Abilene: Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know, but Couldn’t Find on the Web Site

Brown Bag Session

Heather Bruning, Abilene Program Manager

13 August 2002

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Rule #1: Connectors ARE NOT Dr. Suess characters

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Internet2 Backbones

Two Internet2 backbone networks:1. vBNS/vBNS+ Network

– very high performance Backbone Network Service (vBNS) supported by NSF

– vBNS+ is a follow-on service of WorldCom

2. Abilene Network– High-performance network developed by the

University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)

– Operated under partnership of Qwest Communications, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems, and Indiana University

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Abilene Focus

Goals• Enabling innovative applications and advanced services

not possible over the commercial Internet• Backbone & regional infrastructure provides a vital

substrate for the continuing culture of Internet advancement in the university/corporate research sector

Advanced service efforts• Multicast• IPv6• QoS• Measurement• Security

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Abilene Affiliations

Connectors• Not all are ‘gigaPoPs’• Membership not required• 17 are members of The Quilt

Participants• Research universities• Corporate and government labs

Sponsored (two types)• Sponsored Participants – individual• Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGPs)

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Abilene – August 2002

IP-over-SONET (OC-48c) backbone

53 direct connections• 4 OC-48c connections• 1 Gigabit Ethernet trial - MREN• 23 connected via at least OC-12c (622 Mbps)

217 participants – universities & labs• All 50 states, District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico• 15 regional GigaPoPs support ~70% of participants

Expanded access• 52 sponsored participants• 24 state education networks (SEGPs)

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ATM Media Sunset

# of ATM connectors falling: soon 7 of 53

Sunset date of ATM connections and peerings: July 1, 2003

• $10k one-time connection fee discount for transitioning before 10/1/2002

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Abilene Cost Recovery Model

Connection (per connection) Annual fee

OC-3 (155 Mbps)* $110,000

OC-12 (622 Mbps) $270,000

Gigabit Ethernet (1 Gbps)** $325,000

OC-48 (2.5 Gbps) $430,000

OC-192/10 GigE (10 Gbps) $490,000

Participation (per university) $20,000

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Abilene Access

• Primary Participants – research universities and Affiliate/Corporate Member collaboration sites

• Sponsored Participants – individual locations

• SEGPs: Sponsored Education Group Participants

And now…..

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SEGP Fundamentals

• SEGP status targeted at both developed and emerging state-based education networks

• One or more Internet2 University Members in the same state act as sponsor(s)

• Connectors take overall fiscal and operational responsibility for the SEGP

• Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene required (e.g., how are SEGPs implementing advanced applications?)

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Approved SEGPs

• California • New Mexico• Florida • New York• Georgia • North Carolina• Hawaii • North Dakota• Illinois • Ohio• Indiana • Oklahoma• Iowa • Oregon• Louisiana • Pennsylvania• Maryland • Rhode Island• Michigan • Virginia• Minnesota • Washington• Missouri • Wisconsin

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SEGP Inquiries

• Alabama• Colorado• Kansas• Kentucky• Nevada• New Jersey• South Carolina• Tennessee• Texas• Utah

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Upgrade Schedule Overview

• Aug/Sep – Ten T640 backbone routers installed

• Sep/Oct - First wave turnup (6-8)

• Rest of 2002 - Connector/peer circuits migrated to T640 routers

• 2003 – Remaining 10-Gbps ’s activated

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Federal Labs Policy

• If no existing connection to national R&E network– Internet2 Affiliate Membership and Abilene

Participation as a collaboration site; or– Sponsored Participation with the support of

an Internet2 member university

• FL/BBs reviewed on case-by-case basis by Steve, Laurie, and Gary

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Projects Underway

• Overhaul of Abilene Web site

• Abilene contact update email campaign for iMIS database

• Entering Abilene financial data into iMIS for fall 2002 invoicing

• Soliciting annual and quarterly Sponsored Participation and SEGP reports from Connectors and Participants

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