HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006 Fáilte go Cill

HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006 Fáilte go Cill Chainnigh ! 9 th November 2006 John Boland, Chief Executive

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Opening Address Mr Tom Boland Chief Executive of the Higher Education Authority and Chairman of the Board of HEAnet

HEAnet Update Services, Schools, Super. Computers and SFPs 9 th November 2006 John Boland, Chief Executive

TOPICS • • National Backbone & Connecting Client Sites ITnet Integration Project Services & Innovation Super. Computers Schools International Developments Bandwidth record

National Backbone Extension (NBE) Rolling out fibre to the campus

NBE National Backbone extension Update 2 nd Nov 2006 Objective: NBE phase 2 catering for: – 43 new point to point links – 17 Io. T links – 26 Non - Io. T links Project start date: 24 March 2006 Expected completion: March 2007

Fibre network end 2006 – approx 2300 km of fibre

Outsourced Layer 1/2 Operational Network Management • BT operational management of the Layer 1/2 network from Dec 2006 • 24/7 helpdesk • Tactical and strategic management remains with HEAnet • Layer 1 – physical breaks • Layer 2 – ethernet/optical problems • Layer 3 – IP routing = HEAnet NOC

IP Network Re-Design Existing backbone IP equipment dates back to 1999 – Need to Support GE connections from clients – Support 10 Gbps connections capable routers • Aggregation of National, International (Geant), General Internet and Points-2 -Points • VPNs based on virtual routers • Plan for the next five years – 40 - 100 Gbps over lifetime

IP Network Re-Design… • • • Tender process commenced 06 Nov 2006 Technical dialogue Preparing call for tender and specification Full IP network re-design € 3 -4 m project Carrier class router base • Possibly only two routers!

Connecting the Institutes of Technology to the Backbone

Current Status • General IP connectivity rolled out to WIT, LIT and ITB • Technical solution for An Chéim fully tested & equipment deployed; now awaiting approval for cutovers • Improvements in latency and link quality to each site observed • Commodity IP transit service in preparation

ITnet project: Current Status • 9 ITnet locations newly connected over dark fibre since project commenced • Circuits to WIT, LIT, ITB currently carrying production traffic (260 Mbps available on each) • Circuit rollout for remaining Io. Ts currently underway (RFT process) • Backbone regional Po. P installed & commissioned in Waterford IT • Backbone regional Po. P due for install in Dundalk IT next week • Further connectivity options with Government Network under consideration

Circuit Delivery Timescale

Services & Innovations

Services & Innovations • Fibre-optic infrastructure rollout • Resilience • Client upgrades / P 2 P circuits enabled by NBE Roll-out • Improved Co-Location / Hosting facilities

Innovations Cont’d. . • • • Wi-Fi / Roaming: eduroam infrastructure trials Hosting of E-num service (VOIP for Ireland) IPTV delivery to students trial NDLR: preparing for production service Streaming and Mirror Services – = record peak traffic for the Irish Internet (on INEX)

Streaming & Archives: Houses of the Oireachtas • Dáil and Seanad • Dáil Committee Rooms

Managed Schools Network

Background: Ireland’s Schools Network • Free Internet connectivity for approx 4, 000 schools • 3 Year Agreement - Joint Government & Industry Funding (TIF) • Establishment of centrally managed Schools Network at HEAnet • Portfolio of associated HEAnet network services: § § Connectivity Security Content Filtering Email • Technical Support

Schools Network Topology

Benefits for Schools • ‘Always On’ Broadband Connection (min. 512 k to 2 Mbps) • Faster downloads & improved access to Multimedia resources • Managed School Router • Managed Network & Security Services • Internet Content Filtering • Email Services • Future Services (e. g. Web-hosting) • Technical Support (NCTE Service Desk 1 st Line) /(Wiki)

School Router Install Run-Rate

Schools: Summary Statistics § Connectivity Statistics: § § 3, 730 (95%) of schools installed 3, 312 (84%) of school LANs have connected Daily schools traffic exceeding 100 Mbps Schools downloading up to 250 GB of data per day § Filtering Statistics: § § 4% of traffic is to “blocked” categories 2% of traffic is Spyware Virus incidents are down by 70% since Q ’ 06 Teachers are more prepared to use Internet in class

Schools Weekly Traffic Patterns

Super. Computer Procurement

Participating Institutions National University of Ireland, Galway Dublin City University Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies National University of Ireland, Maynooth Trinity College Dublin Tyndall Institute University College Cork University College Dublin HEAnet

High-End Computing in Ireland Marine Modelling Centre, NUI, Galway DFT+U spin density. Michael Nolan 1, Dean C. Sayle 2, Stephen C. Parker 3 and Graeme W. Watson 1 (1) TCD, (2) Cranfield University, (3) University of Bath G. Murphy, et al, , DIAS/Cosmo. Grid Llyod D. , et al, Dept. of Biochemistry, TCD

Record-breakers • The high-performance machines are used by scientists to simulate everything from ocean currents to biological cells. • At the moment the most potent machine in the world is the IBM's Blue Gene/L at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California • The record breaking system, the only machine to have pushed through the 100 teraflop barrier, performs a staggering 280. 6 trillion calculations per second. The computer has more than 130, 000 processors

New HEAnet Services Po. P - Serv. Centric

New HEAnet Services POP • Based at Serv. Centric, Blanchardstown, Dublin • Occupies 120 m 2 of floor space, in its own secure room, with air conditioning, fire suppression and resilient electrical supply • Fitted with 32 * 19 inch racks • Resilient connections to the HEAnet National Backbone, at 10 Gbit/s

New HEAnet Services POP TCD UCD DIAS NUIM HEA WIT TSSG EPA Qualifax IRCSET Comreg ILUG Six. Xs IRIS NDLR

International Developments & GÉANT 2

International Enhancements • General Internet (currently 2. 5) • DANTE and HEAnet have procured dark fibre solution across the Irish Sea • DANTE will run DWDM over the link • IP service will migrate to 10 Gbps in Jan 2007 • GEANT “+” will provide 1 GE P 2 Ps • DANTE lease wavelength from UKERNA Dublin Po. P as very economical backup to Europe

Project Achievements in Year 2 • Network rollout 97% complete • Very good R&D results – Perfsonar – European monitoring framework – Eduroam/JRA 5 – European roaming infrastructure – Performance Enhancement Response Team (PERT), Advanced Multi. Domain Provisioning System (AMPS) – Bandwidth on Demand Inter-domain Manager (IDM) prototype – Security Toolset – Cross-activity: end-to-end monitoring, common topology DB, E 2 ECU • Greater publicity and awareness – – 55 events, 78 presentations, over 170 press articles Compendium of NRENs 2005 completed Foresight Study defined and tasks assigned Video, interactive demo, brochures, leaflets, newsletter, maps, posters

SFPs

Traditional communications equipment SFPs XENPAC GBICs

Your colour Your connection Your LAN

Bandwidth Upgrade Record

Client Bandwidth Upgrade Record • Start of term 2006/2007 • 08: 00 Wednesday, October 25 th saw the biggest bandwidth upgrade in one morning in the history of HEAnet • Over 1, 600 Mbps extra capacity was delivered • Average 75% bandwidth upgrade for all clients

This visible burst is NUI-M who went from 77 Mbps to 140 Mbps