Logistics

Agenda

  1. NORDUnet / SUNET reorg
  2. GN4-3 Status (LF)
  3. EUMETSAT - country updates, status, and joint position (all)
  4. ESS: Brief update (LF)
  5. EISCAT: Brief update (LF)
  6. Planning for 25 October F2F (LF, All)
  7. Round table updates - All
  8. AoB

Participants

  • DeIC: Tangui
  • SUNET: Pelle, Leif, Valter, BJ
  • UNINETT: Olaf, Olav
  • FUNET: Harri, Matti
  • NORDUnet: Erik-Jan, Jørgen, Lars
  • RHnet: Marius

Notes

  • NORDUnet / SUNET reorganisation
    • NORDUnet is in the process of transferring Swedish office and staff to SUNET
    • NORDUnet and SUNET is in the process of contracting for SUNET to deliver NOC and engineering services to NORDUnet
    • Process ongoing
    • Expected to settle bu 01.01.2019
  • eduVPN - to be discussed at F2F
    • There will be a early adopter meeting in Utrecht, 5-6 November.  Tangui to send info to the CTO mailing list
    • Pelle want to be able to limit exit points to Swedish want 
  • Offers submitted
    • Some people have been contacted, many have not.
    • No systematic feedback
    • Results expected by next week
    • Overbudgeting was eventually not done
  • ESS
    • Contract preparation for site interconnection ongoing
    • overview of how the world of NRENs work
  • EISCAT-3D
    • Fibre routes have settles
    • contract preparation in progress
    • They might after all go for 100G
    • They might after all go for White Rabbit timing service
    • FUNET has been in contact with SGO in Södankyla. 
  • EUMETSAT
    • Lars: process is cumbersome
    • SUNET: has a site, process is cumbersome. 
    • BJ: there's two many levels, both in customer handling and in operations.
    • BJ: "We (SUNET) don't know anything, 
    • BJ: As SUNET has not customer relationship, there's no way to recover cost.
    • Valter: Proposal to GÉANT was not accepter. Valter would like to see us help GÉANT 
    • Per: is traffic only from EUMETSAT to SUNET? Lars: two things are going on 1) traffic from data downlink sites 2) traffic  
    • UNINETT: challenges with Svalbard fibre cable regulation. 
    • Lars: EUMETSAT want to buy from one site
    • Per: For GÉANT to add value, they should help us explain the NREN model to EUMETSAT. 
    • LF: we should split the traffic distribution and the data collection 
    • Valter: GÉANT should focus on their value add; they should not be a single point of contact.
    • LF to set up VC with Chris. LF + BJ + Martin + Olaf / Vidar + Matti
  • F2F planning
    • Joint Cloud as a common topic.
      • Leif, Pelle: want discussion 
      • Harri: probably do not have a common position on cloud in general
    • Also do Research Platform & Science Engagement  - higher level
      • Discussion of what NREN are doing in the area
    • Valter: let's share on mailing list what we think of as a research platform
    • Leif: Each NREN come with presentation on their thinking
    • LF: Jan M can then present on the service delivery aspect 
    • LF. in summary, first Cloud strategy meeting will be a series of presentations of perspectives , with 
    • LF to post first iteration of CTO Forum agenda
  • UNINETT update
    • Broadnet meeting; objective is a Esbjerg - Oslo fibre
    • Realtime, music collaboration over network. 
    • Want to do a networking for music performance and production workshop @ NDN. 
      • Pelle would like us to measure jitter in the network, so we can talk about if that is OK
      • Is there a relation to the LOLA and Network Performing Arts workshops
      • Pelle would like there to be measurements on the table before a workshop
      • Marius: doing jitter measurements properly is a really hard thing to do
      • LF: OK, we will take this into preparation of the workshop and work with UNINETT
      • Olaf to lead workshop preparation, NDN will do logistics
      • Working on decision document for Trondheim to Vasa; decision on NORDUnet reimbursement of links is not ready yet.
  • FUNET
    • FUNET2020 ongoing
    • Procuring data centre switches
    • Panopto activity is very high.  8 universities interested, in addition to Kaltura service
    • Qvist: we have some storage issues due to a delay on an misfired procurement; should be resolved by start Q1
    • Pelle: can we have a media strategy workshop for media?
    • Pelle: do NORDUnet need a bigger media team?  Qvist: Depend on how much support NORDUnet will have to do
    • LF: a media workshop cannot be 2018, but it will go on the list
  • SUNET
    • multifactor login has been approved for SWAMID, will be rolled out by Q1
    • CNaaS and (educational) SOC are the big things
    • U. Michigan had a presentation at GLIF. They are automating heavily. Pelle and Leif will meet with Eric Boyd at TechEx.  Looks like they are interested in collaborating with Nordic NRENs.
  • DeIC
    • No update
  • RHnet
    • Initiated 8-16 channel DWDM deployment on RHnet fibre
    • University of Iceland IT services is being completely re-done; outcome is so far unknown. 
    • Plan to have RHnet join eduGAIN is put on hold for now.
  • AoB:
    • none

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