NISN Support for High End Computing HEC Requirements

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NISN Support forHigh End Computing (HEC)
Requirements

• NISN Quarterly Customer Videocon
• March 12, 2007
• Carol S. Bryant

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Status

• Dr. Tsengdar Lee letter dated February 9, 2007
• Establishes strategic partnership with NISN for
  WAN services
• HEC to immediately stop investing in WAN
  development work, including National Lambda Rail
• Step 1 Utilize Existing NISN WAN
• No physical modification to NISN
• Currently supporting most NASA internal HEC users
• Step 2 Augment Existing NISN WAN
• Add discrete capacity between ARC and GSFC
• NSR currently in work to implement this fiscal
  year
• Step 3 Expand Existing NISN WAN
• Expand NISN core from OC48 (2.5Gbps) to OC192
  (10Gbps)
• Initial planning underway for 18-month project
• Awaiting funding decisions (multiple projects)

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Service Architecture
Layer 2/3 integration
Intra-Agency Layer 2 service end-to-end Intra-Agen
cy Layer 3 service (over Layer 2 across the
WAN) Intra-Agency Layer 3 service (over Layer 2
across the WAN) External Layer 3 service
(Internet)
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Requirements Summary

• Step 1 (today) Utilize Existing NISN WAN
• Full effort support for ARC, GSFC through FY07
• Full support for GRC, JPL, JSC, LRC, MSFC through
  FY08
• Excess capacity for ARC, GSFC through FY08
• Full support for KSC through FY13
• Excess capacity for MSFC, JSC, GRC through FY13
• Step 2 (6 months) Augment Existing NISN WAN
• Adds full support for ARC, GSFC through FY08
• Adds excess capacity for ARC, GSFC through FY10
• Step 3 (18 months) Expand Existing NISN WAN
• Adds full support for ARC, GSFC through FY12
• Adds full support for GRC, JPL, JSC, LRC, MSFC
  through FY13
• Adds excess capacity for ARC, GSFC through FY13

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Local Distribution

• Significant schedule, technical, and funding
  challenges to extend from NISN or NREN
  demarcation to user location
• Utilize Center LAN
• Center LAN policy
• Center LAN capacity
• Routers, switches, firewalls, IDS, other
  monitoring equipment
• Cable plant
• Direct connection (bypass Center LAN)
• Center LAN policy
• Center facilities work
• New network equipment
• Which Centers?

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Other Concerns

• Need detail on non-NASA end-user locations
• To determine reachability via Internet peers
• For peering capacity planning
• Estimated bandwidth requirements
• Requirements provided by the HEC Project and may
  not reflect user expectations
• Monitor usage for trends

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• Backup

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Current NISN Peering Capabilities

• NISN meets known requirements at no additional
  cost to HEC users
• Abilene
• Current capacity at NGIX-East, NGIX-West,
  Starlight (Chicago)
• Additional capacity in process for
  Equinix-Atlanta FY07Q1
• DREN
• Current capacity at NGIX-East, NGIX-West,
  Starlight (Chicago), MSFC
• ESNet
• Current capacity at MAE-East, MAE-West, Starlight
  (Chicago)
• Additional capacity in process for
  Equinix-Ashburn, Equinix-San Jose FY07Q1
• CENIC
• 1 Gbps capacity for process at PAIX-Ames Internet
  Exchange

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Legend for Projections Graphs
Primary capacity of Step 1 (todays NISN Network)
1
Primary capacity of Step 2 (point-to-point 2.5
Gbps ARC-GSFC)
2
Primary capacity of Step 3 (10 Gbps core 10
Gbps ARC-GSFC)
3
Full service in failure condition (below the
line) Traffic subject to quality of service in
failure condition (above the line)
Excess capacity of Step 1 (todays NISN) or Step
3 (18 months)
1
3
Full service in nominal condition (below the
line) Traffic subject to quality of service in
failure condition (below the line) Traffic above
the line dropped in any condition

• Notes
• Keep in mind all projections (compared to
  capacity) represent state of ALL users placing
  ALL requirements on the network at the SAME TIME.
  This is highly unlikely, but is our basis for
  planning.
• Any lines above a graph are arbitrarily placed.
• Core links represent shared capacity Modeling
  required to validate site capacities.

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HEC Projections - ARC
Current Provisioning
Non-HEC Projected
HEC Projected
3
FY07
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
3
12
2
1
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HEC Projections - GSFC
Current Provisioning
HEC Projected
Non-HEC Projected
ARC
GSFC
JSC
MSFC
KSC
3
FY08
FY09
FY07
FY11
FY12
FY10
FY13
3
12
2
1
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HEC Projections - MSFC
Current Provisioning
HEC Projected
Non-HEC Projected
3
1
1
13
HEC Projections - JSC
Current Provisioning
HEC Projected
Non-HEC Projected
3
1
1
14
HEC Projections - KSC
Current Provisioning
HEC Projected
Non-HEC Projected
1
3
1
15
HEC Projections - JPL
Current Provisioning
Non-HEC Projected
HEC Projected
FY07
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
3
1
1
16
HEC Projections - LRC
Current Provisioning
HEC Projected
Non-HEC Projected
3
1
1
17
HEC Projections - GRC
FY07
FY08
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
FY13
Current Provisioning
HEC Projected
Non-HEC Projected
3
1
1