CLARA Network

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CLARA Network

• Eriko Porto
• CLARA Network Engineering Group
• RNP Rede Nacional de Pesquisa
• eporto_at_rnp.br

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Agenda

• CLARA Network Overview
• CLARA Organizational Structure
• Network Activation
• CLARA Roadmap

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CLARA Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes
Avanzadas
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CLARA Network Overview

• The CLARA organization Latin American
  Cooperation of Advanced Networks will be
  responsible for the implementation and management
  of a network infrastructure that will
  interconnect the national academic networks of
  several Latin American countries

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ALICE Project

• América Latina Interconectada con Europa
• Started June 2003
• Coordinator DANTE
• Partners FCCN, RedIris, Renater, GARR and 17
  LA-NRENs
• Total budget 12.5 M Euros (20 LA, 80 EU)

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Topology of the Network
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Topology of the Network

• CLARA connectivity at the backbone is comprised
  of SDH circuits provided by Global Crossing which
  is the main provider of the connectivity
• When a LA-NREN makes a connection to CLARA
  network, it will be made through one of the five
  main nodes deployed in the CLARA backbone
• This connection gives access to CLARA backbone
  for the LA-NREN and the LA-NRENs clients, and is
  designated as an Access Point

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Hardware of the Network

• Each one of the five main nodes in CLARA network
  is a Cisco 12006 Router donated by Cisco

Slot 0 Redundant RP
Slot 1 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet ISE Line Card
Slot 2 4-Port OC-3c/STM-1c POS Line Card
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5 RP
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Hardware of the Network
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Hardware of the Network
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CLARA PoP LAN
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CLARA PoP LAN
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Agenda

• CLARA Network Overview
• CLARA Organizational Structure
• Network Activation
• CLARA Roadmap

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CLARA Groups

• The CLARA designation stands for the
  infrastructure which integrates the advanced
  network, and is also a profitless civil
  association headquartered in the city of
  Montevideo (UY) that represents the interests of
  all the organizations that are part of the project

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CLARA Groups
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Technical Committee

• Keep CLARA organization at the forefront of IP
  network advanced services
• Coordinating the NEG and the NOC groups
• Provide the best information and communications
  flow between the other groups regarding technical
  and political matters to the CLARA members
• Takes the key role in developing the technical
  sessions and the regular meetings of CLARAs staff

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NOC

• Based in Mexico City (MX)
• Headed by CUDI (Corporación Universitaria para el
  Desarrollo de Internet)
• Group responsible for the day-to-day
  administration, control, monitoring and operation
  of all physical and logical infrastructures that
  composes the backbone of CLARA network
• The work of CLARA NOC aims to assure high level
  of performance on the operation of the network
  and its interconnections

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NEG

• Headquartered in Brazil, within the RNP (Rede
  Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa) facilities
• The CLARA NEG is responsible for all the network
  engineering including definition of the IP
  addressing and routing plan, and definition of
  the policies to be adopted for the advanced IP
  services backbone

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NEG

• In conjunction with CLARA NOC, CLARA NEG will
  establish the maintenance routine activities
  needed to the good functioning of the network, as
  well as problem report procedures, failure
  recovery procedures, and procedures to scale the
  problems taking them to NEG whenever they cannot
  be solved in CLARA NOC extent only

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Agenda

• CLARA Network Overview
• CLARA Organizational Structure
• Network Activation
• CLARA Roadmap

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First Steps
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Current Status
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Current Status
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Current Status
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Current Status
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Our Goal
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Agenda

• CLARA Network Overview
• CLARA Organizational Structure
• Network Activation
• CLARA Roadmap

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NRENs in Latin America

• With the exception of Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
  Mexico and Venezuela, the NRENs are based on
  commercial Internet services at low speeds
  (frequently 256Kbps to 2 Mbps)
• Most NRENs in Latin America are still getting
  organized, but all countries in the region are
  betting on developing their organizations and
  infrastructure in the coming months
• A clear common view exists on the importance of
  this type of infrastructure for the development
  of science, technology and education

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Next Steps
TO GEANT
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Projects in Advanced NetworkHigh Energy Physics

• Argentina FCEN-UBA and Fermilab (Chicago)
• Mexico HEP (High Energy Physics) - UNAM

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Projects in Advanced NetworkAstronomy - VLBI

• Brazil ROEN (Rádio-Observatório Espacial do
  Nordeste)
• Mexico INAOE (Instituto Nacional de
  Astrofísica, Óptica, y Electrónica)
• Joint efforts with UMASS

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Projects in Advanced NetworkAtmospheric Studies
- LBA

• Brazil INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas na
  Amazônia)
• Argentina FCEN-UBA and CONICET
• Mexico - UNAM

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Projects in Advanced NetworkComputer Science -
LBA

• Mexico High Performance Computing Center - UNAM
• Argentina Supercomputing - FCEN-UBA
• Brazil Grid Computing - UFRJ

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Projects in Advanced NetworkComputer Science

• First huge test of the network sc2004
• Support for the Brazilian Physicists be able to
  participate on the challenge from the 6th to 12th
  of November/2004
• Pittsburg PA EUA
• 500 Mbps provisioned to this experiment

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Projects in Advanced NetworkComputer Science

• Connection UERJ (Rio) to USP (S. Paulo) via GIGA
• Connection S. Paulo to Madrid via CLARA
• Connection Madrid-EUA via GÉANT

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Projects in Advanced Network

• Using videoconference systems and the high speed
  backbone to present virtual classes

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Roadmap

• IPv6
• Acquire a /32 block (xxxxxxxx/32)
• The address plan is already under conclusion
• Once ready forward the solicitation to LACNIC
• Upon received starts the deployment

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Roadmap

• MPLS deployment of a MPLS domain within CLARA
  backbone
• Deployment and activation of CLARA-NOC services
  management, monitoring tools, trouble tickets,
  etc.
• Security considerations deployment of a
  security framework for accessing the network
  advanced services
• Quality of Service (QoS) and Traffic Engineering

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CLARA Network

• CLARA Cooperación LatinoAmericana de Redes
  Avanzadas

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Thank you!

• Eriko Porto
• eporto_at_rnp.br