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The GigaCampus initiative

The GigaCampus initiative in Norway focuses on upgrading campus networking infrastructure to promote innovation, collaboration, and research in the ICT community. With a strong emphasis on capacity, functionality, and efficient management, the initiative aims to address current network challenges and unlock untapped potential for cost-efficiency. Through government funding and strategic planning, The GigaCampus initiative is set to revolutionize campus networking in Norway.

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The GigaCampus initiative

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  1. The GigaCampus initiative Collaborate campus networking in NorwayOlaf Schjelderup& Vidar FaltinsenUNINETTMay 23 2006

  2. Norway in a nutshell 4.5 mill inhabitants Scattered population High mountains, fjords Coastline of 25 148 km ~62% of the length of the equator Shortest distance south to north: 1 752 km approx 3 days by car If we rotate Norway upside down Spitsbergen will almost reach Africa.

  3. The research network 1 – 2.5 Gb/s Redundancy 15 + 5 year IRU 40 universities and university collages Tradition for support for colleges > 200 institutions 250.000 users Operations in Trondheim Plans for 10G and lambdas

  4. SERENATA study:Campus networks are the weakest link in the chain Frustrated users Campus network bottlenecks NREN

  5. The problems, more refined … • Capacity; gigabit & fiber not reaching all designated corners of the campus. Bottlenecks, VLAN-trombones, duplex conflicts must systematically be removed. Network design must be reconsidered. • Functionality; ipv6, multicast, official IP-adresses, mobility etc. available only on parts of the campus network. • Lack of efficient management tools covering all networking and services areas. • Innovation by use of NRENs often stops somewhere in the campus organization. • The unreleased potential for cost-efficiency pan-campus wise.

  6. Strategic issues • The innovation rationale behind the NRENs must reach the projects and the relevant end-users • A lot of intellectual resources at different campuses are still to be brought together – we must identify, harvest and feed the creative experts out there. • A lot of good development projects needs support and to be de-institutionalized to obtain large-scale-effects. • NREN-efforts on campus may be a brigde to reach and encourage to fruitful projects with a networking imperative. • A lot of unused potential for innovation out there and a lot of double work … let’s organize and harvest synergies!

  7. In Norway; The GigaCampus initiative Government funding, ~4M Euro Based on a GigaCampus idea document … we promised 4 times payback … Four year programme 2006 – 2009 Predecessor after a similar programme Early start since long tradition in Norway for cooperation in the R&E ICT community Our mission: Provide and coordinate top international-level campus IT-infrastructures that will promote innovation, cooperation and productive research and education.

  8. The GigaCampus engine

  9. GigaCampus – seven areas of focus

  10. ”UNINETT engineering task force” • Working groups in each area of focus • Gather the best there is of engineers at our universities! • New areas may develop • Discuss • the further development in campus networking – coming challenges • Produce • Common best practice documents • How-to’s • Open participation • Regular meetings • Mailinglists • Wiki • Participation in international working groups

  11. Common call for tender • Develop common purchase agreements for the national R&E community • Major savings in overall cost • Major savings in overall spent time on tender processes • Many contracts • Network equipment (routers, switches, wireless) • Telephony • DSL • PCs and servers • Application software

  12. GigaCampus @ work • Touring the country – out in the field! • Participants from UNINETT and from major universities and university collages • Collaboration with local IT staff on site • Network design and implementation • Focus on the physical infrastructure • Focus on security • Meet the people, discuss ideas and possibillities.

  13. Physical reliability Fibre projects for the MANs Network cabling cat3... multimode... Power and grounding UPS, diesel power generators Cooling / ventilation Fire detection Physical security Focus area #1

  14. High capacity networking Upgrade the campus networks step by step Gigabit to more and more end users Scale the campus backbones Focus on fault tolerance End-to-end multicast IPv6 on campus! Lambdas on campus! Focus area #2 2009: Gigabit capacity for the majority of users

  15. Mobility Radio planning workshops Wireless rollout workshops Focus on secure wireless networks Address roaming challenges Support eduroam Focus area #3 2009: Wireless access everywere – on all campuses

  16. Person-to-person communication Focus area #4 • Develop a SIP architecture • that supports IP telephony, • video conferencing, • direct messaging and more. • Promote a push from the telephony paradigm to the multimedia paradigm. There are also security issues here … 2009: A common platform for IP-based multimedia communication

  17. Security Develop and implement security policies Establish IRTs on all campuses Thanks to TF-CSIRT TRANSITS! Discuss and elaborate security architecture Develop monitoring and operational security tools Focus area #5 • The number of security incidents are growing exponentially 2009: Implemented security policies and established IRTs on all universities

  18. Service management Discuss best practices for operations We need to operate 24x7x365 Encourage and support development of useful tools Provide a GigaCampus tool box for all campus networks Train personel in how to use the tools! Giga Campus Focus area #6 2009: Advanced tools and solutions for proactive operations IN USE on all campuses

  19. Focus area #6 ” We are convinced that most campuses do not take the task of measuring and understanding their traffic flows sufficiently seriously ” - SERENATE, December 2003

  20. NAV – Network Administration Visualized Network management system developed by NTNU and UNINETT since 1999. Open source More information on http://metanav.ntnu.no Is included on the GigaCampus toolbox. Focus area #6

  21. device center network explorer traffic map cricket report generator tabular reports NAVdb RRD machine tracker delay / loss status monitor service monitor threshold monitor www external systems event and alert engine email SMS Focus area #6 NAV – key features • Autodetect network topology (L3, L2, per vlan) • Network maps • Machine tracker / L2 traceroute

  22. Giga Campus Focus area #6 Stager • Developed at UNINETT since 2002. • Open source - http://software.uninett.no • Generic tool for storage, aggregation and presentation of network statistics • Netflow analysis • Round trip and packet loss • Generic SNMP data gathering • Is included on the GigaCampus toolbox

  23. Focus area #6 Stager screen shot [1]

  24. Focus area #6 Stager screen shot [2]

  25. Focus area #7 End-to-end quality • Measuring beacons on all campuses • Througput • Packet delay and loss • Session intensity • Available capacity • Traffic behaviour

  26. Focus area #7 MPING NDT

  27. UNINETT participate in the PerfSONAR effort Focus area #7

  28. GigaCampus measuring beacons contributes to the LOBSTER project A network of passive Internet traffic monitors Special hardware MAPI software Cooperation across borders Exhange information and observations Correlate results Focus area #7

  29. GigaCampus – in summary Conclusion: Bring the NREN visions to the network edges! Question: Should this model include more upward ”layers”? http://www.gigacampus.nogigacampus@uninett.no

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