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StarLight

StarLight. Operational since summer 2001, StarLight is a 1GigE and 10GigE switch/router facility for high-performance access to participating networks StarLight is equipped for optical and electronic switching of wavelengths and lightpaths 40 racks; no cross connect fees

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StarLight

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  1. StarLight Operational since summer 2001, StarLight is a 1GigE and 10GigE switch/router facility for high-performance access to participating networks StarLight is equipped for optical and electronic switching of wavelengths and lightpaths 40 racks; no cross connect fees www.startap.net/starlight/NETWORKS/ Located in Abbott Hall, Northwestern University’s Chicago Campus Maxine Brown, Tom DeFanti, Joe Mambretti

  2. StarLight is • StarLight is a Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet exchange for R&E Production Networks (Force 10) • And a GigE lambda exchange for US, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America for Experimental Networks • And 1&10Gb MEMS-switched Research Network hub • And the Chicago host to the NSF DTFnet, a 4x10Gb Network for the TeraGrid and DTF/ETF links to Abilene; NLR, USAWaves, others coming. • A colo space: 40 racks for networking and computing, data management and visualization support equipment • Using fiber and circuits from SBC, Qwest, AT&T, Global Crossing, T-Systems, Looking Glass, RCN, and I-WIRE

  3. StarLight US and International Networks as of October 2003 • Abilene 20Gb • ESnet (DOE) • DREN (DOD) • NREN (NASA) • AMPATH (South America) • CA*net4 (Canada) • SURFnet (Netherlands) • CERN/DataTAG • TransPAC/APAN (Asia) • NaukaNET (Russia) • ASnet (Taiwan) • HARnet (Hong Kong) • GEMnet (Japan) • Others via STAR TAP OC-12 and Abilene transit

  4. What is TransLight? • TransLight is a global-scale networking initiative to support prototypes of the most aggressive e-science applications. • TransLight consists of dozens of schedulable provisioned Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) circuits among North America, Europe and Asia via StarLight in Chicago, NetherLight in Amsterdam. • Some 10Gb circuits are also available and schedulable. • TransLight is the infrastructure part of GLIF, the Global Lambda Integrated Facility

  5. TransLight Goals • TransLight enables grid researchers to • experiment with deterministic provisioning of dedicated circuits, • compare results with standard and experimental aggregated Internet traffic. • TransLight tests include: • moving large amounts of data, • supporting real-time collaboration and visualization, • enabling globally distributed lambda grid computing.

  6. TransLight Lambdas European lambdas to US –8 GigEs Amsterdam—Chicago –8 GigEs London—Chicago Canadian lambdas to US –8 GigEsChicago-Canada-NYC –8 GigEs Chicago-Canada-Seattle US lambdas to Europe –4 GigEs Chicago—Amsterdam –3 GigEs Chicago—CERN European lambdas –8 GigEs Amsterdam—CERN –2 GigEs Prague—Amsterdam –2 GigEs Stockholm—Amsterdam –8 GigEs London—Amsterdam TransPAC lambda (yellow) –1 GigE Chicago—Tokyo IEEAF lambdas (blue) –8 GigEs NYC—Amsterdam –8 GigEs Seattle—Tokyo

  7. Calient DiamondWave Switches at StarLight and NetherLight • 3D MEMS structure • Bulk MEMS – High Density Chips • Electrostatic actuation • 1% the cost of routing • $700/port at any speed

  8. Announcing… September 2005 University of California, San Diego California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology [Cal-(IT)2] United States i Grid 2oo5 THE GLOBAL LAMBDA INTEGRATED FACILITY

  9. Bring Us Your Lambdas! • Please bring Linda your lambdas • Build a hub like StarLight • Propose an application or network experiment • See www.startap.net/starlight and www.startap.net/translight

  10. Thank You! • StarLight planning, research, collaborations, and outreach efforts are made possible, in major part, by funding from: • National Science Foundation (NSF) awards ANI-9980480, ANI-9730202, EIA-9802090, EIA-9871058, ANI-0225642, and EIA-0115809 • NSF Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI) cooperative agreement ACI-9619019 to NCSA • State of Illinois I-WIRE Program, and major UIC cost sharing • Northwestern University for providing space, engineering and management • NSF/CISE/ANIR and DoE/Argonne National Laboratory for StarLight and I-WIRE network engineering and design • NSF/CISE/ACIR and NCSA/SDSC for DTF/TeraGrid/ETF opportunities • UCAID/Abilene for Internet2; IU for the GlobalNOC • CA*net4 for North American transport • Bill St. Arnaud of CANARIE, Kees Neggers of SURFnet, Olivier Martin of CERN and Harvey Newman of CalTech for networking leadership • Larry Smarr of Cal-(IT)2 for I-WIRE and OptIPuter leadership

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