Internet2 Technology Update

Eric BoydDeputy Technology Officer

Internet2

TIP 2008January 21, 2008

Honolulu, HI

About Internet2

• Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies.

• By bringing research and academia together with technology leaders from industry, government and the international community, Internet2 promotes collaboration and innovation that has a fundamental impact on the future of the Internet.

• http://www.internet2.edu/about/

Internet2 Overview

• Internet2 is the foremost U.S. advanced networking consortium. Led by the research and education community since 1996, Internet2 promotes the missions of its members by providing both leading-edge network capabilities and unique partnership opportunities that together facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies.

• By bringing research and academia together with technology leaders from industry, government and the international community, Internet2 promotes collaboration and innovation that has a fundamental impact on the future of the Internet.

Interdomain Dynamic Circuits at SC 07

DCN Demos at SC 07

perfSONAR Monitoring of DCN Demos at SC 07

perfSONAR Monitoring at SC 07

Phoebus Depot

Phoebus initiated Control Plane Connection

#7 GEANT2: Phoebus (DCN) Demo IP Connection

Phoebus file transfer capability over 1 GigE between the US and HEAnet and the US and PIONIER, where intermediate Phoebus adaptation points leverage DCN capabilities to improve performance over long-haul, low-loss backbone networks.

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Internet2 booth

perfSONAR visualization of DCN Infrastructure

http://packrat.internet2.edu/~zurawski/TIP2008

DCN GOLEs: Exchange Points for Dynamic Circuits

Network CI Components

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Applications

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Measurement Nodes

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Internet2 Network CI Software

• Dynamic Circuit Control Infrastructure• DRAGON (with ISI, MAX)• Oscars (with ESnet)

• Middleware (Federated trust Infrastructure)• Shibboleth• Signet• Grouper• Comanage

• Performance Monitoring Infrastructure• perfSONAR (with ESnet, GEANT2 JRA1, RNP, many others)• BWCTL, NDT, OWAMP, Thrulay

• Distributed System Infrastructure• Topology Service (with University of Delaware)• Distributed Lookup Service (with University of Delaware, PSNC)

Challenges

• How do we “facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies?”

• How do we “promote collaboration and innovation that has a fundamental impact on the future of the Internet?”

Technology Vision

• Meeting those challenges requires two general courses of action:• Advance the technology• Expand the reach of the technology

• There are many directions possible for both technical challenges

• Question for the community: how much emphasis on each direction for each challenge?

Advancing the TechnologySupport & Training

FeatureEnhancements

DeploymentGrowth

Common Services

AdvancedTechnology

Standards Development

Software Enhancements

• DCN Software Suite• v0.2 Released

• perfSONAR-PS• Beta released

• Ongoing improvements in BWCTL, CoManage, Grouper, NDT, OWAMP, Phoebus, Shibboleth, Signet, etc.

Standards Development

• Dynamic Circuit Control Protocol (IDC)• DICE-Control, GLIF

• Measurement Schema / Protocol• OGF NMWG• IETF IPPM• perfSONAR Consortium

• Middleware Arena• Liberty Alliance• OASIS• Possible emerging corporate consortium

• Topology Schema / Protocol• OGF NML-WG• perfSONAR Consortium• DICE-Control

Common Services

• Measurement MOUs and Databases• International• Regional

• Dynamic Circuit Exchange Points• International• Regional

• Common Components• AAA• Discovery• Topology

Deployment Growth

• DCN• Internet2 DCN Network• Growing the number of connectors• Growing the number of users• Growing the number of applications

• LamdaStation, Phoebus, Terapaths• Growing the number of DCNs

• perfSONAR• Internet2 Observatory• Growing the number of deployments (LHC)• Growing the number of applications

Support & Training

• Support• Documentation• Ease of Installation• Self-Supporting Communities• Absent: Team of Network Gurus

• Training• Dynamic Circuit Network Workshops• Network Performance Workshops

Expanding the AudienceDemos

Internet2 Network

Campus, Regional,

and Partner Networks

Virtual Organizations

AdvancedTechnology

Demos

• Show what’s possible• Expand the feature set• Build partnerships• Recent DCN / perfSONAR Demos:

• FMM: Internet2 DCN with static circuits; Internet2 Observatory

• SC: Provision dynamic circuits across multiple heterogeneous DCNs; multiple perfSONAR deployments

• JT: GOLE: DCN Exchange Point; multiple perfSONAR deployments

• Future: Multiple GOLEs; perfSONAR integrated into LHC application community

Internet2 Network

• Be an exemplar• Internet2 Dynamic Circuit Network

• Supports provisioning of dynamic circuits across the backbone

• Working on NOC support• Internet2 Observatory

• Regular monitoring of the backbone• Make data available to researchers

• Be a participant in E2E path• Contribute to the movement of large amounts of

data• Contribute to debugging of E2E problems

Campus, Regional, and Partner Networks

• Expand the reach of the technology• Cover more sections of the E2E path• Encompass the diversity of local

requirements• Be an exemplar for the “regular Internet”

Virtual Organizations

• Target specific VOs• LHC (Atlas and CMS)• Future work with eVLBI, LIGO, etc.

• Implicitly target a complex, finite set• Networks• Users

Challenges

• How do we “facilitate the development, deployment and use of revolutionary Internet technologies?”

• How do we “promote collaboration and innovation that has a fundamental impact on the future of the Internet?”

Internet2’s CI Vision

• Internet2’s CI vision:• Be a networking cyber-service provider • Be a trust cyber-service provider• Be a CI technology developer.

Internet2’s CI Position

• Internet2’s position:• Backbone network provider• Federated trust infrastructure provider• Forum for collaboration by members of the

R&E community• Gives Internet2 a unique vision and

strategy for Cyberinfrastructure.

Internet2’s CI Constituencies

• Collaborators• University Members• Regional Networks• Regional CI Organizations• High Performance Computing Centers • Federal Partners• International Partners• CI Integrators

Early Thoughts: Internet2’s CI Strategy (1)

• Requirements• Informed by our membership • Agenda set by our governance mechanisms

• Offer, and in some cases develop, services and technology that are key components of a coherent CI software suite.• CI-enhanced Networks: IP Network, Dynamic Circuit

Network• Services: InCommon, USHER• New Technologies: DCN software, perfSONAR, Shibboleth • Systems Integration: Assemble open source communication

tools into a common veneer. • Emphasize a systems approach towards CI.

Early Thoughts: Internet2’s CI Strategy (2)

• Take a “toolkit” approach• Make sure it still looks like a wall jack to end user

• Push for best practices for campuses• What to do• How to do it• Community learns as a whole / avoid reinventing the wheel

• Contribute to the support structure for use of CI• Open source CI software• Centers of Excellence• Training

Early Thoughts: Internet2’s CI Strategy (3)

• Play the role of community CI coordinator, convening community conversations.• Partner with other community coordinators (e.g.

Teragrid, EDUCAUSE). • Play a convening function in order to facilitate the

development, use, and dissemination of CI• Take a lead in international outreach efforts• Facilitate conversations among various federal

agencies (e.g. DOE, NSF, NIH), each of which is developing its own CI