Download Role of Ethernet in Optical Networks

Role of Ethernet in
Optical Networks
Debbie Montano
Director R&E Alliances
[email protected]
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Internet2 Member Meeting, Apr 2006
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Role of Ethernet
in Optical Networks
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Allocation of Optical Network Resources
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Finer Control of Paths and Bandwidth
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Integration between Optical & IP networks
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Example: HOPI Project
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You still need/want Ethernet:
– Integration with LANs, end sites
– Management / Subdivision of larger lambdas
– Higher layer services
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Force10 Participation
Internet2 HOPI Project
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HOPI - Hybrid Optical
Packet Infrastructure
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Fundamental Questions:
How will the core Internet
architecture evolve?
What should the next
generation Internet2
network infrastructure be?
Internet2 Corporate Partner &
HOPI project partner

Provided five E600
switch/routers, deployed in Los
Angeles, DC, Chicago, Seattle
& New York
Examining a hybrid of
shared IP packet switching
and dynamically
provisioned optical lambdas

Modeling scaleable nextgeneration networks
Internet2 HOPI Project
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HOPI Nodes with E600s

Washington DC / Virginia
– MAX GigaPOP Node, McLean, VA
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Los Angeles
– CENIC GigaPOP
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Chicago
– Starlight, 710 N. Lakeshore
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Seattle
– Pacific Northwest GigaPOP / Pacific Wave
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New York
– NYSERNET, MANLAN, 32 Avenue of the Americas
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Hybrid Optical Packet
Infrastructure (HOPI) Node
NLR 10 GigE
Lambda
NLR Optical
Terminal
NLR Optical
Terminal
OPTICAL
VLSR PC
Regional
Optical
Network (RON)
Optical
Cross
Connect
Force10 E600
Switch/Router
Control
Measurement
Support
OOB
HOPI Node
PACKET
10 GigE Backbone
Abilene
Network
Abilene
Network
Abilene core router
GigaPOP
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GigaPOP
VLSR
NLR Optical
Terminal
Bandwidth
Reservation for
User Work
(BRUW)
VLSR PC
Virtual Label
Switch Router
(VLSR)
Optical
Cross
Connect
Regional
Optical
Network (RON)
Force10 E600
Switch/Router
HOPI
Clients
Abilene
Network
Abilene core router
GigaPOP
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Control Plane Architecture
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VLSR - The VLSR is a software suite which can be adapted to
switching elements of various technologies. These switching
elements can then act as a Label Switch Router (LSR) in
Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching (GMPLS) context
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Includes protocols and functions such as Open Shortest Path
First with Traffic Engineering extensions (OSPF-TE), Resource
ReServation Protocol with Traffic Engineering extensions
(RSVP-TE), Constrained Shortest Path First (CSPF) Path
Computation, and switching element resource control and
provisioning.
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HOPI: Dynamic Control of VLANs (Virtual LANS)

Bandwidth Reservation for User Work (BRUW). BRUW is an
adaptation of the CANARIE User-controlled Lightpath (UCLP)
software to enable of MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Label-Switched Paths (LSPs) dynamic provisioning across IP
routed infrastructures.
VLSR Architecture
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Ethernet in Optical Networks
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Exchanges: Starlight
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Protocol Conversion
– LAN PHY to WAN PHY
– UltraScienceNet
– JGN2 US Link
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E1200 connections @
HARNET
NCDM
CLUSTER
NODES
DREN
CLUSTER NODES
10GE
GE
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As of April 2005
Click on E1200 to see real time MRTG graph
Thank You
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