1. George Brett, Janet Brown, Basil Irwin NLANR Team Members Update on the National Laboratory for Applied Network Research Internet2 Fall Meeting Atlanta, GA October 31, 2000

2. Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 2 NLANR The National Laboratory for Applied Network Research is a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation for: –Measurement and Operations Analysis Team network performance characterization; lead by SDSC/UCSD –National Center for Network Engineering end-to-end engineering support; lead by PSC/CMU –Distributed Applications Support Team user applications support/optimization; lead by NCSA/UIUC

3. October 31, 2000Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 3 NLANR-MOAT Improving our understanding of service models, service metrics, and tool requirements Searching for macro-level insights into high performance internetworking http://moat.nlanr.net/

4. October 31, 2000Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 4 NLANR-NCNE Assist in the establishment and use of high-performance network connections (vBNS and Abilene) Help optimize overall end-to-end performance Provide information, training, and tools to manage high performance networks http://ncne.nlanr.net/

5. October 31, 2000Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 5 NLANR-DAST Goal is to promote the use of high performance networks (vBNS and Abilene) by –support users and applications developers –develop an Applications Clearinghouse –develop training materials and documentation –disseminate techniques to the applications development population http://dast.nlanr.net

6. October 31, 2000Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 6 NLANR-DAST Focus Areas Support users and applications developers –general usage and availability issues –advanced applications development support Training and documentation –Distributed Applications Workshops training materials/video available on-line –extensive on-line information targeted to application developers Apps Support Help Desk –basic users and advanced developers –problem tracking and response coordination

7. October 31, 2000Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 7 Now the Update… NLANR funding has been approved for continuation of one more year.This means that some projects of the teams that were on hold can be resumed such as: NCNE: NLANR On-site Training and Tutorials NCNE: Traffic Analysis and Automated Diagnosis DAST Iperf and “Getting Started Guide” MOAT: Passive Monitoring and Analysis & Active Measurement Program The Clearinghouse Advanced Applications Database The I2/NLANR Techs Workshop –Jan. 28-31 Unv Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

8. October 31, 2000Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 8 Assorted URLs NCNE On-site: –http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/training/on-site/http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/training/on-site/ NCNE Traffic Analysis and Automated Diagnosis: –http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/TCP/TAAD/http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/TCP/TAAD/ DAST Iperf: – http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/ http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/ DAST “Getting Started Guide”: –http://dast.nlanr.net/Guides/GettingStarted/http://dast.nlanr.net/Guides/GettingStarted/ MOAT: Passive Monitoring and Analysis & Active Measurement Program: –http://moat.nlanr.net/infrastructure.htmlhttp://moat.nlanr.net/infrastructure.html APAN/TransPAC/NLANR/Internet2 Techs Workshop: –http://www.ncne.nlanr.net/news/workshop/2001/010128/mtgno tice.htmlhttp://www.ncne.nlanr.net/news/workshop/2001/010128/mtgno tice.html

9. October 31, 2000Internet2 Fall Mtg 00 -- ghb@dast.nlanr.net 9 George H. Brett II NCSA NLANR / DAST ghb@dast.nlanr.net http://www.ncsa.edu/~ghb v. 703-248-0120 f. 703-248-0100 http://www.nlanr.net/ http://dast.nlanr.net/ http://ncne.nlanr.net/ http://moat.nlanr.net/