1. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc N ational L ambda R ail Update 9/28/2004 Debbie Montano Director, Development & Operations debbiem@nlr.net debbiem@nlr.net

2. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Topics NLR Phase 1 Complete! Projects Using NLR Lambdas Lambdas for SC2004 Phase 2 Plans Layer 2 & 3 Networks Q & A

3. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Phase 1 Implementation Complete! Optical Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) system Supports Forty 10 Gbps Lambdas (dedicated light paths) 4 to 10 Lambdas installed & ready Over 100 Sites Coast to Coast NLR Owned Fiber

4. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Denver Seattle LA San Diego Chicago &Starlight Pitts Wash DC Raleigh Jacksonville Atlanta KC Portland Clev Boise Ogden /Salt Lake NLR Layer 1 NLR Route NLR Optical Infrastructure - Phase 1 Completed Aug 24, 2004 Sunnyvale

5. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Layer 1 Services 10 GigE LAN PHY lambda or OC192 lambda Point-to-point dedicated 10 Gig bandwidth, unprotected “Production” (non-breakable) service Work with NLR member in your area to obtain a lambda Pricing is based on “incremental cost” in order to provide low cost lambdas for research & education. NLR Layer 1 NOC at CENIC & Layer 1 Service Desk at Indiana University –noc@nlr.netnoc@nlr.net –http://noc.nlr.nethttp://noc.nlr.net NLR Experiments Support Center (ESC) at MCNC –esc@nlr.netesc@nlr.net

6. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Projects Using NLR Lambdas Extensible Terascale Facility (Teragrid) Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) Texas Advanced Computing Center Oak Ridge National Lab To Chicago/ETF hub

7. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc ETF - Chicago PSC - Pittsburgh Texas Advanced Computing Center - Austin NLR User / Node 10 Gbps Lambda NLR Lambdas Supporting ETF 10 Gbps ORNL - Atlanta (Oak Ridge, TN) 30 Gbps 10 Gbps

8. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Projects Using NLR Lambdas Optiputer Univ of Illinois Chicago Univ of Cal San Diego Univ of Washington Northwestern San Diego State Univ Etc.

9. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Univ of Illinois Chicago Univ of Wash - Seattle UCSD / SDSU NLR User / Node 10 Gbps Lambda NLR Lambdas Supporting Optiputer 10 Gbps

10. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Projects Using NLR Lambdas Pacific Wave Peering Extension from Seattle to Los Angeles – Distributed Peering Point

11. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Pacific Wave – Seattle PNWGP Pacific Wave - Los Angeles CENIC NLR User / Node 10 Gbps Lambda NLR Lambdas Supporting Pacific Wave Peering 10 Gbps

12. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Projects Using NLR Lambdas UltraScienceNet Oak Ridge National Lab / Dept of Energy Two OC-192s Sunnyvale-Seattle-Chicago On Order

13. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Chicago Seattle Sunnyvale NLR User / Node 10 Gbps Lambda NLR Lambdas Supporting UltraScienceNet [On Order] 20 Gbps

14. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Chicago Seattle Sunn NLR to SC2004 8 to 9 Potential Temporary 10 Gig Lambdas – *Draft* LA 30 Gbps 40 Gbps 20 Gbps Starlight Pitts/SC04 70 Gbps DC Jacksonville 10 Gbps 20 Gbps

15. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Phase 2 Plans Obtain 20 Year fiber IRUs (Indefeasible Rights to Use) on remaining NLR footprint Purchase Cisco Optical Network System (ONS) 15454 equipment to light it. –Target Cisco eng design to complete & NLR orders to be placed late Oct 2004 Second coast-to-coast route –LA-El Paso-Houston-Baton Rouge-Jacksonville,FL Two additional north-south routes –El Paso/Las Cruces-Denver & Houston-Tulsa-KC Plus add a route from DC-New York Installation, test & turn-up during late winter, spring & summer 2005.

16. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR Phase 1+Phase 2

17. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Layer 3 / IP Network Nationwide 10 Gbps IP Backbone Utilizing next gen Cisco CRS-1 routers 10 Gbps connection to the Backbone provided to each NLR member Connections controlled by NLR Members/Participants Ordering & Installation schedule to-be-determined NLR Engineering Committee getting in-depth briefing on CRS-1 routers at Cisco, San Jose, Oct 11 th -12 th.

18. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Layer 2 Network Nationwide GigE service -Ethernet edge/Ethernet core Cisco switches - 6509/7609 - connected by multiple 10 GigE lambdas (backbone) 1 GigE Ports at NLR “MetaPOPs” where members are located -- 1 Gig dedicated transport (virtual circuits) Order Switches by end of Oct 2004 Phase 1 GigE: ~Feb 2005 Phase 2 GigE: Summer 2005 Indiana Univ: Installation, test & turn-up. Indiana Univ: NLR Layer 2/3 Service Center / NOC

19. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Houston Tulsa El Paso /Las Cruces Kans Phoenix NLR Layer 2 Network Nationwide Gigabit Ethernet Baton Rouge Los Angeles Albu Pitts DC Clev Atlanta Raleigh Chicago NY Denver Sunnyvale Seattle Jacksonville 10GE LAN PHY Lambda Cisco 6509 Switch

20. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Summary NLR is going strong Phase 1 deployment complete Use of lambdas continuing to grow Technical Support Services maturing NLR GigE network coming early 2005 Phase 2 planning & engineering underway; Phase 2 build to start soon.

21. Copyright 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Thank you! Debbie Montano Director, Development & Operations debbiem@nlr.net www.nlr.net debbiem@nlr.net www.nlr.net Questions?