Highspeed 10G interconnection of Research and Educational networks within YerevanArmenia

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High-speed (10G) interconnection of Research and
Educational networks within Yerevan/Armenia

• Robert Tadevosyan
• ASNET-AM Communication Responsible

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Situation of network interconnections of
scientific, research and education networks in
Armenia

• Existing scientific, research and education
  Networks
• ASNET-AM (National Academy of Science)
• ARENA
• University network (UNI-NET)
• Library network (LIB-NET)
• Industry research network (RES-NET)
• No regular/reli?ble and high-speed
  interconnections, no having common management, no
  plan of general development, .

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Vital needs

• Expansion of information exchange between
  research and education networks
• Improving the access to the knowledgebase and
  scientific databases
• Reliable and fast access to Armenian High
  Performance Computing Center - Armcluster
• Good and reliable Internet connectivity
• Good collaboration with world scientific centers

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Solution

• Implement the Project/Idea - a Consortium of
  Armenian National Research and Education Networks
  (CAMNREN), that be founded including the major
  constituents of the Armenian NRENs
• Creation of National interconnection network that
  connecting the research and education
  institutions and all NRENs into a single
  high-speed network with 10 Gigabit backbone.

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High-speed interconnection network
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Configuration of equipment for the POP

• POP type 1
• The configuration is based on a switch rack with
  4 extension slots Cisco Catalyst 6504-E, 4-slot
  chassis and a control card Supervisor Engine 32
  with two 10G ports. Maximal throughput of the bus
  is 32Gbps.
• POP type 2
• Configuration is based on a switch rack with 6
  extension slots Enhanced Catalyst 6506 chassis
  (6-slots) and a control card Supervisor 720
  Fabric MSFC3 PFC3B. This configuration has a
  module with four 10G ports. Maximal throughput of
  this configuration is 720 Gbps.

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• Robert Tadevosyan
• ASNET-AM Communication Responsible