STAR TAP The Persistent Interconnect for International High-Performance

STAR TAP The Persistent Interconnect for International High-Performance Networks STAR TAP Engineering Overview University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP Logical Map NCSA & UIUC FNAL Wisconsin @ Madison Wisconsin @ Milwaukee UIC Chicago Indiana ANL Notre Dame Minnesota Iowa State Ohio State Michigan State Northwestern Michigan Iowa Merit 15 Mbs TANet APAN CA*Net II STAR TAP MREN NGIX-C AADS NAP 70 Mbs Sing. AREN NORDUnet CERN 6 Mbs Mir. NET ESnet NREN IUCC SURFnet NISN DREN Abilene v. BNS RENATER 2 Sub DS-3 OC-3 OC-12 University of Illinois at Chicago

Networks at STAR TAP • International Networks: – There Now: APAN (Asia Pacific Consortium), CA*net 2 (Canada), Mir. NET (Russia), Renater 2 (France), SURFnet (The Netherlands), SREN (Singapore), TANet (Taiwan) – Coming in July: CERN, IUCC (Israel), NORDUnet (Nordic Consortium) • US Networks: – Abilene, DREN, ESnet, NISN, NREN, v. BNS, MREN University of Illinois at Chicago

Status on Network Link Turn-ups • International Networks: – IUCC …. 7/1/99 – NORDUnet …. 7/8/99 – CERN …. 7/28/99 • US Networks: – v. BNS ===> OC-12 this month - DONE! – Abilene ===> OC-12 this month University of Illinois at Chicago

Non STAR TAP U. S. /International Peering • Abilene/SURFnet& NORDUnet – Ref: Guy Almes’ Slides • CA*net 2/3 and US Nets at Seattle • US - Mexico UCAID/CENIC/CUDI – T 1 between SDSU (San Diego) and CICESE (Ensenada) • Non Backbone Inter Gigapop Links • both not for profit and commercial examples: NYSERNET, Teleglobe • STAR TAP is at the MREN Gigapop University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP • STAR TAP has: – Many U. S. and International Peers – Persistence – Dedicated AADS Infrastructure/ISP Access – Value Added Services – Enough Critical Mass to attract the contributions of many members of our community – Cutting Edge projects e. g. Optical IX University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP Engineering Team • JJ Jamison UIC/STAR TAP • Linda Winkler ANL/Transpac • Alan Verlo UIC/STAR TAP/Eurolink University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP is a Collaborative Effort • STAR TAP/Eurolink (UIC) • STAR TAP (Ameritech Advanced Data Services) • Trans. PAC (Indiana University/Argonne National Lab) • Mir. NET (University of Tennessee) • NOC (Indiana University) • I 2 Routing Registry (Merit/University of Michigan) • OCXMON/Coral and AMP (NLANR/MOAT, CAIDA) • 6 TAP (ESnet/CANARIE) • Surveyor (Advanced Network & Services) • Web Caches (NLANR, I 2 DS WG) • Advanced Video Services (i. CAIR/Northwestern University) • MREN University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP The Persistent Interconnect for International High-Performance Networks STAR TAP Architecture University of Illinois at Chicago

The Next Six Months @ STAR TAP • • • 6 TAP IPv 6 Router IPv 4 Routing Service Internet 2 Routing Registry IP Multicast Service OC 3 MON AMP Surveyor 2 Web Caches Diff. Serv/Qbone Evaluation University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP Architecture U. S. Network Connections o o o Ameritech NAP 3 Ascend 5 XX ATM switches o o o International Network Connections Cisco LS 1010 ATM switch OC 3 mon Cisco 7505 (IPv 4) Ethernet Cisco 7200 (IPv 6) NLANR Web Cache I 2 NS WG Web Cache Surveyor AMP OC 3 c Various Speeds University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP- IPv 4 Router - Benefits • One stop shopping for most STAR TAP routes • 16 Networks and 15 MREN Universities now at STAR TAP • More expected next year • Full peering would require 31*30/2 = 465 sessions • Complements layer 2 peering not meant to replace it! • STAR TAP Router is AUP free • Tools will be made available to implement network and link AUPs • Supports High Performance Multicast • BFR coming end of 99 University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP- IPv 4 Router - Downside • Extra Hop • STAR TAP router is meant to complement layer 2 peering not replace it • If an extra hop is a problem - direct peering is a quick fix • STAR TAP router can provide a backup route in case direct route goes down – not likely but a backup route never hurts University of Illinois at Chicago

STAR TAP- IPv 4 Router - Added Value • Web Displays of Routing Tables • Indiana University Weather MAP • Measurement Statistics and Analysis from OC-3 MON and Router SNMP MIB • SNMP Proxy Server • Internet 2 Routing Registry • Web Caches • AMP University of Illinois at Chicago