8 April 2003

Manhattan Landing Update

Paul LoveChair, Topology WG

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Manhattan Landing – Recap

Interconnection facility in NYC for international & domestic R&E network

Following the lead of STAR TAP/StarLight, Pacific Wave, AMPATH it’s a carrier neutral, layer 2 exchange point

Partnership involving Internet2, NYSERNet & Indiana University’s Global NOC

Independent of Abilene infrastructure; direct bilateral peerings between connected R&E nets

Abilene’s T640 NYC core router will connect with 10GE at MAN LAN’s 1st light

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MAN LAN - Equipment

Initial equipment: Cisco 6513

Frame only; mesh of vLANs

GigE & 10GE (LAN PHY) connections only

• 16x1GigE installed–SX, LX/LH or ZX

• 10GE blades added as needed

–LR or ER

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MAN LAN - Administrative Info

Location• 24th fl, 32 Avenue of the Americas• NYSERNet’s collocation space within the building’s FMMR

Availability• This month, April 2003

Abilene Connections• Preferred means of connecting in NYC

Operation• Global NOC @ Indiana University

Paperwork (draft connection agreement, etc)• See http://international.internet2.edu/intl_connect/manlan/

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MAN LAN – Admin Info (cont)

Partnership• Global NOC of Indiana University, Interent2 & NYSERNet

NYSERNet• Contact

–Ben Chi; Director, Network Technologies–bec@nysernet.org +1 518 283-3584 x24

• Collocation space available• Commodity ISPs expected in the NYSERNet space

• Only NYSERNet can provide final prices and T&Cs

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MAN LAN – Fees

Set for 2003, reviewed annuallyBased on partial cost sharing

MAN LAN Fee Structure for 2003 Initial, non-recurring fee none Monthly recurring fee – 1GigE US$400 Monthly recurring fee – 10GE US$1,200 Monthly recurring fee - interconnection with FMMR

(passed through to NYSERNet) US$100

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Participants

Committed• Abilene 10GE• CA*net4 2xGigE• GÉANT 2xGigE• HEAnet GigE• NYSERNet 10GE

Potential• ESnet• SInet

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MAN LAN – Contacts

For international R&E networks:• Heather Boyles• heather@interent2.edu• +1 202 331-5342 land• +1 202 255-5581 cell

For US R&E networks:• Paul Love• epl@internet2.edu• +1 802 254-9087 land• +1 802 233-2735 cell

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NYC R&E Network Interconnections: ~6/03

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The End