CIXPPaolo Moroni (Slide 1) SwiNOG (18-10-2000) CERN Internet Exchange Point l In Geneva, Switzerland, on the Franco-Swiss border l Co-located with the

CIXP Paolo Moroni (Slide 1) SwiNOG (18-10-2000)

CERN Internet Exchange Point

In Geneva, Switzerland, on the Franco-Swiss In Geneva, Switzerland, on the Franco-Swiss borderborder

Co-located with the CERN (European Organization Co-located with the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) computer centre facilitiesfor Nuclear Research) computer centre facilities

Started in 1995 as spontaneous request from the Started in 1995 as spontaneous request from the local Internet communitylocal Internet community

Being an international research organization, Being an international research organization, CERN can provide both the technical support and CERN can provide both the technical support and the neutrality required for an Internet exchangethe neutrality required for an Internet exchange

Non-profit, best-effort serviceNon-profit, best-effort service


Telecom providers

Four basic fibre providers: Swisscom, France Telecom, Four basic fibre providers: Swisscom, France Telecom, COLT and SIG (local electrical power supplier); other COLT and SIG (local electrical power supplier); other operators (MCI Worldcom, Sunrise, diAx, Thermelec, operators (MCI Worldcom, Sunrise, diAx, Thermelec, Multilink, etc.) buy and re-sell bandwidthMultilink, etc.) buy and re-sell bandwidth

Several SDH 2.5 Gb loops already in operation; more Several SDH 2.5 Gb loops already in operation; more

are being installedare being installed Geneva is already part of a lot of pan-European Geneva is already part of a lot of pan-European

backbones; more are being deployed with CERN active backbones; more are being deployed with CERN active supportsupport


Internet Service Providers

30 ISPs are installed and active now: 30 ISPs are installed and active now: AUCS (Infonet), AUCS (Infonet),

AT&T Global Network (formerly IBM), Cablecom, Cable&Wireless, AT&T Global Network (formerly IBM), Cablecom, Cable&Wireless,

Carrier1, COLT-CH, COLT-International, Deckpoint, Deutsche Telekom Carrier1, COLT-CH, COLT-International, Deckpoint, Deutsche Telekom

(DTAG), diAx, Ebone/GTS, KPNQwest (formerly EUnet), France (DTAG), diAx, Ebone/GTS, KPNQwest (formerly EUnet), France

Telecom (Opentransit), GlobalONE, Globix, HP, INSnet, ISDnet (Ipergy), Telecom (Opentransit), GlobalONE, Globix, HP, INSnet, ISDnet (Ipergy),

ISION, NWC, PSInet, MCI Worldcom, Petrel, Renater, Sunrise, ISION, NWC, PSInet, MCI Worldcom, Petrel, Renater, Sunrise,

Swisscom (IP-plus), SWITCH, TEN-155 (*), Urbanet, ViaNetworks, VTX.Swisscom (IP-plus), SWITCH, TEN-155 (*), Urbanet, ViaNetworks, VTX.

The recent trend is for more global ISPs and fewer The recent trend is for more global ISPs and fewer local oneslocal ones

CERN and other research organizations are also CERN and other research organizations are also connectedconnected


Infrastructure

Cisco Catalysts (4003s and 5505)Cisco Catalysts (4003s and 5505)

10/100/1000baseT ports available (most ISPs use 10/100/1000baseT ports available (most ISPs use

100baseT)100baseT) Back-to-backBack-to-back links allowedlinks allowed

ExtremeNetworks Summit48 being orderedExtremeNetworks Summit48 being ordered

FDDI phased out (recycled for special purposes)FDDI phased out (recycled for special purposes)


Traffic

Informal measurements over the public Informal measurements over the public infrastructure show 100-200 Mb/sec at peak timeinfrastructure show 100-200 Mb/sec at peak time

Back-to-back traffic to be added to get the global Back-to-back traffic to be added to get the global aggregateaggregate

The infrastructure is kept oversized to avoid The infrastructure is kept oversized to avoid congestioncongestion


Normal services

Rack spaceRack space Electrical power (UPS)Electrical power (UPS) Access controlAccess control IP administrationIP administration UTP cablingUTP cabling


Informal services

Best-effort services:Best-effort services: OOB (cables and lines)OOB (cables and lines) Back-to-back cablingBack-to-back cabling Most telecom-to-ISP cablingMost telecom-to-ISP cabling 24x7 operations (for power cycling, emergenc24x7 operations (for power cycling, emergenc

y access, etc.)y access, etc.) Equipment installation: on requestEquipment installation: on request Equipment maintenance (card replacement, etEquipment maintenance (card replacement, et

c.): on requestc.): on request WWW site (including a BGP list of contacts)WWW site (including a BGP list of contacts) Infrastructure monitoringInfrastructure monitoring

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Current issues

Staff (un-)availabilityStaff (un-)availability Rack space, both for telecom and router equipment Rack space, both for telecom and router equipment

(some requests had to be rejected): no longer a real (some requests had to be rejected): no longer a real issue in some casesissue in some cases

Contacts with some ISPs or telecom operators (a more Contacts with some ISPs or telecom operators (a more detailed installation procedure would help)detailed installation procedure would help)

PricingPricing


Geographical distribution

Limited to CERN until end of September 2000Limited to CERN until end of September 2000 A new, non-exclusive partnership with Telehouse A new, non-exclusive partnership with Telehouse

(Suisse) S.A. has been finalized(Suisse) S.A. has been finalized Distributed infrastructure (Gb links) already Distributed infrastructure (Gb links) already

operationaloperational Allow large points of presence directly connected Allow large points of presence directly connected

to the CIXP:to the CIXP:extended rack space availabilityextended rack space availabilityimproved security and access controlimproved security and access control

Other partnerships are being discussedOther partnerships are being discussed


Development

Unfortunately limited by staff availability:Unfortunately limited by staff availability: new WWW sitenew WWW site new DNS server (new DNS server (cixpcixp..chch domain)domain) split from CERN external networksplit from CERN external network looking glasslooking glass multicastmulticast statisticsstatistics contents-distribution servicescontents-distribution services CIXP members coordination (meetings, etc.)CIXP members coordination (meetings, etc.) Secondary DNS, IPv6 (technical feasibility)Secondary DNS, IPv6 (technical feasibility)

















Commitment

CERN intends to continue to operate and CERN intends to continue to operate and enhance the CIXP as long as the Internet enhance the CIXP as long as the Internet community (mainly in Switzerland) wishes community (mainly in Switzerland) wishes us to do so.us to do so.


Contacts

E-mail: <[email protected]>E-mail: <[email protected]>

http://network.cern.ch/public/services/cixp/index.htmlhttp://network.cern.ch/public/services/cixp/index.html

+41-22-7674894+41-22-7674894

Thank youThank you

Documents

CIXPPaolo Moroni (Slide 1) SwiNOG (18-10-2000) CERN Internet Exchange Point l In Geneva, Switzerland, on the Franco-Swiss border l Co-located with the