Networking updates: Westnet

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Marla Meehl

Network Engineering ManagerUCAR/NCAR2013-06-12

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Acronym soup• University Corporation for

Atmospheric Research (UCAR; http://www.ucar.edu)– 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 http://bit.ly/acronym-soup

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Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP)• http://www.frgp.net

• Netflow replacement coming• FMC/FTC agreed to purchase icmynetflow

• Continued LANDER support• Other CSU projects: support for Rover, NDN,

BGPmon too• PerfSonar deployments complete

• Hosted Internet2 Network Performance Workshop April 3-4 at NCAR

• 38 member attendees

FRGP

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• Installing new 10/100Gbps interface card to support growth

• Colocation updates - None– 1850 Pearl– 1200 Larimer– 910 15th

• peering– 10G Google peering active at 910– Comcast– TR/CPS – largest single FRGP/UPoP usage– Akamai – Netflix active at 1850 Pearl – carrying ~2Gbps of traffic– Considering Bresnan and other peering

BiSON

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• Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON)• Major fiber move on BiSON-owned

Mcleod fiber 10/13• Contract awarded for move• Still working with Windstream/McLeod on shared

funding options• ~$450K move• Received IRU and O&M pricing from Zayo –

prohibitive• Timing of EAGLE-Net build and lack of Fort Collins

support eliminates this option

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UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP)• http://upop.ucar.edu

• 10G MOE coming – on order• National Renewable Energy Laboratory

(NREL) joining UPoP via Colorado School of Mines fiber path• Discussions with I2 on membership options - $10K/yr

affiliate membership + $23.4K/yr participant fee• National Ecological Observatory Network

(NEON) – in discussions• The Geological Society of America - in

discussions

Internet2

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• New cost model• Increases for Level1 schools - $30K/yr starting in 2014• SEGP increase 7/1/13 - $5K/yr starting on 7/1/14

• NET+ roll out• Non-member support and cost in question• Where to run NET+ traffic – research, TR/CPS, new path

• Attended I2 Member Meeting – NET+ dominated

• http://www.internet2.edu• http://www.internet2.edu/network/• http://www.internet2.edu/netplus

NLR/CBREC

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• CBREC meeting regularly• Considering interconnecting

east/west via NLR existing lambdas/transponders

• Looking at NLR versus I2 performance issues

• Face to face meeting in July planned to discuss direction and plans

CDOT

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• Lots of fiber activity in various parts of the State

• I-25 build – restarted by EAGLE-Net• US36 fiber into Boulder of great

interest – ongoing discussion• Southern Colorado

CO Broadband Roundtable

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• Some ongoing (irregular) meetings• Jeff Custard is going to stop

attending• Mountain Connect coming up – 6/16

– 6/17/13• (http

://mountainconnect.org/MC_2013_Home.html)

Internet2 K20/SEGP

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• 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).

– SEGP connectivity survey submitted

WRN

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• Regular WTC and WPC calls• LEARN has joined WRN• WRN I2 KC Move to Chicago• Exchanging the backhaul circuit to

KC in exchange for Starlight backhaul

• 100G ports pending I2 for same cost this year and decreased costs next year (revenue neutral this year)

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Big Data• Marla participated in Advanced

Regional & State Networks (ARNs): Envisioning the Future as Critical Partners in Data-Driven Science – All whitepapers and presentations available

here: https://www.mcnc.org/envision– Problem facing entire scientific community– Also discussed at I2 Member Meeting

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Quilt items• http://www.thequilt.net• NOAA: Federal Government OMB

Mandate for Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) and Potential Opportunities for Regional Networks• all Federal Civilian Agencies will be impacted• http://

www.dhs.gov/trusted-internet-connections• Large impact to RONs – will shift traffic and

funding• FRGP monitoring closely

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Quilt items• Discussing intra-RON peering using

AL2S • Other uses for AL2S for RONs• AirWatch

• http://www.air-watch.com/• Mobile device, application, content,

applications, and learning management• Quilt pricing program including FRGP/UPoP

authorized buyers

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Quilt items• CIS survey highlights

– Bandwidth growth 5.5 to 7.5Gbps inbound – 73% growth in 10Gbps circuits– ~150Gbps actual inbound bandwidth for the

program– Cogent, Level3, CenturyLink, Hurricane Electric

(top bandwidth) top providers– Jeff Custard participated in process again

showing great leadership

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FRGP/UPoP Traffic – 1 – 5/13

• percent commercial 14.44• percent peering 59.59• percent other 25.97

Futures/Challenges

• New agreements and new algorithms in 2014

• BiSON growth, upgrade, funding• Supporting/funding services –

NET+, etc.• Replacing expiring fiber IRUs• Supporting/funding 40/100Gbps

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U.S. Women as % Total STEM Degrees, 1980 – 2007

David Bressoud, National Center for Education Statistics. 1990–2009. Digest of Education Statistics. US Department of Education. nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/

37 19%42 60%49 57% 9 19% 42 44% 24 41%

Reck, IU Dept. of Chemistry, 2013

NCWIT

• Nonprofit community with 450 companies, universities, government agencies, other nonprofits

• Focused on increasing women’s participation in technology and computing

• K-12, higher education, industry, entrepreneurism

• “Community, evidence, and action”• Based in Boulder, CO

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NCWIT Pacesetters

NCWIT Pacesetters is a fast-track program in which senior executives from startups, corporations, universities, and government commit to increasing their numbers of technical women. Pacesetters organizations work to recruit previously untapped talent pools of technical women and retain women who are at risk of leaving, resulting in "net new" women for their organizations.

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Aetna, AT&T, Bank of America, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Carnegie Mellon University, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Georgia Tech, Google, Intel, Indiana University, Michigan Tech, Microsoft, Purdue, Qualcomm, University of Nebraska, Return Path, Symantec, Syracuse University, University of California at Irvine, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, University of Washington, Villanova, Virginia Tech

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Discussion

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Any follow up questions or feedback?

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