Connect. Communicate. Collaborate GÉANT2 and towards GÉANT3 Otto Kreiter, DANTE 7 th RoEduNet Conference Cluj-Napoca, 28-30 August 2008

Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

GÉANT2 and towards GÉANT3

Otto Kreiter, DANTE7th RoEduNet Conference Cluj-Napoca, 28-30 August 2008


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Outline

• Who is DANTE (and what do they do)?• What is GÉANT2?• Services (for the “masses” and the “big boys”)• Towards GÉANT3• Summary


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DANTE Today

• Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe• A UK-based not-for-profit limited liability company• Created and owned by a number of European NRENs• DANTE plan, build and manage pan-European R&E

networks on behalf of the NRENS in Europe • Started in 1993• Based in Cambridge, UK• Currently 43 staff (14 nationalities)• Turnover ~ €50M per annum


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What is GÉANT2?

A European R&E Networking Model: • 7th generation of pan-European research network infrastructure –

continuation of a success story• Project partners include 30 of Europe’s national research and

education networks (NRENs), DANTE (coordinator) and TERENA• Connects 34 European countries and serves over 3500 research and

education establishments across Europe • Over 30 million users• Provides extensive international connectivity to other world regions• Funded jointly by NRENs and the European Commission• Project timescale September 2004 - August 2008

GÉANT2 Project Partners


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GÉANT2Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

A few Facts & Figures…

• 29 POPs• serving 30 NRENs• ~12000 km of fibre• >120 (own) 10G lambdas• 22 (leased) 10G lambdas• + some lower speed links • NREN accesses at up to 10Gbps

(+ backup) + P2P• 4 x 10G to North America• POP in NY• connections to other R&E

networks…Abilene (Internet2), ESnet, CA*net4, SINET, TENET, EUMEDCONNECT, RedCLARA, TEIN2, India


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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateTransport Equipment

Alcatel 1626 LM (Light Manager)

Alcatel 1678 MCC (Metro Core Connect)


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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateRouting Equipment

Juniper T16006x

Juniper T6409x

Juniper M1203x


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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateIP network


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GÉANT2 Services - I

GÉANT IP– IP Peering– IPv6– Multicast (v4/v6)– Premium IP– Layer 2 VPN

GÉANT Lambda Service

– STM-64 and 10GE lambdas– Same price regardless of source or destination (on the dark fibre

foot-print)


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GÉANT2 Services - II

• GÉANT PLUS – p2p Circuit Service– cost-effective support for high-capacity [“lightpath”] services– up to 10G (for now)– emphasis placed on support for Ethernet framing– translational P2P service support

• e.g. native gigE to GFP VC-4-7v over SDH– develop rapid provisioning → BoD (JRA3/AutoBAHN)


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GÉANT2(not just a network!)

NETWORKING ACTIVITIES (NAs)

(Human networks)

Management

Dissemination and outreach

User support (NRENs)

SERVICE ACTIVITIES (SAs)

(focus on services, not infrastructure)

Network Service Provisioning

Network Operation and Support

JOINT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (JRAs)

Focus on academic, technological research

But also an INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE - I3


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Access to GÉANT2

• The GÉANT2 backbone is not the whole story…

• Remember that the GÉANT2 extended community is comprised of the GÉANT2 backbone PLUS 30 NRENs

• Often an NREN may be behind an autonomous regional R&E network (from the user’s point of view)

Key point is that services are provided in a federated multi-domain, multi-technology environment!


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Big Users(probably slightly out of date…)

Source: Cees de Laat, UvA


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The LHC Experiments

LHC : 27 km long100m underground

ATLAS

General Purpose,pp, heavy ions

General Purpose,pp, heavy ions

CMS+TOTEM

Heavy ions, pp

ALICE

pp, B-Physics,CP Violation

Jamie ShiersJamie Shiers


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Something from a James Bond movie? Connect. Communicate. Collaborate

By courtesy of Barcelona Supercomputing Center - www.bsc.es


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The DEISA Network Q3 2007• All the 10 G Ethernet links connect to All the 10 G Ethernet links connect to

a 10 GE switch in DFN Frankfurt.a 10 GE switch in DFN Frankfurt.


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GÉANT2 Lambda map


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40G & 100G in GÉANT2

• 10 Gb/s IP trunk links are starting to fill, need 40 Gbps option

• A-L already has phase shaped binary transmission (PSBT) modulation for 400-600 km lengths. Good dispersion tolerance with narrow spectral width allowing use of existing 50 GHz grid

• But GÉANT2 has long PoP-PoP links (~800km, up to ~2000km)

• Differential phase shift keying (DPSK) suitable for spans up to 1000km but requires 100 GHz channel spacing

• Trial of 40 Gb/s with DPSK modulation planned (likely for Geneva – Frankfurt) just as soon as we can get our hands on it!

• 100G experiments (JRA4, optical researchers, “DIY”)


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.. towards GÉANT3

• GÉANT2 finishes 30th June 2009 – extended from 31st August 2008

• GÉANT3 will start June/July 2009 and lasts four years

• GÉANT3 proposal submission 11th September 2008– evaluation – refining – negotiation with the EC


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GÉANT3 Vision & Mission

GÉANT3 creates an innovative multi-domain hybrid networking infrastructure enabling R&E end-users through their organizations with flexible and scalable production quality services via constituent NRENs.


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GÉANT3 guiding principles

• Coordinated end-user services– Eduroam, eduGAIN

• Hybrid optical backbone planning & operations

• Multi-domain management– Common network information exporting schemas and

Information flow– Control and management planes across domains


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GÉANT3 guiding principles

• R&E catalyst– creating a Pan-European human network for innovation and early

service adoption

• Advancing towards the network of the future– Combining networking for research with research for networking

• e-Society catalyst– help bridging digital divides– boost dark fibre provisions throughout Europe– contribute to the creation of liberalized connectivity markets within

its realm– encourage vast adoption of advanced e-Services to Schools and

Universities


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GÉANT3(not just a network!)

NETWORKING ACTIVITIES (NAs)

Management

Dissemination and outreach

User and development support (NRENs)

Internal and International cooperation

Liaison with standard bodies

SERVICE ACTIVITIES (SAs)

(focus on services, not infrastructure)

Multi-domain Network Service Provisioning

Multi-domain Network Operation and Support

End-user services (VC, eduGAIN/Eduroam)

JOINT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (JRAs)

Focus on academic, technological research

Virtualisation, Core network technologies, Advanced network control, Security, monitoring

But also an INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE - I3


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Summary

• GÉANT2 is a hybrid network connecting 30 NRENs

• Circuit services highly successful but cumbersome to manage end to end

• Building on the success of the research activities in GÉANT2, new services are planned for GÉANT3

• Focus on end to end management of services accros the GÉANT3 service area


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Thank you for listening

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Connect. Communicate. Collaborate GÉANT2 and towards GÉANT3 Otto Kreiter, DANTE 7 th RoEduNet Conference Cluj-Napoca, 28-30 August 2008