Abilene SEGP Update

Tennessee Statewide Network Planning Meeting

Heather Bruning, Abilene Program Manager

May 13, 2003

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Abilene Focus

Goals• Enabling innovative applications and advanced services

not possible over the commercial Internet• Backbone & regional infrastructure provides a vital

substrate for the continuing culture of Internet advancement in the university/corporate research sector

Advanced service efforts• Multicast• IPv6• QoS• Measurement• Security

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Partnership approach

The Abilene Network is a UCAID project done in partnership with

• Cisco Systems (routers, switches, and access)• Juniper Networks (routers)• Nortel Networks (SONET kit)• Qwest Communications (SONET & DWDM circuits, co-location)• Indiana University (network operations center)

• Internet2 Test & Evaluation Centers (ITECs)– North Carolina and Ohio

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Abilene – May 2003

IP-over-DWDM (OC-192c) and IP-over-SONET backbone (OC-48c)

48 direct connections (OC-3c 10-Gbps)• 2 10-Gbps (10 Gig Eth) connections

– OC-192 SONET also supported

• 7 OC-48c & 1 Gig Eth connections• 24 connections at OC-12c or higher

222 participants – research univs. & labs• All 50 states, District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico

Expanded access• 76 sponsored participants and 27 state education networks

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Next Generation Abilene status

10 of 11 next generation router nodes in place • Deploying two racks in each location: Juniper T640 router

& four measurement servers• OC-48c SONET interconnects to Cisco 12008 routers• Atlanta awaiting co-location site selection• Very pleased to date with new router performance and

interoperability with 1st generation backbone

Transcontinental 10-Gbps ’s in place• Six ’s connected to network

– DC-NYC-Chicago-Indy-KC-Sunnyvale CA-Los Angeles

ITEC network performance validation test • 8 Gbps of 2-way traffic (50% v4/v6 and 100% v6)

transmitted transcontinentally without loss or reordering

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Abilene Access

Primary Participants – research universities, corporations, etc.

Affiliate & Corporate members

Sponsored Participants – individual locations

And now…..

SEGPs: Sponsored Education Group Participants

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Sponsored Education Group Participant (SEGP) Fundamentals

SEGP status targeted at both developed and emerging state-based education networksOne or more Internet2 University Members in the same state act as sponsor(s)Connectors take overall fiscal and operational responsibility for the SEGPPeriodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene required (e.g., how are SEGPs implementing advanced applications?)

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Approved SEGPs

• Alabama • New Mexico• California • New York• Florida • North Carolina• Georgia • North Dakota• Hawaii • Ohio• Illinois • Oklahoma• Indiana • Oregon• Iowa • Pennsylvania• Louisiana • Rhode Island• Maryland • Texas• Michigan • Virginia• Minnesota• Missouri

• Washington• Wisconsin• Utah

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Sponsored Education Group Participants as of May 13, 2003

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SEGP Inquiries

• Alaska• Colorado• Connecticut• Delaware• Kansas• Kentucky• Massachusetts• Nevada• New Hampshire• New Jersey• South Carolina• Tennessee

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SEGP Connectivity SurveyFall 2002

Survey Goals• Provide a high level view of the connectivity and enabled technologies within the SEGPs

• Also, totals for the entire SEGP program (as of August 2002)

• Provide contact information for pursuing additional information

• The goal is NOT to provide a detailed site survey as this is too resource intensive and hard to maintain

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SEGP Connectivity SurveySummary of Results (Fall 2002)

62% of the state education networks can access the Internet2 backbone network at >155 Mbps

As of late 2002, there are 25 state k12/k20 networks participating connecting about 9800 K20 institutions –

• 7173 k12 schools (73% of total)

• 1482 public libraries (15% of total)

• 551 community colleges (6% of total)

• 526 four-year colleges and universities (5% of total)

• 102 museums, zoos, aquariums, and science centers (1% of total)

For more information: http://k20.internet2.edu/segp/stateconnect/segpsurvey.shtml

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SEGP Process

• Sponsor(s) complete SEGP Application• SEGP Connector completes Abilene Connection Agreement Addendum

• Connector submits SEGP routing information to UCAID at abilene@internet2.edu

• UCAID reviews and approves routes and submits them to the Abilene NOC

• Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP traffic on the network

• Appoint Internet2 K20 Initiative Representatives

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SEGP Connector Requirements

A Connector supporting the Sponsored Education Group Participant(s) must:

• Maintain a 7x24 Network Operations Center (NOC)• Register its routing information and that of the Participant(s)

in the Internet2 Routing Registry (I2db) or equivalent• Provide UCAID a quarterly report on the relative utilization

of the Abilene connection by the SEGP• Assure compliance with the Abilene CoU by the

Participant(s)• Inform the Participant(s) that Abilene does not provide

transit to the commodity Internet

These steps will be implemented through an amended Abilene Connection agreement

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SEGP Related Costs

Annual participation fee • $30,000 + $2,000 x (size of State’s U.S. House delegation)

• Delegation size provides a readily auditable population metric

This annual fee• will be charged on a per-connecting organization, per-state basis

• will be paid directly by the Abilene Connector on behalf of the Sponsored Participant

• is not eligible for E-rate discount

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Contact Information

On the Web• k20.internet2.edu/• abilene.internet2.edu/

Email• Heather Bruning: heather.bruning@internet2.edu

• Abilene (general inquiries): abilene@internet2.edu

Phone• Heather Bruning: (734) 352-4955

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