CLARA Network Eriko Porto CLARA Network Engineering Group RNP – Rede Nacional de Pesquisa

Agenda CLARA Network Overview CLARA Organizational Structure Network Activation CLARA Roadmap

CLARA – Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas

CLARA Network Overview The CLARA organization – Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks – will be responsible for the implementation and management of a network infrastructure that will interconnect the national academic networks of several Latin American countries

ALICE Project América Latina Interconectada con Europa Started – June 2003 Coordinator – DANTE Partners – FCCN, RedIris, Renater, GARR and 17 LA-NRENs Total budget – 12.5 M Euros (20% LA, 80% EU)

Topology of the Network

CLARA connectivity at the backbone is comprised of SDH circuits provided by Global Crossing which is the main provider of the connectivity When a LA-NREN makes a connection to CLARA network, it will be made through one of the five main nodes deployed in the CLARA backbone This connection gives access to CLARA backbone for the LA-NREN and the LA- NREN’s clients, and is designated as an Access Point

Hardware of the Network Slot 0Redundant RP Slot 14-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card Slot 24-Port OC-3c/STM-1c POS Line Card Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5RP Each one of the five main nodes in CLARA network is a Cisco Router donated by Cisco

Hardware of the Network

CLARA router Global Crossing SDH ADM CLARA router Global Crossing SDH ADM working path protection path CLARA PoP

CLARA PoP LAN

Agenda CLARA Network Overview CLARA Organizational Structure Network Activation CLARA Roadmap

CLARA Groups The CLARA designation stands for the infrastructure which integrates the advanced network, and is also a profitless civil association headquartered in the city of Montevideo (UY) that represents the interests of all the organizations that are part of the project

CLARA Groups

Technical Committee Keep CLARA organization at the forefront of IP network advanced services Coordinating the NEG and the NOC groups Provide the best information and communications flow between the other groups regarding technical and political matters to the CLARA members Takes the key role in developing the technical sessions and the regular meetings of CLARA’s staff

NOC Based in Mexico City (MX) Headed by CUDI (Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet) Group responsible for the day-to-day administration, control, monitoring and operation of all physical and logical infrastructures that composes the backbone of CLARA network The work of CLARA NOC aims to assure high level of performance on the operation of the network and its interconnections

NEG Headquartered in Brazil, within the RNP (Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa) facilities The CLARA NEG is responsible for all the network engineering including definition of the IP addressing and routing plan, and definition of the policies to be adopted for the advanced IP services backbone

NEG In conjunction with CLARA NOC, CLARA NEG will establish the maintenance routine activities needed to the good functioning of the network, as well as problem report procedures, failure recovery procedures, and procedures to scale the problems taking them to NEG whenever they cannot be solved in CLARA NOC extent only

Agenda CLARA Network Overview CLARA Organizational Structure Network Activation CLARA Roadmap

First Steps 31 st of August TO GEANT

Current Status TO GEANT

Current Status NRENs Connected clara-clclara-ar clara-br clara-pa clara-mx REUNA RNP CUDI GEANT REACCIUN RETINA

Current Status Multicast Configured clara-clclara-ar clara-br clara-pa clara-mx REUNA RNP CUDI GEANT REACCIUN eMBGP RETINA eMBGP

Current Status MSDP active clara-clclara-ar clara-br clara-pa clara-mx REUNA RNP CUDI GEANT REACCIUN External MSDP peering Internal MSDP peering RETINA

Our Goal clara-clclara-ar clara-br clara-pa clara-mx REUNA RNP RETINA CUDI RedCyT GEANT REACCIUN Abilene RAU RAAP External MSDP peering Internal MSDP peering

Agenda CLARA Network Overview CLARA Organizational Structure Network Activation CLARA Roadmap

NRENs in Latin America With the exception of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela, the NREN’s are based on commercial Internet services at low speeds (frequently 256Kbps to 2 Mbps) Most NREN´s in Latin America are still getting organized, but all countries in the region are betting on developing their organizations and infrastructure in the coming months A clear common view exists on the importance of this type of infrastructure for the development of science, technology and education

Next Steps TO GEANT

Projects in Advanced Network High Energy Physics Argentina – FCEN-UBA and Fermilab (Chicago) Mexico – HEP (High Energy Physics) - UNAM

Projects in Advanced Network Astronomy - VLBI Brazil – ROEN (Rádio- Observatório Espacial do Nordeste) Mexico – INAOE (Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica, y Electrónica) Joint efforts with UMASS

Projects in Advanced Network Atmospheric Studies - LBA Brazil – INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas na Amazônia) Argentina – FCEN-UBA and CONICET Mexico - UNAM

Projects in Advanced Network Computer Science - LBA Mexico – High Performance Computing Center - UNAM Argentina – Supercomputing - FCEN-UBA Brazil – Grid Computing - UFRJ

Projects in Advanced Network Computer Science First huge test of the network – sc2004 Support for the Brazilian Physicists be able to participate on the challenge from the 6th to 12th of November/2004 Pittsburg – PA – EUA 500 Mbps provisioned to this experiment

Projects in Advanced Network Computer Science Connection UERJ (Rio) to USP (S. Paulo) via GIGA Connection S. Paulo to Madrid via CLARA Connection Madrid-EUA via GÉANT

Projects in Advanced Network Using videoconference systems and the high speed backbone to present virtual classes Advanced Network

Roadmap IPv6 Acquire a /32 block (xxxx:xxxx::/32) The address plan is already under conclusion Once ready forward the solicitation to LACNIC Upon received starts the deployment

Roadmap MPLS – deployment of a MPLS domain within CLARA backbone Deployment and activation of CLARA-NOC services – management, monitoring tools, trouble tickets, etc. Security considerations – deployment of a security framework for accessing the network advanced services Quality of Service (QoS) and Traffic Engineering

CLARA Network CLARA – Cooperación LatinoAmericana de Redes Avanzadas

Thank you! Eriko Porto