1. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc National LambdaRail, Inc PARTNERING TO PROVIDE ADVANCED NETWORKING FOR CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

2. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 2 National LambdaRail Vision National LambdaRail (NLR) is a nationwide network infrastructure that provides multiple networks – shared, private, research, production, experimental – with comprehensive sets of services that are physically and operationally independent from one another on the same optical-fiber footprint. Support experimental and production networks Foster networking research Promote next-generation applications Facilitate interconnectivity among high-performance research and education networks NLR puts the control, power and the promise of an advanced network infrastructure into the hands of the scientists, researchers and educators of this nation.

3. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 3 Network Infrastructure Framework Network Infrastructure Plumbing Persons for Education and Research (The NIPPERS) NLR is part of the NIPPER TEAM

4. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 4 University of California San Diego

5. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 5 June 2004 California— Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC)

6. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 6 NLR is owned and governed by its investor members, who own and operate 21 Regional Optical Networks (RONs). NLR is a dedicated nationwide advanced network infrastructure that interconnects the RONs © 2006 National LambdaRail, Inc. National LambdaRail Infrastructure

7. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 7 MAX – MATP Combined Regional Infrastructure McLean LVL3 UVA VTVT E-Light ODU W&M JeffLab VCU Ring completes via Pittsburgh Ring completes via Durham V Roanoke V Arlington V Richmond V Norfolk V Lynchburg V Charlottesville V Ashburn GMU MAX DC metro WDM GWU GU UMD V MATP OSR NLR CLPK Baltimore Abilene ESnet NREN NISN DREN NASA BoSSnet JHU NGIX ATDnet MAX T640 Network Virginia MAX Members & Projects MATP Members & Resources V MATP VORTEX DWDM Node OC-48 POS 10 GE KEY: Combined Participants (partial) Primary Members (MAX and MATP) GMUGU GWUJeffLabs/SURA ODUNASA UMDUVA VCUVT W&M Selected Connectors Library of CongressNASA GSFC Nat. Archives & Records Ad.NSF Nat. Inst. Of HealthATDnet Nat. Library of MedicineUSGS NOAAUSDA Naval Research LabUS Census Howard Hughes Med. Inst.JHU Smithsonian InstitutionISI East UCAIDWorld Bank Univ. System of Maryland (11 campuses) NetworkVirginia (651 campuses) DRAGON

8. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 8 © 2006 National LambdaRail, Inc. RONs Continue to Expand…

9. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 9 International Network Infrastructure: Part of the Global Lambda Integrated Facility www.glif.is Sept 2005 – Visualization courtesy of Bob Patterson, NCSA. GLIF is a consortium of institutions, organizations, consortia and country National Research & Education Networks who have additional networking capacity they voluntarily share with researchers to develop the Global LambdaGrid for the advancement of scientific collaboration and discovery

11. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 11 Several National Projects have Dedicated 10G waves TeraGrid is an Example NLR is the primary long-haul provider of TeraGrid connectivity, connecting Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center (Pittsburgh to Chicago), the Texas Advanced Computing Center (Austin to Chicago), and the National Center for Atmospheric Research and San Diego Supercomputer Center (Chicago to Denver to San Diego).

12. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc 12 TeraGrid Use of NLR Backbone WaveNet 2 Lambdas - STAR to DENV, DENV to LOSA FrameNet Dedicated 1GE LOSA to STAR –Burstable over 1 GE Site Connections PSC, Cornell, ORNL, TACC Backup Layer3 Backbone failure, most sites failover to PacketNet New Services Testing dynamic VLAN service, interested in optical switching.

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