NetherLighthttp://www.netherlight.net
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AlexandervandenHil,Migiel deVos,Gerben vanMalensteinInternet2GlobalSummitMay2016• Chicago,IL,USA
Name,coordinatingorganizations,locationofexchangepoint
• NetherLight– LocatedinsideVancis datacenter
SciencePark1211098XGAmsterdamRoomS145
– LocatedinsideTeleCity2 datacenterKuiperbergweg131101AEAmsterdamSuiteP - Zone4
– RunningproductionsinceJanuary2002– CoordinatedbySURFnet
Philosophy/PrinciplesofNetherLight• NetherLight
– …isasingledomain• Aserviceneverterminates atNetherLight• So aservicethrough NetherLightalways traverses atleast three domains
– …doesnot own fiberinfrastructure– …doesnotroute(doesanything<OSIlayer3)– …always supportsand interconnects differenttechnologies– …isonitswaytofulldynamicmultidomainprovisioning– andanybodyiswelcomeatNetherLight!
NetherLightClientX
ClientY
CurrentlySupportedTraffic
✓ Domestic SURFnet<->NetherLight✓ International GÉANT,CrossBorderFibers,ANA,
ESnet,Internet2,NORDUnet,...✓ Commercial CloudServiceProviders
• Currentlowestphysicalportspeed: STM-4(622M)• Currenthighest physicalportspeed: 100GBASE-LR4
SupportforLayer2circuits
a. ✓SupportVLANtranslationb. ✓ SupportGuaranteedBandwidthallocationc. ✓ PolicerandShapersonperVLAN
andsetofVLANsbasisd. ✓ TrafficBurstallowede. ✓ Q-in-Qcapabilities
DynamicCircuitProvisioningandSDN
✓ Supportedthrough“BoD”softwarestack• usedinsideNetherLight(Ciena 8700)andSURFnet• basedonNSIv2.0• supportingGLIFAutoGOLE• alsoavailableon100Glinks
✓ SupportedthroughOpenDaylight• Inventec D7032Q28B100Gswitch,32x100GQSFP28
SitePolicies
• Space,power,cooling,accesstoameetmeroom,physicalaccess,remotehands,responsetimeguarantees:– LetterofAuthorization(LOA)mayberequestedthroughNetherLightNOCincaseofpatching
– Forrackspace,thephysicallocations(Vancis,TeleCity2)mustbeapproached,NetherLightdoesnotfacilitatehousing
AbilitytointerconnectwithotherR&Eentity
✓ Openinterconnectpolicy
✓ NetworksandOpenExchanges:SURFnet,ANA(MANLAN,WIX,GÉANTOpenLondon),ESnet,Internet2,StarLight,CANARIE,GÉANT,NORDUnet,QNREN,KAUST,ENSTINET,BELNET,PIONIER,CERN,CESNET,KISTI,ASGC,MoscowLight,NKN,UniversityofAmsterdam,NDIX,NL-IX,RIX,FRIX
✓ CloudServiceProviders:Microsoft,SURFsara,OneXS,WinVision,Tele2,Previder,Bytesnet,Vodafone,T-mobile
SupportforCommercialTraffic
✓ SupportedatNetherLight
• Whatarethepoliciesaroundaccesstocommercialendpoints?✓ Openconnectionpolicy✓ Anybodyiswelcome
Measurement
• Whatisoffered/supported?✓ Per-portstatistics✓ Per-VLANstatistics✓ 2x100GperfSONAR serverssinceMay‘16
• Whatcannotbeshared?– StatisticsofSONET/SDHcircuits,unlesswedolayer-adaptationtoEthernetinsideNetherLight