The Next Big Thing

April 24, 2012

Internet2 Spring Member Meeting

Paul Schopis, Chief Technology Officer

OARnet

Ohio’s 100 Gig Timeline

December

2011

OARnet promotes vision and benefits of innovation platform to state leadership

Feb. 7, 2012

Governor’s office takes lead to secure funds

Jan. 30, 2012State awards $8.1 million to build 100 Gig network

Meetings with state, university & national officials

Oct.-Nov.2011

October2011

Gov. Kasich announces 100 Gig project during State of the State address

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Ohio’s 100 Gbps Network

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100 Gigabit Innovation Center

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Drivers for Ohio’s 100 Gig

Medical Corridor Virtualization Labs

Academic Economic Development

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Details

Optical PlatformCisco IEEE 802.3ba 100GBASE-LR4Shipments to begin end of May.

Switching/Routing Platform Juniper MX480 and MX960 Gear already arriving.

DeploymentInstallation to begin in June. Will run 100G separately (peered) from current 10G production on Day 1 because of code maturity concerns.

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Challenges

Connecting resources with researchers on campus

Maturity level of vendors’ implementation and communities’ support efforts

Rigorous testing needed for envisioned implementation

Connecting resources with researchers on campus

Maturity level of vendors’ implementation and communities’ support efforts

Rigorous testing needed for envisioned implementation

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Questions?

Paul SchopisChief Technology Officer, OARnetpschopis@oar.net

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