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HEAnet Evolution & Revolution

HEAnet Evolution & Revolution. Updates on key technical developments Brian Boyle & Gareth Eason. 12 short months. Homework. Take on one additional service from the HEAnet services catalog If you can’t find one you want, suggest a service you need to us. Collapsed Backbone.

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HEAnet Evolution & Revolution

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  1. HEAnetEvolution & Revolution Updates onkey technical developments Brian Boyle & Gareth Eason

  2. 12 short months...

  3. Homework • Take on one additional service from the HEAnet servicescatalog • If you can’t find one you want,suggest a service you need to us

  4. Collapsed Backbone • Pair of Cisco CRS-1 routers for Layer 3 network • Highly available, hugely scaleable • 100% availability of core to date • s/w upgrade to IOS XR 3.8.2 scheduled soon. • All customers migrated • All old equipment powered off

  5. 10Gbit/s pilot connections • UCD connected at 2 x 10Gbit/s • trial of new client connection model for HEAnet – direct λ from ADVA • 10G L3 to CWT –primary BGP • 10G L3 to KP – secondary BGP • DCU at 2 x 10Gbit/s • similar model • direct to DCU CPEequipment

  6. Dual 10 Gbit/s to INEX • 10Gbit/s connection to INEX • In time for budget 2008 & emergency budget,April 2009 5.13Gbit/s • Peak of 7.3Gbit/s for budget – still an INEX record! • Better connectivity for clients (to Google, etc.) • Saving on transit costs

  7. Resilience Project See Poster • Resilience for key HEAnet PoPs • Upgrade of some client sites toPoP status • Installation of UPS &generation plant • Duplication of network kit • Diverse fibre paths • Working towards improving SLAs

  8. Refreshed PoP Strategy • Interxion, Parkwest – live Feb 2009 • Fit out nearing completion • 102m2 geographically diverse from existing Servecentric & Citywest PoPs • Client colocation & hosting • Off-site backup & replication • Future services • INEX presence

  9. Refreshed PoP Strategy • Extend reach, resilience, capacity • New PoP in LYIT • migration from e|net PoP • Upgrade client sites toPoP status (with resilience project): • Cork IT • Limerick IT • Athlone IT • ... and more ...

  10. Schools – Phase II • 99.999% HEAnet backbone availability since inception in 2005(Source: Norcontel Schools Broadband Program Evaluation Report 2009) • Single day high of 3,745 (of 4,000) schools connecting the the internet • 2,850 schools connecting daily (monthly avg.) • Traffic profile doubling approx. every 12-18 months • Phase II rollout commencing Q4 2009: • Increased bandwidth (2Mb ~ 7Mb typically) • Reduction from 1,850 satellite connections to 127.

  11. Schools – Phase II • Schools traffic profile: 2007 to 2009 (2 years)

  12. Schools 100Mb • Renewed Program for Government to deliver 100Mbit/s connectivity to all post primary schools • Pilot of 78 schools by 1st April 2009 • All approx. 735 schools by 2012 • Sponsored by DCENR, who requested HEAnet to manage the program • Leverages public investment in HEAnet core net • Acknowledge client community support re interconnecting schools at regional PoP locations

  13. Out-of-Hours NOC See Poster • Now a full production service • NOC available for P1 (complete site) outages, 24 x 7 x 365 • Increasing number of tickets • increased complexity ofnetwork • significant plannedworks through 2008-9 • better issue tracking

  14. NOC Manager • Brian Nisbet takes on roleof NOC Manager • reporting toNetwork Operations • first line of escalation afterNOC • noc@heanet.ie • 01-6609040

  15. Software Development Team • Brian McArdle & Riccardo Carlesso • Development of new applications • Integration of existing apps • Monitoring • Client / contactmanagement • Fault tracking • Asset & Contract management

  16. Services Catalogue • Are you getting the most out of HEAnet? • Get your copy today • http://www.heanet.ie/services/ • Printed copies at HEAnet stand • Most services available atno extra charge! • Something missing? Tell the SEG...

  17. Services Evaluation Group • Help us to improve our service to you • Representatives from HEAnet and clients • Suggestion box • new service ideas • ideas for improvement • Contact the SEG: • noc@heanet.ie

  18. HEAnet Evolution & Revolution • The HEAnet network continues to evolve: • 2008/9 – Major Network Evolution • 2009/10 – Network Resilience project • Out-of-hours NOC • 2008 – pilot of 24 x 7 NOC • 2009 – 24 x 7 x 365 NOC for P1 outages • Software Development • 2009 –Building custom software to better manage and monitor customer services

  19. Lambda Extension • Expand the use of the CWDM spectrum • from 8 to 16 wavelengths (without power) • passive equipment from ‘Cube Optics’ (Germany) • Retrofit multiple DWDM channels within a single CWDM channel • facilitates co-existence of 1G & 10G wavelengths on the same fibre.

  20. 20nm spacing 1470nm 1490nm 1510nm 1530nm 1550nm 1570nm 1590nm 1610nm Up to 16DWDM channels insertion into one 1550nm CWDM filter 0.8nm spacing 1547.72nm 1548.51nm 1549.32nm 1550.12nm 1550.92nm 1551.72nm 1552.52nm 1553.33nm Lambda Extension

  21. Lambda Extension • Existing fibre ring between HEAnet office and TCD being used as test bed • All required equipment installed, configured and operational • Next step: formal testing of 1G and 10G channels on new DWDM and existing CWDM channels.

  22. Video Streaming • Simple multimedia hosting • Accessed by federated login • uses Edugate • Content can be embedded in any webpage • or used as a podcast, • or a Windows Media file, etc. • Content automatically ‘transcoded’ into multiple different formats

  23. Each version of the content has its own ‘embed’ code • Selection of thumbnails to choose from • ‘Transcoding’ work is queued for processing – user does not have to wait

  24. Video Streaming • System developed in-house • Summer ‘09 • Currently on trial with University of Limerick • Ready for more people to trial • Aim to end trial & enter production, Q1 2010

  25. eduroam • Roaming wifi access for users • Use existing ‘home’ credentials when visiting a guest network • Users can get internet access worldwide in any of the eduroam enabled institutions

  26. eduroam • Now available in 13 Irish sites and 1000’s of European sites • Guides / wizards / profiles available for: • Windows • Mac OS X • iPhone / iPod • Nokia • We will help you with any other platforms you might need

  27. Mirror Service • ftp.heanet.ie • well known service • providing fast access to many projects • Challenges • scale traffic to 10Gbit/s • provide resilient scalability

  28. Mirror Service – why? • Given growth of access capacities? • 1Gbit/s not uncommon, 10Gbit/s not too far away • content providers often have 1Gbits/s or more too • Simple scaleability • very popular content will always beat a 1Gbit/s pipe • resilience • sharing cost

  29. Mirror Service – what? • Application transparently use global mirrors • firefox updates • ie.releases.ubuntu.com, ftp.ie.debian.org • ClamAV anti-virus updates • SourceForge • many more...

  30. Mirror Service Architecture See Poster

  31. 2010 and beyond... • Faster networking • 40G v 100G standards? • 10G connectivity to clients? • Different connectivity • layer 2 point-to-point connectivity (rather than L3?) • layer 1 optical lamdbas with GMPLS? • Ubiquitous networking • 3G / HSPA connectivity • Wimax

  32. Homework • Take on one additional service from the HEAnet servicescatalog • If you can’t find one you want,suggest a service you need to us

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