21st Century Network Project Status

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21st Century Network Project Status

• Approximately 18 months ago work began on the
  21st Century Network Project.
• This project encompasses many facets of network
  service delivery, including
• - Infrastructure (wiring, fiber and
  telecommunications rooms)
• - Backbone network replacement
• - Departmental Network Electronics
• - Network management and monitoring
• - Security

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21st Century Network Project Status

• Backbone Upgrade
• Goal Install 16 Supernodes/Nodes by 6/30/03.
• Status 14 (88) supernodes/nodes installed and
  operational.
• Note CSC and ERB waiting on fiber project
  01I2E.
• Campus Network Migration
• Goal Migrate 247 LANs to new backbone by
  12/31/03.
• Status 227 (92) LANs migrated.
• Note LANs connected to CSC and ERB waiting on SM
  fiber project 01I2E.
• Production Platform Migration
• Goal Migrate 495 server connections to new
  backbone by 12/31/03.
• Status 495 (100) server connections migrated.
• Note Core routers migrated 1/7/04, just cleanup
  work remaining.

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21st Century Network Project Status

• Telecommunication Room Preparation
• Goal Prep approximately 700 telecom rooms for
  network electronics by 6/30/06.
• Status 155 (22) telecom rooms prepped.
• Building Electronics Deployment
• Goal Deploy approximately 1500 switches in
  campus buildings by 6/30/06.
• Status 29 (2) switches deployed.
• Network Monitoring Installation
• Goal Monitor 21st Century Network with HP
  Openview.
• Status Currently monitoring 21st Century Network
  backbone and WiscNet.

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21st Century Network Project Status

• Outside Plant Fiber Upgrade
• Goal Install 133 single mode fiber runs between
  buildings by 6/30/08.
• Status 6 (5) runs installed.
• Note 13 runs are in project 01I2E.
• 81 runs are requested in FY03-05.
• 33 runs are requested in FY05-07.
• Building Data Cabling Upgrades
• Goal Upgrade data cabling in 130 buildings by
  6/30/08.
• Status 8 (6) buildings upgraded.
• Note 33 buildings are requested in FY03-05.
• 71 buildings are requested in FY05-07.
• 8 buildings will be requested in FY07-09.

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21st Century Network Project Status

• Full Telecommunication Room Upgrades
• Goal Upgrade approximately 700 telecommunication
  rooms by 6/30/08.
• Status 27 (4) telecom rooms upgraded.

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21st Century Network Project Issues

• State Infrastructure Projects
• Many of the intra-building and inter-building
  cabling activities require State project
  oversight which has been delayed due to the
  changes in the State budget. This issue has
  delayed several project activities and will
  continue to be a problem for upgrading the
  infrastructure by 6/30/08.
• Multi-management Options per Building
• The project has defined three management
  options (Central, Collaborative and Delegated)
  for the departments involvement with the network
  operational activity. Buildings with multiple
  departments where one wants Delegated and the
  others want Collaborative result in a portion of
  the network without the standard service level
  and extra equipment costs.

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21st Century Network Project Issues

• Performance Monitoring
• Cisco hardware is out of compliance with
  performance collection standards. DoIT is
  aggressively pursuing this with Cisco and members
  of our staff will be meeting with the Cisco
  development engineers in March to review.

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Networking Beyond Campus

• Advanced Research Network
• Initiative for Wisconsin is an effort to build a
  dedicated, high-speed network pathway along I-94
  from the Minnesota border near Minneapolis to the
  Illinois border south of Racine, connecting
  Wisconsins university researchers to the
  advanced network capabilities of Internet2.
• The Northern Tier Network Consortium
• A joint effort of the northern tier of states,
  from Wisconsin to Washington, to put in place an
  advanced network path connecting university
  researchers across the region.

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Networking Beyond Campus

• National Lambda Rail
• Nation wide initiative to provision dedicated
  networks for research purposes.
• Wisconsin Collaborative Network Initiative
  (WCNI)
• The UW recently convinced the Department of
  Administration to stop a procurement that would
  have awarded the States next video and data
  network to a single vendor. This network would
  include the K-12 educational community and local
  governments, but exclude the UWs Advanced
  Research Network. At present, work is being done
  to determine the management structure for the
  statewide network and WiscNets role in the
  provision of services.