The SEEREN2 initiative is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP6 Research Infrastructures contract no. 026748
http://www.seeren.org
22SEEREN SEEREN2: Extending the network in the
SE Europe
Yannis Mitsos
SEEREN2 coordinator
Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET)
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SEEREN2 objectives
SEEREN2 aims at:
o creating the next generation of the southeast Europeansegment of GÉANT
o easing the “digital divide” that still separates most of thesoutheast European countries from the rest of the continent
o assisting the incubating NRENs to fully establish themselves inthe European Research Area (ERA) and be integrated in therelated European-wide organisations and initiatives (TERENA,CEENet, e-IRG, EUGridPMA, etc)
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Definition of “Digital Divide”
o First and foremost, the digital divideis an infrastructure divide. There arenot enough connections and accesspoints in the world for everyone toconnect their video, voice andcomputing devices;
o optical networking is emerging rapidly
o very demanding scientific applications(i.e. Grids) demand solid and highbandwidth infrastructure
o Research networks are a national asset
o Evidenced by numbers:o 4/5 of the world’s population
give or take a fewpercentage points, lackaccess to dependable,reliable and affordable publiccommunications networks
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DF for the research community
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Stanislav !íma, Lada
Altmannová „ Towards
advanced CEF Networks
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CESNET presentation - May
30th, 2006
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The SEEREN2 initiative
“… to consolidate the network and
services into the pan-European e-
Infrastructure and the NREN end-
users into the European Research
Area …”
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SEEREN2: A “small” step for the SEENRENs, a big leap for the region…
o The South Eastern European segment of themulti-gigabit pan-European Research andEducation network GÉANT
o Interconnects the Research and EducationNetworks of AL, BA, BG, MK, CS, HU, RO andGR among them and to GEANT2
o Launched on October 2005o Distributes the Network Management &
Operations to competent Academic Groups inthe Region (the Virtual Network OperationsCenter – VNOC concept developed byGRNET) – All NRENs of the region areresponsible for part of Network Management &Operations
more at http://www.seeren.org
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Means of easing the DD: UpgradingInfrastructure
o SEEREN2 aims at creating the next generation of the southeast Europeansegment of GÉANT, that intends to make leading-edge technologies andservices available to the entire R&E communities and all sectors withoutdiscrimination between users and sites in southeast Europe in an attempt tofurther ease the “digital divide” that still separates most of the southeastEuropean countries from the rest of the continent.
Support neighboringSupport neighboring
NRENsNRENs
Upgrading NationalUpgrading National
infrastructuresinfrastructures
Deploying DF connectionsDeploying DF connections
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Means of easing the DD: Assist theNRENs
o SEEREN2 continue assisting theincubating and existing NRENs insoutheast Europe to fully establishthemselves and to integrate withrelated European-wide organisationsand initiatives (TERENA, CEENet,etc) and eventually become fullmembers of the GÉANT communityby the end of the project.
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Services and tools structure
o A plethora of state of the art tools are incorporated
o More to be implemented during the rest project’s lifetime
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Elaborating fundamental services
o Trouble Ticketing Systemo Network active/passing monitoring
o NetIISo perfSONARo Open source tools
o Network DBo Hidden inside NetIIS
o IPv6 connectivityo Monitoring/management tools
integrationo Through a one-stop
o SLA management
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NetIIS (1/2)
o Full-featured network monitoring system
o Web-based
o Customized to the user needs
o Database backend for network information (additionally tomonitoring information)
o Automatic notifications of events
o Passive and active monitoring
o SLA reports/management
o Logical grouping (through tagging) of the objects in thedatabase
o …and much, much more!
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Elaborating advanced services
o LOBSTERo MoU, help from developers
o Deep packet inspection
o Anonymized!
o CERTo Group created
o Links with CSIRT groupsestablished
o Further activities planned
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Promotional Package
o Platform for PR, communication and dissemination ofinformation about SEEREN2 – Branding
o Initial version includes: Fact Sheet, Brochure,
Template for Newsletter and Presentation
o 4 Newsletters, News Announcements
and Press-Releases done
o Next: Poster, Video & updated
new vers. brochure & fact sheet
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Training
o Transfer technical knowledge to network engineers from project partners’ and usersof the network infrastructure
o Theoretical lectures, tutorials, hands-on demonstration labs
o 1st training event on network services: Heraklion, Greece, 25-27 September 2006(Summer School)o QoS (sponsored by Juniper Networks)o NetIISo perfSONARo +20 participants from SEE, Black-Sea and Central Asia countries
o 2nd training event: Winter School on user-level services, Kopaonik, Serbia, March2007:o Voice over IP technologieso AAI - Identity Management, federations
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Liaison Activities
o Liaison with GÉANT2 and other pan-European and international e-infrastructureprojectso SEEREN2 early adoption of GÉANT2 perfSONAR framework – Summer Schoolo 6DISS – people from SEE attended TTT workshop in Brussels, Oct 2006o ELISA - uses the SEEREN2 infrastructure to deliver seminars to ICT tutors for
SMEs in SEE
o The project seeks for additional funds by contact with funding bodies and industrialsponsorso BiH: Austrian Development Agency, Norwegian Embassy, Telecommunications
Regulatory Agency, UNDP, Swiss Embassy in BiH
o Technical Advisory Board to provide advice on technical matters and providesupport - started in October 2006o UCL, NORDUnet, InaTelecom, Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, Meriton
Networks, Alcatel, Lucent, HP
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Key lessonso Any worldwide effort can benefit by studying “best-practices” as well as “bad-
practices” followed in more advanced, eInfrastructure-established regions andcountries
o There is no unique “success reference model”: alternative technical roadmapsmust be made available to fit to the needs and available infrastructures ofeach region
o There is also no “silver bullet” to guarantee long-term growth of the deployedeInfrastructures; sustainability can only be achieved by persistentlyundertaking several complementary and well-coordinated actions
o Establishing a “web of trust” that brings human capital together must be a keypriority since the sociological element in the deployment of eInfrastructures isas challenging –if not more so- as the technological one
How this was achievedo Defined a regional and national VISIONo Work with a REGIONAL & a LOCAL champion to drive things per
region/countryo Executed the plan with professional partnerso Try to achieve a success story and become a CREDIBLE national &
international partnero Reassess our priorities and take special actions to keep EVERYONE at the
same speed
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The secret of success: The Human factor
The SEEREN2 Infrastructure provides asignificant increase in the networkcapacity available for communication andexperimentation among end users of theresearch and education community insoutheast European countries and of therest of the world with an objective tostrengthen the human network in the areaof eInfrastructures in SE Europe
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SEELight: The lambda facility for SEE R&E
South-East European Lambda Network Facility for R&E
o Proposal for the deployment of an advanced regional networkinfrastructure (lambda network facility) for R&E, under theHellenic Plan for the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans(HiPERB).
o SEELight is the response to the need of SEE for high-qualityresearch and education. The project will
o help create a viable economy-of-scale model for the regionto reduce networking costs per country,
o support the evolving needs of SEE R&E communities in thefields of domestic and international data communications,
o provide the foundation for network-based informationexchange and co-operation towards a SEE RegionalInformation Society
o serve as a testbed for development of new services, andallow the SEE R&E community to participate in internationalnetworking activities
o assist the SEE countries to achieve their developmentgoals, support the growth of their National Research &Education Networks (NRENs), accelerate research, fuelnational and regional economic growth, and aid theirintegration with the rest of Europe.
Ioannina
Mytilini
Chios
Samos
Syros
Komotini
Athens
Rhodos
Agrinio
Preveza
Florina Thessaloniki
Patra
Iraklio
Larissa
Drama
Beroia
Lamia
Livadia
Bucharest
Skopje
Tirana
Belgrade
Banja Luka
Xanthi
Plovdiv
Sofia
Ruse
Veliko
Tarnovo
Bitola
Serres
Gjirokastra
Vranje
Nis
Kragujevac
Pirot
Novi -Sad
Subotica
Craiova
Timisoara
Turnu Severin
Resita
Chania
Kardzali
Edessa
Prilep
Tetovo
Elbasan
Ohrid
Korce
Arad
Cluj -Napoca
Targo -Mures
Brasov
Ploiesti
Oradea
Szeged
Slatina Pitesti
Zvornik
Bjeljina
Sabac
Sarajevo
Budapest
Podgorica
Shkodra
Vlora
Tuzla
Zenica
Brcko
Mostar
Blagoevgrad
Stara Zagora
Varna
Burgas
Gabrovo
PlevenShumen
Svishtov
Pravetz
Pancevo
Uzice
Valjevo
Kraljevo
Cacak
Novi Pazar
Bor
SomborZrenjanin
Leskovac
Valjevo
Krusevac
Iasi
Galati
Zagreb
Osijek
Split
Debrecen