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Networking updates CHECO April 2009

This update covers recent developments in the networking field, including the Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP), UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP), the Summit initiative, and Western Region Networking (WRN).

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Networking updates CHECO April 2009

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  1. Networking updatesCHECO April 2009 Jeff Custard

  2. Acronym soup • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) • National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) • Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) • Questions and discussions throughout please -- and as for acronym soup ingredients, please ask if I miss one or check the decoder page at tinyurl.com/nw-decoder

  3. Review and update topic list • Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) • Utah and FRGP: Summit • Western Region Networking (WRN) • Colorado Telehealth Network (CTN) • Colorado K-12 networking: EAGLE-Net (EN) • Stimulus related items

  4. Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • 10 years of operation • Utah leaving (more on that in Summit discussion) • USAFA joining? (discussions pending) • SuperDREAM project essentially completed: • increased redundancy • multiple location connection options • two commodity carriers (one at each location) • Increased peering traffic • ESnet connection to 10G • RMIX and Comcast ongoing • SECOM peering coming • NASA peering coming • Intra-member traffic and Akamai caching

  5. Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • Increasing commodity traffic • Quilt – Level3 and Qwest (multiple 10Gbps via the Quilt CIS program so seeing $/Mb price decreases) • Increasing TransitRail (TR) traffic • TR and CPS discussion… • Any E-fort questions or follow up (10G State to E-Fort and 1G from FRGP to State)? • Any demand from users or researchers (or any app?) for IPv6? • SCONE and BiSON fiber project connectivity (GENI proposal--10G bison updates?) • NCAR Wyoming Supercomputer Center (NWSC)

  6. Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) • Other FRGP questions or related discussion items? • Anyone attend the Colorado Broadband Summit held on 01-Apr-2009? Any feedback on emphasis or direction for State of Colorado? • Quilt tracking nationally in this area (examples available) • Discussion (here if time or later?)…

  7. FRGP members (16) • •Colorado School of Mines • Colorado State University system • Fort Lewis College • Ithaka • National Center for Atmospheric Research • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • State of Colorado • UNAVCO • University of Colorado at Boulder • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs • University of Colorado Denver • University of Denver • University of Northern Colorado • University of Utah • University of Wyoming • United States Antarctic Program

  8. UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) • 2 years of operation • Just brought up 1G QMOE • Thanks to DU for their QMOE circuit sharing (past for CDHE and CARL (and present for ADR)) • Thanks to UCD (and others) for continued support • Increasing cost sharing as UPoP grows • Variety of options for education, government, and non-profit institutions (e.g., backup/failover connections; diverse circuits or direct fiber connections) • Intra-member access (e.g., direct ADR access) • National R&E peering traffic (TR/CPS)

  9. UPoP Members (15) • Auraria Higher Education Center • Boulder Valley School District • Colorado Association of Research Libraries • Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services (EN) • City of Boulder • City and County of Denver (DIA pending) • Colorado Department of Higher Education • Colorado Mountain College • Deproduction • Denver Health and Hospital Authority • EDUCAUSE • Metropolitan State College of Denver • St. Mary's Academy • Science and Technology in Atmospheric Research (STAR) Institute

  10. UPoP Members (ESS) • Educational Support Services • ◦ San Luis • ◦ Montrose-AHEC • ◦ Greeley-AHEC • ◦ Western-AHEC • ◦ Craig Memorial-AHEC • ◦ SW Health Hospital • ◦ Pueblo CC

  11. UPoP diagram

  12. Related UPoP items • Sponsored Education Group Participant (SEGP; Internet2)—July 2009 • EDUCAUSE Denver meeting Oct-2009 • Others?

  13. Summit • The Mountain West Advanced Networking Cooperative • Goal: establish a lightweight, nimble collaborative overlay above the Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) and the Utah Education Network (UEN) for managing regional connectivity (including peering) and potentially other related regional IT projects

  14. Summit • Initial members: FRGP and UEN • Open to other aggregating members over time • Governance: • Summit Policy Oversight Committee (SPOC) • Summit Technical Operations Committee (STOC)

  15. 10Gbps I2 WDM SLC I2 WDM Denver I2 WDM KC I2 Router KC I2 Router SLC • Future topology (late spring 2009) • 10Gbps primary IP connection to Internet2 Network (IP) in SLC • 10Gbps backup IP connection from Denver to Kansas City • 10Gbps dedicated wavelength between Denver and SLC for Summit use • Internet2 DCN connection (2.5Gbps) for Northrop Grumman in Denver (not shown) UEN Switch SLC FRGP Switch Denver UEN Router SLC FRGP Router Denver

  16. Western Region Networking (WRN) • A parallel discussion going on regarding possibility of a larger Western affinity group • An opportunity to improve network service for “the West”: • Arizona • California • Colorado • Idaho • New Mexico • Utah • Washington • Wyoming

  17. WRN • Intra-region peering • NLR and Internet2 services • Back each other up (provide diverse layer 2 and 3 if on-net failures) • Efficient and cost-effective commodity and Transit Rail (TR) and Commercial Peering Service (CPS) connections

  18. Colorado Telehealth Network (CTN) • The FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP) • Colorado received two awards: • Colorado Health Care Connections (CHCC; from Colorado Hospital Association (CHA)) • Rocky Mountain Healthcare Network (RMHN; from Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC))

  19. CTN • Governance: • IT Advisory Council • Architecture Task Force • Membership and AUP Task Force • Medical Advisory Council • Business Advisory Council

  20. EAGLE-Net (EN) • Enhanced Education Gateway Learning Environment Network • Development of: • Student Systems – electronic content / curriculum access for students and teachers • Teacher Development – professional development and IT systems • Information Systems Coordination – networking, applications and data management • Also K-12 support for videoconferencing, distance learning, and consortium based cost-sharing on a statewide level. • E-rate options • White paper draft posted at www.checoweb.org (or current from reference link)

  21. Stimulus • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) • National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) • Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Services (RUS) • Lots of examples and update sites in reference section—others tracking?

  22. References FRGP: www.frgp.net UPoP: upop.ucar.edu CTN: www.cotelehealth.com EN: www.co-eaglenet.net The Quilt, Inc: www.thequilt.net UCAR: www.ucar.edu NCAR: www.ncar.ucar.edu

  23. References NLR: www.nlr.net Internet2: www.internet2.edu SEGP: k20.internet2.edu/about/segp and www.internet2.edu/k20 CRDC: www.ruralcolorado.org NWSC: www.cisl.ucar.edu/nwsc

  24. CTN References CBHC: cbhc.org CHA: www.cha.com USAC RHCPP: www.usac.org/rhc-pilot-program Internet2 HNI: www.internet2.edu/health/hni/

  25. Stimulus related references broadbandcensus.com www.internet2.edu/government/stimulus www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/EconomicStimulus/34622 www.grants.gov www.dowlohnes.com/News/Detail.aspx?newsid=150 www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=641

  26. Stimulus related references www.colorado.gov/recovery www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants www.recovery.gov online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-STIMULUS0903.html www.cra.org/ccc/docs/init/Unleashing.pdf

  27. Contact information me: jcustard (at) ucar.edu or tinyurl.com/jcustard FRGP: frgp-eng (at) ucar.edu UPoP: upop-eng (at) ucar.edu

  28. Discussion / wrap-up Questions?

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