1 TFN OHECC 2006 Columbus, Ohio Pankaj Shah OARnet Networking Division of OSC

2  OSC provides a reliable high performance computing (HPC) and high performance communications infrastructure for a diverse, statewide/regional community including education, academic research, industry, and state government  OSC promotes and stimulates computational research in order to act as a key enabler for the state’s aspirations in advanced technology, information systems, and advanced industries, and,  OSC acts as a catalytic partner of Ohio universities and industries to enable Ohio to compete for international, federal, and state funding, focusing on new research and business opportunities in:  Physical Sciences  Bioinformatics/Biomedical  Advanced Manufacturing  Agriculture/Environment  Data-centric Applications  Materials  Modeling, Testing and Instrumentation OSC Strategic Directions

3 NETWORKING COMPUTING RESEARCH  Third Frontier Network  Internet2  ITEC-Ohio  Client Support  Videoconferencing  Academic Services  MegaConferences  TSIS Satellite Project  Hardware  Software Licensing  Access Grid  BALE  Cluster Ohio  Platform Lab  Summer K-12 Programs  Support  Training  Blue Collar Computing  Simulation and Modeling  Network Measurement  Biological and Medical Sciences  Grid Computing  Data Intensive Computing  Network File Systems

4  What is it?  A dedicated high-speed fiber-optic network with more than 1,600 miles of fiber  Network owned and operated by OARnet/OSC and funded by the Ohio Board of Regents  A partnership with the K-12 schools and public broadcasting (Ohio Department of Education and eTech)  Why was it created?  To link Ohio colleges and universities with each other, as well as the partners in their research, education, and community service programs Third Frontier Network (TFN)

5 Third Frontier Network -TFN PoP -Regen Site -TFN Link - Leased - Proposed - eTech ITCs (Broadband) -eTech Affiliates (Broadband) -Higher Ed (Broadband) - Higher Ed (not Broadband)

6 TFN Management  New TFN PoPs  Springfield (Completed-October 2005)  Findlay (Under Construction)  Monitoring software implemented/upgraded  Statscout  Nagios  OARnet leased backbone disconnected

7 TFN Processes ITIL Four modules of immediate interest  Service desk  Change management  Asset management  Configuration management

8 Last Mile Possibilities  SBC fiber-based circuits  $3M commit reached  Time Warner Cable fiber-based circuits  State of Ohio Master Service Agreements  Federal appropriations and earmarks (Universities and hospitals )

9 Last Mile Summary  33 Schools Completed  First 17 funded by state funds  2 funded by NSF High Performance Network Connection grant  1 funded by federal funds obtained by Ohio Board of Regents  10 self-funded connections  12 Schools Planned  8 funded by federal funds obtained by Ohio Board of Regents  6 Self- funded connections  42 Schools Self-Funded  9 have DS3 and above  Others have T1s  2 Federal Research Facilities Planned

10 Last Mile Broadband Upgrades Completed  Bluffton University  Bowling Green State University  Case Western Reserve University  Cedarville University  Central State University  Cincinnati State Technical and Community College  Cleveland State University  Denison University  Kent State University  Kenyon College  Marietta College

11 Last Mile Broadband Upgrades Completed  Medical University of Ohio at Toledo  Miami University  Mount Union College  Mount Vernon Nazarene University  NEOUCOM (Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine)  Ohio State University, The  Ohio University  Ohio Wesleyan University  Otterbein College  Shawnee State University  Sinclair Community College  Terra Community College

12 Last Mile Broadband Upgrades Completed  University of Akron, The  University of Cincinnati  University of Dayton  University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College  University of Toledo, The  Wilberforce University  Wittenberg University  Wright State University  Xavier University  Youngstown State University

13 Last Mile Broadband Upgrades Planned  Capital University  College of Wooster, The  Edison Community College  Hebrew Union College  Lake Erie College  Malone College  NASA Glenn Research Center  Oberlin College  Owens Community College  Stark State College of Technology  University of Findlay, The  Walsh University  Washington State Community College  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

14 How does the TFN affect broadband availability in Ohio?  Building demand  Students, faculty and staff learn about what they can do with faster broadband services  Underwriting infrastructure development  Public sector networks help underwrite the cost of improving central offices and other parts of the local telecommunications infrastructure  Consolidating public networks  K-12 has joined  Broader state agency use of the TFN planned through OH*1 but currently on hold  Broadband 101 training  Wooster, Piketon, Archbold TFN Impact on Ohio Broadband

15  CERF – Cincinnati – Education Pilot  CORN/DubLink – Research Pilot  Two pair of fiber  K12, OSU, Battelle  eTech  2.5 gig backbone lit. Official ceremony on February 27, 2006  Community Rings – Economic development Pilot  Tuscarawas, Hocking counties  One Cleveland – ongoing negotiations TFN Partnerships

16 Events  CORN event (Central Ohio Research Network, City of Dublin) August 31, 2005  Keystone conference October 4 & 5, 2005  TFN event at Shawnee State October 13, 2005  Megaconference December 2005  Windows on the Future/ODCE March 2006  Megaconference Jr May 2006  USDA Conference April 18, 2006  K-12 Lighting Ceremony February 27, 2006  Broadband 101 Training May 4, 2006

17 Higher Education Regional Optical Networks Plus Internet2 Plus NLR

18 National Affiliations  Affiliations  Other State Networks/RONS  Internet2/NLR  CIC  Quilt  StateNets

19 Outreach  IHETS September 2005  MERIT September 2005 Agree to work with Video projects Work toward Disaster Recovery RON-to-RON peering April 2006  Internet2 Meeting September 17-22, 2005  “Broadband 101” at Wooster – ODOD and Whiteboard, Inc. October 28, 2005  StateNets August 09-12, 2005  RONS (Regional Optical Networks)  SC 2005 November 11-19, 2005

20 Other National Initiatives/Issues  CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) November 09, 2005  Net Neutrality  HealthCare-NIH

21 TFN Award Categories  Collaborations  Production-oriented, programmatic institutional collaborations  Community,State, Government  Experimental and Applications Research  Research or apps that require bandwidth, latency, services;  Any research that traverses the TFN  Not yet production-oriented

22 TFN Award Categories  Leadership  Novel work done on campus with TFN; CIO- nominated  Network Engineer of the Year  Application Developer of the Year  Campus Network of the Year

23 TFN Award Categories  Lightspeed Award  “Grand Prize”  Combines community, leadership, and application categories for  Special Award for LAN or WAN speed over TFN  Testing TFN to its maximum capacity