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Equinix IXP Update

Equinix IXP Update. Interconnection Media. Equinix’s primary exchange model is a “ dark fiber ” exchange--private cross connects are the primary method for participants to trade traffic.

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Equinix IXP Update

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  1. Equinix IXP Update NANOG 18 – San Jose

  2. Interconnection Media • Equinix’s primary exchange model is a “dark fiber” exchange--private cross connects are the primary method for participants to trade traffic. • ASX-4000 with OC3 and OC12 ports; OC48 possible, but higher speeds mostly dark fiber; lower speeds mostly direct copper. • Non-blocking fabric; configurations permit asymmetric PVCs (CBR and UBR PVCs supported) NANOG 18 – San Jose

  3. Tools – Research & Ops in Brief • rsd • New RPSL Tools turned back into gated consortium • MPLS in BGP for rsd • DNS Anycast • Shadow today • Anycast draft to discuss ops best practices for authoritative servers • draft-ietf-dnsop-hardie-shared-root-server-00.txt> • NTP & Synch Signal • ECCS • Provisioning tool for PVCs and Dark Fiber Cross Connects, access reports, etc. NANOG 18 – San Jose

  4. Root Service Service Delivery & Administrative Network Filtering Zone file xfers Synchronization Closest topological Failover Admin WAN A IXP SW AnyCastRootServer B R R NTP C A IXP SW AnyCastRootServer B R R NTP C Looks like a single root server A IXP SW AnyCastRootServer B R R NTP C A IXP SW AnyCastRootServer B R R NTP C Example: Anycast Root Service NANOG 18 – San Jose Internet Exchanges Service Delivery Boundary

  5. Participants • MCI, AT&T, Atlantic Media, Bell Atlantic, Level3 • Cable and Wireless, Concentric, TeleGlobe, NetRail • Blue Mountain Arts, Akamai, Webcash, 1xNet, NorthPoint, Ernst & Young Technology, and others. NANOG 18 – San Jose

  6. Growth Projections & Plans 30+ Global locations Over Next 4 Years San Jose, Ashburn, Newark today, Chicago, LA, Dallas 2Q’00 NANOG 18 – San Jose

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