1. SURFnet7 &
Accessible Lightpath Services
Supercomputing 2012
Alexander
van
den
Hil
alexander.vandenhil@surfnet.nl

2. SURFnet7:
Scalable Network
Institution Institution
Routed IP
Applica5on
Applica5on
Applica5on
(Layer 3) Applica5on
Applica5on
Applica5on
Next Generation
Ethernet
Service Service
(Layer 2)
Bandwidth
✔2010
Optical Transport
(Layer 0/1)
Bandwidth
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3. SURFnet7
• No limitations in capacity
• Efficient use of resources
• Availability
• Accessibility
• Ready for cloud provider integration
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4. Resiliency & Availability
PoP
redundancy
in
14
ci5es
• Amsterdam • Groningen
• Utrecht • Nijmegen
• Den Haag • Maastricht
• Eindhoven • Delft
• Rotterdam • Zwolle
• Breda • Enschede
• Leiden • Tilburg

5. Availability of SURFnet6
Core
I
Core
II
Core
network
SURFnet
PoP
GigaMAN
ring
GigaMAN
GigaMAN
PoP
PoP
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6. Availability of SURFnet7
Step 1
Core
I
Core
II
Core
network
SURFnet
PoP
GigaMAN
ring
GigaMAN
PoP
GigaMAN
PoP
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7. Availability of SURFnet7
Step 2
Core
I
Core
II
Core
network
PoP
1
PoP
2
GigaMAN
ring
GigaMAN
PoP
GigaMAN
PoP
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8. Connection types SURFnet7
• 1 Gbit/s
1000Base-SX MultiMode 500 meter
1000Base-LX SingleMode 10.000 meter
1000Base-ZX SingleMode 70.000 meter
• 10 Gbit/s
10GBase-SR MultiMode 100 meter
10GBase-LR SingleMode 10.000 meter
2013
• 100 Gbit/s
100GBase-LR4 SingleMode 10.000 meter
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9. SURFinternet
External IP
connectivity
N* 100 GE N* 100 GE
10 GE
SURFnet7
1 GE
100 GE
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10. SURF Lightpaths
• From SDH to Carrier Ethernet technology.
• Multiplexing of traffic.
• Low latency optical design.
• New speeds.
• Multiple Lightpath Services using one port.
• To partnering NREN’s via CBF’s and/of via NetherLight,
GLIF or GÉANT.
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11. One or more services on a single port
• Single Service Port (SSP)
- One service, one port
• Multi Service Port (MSP)
- Multiple network services, one port
- Efficient use of interfaces
SURFinternet SURF-lightpath SURF-lightpath OnDemand lightpath Free 10 Gbit/s
MSP Interface
2 Gbit/s 1 Gbit/s 2 Gbit/s 3 Gbit/s 2 Gbit/s
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12. Multi Service Port
Connected
Ins@tu@on
SURFnet7
No
extra
Accessible
No
Invoice
equipment
No
Patching
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13. Example:
Sharing a datacenter
SURFnet7
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14. Example:
Sharing instruments
SURFnet7
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15. Example:
Cloud providers Cloud
B
Cloud
A
Cloud
C
SURFnet7
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16. OnDemand Lightpaths
• Possible to all OnDemand lightpath ports within the
SURFnet7 network (and beyond soon).
• Institutions can activate OnDemand lightpaths to each
other using an MSP
• Also to Cloud providers via NetherLight.
• Offers the same bandwidth, latency, availability etc.
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17. OnDemand Lightpaths
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18. Automating Bandwidth On Demand
Connected
Ins@tu@on
SURFnet7
SURFnet
NSI
BoD
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19. alexander.vandenhil@surfnet.nl
@avdhil
avdhil
alexander@vandenhil.net
W www.surfnet.nl
+31 30 2 305 305
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