Canadian Research Networks in the PostATM Era

1
Research Networks and Grid InfrastructureThe
Other 500-Channel Universe
2
NeteraNet Connected Sites
MRC
LCC
3
NeteraNet Design

• SONET and ATM free. Gigabit Ethernet transport
• Low electronics costs, low framing overhead
• Known LAN technology in WAN. A pure IP
  computer network, rather than data riding phone
  circuits.
• Telcos Itll never work!
• CWDM 4-l optical multiplexing
• One Gigabit Ethernet stream per color
• Optical separation of distinct traffic types
• Production network traffic and network research
  simultaneously on one network

4
Optical Multiplexing
Four Independent Gigabit Ethernet Networks
MPEG2 Video
MPEG2 Video
OMUX
OMUX
MACI HPC
MACI HPC
(370 km)
IP Data
IP Data
Testing
Testing
5
The Channel Oriented Concept

• Legacy IP network designs
• All packets mixed into one network
• Differential handling (if any) by packet tagging
  and complex management systems
• Channel oriented networking
• Isolate traffic types at the transport layer
• Built-in 100 QOS. Simple management

6
Packet Tagging
7
Packet Tagging (version 0.85)
8
Transport Layer Channels
9
GigaPOP Core Multiplexer
10
Video Network Example

• Video-equipped classrooms with MPEG2 encoding and
  extensive remote interaction
• U o f A and U of C (multiple rooms), NAIT, SAIT,
  and Mount Royal College
• Private layer-two network at Gigabit-E
• No packet loss, no video artifacts or audio
  dropouts
• Dozens of simultaneous sessions with no chance of
  network saturation

11
Mt. Royal Classroom Opening
12
Typical IP Traffic Profiles
13
MPEG2 Video Traffic Profile
14
MACI Computers Univ of Alberta
SGI Origins 2000/2400/3800174 processors
15
MACI Computers Univ. of Calgary
Compaq Clusters 158 Alpha Processors (XP1000 and
ES40)
16
NeteraNet MACI Channel

• A 350 km gigabit LAN from U of A to U of C
• MACI HPC private link. A two-computer network
• 850 Mb/sec TCP/IP traffic (with jumbo frames)
• Wire speed UDP
• One of the first dedicated WAN Gig-E networks

17
NeteraNet Landmarks

• First WAN CWDM network
• Optical channels for distinct traffic types
• 1500 Gigabit-km at rollout (May 2000)
• Cost breakthrough Transport electronics at
  250/Gb-km. 10-20 of traditional equipment
  costs
• A long-haul computer network using Ethernet
  technology. Erased the LAN/WAN boundary

18
Channel Networking, NG

• Fibre continues to be expensive, but wavelength
  IRUs are available at attractive prices
• STS channels Time domain multiplexing instead of
  frequency. Fully independent
• CAnet4 and NeteraNet (NG) will be channel
  designs
• NeteraNets four fixed-size channels replaced by
  many channels of various sizes
• Static channel allocation replaced by dynamic
• User control under development

19
NeteraNet/CAnet4 Lightpaths

• WestGrid
• U of A, U of C, U of L, UBC, SFU
• NRC National Institutes of Nanotechnology
• Edmonton, Ottawa
• Canadian Bioinformatics Resource
• Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Halifax
• High Energy Physics LHC Atlas detector
• TRIUMF, U of A, CERN, US Sites
• Netera Video Classrooms Cyberports

20
NeteraNet/CAnet4 Lightpaths
21
NeteraNet NG Node
22
Contact Information
Gary Finleygfin_at_netera.cawww.netera.ca/gfin
23
(No Transcript)