A presentation given at APNIC 38 during the AMM session.

1. APIX update
APIX association
AP* retreat, Sunday 14 Sep. 2014

2. APIX association
• “Asia-Pacific Internet Exchange”
– An association of Internet Exchange Providers in
Asia-Pacific region.
– Objectives:
To share information about
technical, operational, and business issues and
solutions regarding Internet Exchange
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3. APIX Members
3
VNIX
Dix-ie
SOX
– NP: NP-IX(Katmandu)
– NZ: NZIX
– SG: SGIX(Singapore),
SOX(Singapore)
– VN: VNIX(Hanoi/HCMC)
– AP: Equinix (Hong Kong, Singapore,
Tokyo, Sydney)
• 16 IXPs
– BD: BDIX(Dhaka)
– HK: HKIX(Hong Kong)
– JP: BBIX, Dix-ie, JPIX, JPNAP
– KR: KINX(Seoul)
– ID: IIX
– IN: NIXI
– MY: MyIX (KL)
IIX
Some other IXPs in AP
also show their
interest in APIX
NZIX

4. Steering Committee
• Steering Committee (SC) members
– Katsuyasu Toyama (Chairperson) –JPNAP (JP)
– Che-Hoo Cheng (Secretary) --HKIX (HK)
– Raphael Ho (Treasurer) --Equinix (HK)
– Gaurab Raj Upadhaya –NP-IX (NP)
– Brian Kim –KINX (KR)
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5. Meeting history
# Date Place Attendees IXPs in AP
10th 14 Sep. 2014
Sunday
Brisbane
(Australia)
32 people (6 remote)
(26 from IXPs)
11 IXPs in AP
(2 remotely)
9th 23 Feb. 2014
Sunday
Petaling Jaya
(Malaysia)
~50 people 14 IXPs in AP
8th 25 Aug. 2013
Sunday
Xi’an
(China)
26 people
(19 from IXPs)
13 IXPs in AP
7th 24 Feb. 2013
Sunday
Singapore
(Singapore)
40 people
(36 from IXPs)
14 IXPs in AP
6th 29 Aug. 2012
Wednesday
Phnom Penh
(Cambodia)
26 people
(24 from IXPs)
12 IXPs in AP
(1 remotely)
5th 26 Feb. 2012
Sunday
New Delhi
(India)
27 people
(22 from IXPs)
11 IXPs in AP
(2 remotely)
4th 30 Aug. 2011
Tuesday
Busan
(Korea)
23 people
(21 from IXPs)
12 IXPs in AP
3rd 20 Feb. 2011
Sunday
Hong Kong
(Hong Kong)
31 people
(23 from IXPs)
10 IXPs in AP
2nd 23 Aug. 2010
Monday
Gold Coast
(Australia)
11 people
(9 from IXPs)
7 IXPs in AP
1st 1 Mar. 2010
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Monday
Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia)
15 people
(14 from IXPs)
7 IXPs in AP
Pre- 25 Aug. 2009 Beijing 14 people

6. Participating IXPs
Attend (11 IXPs (inc. 2 remote)
• BBIX
• Dix-ie
• HKIX
• IIX
• JPIX
• JPNAP
• KINX (remote)
• NIXI
• NP-IX
• VNIX
• SGIX (remote)
Observers (Potential Members)
• Megaport
• INEX
Not attend
• BDIX
• Equinix
• MyIX
• NZIX
• SOX
(Potential) Patrons
• APNIC
• Arista
• Brocade
• CISCO
6

7. Our Activities
• Information sharing between IXPs
– Sharing experiences between IXPs
• Problems, Solutions, Know-how, and Experiences
– Input from vendors and request to vendors
• New technologies for IXP
• Bug information
– Interests to activities around IXP
• Such as Internet Governance
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8. • Administration
– Discussion on Legal entity of APIX association
continues, but decision will be made by next
meeting.
– Website should be updated.
• IXP update
– Dixie: “Programmable IX” will start soon
– HKIX: Moving their platform into new
– IIX: Brocade MLXe installed
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9. • Information shared from vendors
– Arista:
– Brocade: Trill-based solution
– Cisco: Route server and NFV
• New IXP
– Megaport in Australia:
• Tools for IXPs
– IXP manager (INEX)
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10. Outstanding Issues
• Legal Entity
– We need it for depositing membership fee and for
collaborating with other organization.
– Planning to work with APIA
• Website
– Update is strongly recommended
• Collaboration with IX Foundation (IX-F)
– They will offer us with platform software, including
database and membership management.
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11. Thank you!
#2
• Contact: sc_at_apix.asia
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