, as well as fall-back options in case of commercial trouble NORDUnet 2003 10

  12. Connection to USA research • October 1988: 56 Kbit/s satellite link to Princeton • 1991-1997: NSF ICM programme • From 128K to 50M • 1999-2003: NSF HPIIS programme • Separate commercial and research connectivity • Connect to Startap • August 2003: Terminate NORDUnet’s own 622M link to USA and use GÉANT for the services, because • GÉANT has become well connected to USA networks • Abilene provides intercontinental transit • service is embedded in GÉANT subscription fee • A big Thank You from NORDUnet to NSF, Abilene, ESnet, vBNS, Canarie and SINET, for this long-lasting direct connection NORDUnet 2003 11

  13. Forskningsnet • Upgrading from 622Mbit/s to a 2.5 Gbit/s ring structure: • Copenhagen-Odense-Århus-Aalborg- and back via Göteborg to Copenhagen • Network research • setting up a Danish national IPv6 activity • dark fibre through the country • GE channels • experimental equipment for 10GE channels • No central funding in 2003 NORDUnet 2003 12

  14. FUNET • Business as usual (upgraded to 2.5G already at previous conference begin 2002) • Accesses upgraded form 155M to 622M and GE • Upgrading backbone routers to 10G capability NORDUnet 2003 13

  15. RHnet • GE ring in the Reykjavik area and 10-100M links to outside • NORDUnet connection over CANTAT-3 sea cable upgraded to 155M in Jan 2003 • No back up of NORDUnet connection • RHnet back as Iceland member of Terena • No central funding NORDUnet 2003 14

  16. UNINETT • Network upgraded to 2.5G between major universities, based on a 15 year IRU with cost based further upgrades • FEIDE middleware project progress towards a common electronic identity towards different services. Collaborate with the Nordic GNOMIS initiative • UNINETT is expanding to more services and organisations: • UNINETT and NTNU collaborate in centre of excellence: “Centre for Quantifiable Quality of Service in Communications Systems” (Q2S). 35 scientists for next 10 years. • A subsidiary, UNINETT ABC, has been tasked by government to define strategy and architecture and operational solutions for networking schools in Norway • UNINETT and SINTEF will set up a national centre for Information Security NORDUnet 2003 15

  17. SUNET • 10G resilient nationwide network since Nov 2002 • all 32 universities have 2.5G access • End-to-end performance between GE ports over production IP networks : • 960Mbit/s over 1000 km SUNET in Sweden • 970Mbit/s over 14600 km SUNET-Sprintlink between SUNET and Sprint at San Jose • Production type support for netbased meetings • Active participation in SweGrid, Swedish Grid Initiative • Launched extensive study of actual usages of SUNET • user interviews • technical measurements NORDUnet 2003 16

  18. IPv6 - 6NET 6NET backbone 155 Mbit/s Europe NORDUnet 2003 17

  19. Upgrade to 10 Gbit/s • Why 10G now? • SUNET backbone is 10G • Other Nordic networks are upgrading • GÉANT is 10G • NORDUnet must not be a bottleneck • GRIDs are coming • But ….. • 10G equipment is expensive • Cost includes one time investment that puts high demands on NORDUnet’s cash flow • So ….. • Spread the upgrade over 2 years to alleviate effect on cash flow • Backup at 5G only to reduce new equipment cost NORDUnet 2003 18

  20. Current 2.5Gbit/s system SUNET UiO Oslo Helsinki KTH Östra Vasa Cent Oslo Espoo Copenhagen NORDUnet 2003 19

  21. 10 Gbit/s upgrade in October SUNET UiO Oslo Helsinki KTH Östra Vasa Cent Oslo Espoo Copenhagen NORDUnet 2003 20

  22. SUNET UiO Oslo Helsinki KTH Östra Vasa Cent Oslo Espoo Copenhagen Final system NORDUnet 2003 21

  23. NORDUnet “lambda” actions • Events • StarLight and NetherLight developments with European participation by SURFnet, CERN, CSnet, UKERNA • GARDEN project proposal • GRID users’ demands • NORDUnet (alias Nordic network research) wants to participate in developing this technology, and NORDUnet will • build a Nordic “lambda” infrastructure • connect it to NetherLight in Amsterdam • use it for 6NET and GARDEN, too NORDUnet 2003 22

  24. Red Lines: TransLight Lambda Links, Funded • Blue Lines: TransLight Lambda Links, Donated TransLight (Tom DeFanti) NORDUnet 2003 23

  25. 2.5Gb OC48 10Gb OC192 1Gb Ethernet ONS15454 Router Switch NetherLight 2003 (Erik Radius) Stockholm Prague 2.5G CA*net 4 {NORDUnet} Telia Amsterdam1 2.5G (SARA) {CESNET} Telia 10G 2.5G 10G T-Systems Abilene router 10G (end of aug 03) StarLight, 10G Chicago {NSF} Global Crossing StarLight switch Dante Amsterdam4 router (DANTE) 10G Global Crossing Geneva NORDUnet 2003 24

  26. NorthernLight Stockholm Oslo Helsinki Dec 2003 2.5G links connected to “ONS boxes” giving 2 GE channels between endpoints Aug 2003 Copenhagen NetherLight Amsterdam NORDUnet 2003 25

  27. 1 Gbit/s path PDC-NCMIR “lambda” connection NCMIR San Diego NetherLight Amsterdam NorthernLight Stockholm PDC StarLight Chicago Abilene Router Switch ONS Router ONS ONS NORDUnet 2003 26

  28. Participants NORDUnet 2003 27

  29. Resources Cisco ONS15454 box NCMIR, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research Electron microscope SURFnet Transatlantic “lambda” connection TeliaSonera International European bandwidth NORDUnet 2003 28

  30. Trends • Research networking: • build for peak load • use GÉANT for intercontinental connectivity • Network development: • increase activities • act as Nordic platform • General Internet connectivity: • beware of provision stability • traffic growth flattening out? • Prepare for the GRID NORDUnet 2003 29

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