Sandbox Network Series

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Sandbox Network Series
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Network Series Agendas

• January 26 Campus Backbone Briefing
• February 23 Network Security Issues
• March 23 Tools

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Campus Backbone Briefing

• Backbone network overview
• External networks overview
• CalREN
• Abilene
• National Lambda Rail
• Pacific Wave
• Backbone network projects.

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Network Security Issues

• Backbone security configuration
• Network incident handling
• Security expectations

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Tools

• Status reporting tools
• Diagnostic tools
• Performance testing tools
• Network instrumentation
• Connectivity
• Performance

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Q A Future Topics
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Campus Backbone Briefing
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Campus Backbone Briefing

• Backbone network overview
• External networks overview
• CalREN
• Abilene
• National Lambda Rail
• Pacific Wave
• Backbone network futures

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Campus Backbone Network

• Gigabit Ethernet (and ATM)
• IPv4 unicast and multicast routing
• Interconnection between departmental, Internet,
  Internet2, and external research networks

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Distribution / Core
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Core / Border
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CalREN

• Regional GigaPOP serving the California
  educational community
• One backbone, three networks
• CalREN-DC
• CalREN-HPR
• CalREN-XD
• Operated by CENIC

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CENIC

• The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives
  in California
• Associates
• California Community Colleges
• California Institute of Technology
• California State University System
• Stanford University
• University of California
• University of Southern California

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CalREN Network Model
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CalREN Backbone
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CalREN Backbone Schematic
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CalREN-DC Network

• IP based network
• OC-48 backbone
• 140 higher education institutions
• 8,000 elementary, secondary and high schools
• Internet2 connectivity and commodity Internet
  services

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CalREN-DC Network Map
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CalREN-HPR Network

• IP based network
• 10Gb Ethernet backbone
• Research institutions and national laboratories
• California component of Internet2 with 10GE and
  OC-12 connections to Abilene

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CalREN-HPR Network Map
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CalREN-XD Network

• 10Gb wavelengths available (OC-192c or 10GE
  LANPHY)
• Dark fiber coordination
• Point-Point, Multi-Point 1G Ethernet possible
• Targeted at network researchers

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Commodity Internet Access

• Provided via CalREN-DC network
• Current providers Qwest, Cogent, and Level3
• Drains in Los Angeles, Tustin, Sunnyvale,
  Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento
• FY 2002/03 price 200/Mbps
• FY 2003/04 price 126/Mbps
• FY 2004/05 price 95/Mbps -gt 81/Mbps

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Public Peering

• ISP-to-ISP interconnection, usually
  settlement-free
• Bypass ISP drains and per-megabyte charges
• Direct path, low latency

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Public Peering

• Provided via CalREN-DC network
• Peering points in Los Angeles, San Diego, Palo
  Alto, San Francisco
• About 50 peers (ISPs and content providers),
  including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Adelphia,
  Earthlink

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Research Connectivity

• Provided via CalREN-HPR network
• Abilene
• ESNet
• National Lambda Rail
• Pacific NW GigaPOP
• Pacific Wave
• AARNet (via Pacific Wave)
• KREONet (via Pacific Wave)

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Abilene

• High-performance Internet2 backbone network
• Connects regional network aggregation points to
  provide advanced network services to over 220
  Internet2 university, corporate, and affiliate
  member institutions
• Partnership of Internet2, Qwest Communications,
  Nortel Networks, Juniper Networks, and Indiana
  University

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Abilene

• Announced on April 14, 1998
• Initial operation in February 1999
• Full deployment at 2.5 gigabits per second at the
  end of 1999
• Upgraded to 10 gigabits per second in 2003
• Includes native IPv6 capabilities
• Named after a railhead established in Abilene,
  Kansas during the 1860s

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Abilene Backbone Map
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National Lambda Rail

• Initiative of U.S. research universities and
  private sector technology companies
• Create a national networking physical
  infrastructure
• Promote multidisciplinary/cross organizational
  collaborations
• Support and facilitate experimental networking
  research projects at all layers
• Provide new advanced production networking
  capabilities

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National Lambda Rail Map
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Pacific Wave

• Project of CENIC and PNWGP
• Designed to enhance efficiency of IP traffic
• Pass IP traffic directly with other major
  national and international networks
• Reduce costs associated with IP traffic that
  would otherwise transit commercial carrier
  circuits

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Pacific Wave Map
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Q A
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Campus Backbone Futures
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Current Projects

• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Supervisor upgrades
• Core/Border Sup2 -gt Sup720BXL
• Distribution Sup2 -gt Sup720B
• IPv6
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• ATM backbone retirement

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Discussion

• What are your high-priority needs?
• Where do current backbone capabilities fall
  short?
• What is on the horizon?

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Links

• http//www.noc.ucla.edu
• http//www.cenic.org
• http//www.internet2.edu
• http//abilene.internet2.edu
• http//www.nlr.net
• http//www.pacificwave.net