Retrofitting the Cal REN Optical Network for Hybrid

Retrofitting the Cal. REN Optical Network for Hybrid Services ken lindahl Chair, CENIC High Performance Research network Technical Advisory Council lindahl@berkeley. edu Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Initiatives in California • (714) 220 -3400 • info@cenic. org • www. cenic. org 1 The Corporation for Education Network Minneapolis

goals • provide “lightpath” (or “lightpath-like”) connections to researchers on campuses connected to Cal. REN. – between any two or more HPR-connected campuses. – between any campus and New. Net. – between any campus and NLR {Packet. Net, Wave. Net}. • dynamic, user-controlled set up and tear down – well sure, some day… – initially, manual setup by CENIC NOC on the order of 2 -3 days. – later, extend control to researchers. • and of course, continue providing reliable routed IP service to all Cal. REN-connected campuses. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 2

Cal. REN Optical Network • two fiber paths, the Coastal path and the Central Valley path, running the length of the state from Corning in the north to San Diego in the south. • Cisco 15808 DWDM gear at most nodes, some newer 15454 gear. – 6500 s w/ CWDM optics on Riverside/Palm Desert/El Centro/ San Diego loop. • Cisco 15540 DWDM gear on both ends of campus access fiber. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 3

Cal. REN Optical Network • Abilene: – 10 GE connection in Los Angeles; – 10 GE backup (routed IP) in San Jose, via Pacific. Wave to PNWGP, Seattle. • National Lambda. Rail: – 10 GE Packet. Net connection in Los Angeles; – 10 GE Frame. Net connection in San Jose. – Easy access to additional NLR services in Los Angeles and San Jose. • Pacific. Wave: – international peering exchange facility, running on Cal. REN and NLR waves, 10 Gbps switched fabric with 10 GE connections to Cal. REN at Los Angeles and San Jose. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 4

Cal. REN service tiers, “technology refresh” opportunities • Cal. REN-DC: currently being refreshed • Cal. REN-HPR: 2007 -2008 • Cal. REN Optical Network: 2008 -2009 Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 5

Cal. REN-HPR refresh • planned enhancements to routed IP network are not particularly interesting: – capacity for more 10 GE campus connections (largely a matter of router real estate); – capability for >10 Gbps on backbone connections (multiple 10 GEs or 40 GE/OC-768 or 100 GE). • planning some layer 1 and 2 services, as well: – motivated by requests from researchers over the past 3 years; – “XD Services” white paper written by Board subcommittee (comprised of mostly researchers rather than network guys); – deploying shared infrastructure on the optical backbone, will (hopefully) reduce costs to individual researchers; – reasonably good fit with New. Net and NLR wave and frame services. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 6

caveats • the services and designs in this presentation have not been approved by CENIC engineering staff; • nor have they been approved (and funded) by the CENIC Board of Directors. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 7

requests from researchers • Researchers have requested dedicated, layer 2 private networks between campuses, e. g. : – DETER requested a 1 Gbps layer 2 network connecting labs at Berkeley and USC-ISI, that could be disconnected from any production network. – CITRIS requested a dedicated GE VLAN between labs at Berkeley and UC Davis, for testing/demonstrating video applications they are developing. • CENIC gear in place at the time was not well-suited to delivering 1 Gbps connections; could have provided 10 Gbps connections but at more cost than researchers wanted… • and, in the CITRIS case, we didn’t have nearly enough lead time. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 8

“XD Services” white paper • Requirements: – – Standing lambdas available to researchers. Rapid set up/tear down – 1 -2 hours. Convenient set up/tear down – email to NOC. “Bypass networks. ” • Services: – 1 Gbps L 2 -switched VLANs. – 1 Gbps optically switched lambdas. – 10 Gbps optically switched lambdas. • 32 standing lambdas requested: – need to replace all 15808 s, 15540 s with 15454 s. – hopefully we can sneak by with slightly fewer lambdas. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 9

HPRng-L 2 service • one 10 GE lambda at every campus, broken out into ten GE VLANS. • VLANs trunked over 10 GE between switches on the optical backbone. 10 GE campus A GE VLANs 10 GE optical backbone 10 GE campus B GE VLANs • satisfies requests for dedicated, layer 2 private networks; satisfies the “ 1 Gbps L 2 -switched VLANs” XD service requirement. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 10

HPRng-L 1 topology OAK ucb ucd ucsf SAC stanford SVL NLR ucm NLR ucsb New. Net LAX RIV caltech ucr usc ucla uci Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis ucsd 11

HPRng-L 2 VLANs (not all campuses are shown) UC Davis Berkeley SAC OAK 1 GE VLANs 15540 10 GE 10 G lambda 15540 10 GE campus access link UC Riverside 1 GE VLANs LAX RIV UCLA 15808 1 GE VLANs 10 GE 10 G lambda 15808 10 GE backbone inter-Po. P link Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 12

HPRng-L 2 management issues • need to avoid over-subscribing backbone segments where multiple VLANs appear. – should be easy since each VLAN is limited to 1 Gbps at the campus interface no more than 10 VLANs on any backbone segment. • in the happy event that the service is popular enough that over-subscription is an issue, we can additional lambdas on over-subscribed segments. • initially, CENIC NOC will manually configure interfaces and VLANs; • later, install HOPI-style control-plane system. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 13

HPRng-L 1 service • 10 Gbps optically switched lambdas. 1 Gbps optically switched lambdas. – most will be 10 GE, some GE; – OC-192 or OC-48 may be required in some cases; – very little demand for DWDM wavelength handoff to researchers. • New. Net and NLR access – Lambdas can be switched from any HPRng-connected campus to New. Net or to NLR. • “Optical switches” are actually optical cross-connects (OXCs). • Probably requires upgrading 15808 s and 15540 s to 15454 s. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 14

HPRng-L 1 topology ucb ucd OXC ucsf OAK each line represents multiple lambdas, (1. . 32) OXC stanford SVL NLR ucm NLR ucsb New. Net RIV LAX caltech OXC ucr usc ucla uci Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis ucsd 15

HPRng-L 1 management issues • initially, CENIC NOC will set up/tear down lightpaths by manually configuring the optical switches; • later, install HOPI-style control-plane system. • need to invent (or get someone else to invent and “borrow” from them) a lambda scheduling/reservation/automated setup system • partitionable optical switches are desirable, to allow researchers to modify wave connections between DWDM gear, to set up/tear down lightpaths between campuses. – or, provide partitioning via access, authorization restrictions in the control-plane system. Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 16

HPRng campus handoff DWDM to Cal. REN optical backbone 10 GE CENIC demarc λ 10 GE GE VLANs HPRng-L 2 HPRng-L 1 campus ? 10 GE HPRng-L 3 how will the campus connect to these? Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis border router 17

HPRng campus handoff (2) DWDM to Cal. REN optical backbone 10 GE CENIC demarc λ 10 GE GE VLANs 10 GE optical cross connect border router campus fiber to labs Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 18

HPRng design committee • Mark Boolootian, UC Santa Cruz • Brian Court, CENIC • John Haskins, UC Santa Barbara • Rodger Hess, UC Davis • Tom Hutton, SDSC • Michael Van Norman, UCLA • Ken Lindahl, UC Berkeley Joint Techs Workshop, 12 Feb 2007, Minneapolis 19