National/Regional Networking: Quilt, I2, NLR, FRGP, WRN, Intermountain 1 Marla Meehl Manager NCAR/UCAR Network Engineering & Telecommunications Section, FRGP, UPoP, BiSON 1/7/13 & 1/9/13

2 Acronym soup University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR; –National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) –Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) –UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) –Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON) Questions and discussions throughout as needed – and as for acronym soup ingredients, please ask if I miss one or check decoder page at

3 reviews and updates Regional networking highlights –FRGP and UPoP –NWSC and BiSON –WRN National networking highlights –Internet2 –NLR/CBREC –The Quilt, Inc. –(very) miscellaneous / other

4 Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP) 12 years of operation by UCAR NETS 12 members

5 FRGP members Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University System National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA- Boulder) State of Colorado University Corporation for Atmospheric Research University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO) University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Colorado Springs University of Colorado Denver University of Denver University of Northern Colorado University of Wyoming

FRGP 4 Upgraded all routing hardware to Juniper MX480s Colocation updates –1850 Pearl –1200 Larimer –910 15th (moved colocation from 10 th to 6 th floor) peering –10G Google peering active at 910 –Comcast - abandoned –TR/CPS – largest single FRGP/UPoP usage –Akamai –Netflix (model being worked out in early deployments)

FRGP - DYNES 4 DYNES UCB - final configuration pending CSU awaiting hardware and config

BiSON 4 Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON) end of service replacement in 3-5 years May submit NSF MRI award to upgrade and expand building equipment fund for replacement by 2017 Major fiber move on BiSON-owned Mcleod fiber 10/13 Looking at move and replacement options

9 UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP) 5 years of operation by UCAR NETS 21 members

UPoP 4 Colorado College pending –via Eagle-Net arrangement USAFA also pending Greeley (options for UNC et al?) updates also pending

11 UPoP members ARTstor Auraria Higher Education Center Colorado Association of Research Libraries City of Boulder City and County of Denver Colorado Community College System Colorado Telehealth Network Community College of Denver Colorado Department of Higher Education Colorado Mountain College Denver Health and Hospital Authority EAGLE-Net

12 UPoP members Fort Lewis College Front Range Internet, Inc. (two school districts) Metropolitan State College of Denver Open Media Foundation St. Mary's Academy Science and Technology in Atmospheric Research (STAR) Institute United States Antarctic Program (USAP) University of Colorado Hospital University Information Systems (UIS)

UPoP 4 DIA left UPoP Frequent discussions with a variety of organizations –K-20 and Community Anchor Institution (CAI) growth (and Internet2 SEGP growth/use) expected to mostly come from EAGLE-Net EN NTIA project on hold indefinitely for review and revised environmental and historical permitting

NEON 4 Boulder HQ connection national build out /project FRGP/UPoP involvement pending fiber path

Yellowstone fully operational as of 11/ petaflops supercomputer -(1.5 quadrillion operations per second)

Have had issues with infinband cabling and firmware levels, but performing well now

NWSC 4 NCAR Wyoming Supercomputing Center – wstonehttp://www2.cisl.ucar.edu/resources/yello wstone wstone/hardwarehttp://www2.cisl.ucar.edu/resources/yello wstone/hardware

Internet2 - innovation platform 4 Internet2 is working closely with the regional networks and CIOs to explore various options for an updated connection fee model to support the new network infrastructure. –site visits with Internet2 Connectors and CIOs to present and discuss several model options under consideration.

Internet ommercial-peering-service.htmlhttp://noc.net.internet2.edu/i2network/c ommercial-peering-service.html

NLR/CBREC 4 CBREC meeting regularly Considering interconnecting east/west via NLR existing lambdas/transponders NLR router upgrade issue big news last week

Zayo 4 New channel formed – formation-research-and-education-channelhttp:// formation-research-and-education-channel Research and Education Roundtable in Boulder this summer Denver metro (and some beyond) fiber build out – network-presence-denver-metro-areahttp:// network-presence-denver-metro-area

CO Broadband Roundtable 4 Presentation to the Governors Cabinet –including his chief-of-staff executive order designating OIT as the coordinating agency for broadband activities signed CDOT planning comments filed –integrate telecommunications planning into the CDOT planning process

CO BB RT moving forward 4 Core Constituents (Meet Quarterly) –A representative of each LTPT –Broadband Implementers (e.g., CTN, EN) –Government partners (e.g., CDOT, PUC) –State elected officials (2-3 from each chamber) –regional interest groups (e.g., club 20)

CO BB RT - moving forward 4 Working Groups - meet as needed –at least monthly, per group –funding –policy –digital literacy –coordination and collaboration –local engagement private carrier collaboration

Internet2 K20/SEGP 4 Retreat/meeting at NCAR Aug k20-initiative-boulder-retreathttps://spark.ucar.edu/events/internet2- k20-initiative-boulder-retreat

Internet2 K20/SEGP 4 good interactions and links between content providers and K-20 groups looking for content UCAR education and outreach involvement as one of the SEGP reps for CO - please let Jeff know about any K-20 interest, content or user side questions or issues –will coordinate with EN (other two reps there) Jeff is also serving as liaison between this k20 group and Quilt –(e.g., SEGP connectivity survey coming up).

NOAA N-Wave 4 10G / MPLS backbone –100G upgrade path Internet2 and NLR DWDM for backbone circuits waves on various RENs for access

CTN 4 – meetings pending on future options –sustainability, services, locations –FRGP/UPoP connectivity

WRN 4 Regular WTC and WPC calls UNM ARI Completed –ARI CENIC (Seattle-LA 100Gbps) –ARI LEARN (San Antonio-El Paso) –ARI CENIC - (Denver-Chicago – 5 10Gbps lambdas via I2 infrastructure) –ARI New Mexico (ABQ-El Paso) LEARN has joined WRN –Connectivity pending

The Quilt, Inc. 4 national coalition of advanced regional networks for research and education, representing 31 networks across the country participants provide advanced network services and applications to over 200 universities and thousands of other educational institutions.

34 Quilt goals collaborate advocate innovate leverage transparency and trust for the common good member powered

The Quilt, Inc. 4 The Quilt has executed agreements with all six Authorized Quilt Providers from our Commodity Internet Service RFP –CenturyLink –Cogent –Internet2 –Level 3 –TW Telecom –TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC)

The Quilt, Inc. 4 Working groups and coordination on several strategic planning efforts including –BTOP –Telepresence –Above the net services –Advocacy –Cloud services –Digital/learning repositories –Federated identity StateNets group now integrated

The Quilt, Inc. 4 BYOD/T - all members struggling SDN as one response here OpenFlow switch RFP –pending final contract wrap up –let me know if questions/interest later in vendors

38 REN advocacy differentiators include –peering relationships (cost avoidance and high traffic volume - included) –redundant commodity feeds –people connections and resources RREN membership brings –RRENs are where you go if you need something maybe just a bit different - e.g., experimental or application support issues –ownership and control of regional resources which is a differentiator for some

39 Quilt Members and Services Above the Net The already impressive suite of value- added services for members offered by the regional networks continues to expand as community anchor institutions increasingly turn to their regional networks as trusted partners to provide solutions that address their specific strategic needs. Ties with I2 NET+ services

40 more quilt EDUCAUSE / Quilt partnership on Jon Windhausen –DC consulting/policy work notes from 100G panel –take away: just-in-time is the right model now for 100G –do it when/where needed; waiting pays off as prices are now dropping in the market

Discussion 18  Any follow up questions or feedback?  Other items ?