Transcript Welcome to NCAR

Networking updates:
Westnet
Marla Meehl
Network Engineering Manager
UCAR/NCAR
2013-06-12
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Acronym soup
• University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research (UCAR; http://www.ucar.edu)
– National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCAR)
– Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP)
– UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP)
– Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON)
• Questions and discussions throughout as needed – and as for
acronym soup ingredients, please ask if I miss one or check
decoder page at http://bit.ly/acronym-soup
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Front Range GigaPoP (FRGP)
• http://www.frgp.net
• Netflow replacement coming
• FMC/FTC agreed to purchase icmynetflow
• Continued LANDER support
• Other CSU projects: support for Rover, NDN,
BGPmon too
• PerfSonar deployments complete
• Hosted Internet2 Network Performance
Workshop April 3-4 at NCAR
• 38 member attendees
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FRGP
• Installing new 10/100Gbps interface card to support
growth
• Colocation updates - None
– 1850 Pearl
– 1200 Larimer
– 910 15th
• peering
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10G Google peering active at 910
Comcast
TR/CPS – largest single FRGP/UPoP usage
Akamai
Netflix active at 1850 Pearl – carrying ~2Gbps of traffic
Considering Bresnan and other peering
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BiSON
• Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON)
• Major fiber move on BiSON-owned Mcleod
fiber 10/13
• Contract awarded for move
• Still working with Windstream/McLeod on shared
funding options
• ~$450K move
• Received IRU and O&M pricing from Zayo –
prohibitive
• Timing of EAGLE-Net build and lack of Fort Collins
support eliminates this option
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UCAR Point of Presence
(UPoP)
• http://upop.ucar.edu
• 10G MOE coming – on order
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
joining UPoP via Colorado School of Mines fiber
path
• Discussions with I2 on membership options - $10K/yr
affiliate membership + $23.4K/yr participant fee
• National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
– in discussions
• The Geological Society of America - in discussions
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Internet2
• New cost model
• Increases for Level1 schools - $30K/yr starting in 2014
• SEGP increase 7/1/13 - $5K/yr starting on 7/1/14
• NET+ roll out
• Non-member support and cost in question
• Where to run NET+ traffic – research, TR/CPS, new path
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Attended I2 Member Meeting – NET+ dominated
http://www.internet2.edu
http://www.internet2.edu/network/
http://www.internet2.edu/netplus
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NLR/CBREC
• CBREC meeting regularly
• Considering interconnecting east/west via
NLR existing lambdas/transponders
• Looking at NLR versus I2 performance
issues
• Face to face meeting in July planned to
discuss direction and plans
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CDOT
• Lots of fiber activity in various parts of the
State
• I-25 build – restarted by EAGLE-Net
• US36 fiber into Boulder of great interest –
ongoing discussion
• Southern Colorado
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CO Broadband Roundtable
• Some ongoing (irregular) meetings
• Jeff Custard is going to stop attending
• Mountain Connect coming up – 6/16 –
6/17/13
• (http://mountainconnect.org/MC_2013_Home.ht
ml)
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Internet2 K20/SEGP
• good interactions and links between content
providers and K-20 groups looking for content
• UCAR education and outreach involvement
• as one of the SEGP reps for CO - please let Jeff
know about any K-20 interest, content or user side
questions or issues
– will coordinate with EN (other two reps there)
• Jeff is also serving as liaison between this k20
group and Quilt
– (e.g., SEGP connectivity survey).
– SEGP connectivity survey submitted
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WRN
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Regular WTC and WPC calls
LEARN has joined WRN
WRN I2 KC Move to Chicago
Exchanging the backhaul circuit to KC in
exchange for Starlight backhaul
• 100G ports pending I2 for same cost this
year and decreased costs next year
(revenue neutral this year)
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Big Data
• Marla participated in Advanced Regional &
State Networks (ARNs): Envisioning the
Future as Critical Partners in Data-Driven
Science
– All whitepapers and presentations available
here: https://www.mcnc.org/envision
– Problem facing entire scientific community
– Also discussed at I2 Member Meeting
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Quilt items
• http://www.thequilt.net
• NOAA: Federal Government OMB Mandate
for Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) and
Potential Opportunities for Regional
Networks
• all Federal Civilian Agencies will be impacted
• http://www.dhs.gov/trusted-internetconnections
• Large impact to RONs – will shift traffic and
funding
• FRGP monitoring closely
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Quilt items
• Discussing intra-RON peering using AL2S
• Other uses for AL2S for RONs
• AirWatch
• http://www.air-watch.com/
• Mobile device, application, content,
applications, and learning management
• Quilt pricing program including FRGP/UPoP
authorized buyers
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Quilt items
• CIS survey highlights
– Bandwidth growth 5.5 to 7.5Gbps inbound
– 73% growth in 10Gbps circuits
– ~150Gbps actual inbound bandwidth for the
program
– Cogent, Level3, CenturyLink, Hurricane Electric
(top bandwidth) top providers
– Jeff Custard participated in process again
showing great leadership
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FRGP/UPoP Traffic – 1 – 5/13
• percent commercial 14.44
• percent peering 59.59
• percent other 25.97
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Futures/Challenges
• New agreements and new algorithms in
2014
• BiSON growth, upgrade, funding
• Supporting/funding services – NET+, etc.
• Replacing expiring fiber IRUs
• Supporting/funding 40/100Gbps
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U.S. Women as % Total STEM Degrees, 1980 – 2007
49  57%
42  60%
37  19%
9  19% 42  44% 24  41%
David Bressoud, National Center for Education Statistics. 1990–2009. Digest of Education Statistics. US Department of Education.
nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
Reck, IU Dept. of Chemistry, 2013
NCWIT
• Nonprofit community with 450 companies,
universities, government agencies, other
nonprofits
• Focused on increasing women’s
participation in technology and computing
• K-12, higher education, industry,
entrepreneurism
• “Community, evidence, and action”
• Based in Boulder, CO
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McRobbie
NCWIT Pacesetters
NCWIT Pacesetters is a fast-track program in
which senior executives from startups,
corporations, universities, and government
commit to increasing their numbers of
technical women. Pacesetters organizations
work to recruit previously untapped talent
pools of technical women and retain women
who are at risk of leaving, resulting in "net
new" women for their organizations.
McRobbie
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Aetna, AT&T, Bank of America, Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo, Carnegie Mellon University, Cisco Systems,
Facebook, Georgia Tech, Google, Intel, Indiana
University, Michigan Tech, Microsoft, Purdue,
Qualcomm, University of Nebraska, Return Path,
Symantec, Syracuse University, University of California
at Irvine, University of California Santa Cruz, University
of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, University of
Washington, Villanova, Virginia Tech
McRobbie
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Discussion
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Any follow up questions or
feedback?
Other items?
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