SURFnet’s connections to StarLightSURFnet’s connections to StarLightSURFnet’s connections to StarLightSURFnet’s connections to StarLight
Erik-Jan Bos
Manager Network Services SURFnet
STAR TAPSM INET 2001 Annual Meeting
Stockholm, Sweden - June 5th, 2001
OverviewOverviewOverviewOverview
• GigaPort project status report
Overview
SURFnet5
External Connectivity
• SURFnet’s connections to STAR TAP and StarLight
SURFnet4 topologySURFnet4 topologySURFnet4 topologySURFnet4 topology
Specifications of SURFnet5Specifications of SURFnet5Specifications of SURFnet5Specifications of SURFnet5
• 100 times as fast as SURFnet4
• IP over optical transmission infrastructure
• 80 Gbit/s backbone - 20 Gbit/s access
• Introduction of new IP features, e.g.– Authentication and Classes of Service
– IPsec, multicast and IPv6
– MPLS, VPN and Traffic Engineering (FRR)
• In partnership with industry
Hempoint SARA
Concentrator (15x)FRR
POS framingat 10 Gbit/s
Telfort’s DWDMnetwork: alwaystwo differentroutes
SURFnet5: Pre-production networkSURFnet5: Pre-production networkSURFnet5: Pre-production networkSURFnet5: Pre-production network
POS framingat 10 Gbit/s
SURFnet5 topologySURFnet5 topologySURFnet5 topologySURFnet5 topology
Amsterdam SARAAmsterdam SARAAmsterdam SARAAmsterdam SARA
Amsterdam HempointAmsterdam HempointAmsterdam HempointAmsterdam Hempoint
ExternExternalal connectivit connectivity - Current situationy - Current situationExternExternalal connectivit connectivity - Current situationy - Current situation
• Amsterdam Internet Exchange: 2 Gbit/s
• TEN-155: 622 Mbit/s via resilient gigabit ethernet
• Global Internet: 1 Gbit/s
• Abilene: 155 Mbit/s, STAR TAP: 155 Mbit/s
• Partners: Teleglobe en Level3
• Services: IPv4 unicast and multicast, IPv6
ExternExternalal connectivit connectivity - New contracts (1) y - New contracts (1) ExternExternalal connectivit connectivity - New contracts (1) y - New contracts (1)
Tender for Global Internet connectivity:
• 2x 1 Gbit/s resilient connection
• 2x VPN-like service to Chicago, IL, USA
• Trans-Atlantic lambda for research
(2.5G initially, 10G upgrade in 2002 likely)
ExternExternalal connectivit connectivity - New contracts (2) y - New contracts (2) ExternExternalal connectivit connectivity - New contracts (2) y - New contracts (2)
Tender almost done, status:
• Global Crossing, contracted: 1x gigabit/s global Internet and VPN-like service
• Teleglobe, preferred supplier: 1x gigabit/s global Internet, VPN-like service, and trans-Atlantic lambda for research
• Planning: Up-and-running on July 1st, 2001 except lambda (not later than September 2001)
Topology being builtTopology being builtTopology being builtTopology being built
Building outBuilding outBuilding outBuilding out
• Set-up of StarLight counterpart in Amsterdam, by Cees de Laat of UvA, working on G-MPLS, OBGP
• Securing projects and lambdas to the project infra to work, inside The Netherlands:
– CAVE at SARA, NIKHEF, DAS, Astronomy (JIVE/ASTRON), Biophysics, Weather forecasting (KNMI), Video
• European lambda connections to Amsterdam welcome, various NRNs currently working on this
Questions?Questions?
http://www.surfnet.nl/
http://www.gigaport.nl/
Erik-Jan Bos <[email protected]>
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