# Presentation: 536006

##  US Line Consortium (USLIC) meeting (7/12/2001) 

**Operational Report**
**CERN USA PoP status & plans**
**New Firewall architecture**
**Market Survey & Call for Tender**
**STAR LIGHT & DataTAG**
**USLIC budget & expenditures**
**GEANT project Update**
**A.O.B.**
**Appendix **
**A - USLIC history **
**B - USLIC connectivity update**

## Operational Report

**Apart from August 8/9 (24 hour outage with partial backup), no major problems to report **
**Direct peering with Abilene to be established soon at the Qwest PoP in Chicago.**
**Second (unprotected) STM-1 circuit about to be delivered.****	**

## 1) KPNQwest co-location plan (Chicago) 

-     Qwest-IP

- STAR LIGHT

**Qwest **PoP** (Chicago) **

- CERN-USA

- LS1010

**CERN (Geneva)**

**STM-1**

- CERNH9

**21 Mbps / T3**

- KPN-
- Qwest

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

- STM-1

- ESnet

**STM-1**

**T3**

## CERN’s new firewall: technology and topology

**CERN’s new firewall: technology and topology**

**CERNH2**
**(Cisco OSR 7603)**

**Cabletron SSR**

**Cisco****PIX**

- Gbit Ethernet

- Gbit Ethernet

**Dxmon**FE and FDDI+bridge

**Cisco RSP7000**

-   Gbit
- Ethernet

-   Fast Ethernet

- 100/1000 Ethernet

- FastEthernet

- FastEthernet

- Securitymonitor

- FastEthernet

## 2) KPNQwest co-location plan (Chicago)(dual unprotected STM-1 circuits) 

**    ****Qwest-IP**

**STAR TAP**

**Qwest **PoP** (Chicago) **

**AR1****-****USA**

**AR2-USA**

**CERN (Geneva)**

**21 Mbps/T3**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**ESnet**

**STM-1**

**CERNH9**

**LS1010**

**T3**

**Abilene**

## 3) KPNQwest co-location plan (Chicago)(dual unprotected STM-1 circuits) 

**    ****Qwest-IP**

**STAR TAP**

**Qwest **PoP** (Chicago) **

**AR1****-****USA**

**AR2-USA**

**CERN (Geneva)**

**AR2-CERN**

**21 Mbps/T3**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**STM-1**

**ESnet**

**STM-1**

**AR1-CERN**

**LS1010**

**T3**

**Abilene**

**GBE**

## Main Internet connections at CERN

**SWITCH**

- CIXP

- WHO

- Europe

- USA

**155Mbps**

**1Gbps**

**2*155Mbps **

**Swiss National**** ****Research**** ****Network**

**Mission Oriented & **
**World Health Org.**

**General purpose **
**Internet connections**
**(Europe/USA/World)**

**Commercial**

- IN2P3

**45Mbps**

**CERN**

**1Gbps**

**GEANT (1.25****/****2500****Mbps****)**

**2.5****G****bps**

##  CERN’s Distributed Internet Exchange Point (CIXP)

**Telecom Operators & dark fibre providers:**
**	****Cablecom, COLT, diAx, France Telecom, Global Crossing, GTS/EBONE, KPNQwest, LDCom(*), Deutsche Telekom/Multilink, MCI/Worldcom, SIG, Sunrise, Swisscom (Switzerland), Swisscom (France), SWITCH (**), Thermelec, VTX/Smartphone.**
**Internet Service Providers include:**
**	****3GMobile (*), ****Infonet, AT&T Global Network Services (formerly IBM), Cablecom, ****Callahan,**** Carrier1, Colt, ****DFI,**** Deckpoint, Deutsche Telekom, diAx (dplanet), ****Easynet****, Ebone/GTS, Eunet/KPNQwest, France Telecom/OpenTransit, Global-One, Globix, INSnet/Wisper ****InterNeXt****, IS Internet  Services (ISION), IS-Productions, ****Nexlink,**** Net Work Communications (NWC), PSI  Networks (IProlink), MCI/Worldcom, Petrel, Renater, ****Sita****/****Equant(*)****, Sunrise,  Swisscom IP-Plus, SWITCH, GEANT, VTX, UUnet.  **

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**isp**

**isp**

**isp**

**isp**

**isp**

**isp**

**isp**

**isp**

**CERN**
**firewall**

***Cern Internal Network***

***Telecom***
***operators***

***Telecom***
***operators***

## Market Survey/Invitation to Tender 2983-IT 

**The existing 2 years contract with KPNQwest expires on 31/3/02 and cannot be extended beyond that date. **
**So, the market survey/invitation to tender exercise needed to be done again.**
**Market survey 2983/IT was launched in April**
**29 Telecom Providers consulted in 10 countries (including Dante)**
**19 replies received**
**9 companies did not reply**
**1 company declined **
**Invitation to Tender issued in early September**
**17 companies invited**
**13 responses received**
**Short list include 4 providers. Final choice will be made on December 12 by the CERN Finance Committee**

##   Invitation to Tender 2983-IT CERN–USA access requirements (2002)

**	****	****	**
**	**

**CERN**

**Star Light**

**Japan**

**vBNS**

**STAR TAP**

**ESnet**

**MREN**

**Commodity **
**Internet**

**Abilene**

**2*OC-12**

**622 Mbps**

**T3**

**CERN**_** **_**PoP**
_**(**_**USA**_**)**_

**Canada**

**ANL**

**FNAL**

**E3**

**StarLight Co-location **
**facility (NWU)**

**CIXP**

**2.5 Gbps**

**DataTAG**

**Production**

## DataTAG project

**The project has now been approved:**
**Total budget: 3.9 MEuros**
**Duration:  2 years**
**Starting date: 1/1/2002**
**European Partners:**
**PPARC (UK)**
**University of Amsterdam (NL)**
**INFN (IT)**
**CERN (Coordinating Partner)**
**One Technical manager, two engineers and one full time administrative assistant will be recruited**
- INRIA (FR) will join during 1Q02 & ESA expressed strong interest
**USA Partners:**
**NSF**
**DoE through Caltech**
**Main goals:**
**Ensure maximum interoperability between USA and EU Grid projects**
**Transatlantic test bed for Grid related network research **
**Provisioning shall be made through the USLIC, if acceptable to the EU, **
**Otherwise through GEANT/Dante, Surfnet,... **

## DataTAG – STAR LIGHT interconnection 

**	****	****	**
**	**

**CERN**

**STAR LIGHT**

**Japan**

**vBNS**

**             **

**STAR TAP**

**ESnet**

**MREN**

**Abilene**

**CERN**_** **_**PoP**
_**(**_**Chicago**_**)**_

**Canada**

**ANL**

**FNAL**

**2.5Gbps lambda (research)**

_**#1 direct connection to the STARLIGHT**_
_**#2 indirect connection**_
_**#3 **_**622Mbps/Gigabit Ethernet over dark fiber, etc)**
_**N.B. The CERN PoP may be co-located at the STARLIGHT**_

**#3**

**GEANT**

**Italy**

**UK**

**DataGrid Tier1 sites**

**Netherlands**

_**2.5Gbps lambda**_

## The GEANT project

**Core: 10Gbps circuits from Colt, DT, Telia**
**Access: mostly via 2.5 Gbps circuits**
**Routers: Juniper **
**CERN**
**CERN & SWITCH will share a 2.5 Gbps access**
**CERN purchased 50% of the total capacity (i.e. 1.25 Gbps).**
*It is also expected that the access bandwith to GEANT will double every 12-18 months. *
**The Swiss PoP of GEANT is located at the Geneva airport (Ldcom@Halle de Fret)**

## CERN-SWITCH Logical set-up

**SWITCH router****AS559**

**CERN router****AS513**

**GEANT backbone**

**AS559****559-513**

**AS513****513-559**

**CAR**

**CAR**

**STM-16**

**STM-16**

**GEANT****router**

**2.5 aggregate**