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Ana Romero, Network Engineer DANTE CLARA-TEC meeting, Veracruz, 25 April 2005

Ana Romero, Network Engineer DANTE CLARA-TEC meeting, Veracruz, 25 April 2005. Contents. DANTE – who are we? Its predecessor: G É ANT G É ANT2 project Partners and users Topology and services. DANTE – who are we?. Who Are DANTE?. Established in 1993 and based in Cambridge, UK

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Ana Romero, Network Engineer DANTE CLARA-TEC meeting, Veracruz, 25 April 2005

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  1. Ana Romero, Network Engineer DANTE CLARA-TEC meeting, Veracruz, 25 April 2005

  2. Contents • DANTE – who are we? • Its predecessor: GÉANT • GÉANT2 project • Partners and users • Topology and services

  3. DANTE – who are we?

  4. Who Are DANTE? • Established in 1993 and based in Cambridge, UK • A not-for-profit organisation • Created and owned by a number of Europe’s National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) • DANTE plan, build and manage pan-European research and education networks • 2003 Annual Turnover – approximately 48M Euros • 29 staff members (11 nationalities)

  5. DANTE’s Role • DANTE will operate GÉANT2, the multi-gigabit pan-European research and education network • DANTE is actively involved in developing new network services to support the research and education community • DANTE also currently participates in: - EUMEDCONNECT (Mediterranean) - ALICE (Latin America) - TEIN2 (Asia-Pacific) - 6NET (IPv6) - 6LINK ( IPv6)

  6. DANTE’s Role in GÉANT2 Coordinating Partner in EC contract • project management • channel of communication with EC • management of EC funding contribution Implementation, operation and development of the network • planning & procurement • day-to-day operation -> GEANT NOC in Paris • development and deployment of new network services in collaboration with NREN partners Financial Management • Supplier contracts • NREN (customer) contracts Publicity and Dissemination Activity • Raising awareness and understanding of GÉANT2 • Website operation

  7. Its predecessor: GÉANT

  8. GÉANT TODAY Connecting 33 European countriesand 29 NRENs Backbone capacities from 10Gb/s to 155Mb/s NREN access from 10G to 34Mb/s Backbone based on Juniper M-series routers

  9. GÉANT SERVICES • Best Effort IPv4/IPv6 • Multicast IPv4/IPv6 • Premium IP • Less than Best Effort IP • MPLS • L2-VPN

  10. GÉANT2

  11. What is GÉANT2? • 7th generation of pan-European research network infrastructure • Project partners include 30 of Europe’s national research and education networks (NRENs), DANTE and TERENA • Will connect 34 European countries and serve over 3500 research and education establishments across Europe • Provide international connectivity to other world regions • Funded jointly by NRENs and European Commission • Project timescale September 2004 - August 2008

  12. GÉANT2 Project Partners

  13. GÉANT2’s Services aspirations • Versatility to better facilitate E2E services • Continue to provide quality IP transit services • Tune existing IP service platform • Optimise platform • Enhance resilience • Offer “lightpath” service • “Wavelength” services for big users for 10G • Sub-wavelength services for 2.5G or 1G • Endeavour to be prepared to implement 40G services

  14. GÉANT2’s Big users • CERN LHC • 11 Tier1 sites • 7 in Europe • 4 outside Europe (US, Canada and Taiwan) • EVN (European VLBI Network) • 15 sites • 5 already connected • MUPBED • DEISA

  15. NREN A NREN C NREN B OXC and/or L2 switch LHC - CERN DF DWDM 10G  NREN D 2.5G  GÉANT2 primary Nx10G backup primary backup

  16. 2 2 2 1 1 1 Generic GEANT2 PoPDWDM terminals, switch, router Prim IP peering Backup IP, LP To NREN To NREN

  17. GÉANT 2 status Connectivity and Equipment • Connectivity tender: • a mix of DF and leased capacity, with a strong preference for DF where possible. • Equipment tender: • a mix of DWDM and switching technology • Both processes to be concluded in the next weeks • IP equipment will be enhanced to meet the requirements

  18. CONCLUSIONS • GÉANT project successful ! • GÉANT2 has been designed to meet the demands of the emerging applications • It aims to support e2e services • Provide global connectivity to the European research community • Good luck for GÉANT2!!

  19. Questions?

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