HEAnet National Networking Conference 2006

Fáilte go Cill Chainnigh !

9th November 2006

John Boland,Chief Executive

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Opening AddressMr Tom Boland

Chief Executive of theHigher Education Authority

andChairman of the Board of HEAnet

HEAnet Update

Services, Schools, SuperComputers and SFPs

9th November 2006

John Boland,Chief Executive

TOPICS

• National Backbone & Connecting Client Sites

• ITnet Integration Project

• Services & Innovation

• SuperComputers

• Schools

• International Developments

• Bandwidth record

National Backbone Extension (NBE)

Rolling out fibre to the campus

NBE

National Backbone extension Update 2nd Nov 2006

Objective: NBE phase 2 catering for:– 43 new point to point links – 17 IoT links– 26 Non - IoT links

Project start date: 24 March 2006Expected completion: March 2007

Fibre network end 2006 – approx 2300km of fibre

Outsourced Layer 1/2 Operational Network Management

• BT operational management of the Layer 1/2 network from Dec 2006

• 24/7 helpdesk• Tactical and strategic management remains with

HEAnet• Layer 1 – physical breaks• Layer 2 – ethernet/optical problems• Layer 3 – IP routing = HEAnet NOC

IP Network Re-Design

Existing backbone IP equipment dates back to 1999– Need to Support GE connections from clients– Support 10 Gbps connections capable routers

• Aggregation of National, International (Geant), General Internet and Points-2-Points

• VPNs based on virtual routers• Plan for the next five years

– 40 - 100 Gbps over lifetime

IP Network Re-Design…

• Tender process commenced 06 Nov 2006• Technical dialogue • Preparing call for tender and specification• Full IP network re-design• €3-4m project • Carrier class router base

• Possibly only two routers!

Connecting the Institutes of Technology to the Backbone

Current Status

• General IP connectivity rolled out to WIT, LIT and ITB

• Technical solution for An Chéim fully tested & equipment deployed; now awaiting approval for cutovers

• Improvements in latency and link quality to each site observed

• Commodity IP transit service in preparation

ITnet project: Current Status

• 9 ITnet locations newly connected over dark fibre since project commenced

• Circuits to WIT, LIT, ITB currently carrying production traffic (260Mbps available on each)

• Circuit rollout for remaining IoTs currently underway (RFT process)

• Backbone regional PoP installed & commissioned in Waterford IT

• Backbone regional PoP due for install in Dundalk IT next week

• Further connectivity options with Government Network under consideration

Circuit Delivery Timescale

Services & Innovations

Services & Innovations

• Fibre-optic infrastructure rollout• Resilience• Client upgrades / P2P circuits enabled

by NBE Roll-out

• Improved Co-Location / Hosting facilities

Innovations Cont’d..

• Wi-Fi / Roaming: eduroam infrastructure trials• Hosting of E-num service (VOIP for Ireland)• IPTV delivery to students trial• NDLR: preparing for production service• Streaming and Mirror Services

– = record peak traffic for the Irish Internet (on INEX)

Streaming & Archives:

Houses of the Oireachtas

• Dáil and Seanad

• Dáil Committee Rooms

Managed Schools Network

Background: Ireland’s Schools Network

• Free Internet connectivity for approx 4,000 schools

• 3 Year Agreement - Joint Government & Industry Funding (TIF)

• Establishment of centrally managed Schools Network at HEAnet

• Portfolio of associated HEAnet network services:

Connectivity Security Content Filtering Email

• Technical Support

Schools Network Topology

Other NRENs

Schools

Internet

Kilcarbery Park POPCitywest POP

Smart HS DataIrish BBLastmile DigiwebBT

HEAnet Backbone

Schools -Blanchardstown

(Server infrastructure only)

Benefits for Schools

• ‘Always On’ Broadband Connection (min. 512k to 2Mbps)

• Faster downloads & improved access to Multimedia resources

• Managed School Router

• Managed Network & Security Services

• Internet Content Filtering

• Email Services

• Future Services (e.g. Web-hosting)

• Technical Support (NCTE Service Desk 1st Line) /(Wiki)

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Schools: Summary Statistics

Connectivity Statistics: 3,730 (95%) of schools installed 3,312 (84%) of school LANs have connected Daily schools traffic exceeding 100Mbps Schools downloading up to 250GB of data per day

Filtering Statistics: 4% of traffic is to “blocked” categories 2% of traffic is Spyware Virus incidents are down by 70% since Q ’06 Teachers are more prepared to use Internet in class

Schools Weekly Traffic Patterns

HEAnet Schools Network

SuperComputer

Procurement

Participating Institutions

National University of Ireland, Galway

Dublin City University

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Trinity College Dublin

Tyndall Institute

University College Cork

University College Dublin

HEAnet

High-End Computing in Ireland

DFT+U spin density. Michael Nolan1, Dean C. Sayle2, Stephen C. Parker3 and Graeme W. Watson1

(1) TCD, (2) Cranfield University, (3) University of BathMarine Modelling Centre, NUI, Galway

Llyod D., et al, Dept. of Biochemistry, TCD

G.Murphy, et al, , DIAS/CosmoGrid

Record-breakers

• The high-performance machines are used by scientists to simulate everything from ocean currents to biological cells.

• At the moment the most potent machine in the world is the IBM's Blue Gene/L at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California

• The record breaking system, the only machine to have pushed through the 100 teraflop barrier, performs a staggering 280.6 trillion calculations per second. The computer has more than 130,000 processors

New HEAnet Services PoP

- ServCentric

New HEAnet Services POP

• Based at ServCentric, Blanchardstown, Dublin• Occupies 120 m2 of floor space, in its own secure

room, with air conditioning, fire suppression and resilient electrical supply

• Fitted with 32 * 19 inch racks • Resilient connections to the HEAnet National

Backbone, at 10 Gbit/s

New HEAnet Services POP

TCD UCD

DIAS NUIM

HEA WIT TSSG

EPA Qualifax

IRCSET Comreg

ILUG SixXs

IRIS NDLR

International Developments & GÉANT 2

International Enhancements

• General Internet (currently 2.5)• DANTE and HEAnet have procured dark fibre

solution across the Irish Sea• DANTE will run DWDM over the link • IP service will migrate to 10 Gbps in Jan 2007• GEANT “+” will provide 1GE P2Ps• DANTE lease wavelength from UKERNA Dublin PoP

as very economical backup to Europe

Project Achievements in Year 2 • Network rollout 97% complete

• Very good R&D results– Perfsonar – European monitoring framework– Eduroam/JRA5 – European roaming infrastructure – Performance Enhancement Response Team (PERT), Advanced Multi-Domain

Provisioning System (AMPS) – Bandwidth on Demand Inter-domain Manager (IDM) prototype – Security Toolset– Cross-activity: end-to-end monitoring, common topology DB, E2ECU

• Greater publicity and awareness – 55 events, 78 presentations, over 170 press articles – Compendium of NRENs 2005 completed – Foresight Study defined and tasks assigned – Video, interactive demo, brochures, leaflets, newsletter, maps, posters

SFPs

SFPs GBICs

Traditional communications equipment

XENPAC

Yourcolour Your

connection

Your LAN

BandwidthUpgrade Record

Client Bandwidth Upgrade Record

• Start of term 2006/2007

• 08:00 Wednesday, October 25th saw the biggest bandwidth upgrade in one morning in the history of HEAnet

• Over 1,600 Mbps extra capacity was delivered

• Average 75% bandwidth upgrade for all clients

This visible burst is NUI-Mwho went from 77Mbps to 140Mbps