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LEARN: Lonestar Education And Research Network Dan Updegrove VP for Information Technology The University of Texas at Austin July 8, 2004
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LEARN: Lonestar Education And Research Network. Dan Updegrove VP for Information Technology The University of Texas at Austin July 8, 2004. Academic Networking: Dimensions. Commodity Internet: Bandwidth, cost, backup Internet2: Bandwidth, cost, backup - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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LEARN: Lonestar Education And
Research NetworkDan UpdegroveVP for Information TechnologyThe University of Texas at AustinJuly 8, 2004
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Academic Networking: Dimensions
Commodity Internet: Bandwidth, cost, backup Internet2: Bandwidth, cost, backup TeraGrid: Access for UT Austin, grid partners NLR: Opportunity for Texas to participate in
generalized, “3rd gen” research network SURA’s “USA Waves” initiative with AT&T The need for a statewide R&E backbone net The LEARN organization: statewide collab! Will State government provide support?
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Commodity Internet
All universities connected, of course Aggregation among campuses, ISDs, et al.
has proven cost effective Many of us increasingly concerned about
Cost for increased bandwidth Backup connections Service level agreements Security Metro/regional peering
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Internet2/Abilene
Abilene’s regional POP is in Houston 16 Primary Texas members:
Baylor, Baylor College of Medicine, Rice, TAMU, SFASU, SMU, SWRI, TCU, TTU, UH, UTA, UT Austin, UTD, UTEP, UTSW, UNT
Currently five costly links; : Austin, Dallas (2), Houston, Lubbock
SEGP being implemented via: Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, Lubbock UTMDA, UTMB, UTHSC-H, UTHSC-SA, UTSA …
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TeraGrid / ETF
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TeraGrid/ETF
NSF-funded, “multi-year effort to build & deploy world's largest, most comprehensive, distributed infrastructure for open scientific research”
2001, Original sites ~ 3 x 10 Gbps San Diego Supercomputer Center @ UCSD Ctr for Advanced Computing Research @ CalTech Argonne National Lab (ANL), Illinois Nat’l Ctr for Supercomputing Applications @ UIUC
Backbone, LA –Chicago: 4 x 10 Gbps lambdas 2002, Pgh Supercomp Ctr (PSC) ~ 3 x 10 Gbps
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TeraGrid/ETF & Texas
2003, 3 sites newly funded ~ 1 x 10 Gbps lambda Texas Advanced Computing Ctr @ UT Austin Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), Tennessee Indiana U/Purdue U
UT to connect in Chicago, ORNL to connect at new node in Atlanta ~ 1 x 10 Gbps lambdas
UT’s connection to TeraGrid/ETF backbone can benefit other universities, especially HiPCAT (High Performance Computing Across Texas) members
Requires high-performance state backbone network
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TACC’s ETF Connection
NLR providing 10 Gbps wave: Dallas-Chicago Starlight via Wiltel IRU
NLR providing interim 10 Gbps wave: Austin – Dallas, Aug ’04 – Jan ’05
UT acquiring dark fiber: Austin – Dallas, will light and operate by Feb ’05
This approach provides more support for state network vision than simple 5-year lease
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Denver
Seattle
Sunnyvale
LA
San Diego
Chicago Pitts
Wash DC
Raleigh
Jacksonville
Atlanta
KC
NLR – National LambdaRail
Baton Rouge
El Paso - Las Cruces
Phoenix
Pensacola
Dallas
San Ant.Houston
Albuq. Tulsa
New YorkClev
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National LambdaRail (NLR)
National effort, led by research universities, to provide an enabling infrastructure for new forms and methods of science & engineering High-performance computational science,
engineering, & medical research High-performance networking research
Leverages historically low prices for dark fiber & competition among equipment providers
Bridge between Internet2 & TeraGrid
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National Lambda Rail
$80M est cost for acquisition, 5-yr O & M Committed $5M partners: CENIC (San Diego, LA,
Sunnyvale), PNWGP (Seattle), NCAR/FRGP (Denver) CIC/Big10 (Chicago), PSC/CMU (Pittsbg) VaTech (Washington), Cornell (NYC) Duke (Raleigh), Ga Tech (Atlanta), FL (Jax), LA (Baton Rouge), LEARN (Houston), OK (Tulsa), NM (Albuq.)
Internet2 has committed $10M for one wave to explore Hybrid Optical IP Networking (HOPI), possible successor to Qwest backbone
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NLR (Cont’d)
Phase one being built on Level3 footprint using Cisco 15808 equipment
Phase 2: Jax-San Diego + N-S link(s) to be built using Cisco 15454 optronics: newer, lower cost, more flexibility in lambda configs
Texas will have primary POP in Houston (layers 1, 2, 3) plus layer-1 POPs in Dallas, San Antonio, El Paso
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SURA Networking Initiative
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SURA & “USAWaves”
Identified net infra as key regional issue Explored dark fiber options: Velocita had best
regional footprint; assets acquired by ATT AT&T partnership, 12/03, includes:
6,000 miles dark fiber donated (+ equipment) 2,000 miles donated for net research / zero O&M Point-to-point lambdas “at cost” (tb negotiated)
SURA & ATT seeking “early wins”
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SURA & Texas
Members:Baylor, Rice, UH, TAMU, UT Austin SURA has committed ATT fiber between Jax
and Houston to NLR for backbone More AT&T fiber available in Texas (map) SURA’s research initiatives: JLab, coastal
research, HPC, grids, biomedical collaboration
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Jacksonville
LA
San Diego
Sacramento
Reno
Seattle
Spokane
Billings
Denver
Cheyenne
El Paso
Phoenix
Dallas
San Antonio Houston
New Orleans
Chicago
St. Paul
Atlanta
Raleigh
Washington DC
Tulsa
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Omaha
PortlandEugene
San Francisco
AndSan Jose
Salt Lake City
HelenaMissoula
Boise
Little Rock
Ft. Worth
Oklahoma City
Boston
Orlando
St. LouisKansas
City
Cleveland Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York City
Bridgeport ,CT
LA – El Paso: NOT COMPLETE.
SURA AT&T “NexGen” Network
El Paso – Ft Worth: NOT COMPLETE.
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The LEARN Organization
Non-profit institutional membership org (n=31): Baylor, BCM, Lamar, NETnet, PVAMU, Rice, SHSU, SMU,
SFASU, TACC, TAMU, TAMU Sys, TAMU-CC, TAMUSHSC, TCU, TSU-San Marcos, TTU, TTU Sys, UH Sys, UNT Sys, UTA, UT Austin, UTD, UTEP, UTHSC-H, UTHSC-SA, UTMDA, UTMB, UTSA, UTSW, UT System
Each member has committed $20K x 2 years Focus is building & operating R&E backbone LEARN is also Texas’ NLR member Could provide leadership/svc on I1 & I2 Other roles (esp in absence of TIF)?
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LEARN (Cont’d)
Full-time Exec Dir being recruited HQ location to be in Austin Board meets every 6 weeks + conf calls Tech Advisory Group meets in parallel Officers
Chair: Dan Updegrove, UT Austin Vice chair: Jenifer Jarriel, BCM Treasurer: Richard Moore, UTMB Secretary: Maurice Leatherbury, UNT
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Dark FiberLambda/Fiber
NLR/ SURA
Texas Optical Options
Possible Fiber Services in
Texas
Investigations of Fiber Options in Texas
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Texas Enterprise Fund
$7.5 M authorized by Legislature last year for advanced R&E backbone network
$2.5M authorized, in parallel, for grid effort Gov & Speaker have signed off; not Lt Gov Lt Gov said to be skeptical of economic
development benefit of an R&E network How could we convince him?
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Grid Computing & HiPCAT
$2.5M has been requested from the State for multi-university grid computing collaboration
HiPCAT founding members: Rice, TAMU, TTU, UH, UT Austin; other universities joining
Budget for salaries, software; assumes state-of-the-art network connecting universities to each other and to ETF
Other Texas universities could benefit as well as Grid software, expertise are generalized
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Open Issues / Challenges
Will state commit the $10M? When? NLR topology can affect LEARN topology TeraGrid link must be operational by Oct 1 NSF role in funding beyond TeraGrid? LEARN Org needs staff, ongoing support Indiv campuses need to understand total
costs: I1, I2, local loop(s), LEARN, NLR Advanced networking is a moving target!
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Questions?
Contact: Dan Updegrove [email protected] 512 232-9610 LEARN Info: www.tx-learn.org
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Reference: Networking “Alpha-Soup”
Abilene CENIC ETF /
Teragrid
Fiberco
HiPCAT Internet2 NLR NTGP
SURA SGA TACC LEARN
Texas
SEGP
UCAID USAWaves Other
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