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SuperJANET5 Enabling Education and Research

SuperJANET5 Enabling Education and Research. Roland Trice r.trice@ukerna.ac.uk. Introduction to JANET. The Education Internet in the UK HE, FE, Schools (via LEA networks) Research Institutes, and others Over 1000 institutions Complete Internet connectivity SuperJANET4

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SuperJANET5 Enabling Education and Research

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  1. SuperJANET5 Enabling Education and Research Roland Trice r.trice@ukerna.ac.uk

  2. Introduction to JANET • The Education Internet in the UK • HE, FE, Schools (via LEA networks) Research Institutes, and others • Over 1000 institutions • Complete Internet connectivity • SuperJANET4 • 10 Gbit/s SDH backbone • Delivers service to 20 regional networks • Regional networks connect individual institutions HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  3. The Requirement: Key issues • Network reliability and resilience • RNs connected by single link remained a concern • Demand for bandwidth • Power users • Pent up demand from FE • Enlarging the user base • The usual growth • Protect the interests of diverse communities • Flexible provisioning • Enhance network monitoring services HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  4. SJ5 must deliver • RELIABILITY • SCALABILITY • SEPARABILITY • FLEXIBILITY • VISIBILITY END-TO-END Achievable with a flexible transmission platform built on optical fibre HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  5. Infrastructure procurement • Negotiated Procedure • We know what we want • Flexible transmission system • Fibre and WDM equipment • Dedicated to SuperJANET • We didn’t know how we wanted it provided • Lease dark fibre & light it ourselves • Managed service from a Telco • We didn’t know if the market would deliver HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  6. Infrastructure procurement • Pre-qualification Q4 2004 • Six suppliers short-listed • Negotiate form of ITT with all six Q1/2 of 2005 • Launch ITT June 2005 • Only to short-listed suppliers • Contract awarded to Verizon (MCI) end of 2005 HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  7. Router procurement • Met with MCI in mid 2003 • Avici, Axiowave, Caspian, Chiaro, Hyperchip, Procket • Informal talks with suppliers in Q3/4 2003 • RFI document issued in early 2004 • Evaluate features of carrier class routers • Hands-on testing of • Chiaro Enstara, Cisco CRS-1, Juniper T-640, Procket PRO 8000 HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  8. Router procurement • Open procurement launched in Sept 2005 • Awarded to Lucent Technology January 2006 • Juniper T-640 routers • Carrier Class • >1000 in service world wide • 40 Gbit/s demonstrated by Juniper and Verizon • Available as a product now • Very good deal, Driving down the cost of ownership HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  9. Router marketplace • To date • Axiowave, Chiaro & Hyperchip have ceased trading • Procket bought up by Cisco • A week before RFI test • Caspian has moved out of the carrier space HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  10. Core Infrastructure • Six C-PoPs • Like SJ4 without Cosham and Edinburgh • Fibre network dedicated to SuperJANET5 • Single pair of fibres • Protection at the IP layer • Dedicated WDM transmission equipment • Operated by Verizon initially • UKERNA may manage circuit provision later in the project HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  11. Core Infrastructure • Ciena Corestream DWDM equipment • 80 wavelenghts per fibre • 10Gbit/s now, 40 Gbit/s in 2008 • Pilot on SJ5 core in 2007 • Core circuits grouped into ten bands of eight • Bands add/dropped at C-PoPs or at OADM sites HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  12. Core Network Design • Core Network consists of three basic components: • Core Terminal sites – Six blue locations • Flexible OADM sites (Optical Add Drop) – Eight white locations • Optical Amplification sites –Eleven locations, not shown HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  13. Core Traffic Provision • 10Gbit/s circuits are provisioned using two transponders only • No Regeneration needed  • Each circuit would have to be regenerated separately • Expensive • Optical amplification still needed every 80 KM or so • Telehouse & Telecity part of the core • Peerings to UK and Global Internet HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  14. Connecting Regional Networks • Two IP production circuits delivered to each RN • Delivery to diverse locations in the RN • One 10 Gbit/s research circuit • Connected to UKLight SDH mux • Two connection methods • Collector Arc • Point-point fibre through RNEPs linking C-PoPs • Single point-to-point fibre • Fibre from RNEP into the core HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  15. Glasgow C-PoP Verizon Edinburgh NORMAN University of Newcastle Verizon Newcastle Verizon Middlesbrough University of Northumbria Point to point fibre Leeds C-PoP HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  16. Production 2.5 Gbit/s circuit presented on muxponder cards at Newcastle Circuit is aggregated onto a 10 Gbit/s wavelength using an aggregation card The 10 Gbit/s wavelength is added into to the core network at the Verizon node in Newcastle and transported to the Glasgow C-PoP over the Corestream equipment. It is dropped out of the Glasgow Corestram into another 4200 at the Glasgow C-PoP The 2.5 Gbit/s circuit is de-muxed by a muxponder card and presented to the core router 10 Gbit/s research circuit Point to point fibre Verizon Glasgow Verizon Newcastle Newcastle University Regional Network Carried over collector arc Core network HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  17. Point to point fibre Glasgow C-PoP Verizon Newcastle Newcastle University Regional Network Carried over collector arc Core network Leeds C-PoP Verizon Middlesbrough Northumbria University Core network HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  18. Collector Arc Network North West Verizon Preston NNW Preston YHMAN YHMAN Leeds NNW Manchester YHMAN Leeds Met Warrington C-PoP Leeds C-PoP HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  19. Leeds Uni 10 Gbit/s Production and Research on 10 Gbit/s transponders to Leeds C-PoP Leeds Met 10 Gbit/s Production on 10 Gbit/s transponders passing through Manchester to drop off at Warrington. Note pink amplifier cards at Leeds Uni and Manchester and the re-use of the green wavelength towards Warrington from Leeds Met. Manchester 10 Gbit/s Production and Research circuits on 10 Gbit/s transponders to drop off at Warrington. Collector Arc Warrington C-PoP Manchester Leeds Met Leeds Uni Leeds C-PoP HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  20. NIRAN & HEAnet NTL Kennedy Way Queens1 Newry Queens 2 NTL Shore road Core Stream Subsea Span 203 KM (41 dB) Verizon Glasgow HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  21. NIRAN & HEAnet Verizon Dublin Clonshaugh Core Stream Subsea Span 235 KM (49 dB) HEAnet Lytham Manchester Warrington HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  22. HEAnet • Replacement of existing connection to JANET • GE circuit presented at ESAT-X • HEAnet provisioned dark fibre between ESAT-X and the HEAnet PoP at Erne Street • Delivery due by 24th November • UKERNA/HEAnet acceptance testing HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  23. Potential research collaboration • CERN Large Hadron Collider Project • HEP access to the UK Tier 1 centre • Network research • Future service development • Automated path provisioning • Control plane experiments HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  24. Migration • 1st Regional Networks migrated on 31st November • Aggressive timetable • Tuesdays and Thursday mornings • Due to complete before Christmas 2006 • SuperJANET4 to continue until March 2007 • Contingency • Migrate research projects HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  25. Meeting the requirement: Reliability • Reduce single points of failure • Diverse fibre routing in the core • Dual connection of Regional Networks • Carrier class optical and routing equipment • SDH technology • In the core and out to the regional networks • Rapid failure detection and recovery • Detect latent problems HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  26. Meeting the requirement: Scalability • Ability to expand capacity • Where it’s needed • When it’s needed • 40 Gbit/s trial in early 2007 • Predictable cost • Marginal cost for transmission channels • Significant discount for router equipment • Not clawed back in maintenance charges HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  27. Meeting the requirement: Separability • Hard multiplexing of bandwidth channels • Production services firewalled from research infrastructures HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  28. Meeting the requirement: Flexibility • Deliver bandwidth quickly • In weeks rather than months • With a variety of interfaces and bandwidths • 10 and 2.5 Gbit/s SDH • 10 and 1 GE (LAN-PHY and WAN-PHY) • Temporary arrangements may become practical HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  29. Meeting the requirement: Visibility • Ability to monitor network in more detail • Operational monitoring • Research projects • Optical taps • Monitor all router interfaces at Reading and London • Issues of confidentiality have been addressed HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

  30. Questions?

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