GLIF tech update iGrid2005Calit2, UCSD La Jolla, 29 September 2005

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GLIF tech updateiGrid2005_at_Calit2, UCSDLa
Jolla, 29 September 2005
Erik-Jan.Bos_at_surfnet.nl Rene.Hatem_at_canarie.ca http
//www.glif.is/working-groups/tech/
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GLIF tech WG - who

• one of four GLIF WGs
• support from TERENA secretary is Kevin Meynell
• was closed now open to all, à la GGF et IETF
• majority of participation to date has been by
• - snr network engineers and network
  infrastructure directors of GLIF resource
  providers
• - equipment vendors
• - a few applications people
• - one scientist

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GLIF tech WG - history

• Lambda workshops, i.e. Pre-GLIF meetings, in
  Amsterdam, NL (Sep 2001 and Sep 2002)
• GLIF Tech 1 Reykjavik, IS Aug 2003
• GLIF Tech 2 Nottingham, UK Sep 2004
• - officially 29 participants
• GLIF Tech 3 Salt Lake City, UT, USA Feb 13,
  2005
• - oficially 34, but 50 counted
• GLIF Tech 4 San Diego, CA, USA Sep 30,2005

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GLIF tech WG - mandate

• to design and implement an integrated global
  lambda infrastructure
• - make it easier to for researchers to find and
  obtain end-end LightPaths
• - focus is on today's coordination difficulties
  that can be addressed now
• - provides a common ground for advancement

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GLIF tech WG - tasks (1/2)

• define standard "good enough" terms, i.e. to the
  extent that it will assist us in getting the job
  done
• document and update GLIF resources
• - GLIF optical exchanges
• - GLIF lambdas
• document and update GLIF resource provider
• - policy information, and
• - process guidelines
• discuss, document, and encourage covergence
  regarding end-end LightPath Fault Management

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GLIF tech WG - tasks (2/2)

• document and update GLIF resource provider NOC
  and admin contact information
• establish and maintain regular GLIF open-exchange
  coordination calls
• discuss, document, and encourage covergence with
  respect to solutions to technical problems
• work with the Ctrl plane WG
• - share knowledge of provisioning as done today
• - can invoke Tech for specific tasks

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GLIF infrastructure update

• large-scale GLIF open exchanges
• - NetherLight (Amsterdam)
• - MAN LAN (New York)
• - new CANARIE-StarLight (Chicago)
• - new CANARIE-PNWGP (Seattle)
• more being added
• - TokyoLight
• - HongKongLight
• - BusanLight

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NetherLight
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MAN LAN
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StarLight GLIF open exchange (9 Sept)
OC-192 to Vancouver
OC-192 to Toronto
OC-192 to Winnipeg
2nd OC-192 to Toronto
OC-192 to Amsterdam
OC-192 to F10
IRNC OC-192 to Amsterdam
2nd OC-192 to F10
2x GbE to F10
GLIF node CANARIE HDXc SURFnet donated ONS
15454
TWAREN OC-48
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Seattle GLIF open exchange (8 Sept)
CANARIE HDXc PNWGP 15454 dedicated
KREONet2/GLORIAD 15454
OC-192 to Victoria
OC-192 to Vancouver
OC-192 to Calgary
OC-192 to Busan
OC-192 to Vancouver (4th wave)
OC-192 to Chicago (5th wave)
OC-48 to Taipei
OC-192 to Tokyo
GbE to PWave switch 2nd GbE to PWave switch
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GLIF tech WG - meeting 4

• Agenda
• Part 1 - joint Tech and Ctrl plane WG meeting
• 1) seperation of mandate between Tech and Ctrl
• 2) common terms and "good enough" definitions
• 3) GLIF resource update
• 4) Resource repository approaches / solutions
• Part 2 - Tech WG meeting
• 5) GLIF Open-exchange coordination
• 6) Fault Management
• 7) Policy and resource scheduling
• 8) Developments in Transcontinental Ethernet
• We'd love to see you there!