Internet2: Building the Next U.S. Innovation Platform

Eric BoydSenior Director, Strategic Projects, Internet2

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The Internet2 Community: An Unparalleled Human Network

• Internet2 brings together thought leaders from member organizations and the broader research and education community

• Our community advances the frontiers of network-enabled applications

• Our community enables new, transformational solutions for research and education

Nearly 400 member institutions66,000+ community anchor

institutions

Initiatives, working

groups, special

interest groups

International partners

Core staff"Unhindered collaboration, absolutely no barriers. It’s a community where ideas are shared and new technologies are built.”

—Joe Freddoso, CEO, MCNC

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Internet2 Members and Partners222 Higher Education members72 Affiliate members39 R&E Network members64 Industry members65+ Int’l partners reaching over 100 Nations66,000+ Community anchor institutions

Focused on member technology needs since 1996

"The idea of being able to collaborate with anybody, anywhere, without constraint…"

—Jim Bottum, CIO, Clemson University

This is what we want to be ARE able to say: The 100G testbed of innovation for tomorrow’s Internet is available nationwide, right now. The playground is open.

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The 4th Gen Internet2 Network Internet2 Networkby the numbers17 Juniper MX960 nodes21 Brocade and Juniper

switches250+ amplification racks15,717 miles of newly

acquired dark fiber2,400 miles of partnered

capacity with Zayo

Communications8.8 Tbps of optical capacity100 Gbps of hybrid Layer 2

and Layer 3 capacity300+ Ciena ActiveFlex 6500

network elements”It’s the network that makes all of this possible."

—Michael McRobbie, President, Indiana

University

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100 GigE Layer 2 Connection

SDN Control Server

Performance Node

Dedicated scienceswitches/servers in labswith high-speed storage

and network access

Traditional L3 Campus Border Security

High-PerformanceLayer 2/3

Switch/Router

TraditionalCampus

Border Router

Traditionalregional andcommodityproviders

CampusEnterpriseNetwork

Internet2innovationbackbonedelivered

as 100G L1Nx100G

Nx100G

Nx10G

Nx10G

Nx10G

Nx10G

Science DMZ

fasterdata.es.net

Software Defined NetworkingGENI

Experiments

Dark Fiber

Optical System

GENI ?Dynamic Layer 2

IP NetworkLayer 3

StaticLayer 2

R&E IP TR-CPS

Innovation ServicesTraditional Services

Software Defined NetworkingSubstrate

Traditional SwitchSubstrate

Your Research

Innovation Platform

Abundant bandwidth, fewer bottlenecks, and a new class of control—to unlock a whole new dimension of research and education solutions.

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Innovation Platform Program Pilot Sites

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Unleashing new waves of global discovery, together.

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• 100G Nationwide Backbone• Native OpenFlow w/ virtual slices• Multivendor Environment• Available at Public Peering Points• ½ Year of solid production experience

• Open for controlled experimentation

Provides production & innovation platform to:• Dozens of high performance compute clusters• Hundreds of campus data centers• Thousands of native OpenFlow ports• Hundreds of wireless access networks• Millions of potential collaborators

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2013 Internet2 Innovative Application Awards

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

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Selected Projects

William J. Brockelsby, NCSU | Network Administration Control

Marc De Leenheer, Open Network Laboratory | NetVisor

Mo Dong, UIUC | Black Box Congestion Control

Rasha El-Jaroudi, Georgia Tech | SDN based Application for Efficient Video Streaming

Andy Li Xiaolin, University of Florida | Elf: Network-Enhanced Data Prefetching Middleware for Geo-

Distributed MapReduce

Pingping Lin, Open Network Laboratory | Seamless Interworking of SDN & IP

Muhammad Shabaz, Georgia Tech | SDN for Internet Exchange Points

Stephen Tredger, University of Victoria and PlanetWorks LLC | GENI Experiment

Engine Infrastructure

INTERNET2: BUILDING THE NEXT U.S. INNOVATION PLATFORM

Eric BoydSenior Director, Strategic Projects, Internet2

Thank you. For more information, visit http://www.internet2.eduor e-mail innovation@internet2.edu

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