1. The Next Big Thing April 24, 2012 Internet2 Spring Member Meeting Paul Schopis, Chief Technology Officer OARnet

2. Ohio’s 100 Gig Timeline December 2011 OARnet promotes vision and benefits of innovation platform to state leadership Feb. 7, 2012 Governor’s office takes lead to secure funds Jan. 30, 2012 State awards $8.1 million to build 100 Gig network Meetings with state, university & national officials Oct.-Nov. 2011 October 2011 Gov. Kasich announces 100 Gig project during State of the State address 2

3. Ohio’s 100 Gbps Network 3

4. 100 Gigabit Innovation Center 4

5. Drivers for Ohio’s 100 Gig Medical Corridor Virtualization Labs Academic Economic Development 5

6. Details Optical Platform Cisco IEEE 802.3ba 100GBASE-LR4 Shipments to begin end of May. Switching/Routing Platform Juniper MX480 and MX960 Gear already arriving. Deployment Installation to begin in June. Will run 100G separately (peered) from current 10G production on Day 1 because of code maturity concerns. 6

7. Challenges Connecting resources with researchers on campus Maturity level of vendors’ implementation and communities’ support efforts Rigorous testing needed for envisioned implementation Connecting resources with researchers on campus Maturity level of vendors’ implementation and communities’ support efforts Rigorous testing needed for envisioned implementation 7

8. www.facebook.com/oarnet @oarnet www.oar.net 1224 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Phone: 614.292.9191 Service Desk: 1.800.627.6420 Questions? Paul Schopis Chief Technology Officer, OARnet pschopis@oar.net 8