Conference 2018 BCNET Network Services A Technical Dive into BCNET’s Network Services
Agenda 1. BCNET Then 2. Network Now Marilyn Hay Manager, Network Services 3. Service Layers marilyn.hay@bc.net 4. Support Conference 2018
BCNET Network Growth 100,000 NREN & Backbone 100G 10,000 ORAN formation Van/Vic/PG 1,000 Core redesign to Juniper & CANARIE 10G WROADM CA*net @ 2.5G 21 clients 100 Mandate to represent Kam, Kel, Sur Move to all BC PSIs expansions Harbour Centre 1988 10 Regional 100+ clients Society Dialup, ISDN, ATM, FR created Mbps Shared IT PLNet & 1 services ISPs transitioned CA*net 1986 1988 1990 1993 1996 2000 2002 2006 2008 2013 2016 2010 1986: 3 Research Universities 56Kbps + 1.5Mbps Conference 2018
BCNET Network 1991 Conference 2018
Vision We will deliver, operate and advance network infrastructure to support education, research and innovation in British Columbia. Conference 2018
Governance Board Standing Committees: Finance, Audit, Governance, … President & CEO Service Committees: Services Network Services + SSTSC, CSIMSC, Committees Committee BCNETSource, … Fibre Infrastructure Network Operations Internet Transit & Peering Working Communities of Groups Practice Network Security Wireless Research Networks Conference 2018
Exchange Infrastructure • University, College, and Institute • City and Municipality • Provincial government 7 Conference 2018
Metro Networks § KAMTX 307 FKm § KCN: Kamloops Community Network Fibre strand network in 280 FKm § KELTX each Exchange metro § City of Kelowna area § 3 rd party supplier § PGTX 30 FKm Total fibre asset = § City of Prince George 9,980 Fibre Kilometers § Vancouver includes WAN and member 3,400 FKm § SURTX and VANTX connections § 3 rd party suppliers § VICTX 2,700 FKm § 3 rd party suppliers Conference 2018
Inter-Exchange Infrastructure § CANARIE partner § co-manage and operate 3 rd party suppliers § § Long term contracts Wavelengths § Dark Fibre Strands § § Ciena optical transport Wavelengths 100 GigE multiple 10 GigE single 10 GigE Dark Fibre Strands multiple 10 GigE Conference 2018
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NREN – Canada’s National Research and Education Network 11
Core Network Architecture - Routing § 3 categories of upstream connectivity Provisioned through Routing Instances 1. Internet Transit – TX 2. Peering – IX Local, Caches, BGP communities for tagging 3. Advanced Research Network – ORAN backbone Jumbo frames § Exchange routers in full IBGP mesh peering § ISIS and MPLS with LDP across the core § Full IPv4 and IPv6 § All services at all Exchanges Conference 2018
Current Topology April 23, 2018 13
FY1819 Projects April 23, 2018 14
Prince Edmonton George Future Architectural Plans Calgary Kamloops Kelowna Vancouver Surrey Victoria Seattle Conference 2018
Prince Edmonton George Future Architectural Plans Calgary Kamloops § Full MPLS core Requires alternate paths § Review routing platform Kelowna Vancouver § Options for member multiple diverse connections Surrey Victoria Seattle Research Networks Working Group Conference 2018
Network Services Catalogue Physical Layered Access Services • Fibre Connection • Advanced Network Core • Fibre Cross Connect • Internet Transit Services • Point to Point Ethernet • Transit Exchange • Virtual Router Conference 2018
Member Fibre Connections Vancouver area : 2000 Victoria : 2000 Prince George : 2001 Kamloops and Kelowna : 2005 14 Institutions Total fibre asset = 9,980 Fibre Kilometers Conference 2018
Member Ethernet Connections 3 rd party supplier connections § § 10 M – 1 G – 10 G – 100 G § L2 § Point-to-point § Point-to-multipoint § VLAN delivery § MTU frame sizes § L3 as well § 3 virtual instances transit, peering, research Conference 2018
Virtual Router Service Cost effective Infrastructure as a Service Removes financial Carrier-grade barriers for small high-performance 28% to 40% institutions router Cost Savings Links institution’s Added 3 in FY1718 network to Advanced Network Total 17 in production Conference 2018
BCNET Exchange Virtual Router Setup § Based on Juniper MX platform § Local accounts § Supports OSPF, BGP, ASNs § Rancid maintained backups April 23, 2018 21
Network Security § Best Current Practices § Filtering § DDoS Mitigations § CIRA D-Zone Anycast § Nessus Vulnerability Scanning § RTBH – to be developed Network Security Working Group Conference 2018
Internet Transit Service § Aggregate purchase for all members § Lower total cost § Traffic optimization § Available at each Exchange § IPv4 and IPv6 § Exchange to Exchange failover § GRE tunnels § increased resiliency 100% Availability Conference 2018
Internet Transit Traffic § Traffic doubles every 2 years § RFPs for suppliers § Internet Transit & Peering § Cost continues to drop Working Group Conference 2018
Peering Services § Distributed across Advanced Network § BGP Peers § CANARIE Content Delivery Service – CDS Amazon, Box.net, D2L, FB, MS, Yahoo!, … § BCNET Local Exchanges Limelight, Novus, … § Vancouver Internet Exchange – VANIX Cloudflare, OpenDNS, Peer1, … § Caching Services § Nearby servers § Akamai, Apple, Google Bilateral routing agreements = improved user experience Conference 2018
Peering Service Growth § $1.7M avoided network costs § Akamai first installed 2001 for members over FY1718 § Apple Caching online in 2018 § 54% of all traffic is on Peering Conference 2018
Traffic Distribution FY1718 Network Traffic 13 Gbps Internet Transit 29% Investment in Research Network + Peering = Peering $2.2 M annual avoided cost for members 54% Research Network 17% 23 Gbps 7 Gbps Approximate 25% traffic increase per year Conference 2018
PSI Integration Project Collaboration to allocate funding where required to support rural and remote AEST connectivity 23% under budget PSI 30 Gbps installed – 51% increase from budget SSBC BCNET 15 institutions in the entire project with ~90 campuses 60% complete to date Conference 2018
PSI Integration Project – FY1718 Conference 2018
PSI Integration Project – April to August Conference 2018
The number of organizations and sites connected to BCNET network have doubled in the last five years FY 12/13 FY 13/14 FY 14/15 FY 15/16 FY 16/17 FY 17/18 Network Site 179 71 85 95 121 143 Connections Organisations 13 17 20 23 28 32 Connected Conference 2018
Network Support Distributed operational model Leverage expertise Utilize member infrastructure Knowledge sharing Model for shared IT service delivery 98% On 2017 Member Satisfaction Survey Conference 2018
Client Portal § BCNET § Service Bulletins, Network Metrics § Policies § Member Services § Network statistics § Incident reports § EduCloud Server metrics § Service agreements Conference 2018
Vancouver & Core Staff Prince George - UNBC • Blake Bridgewater • Curtis Bowden • Morgan Dapilly • Pallavi Kapoor • Don McWilliam Kamloops - TRU • Oscar Rondon • David Burkholder • Dave Stillwell • Toby Wong Operations - UBC 24 x 7 Kelowna - UBC • Rose Chan • Keelin O’Reilly Victoria - UVic • + staff • Steve Lahey • Hans Yodzis Surrey - SFU • + staff • Vic Hiebert Distributed Network Management Co-operative expert support across the province for each Exchange 34 Thanks to All!
BCNET Network Services www.bc.net www.bc.net/service-catalogue noc@bc.net 604-822-1348 Conference 2018
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