Designing and Deploying a Dynamic Circuit Network: A Hands-On Workshop
Target Audience
In this workshop, attendees design and build a multi-domain GMPLS-controlled network consisting of four domains, each with a number of network elements, end systems, and servers. The material is not difficult, but it does reflect routing and provisioning technologies that are not widely understood by the network engineering community and are still undergoing substantial evolution even as we begin deploying them.
Prerequisites
Several prerequisite skills are recommended to allow us to effectively work through as much material as possible in the 2-day workshop:
- Attendees should be familiar with the Linux operating system, basic system administration functions such as starting and stopping daemons, network configuration, csh commands and shell scripts, text editors such as vi and/or emacs, telnet and ssh. Familiarity with common command line interfaces for Ethernet switch configuration is helpful, but not strictly necessary to complete workshop exercises.
- Attendees will be logging into Linux systems and Ethernet switches and so will require a laptop with a wired Ethernet interface and both telnet and ssh clients installed. NOTE: The workshop does not provide terminals for student use.
- Attendees should be well versed in IP networking - addressing schemes and issues, routing protocols, TCP/UDP ports, inter and intra-domain routing issues, and common techniques.
- Working knowledge of Traffic Engineering concepts and protocols would be highly advantageous - especially GMPLS-RSVP-TE and GMPLS-OSPF-TE protocols and standards.
- Familiarity with advanced applications requirements such as distributed computing, cluster and grid computing, light path engineering, fiber and DWDM systems and networks, SONET/SDH technologies, and MPLS would be useful.
- The workshop will be using Ethernet layer switching to demonstrate the GMPLS capabilities, so a solid background in Ethernet technologies and standards is highly recommended.
Although this workshop provides a brief overview of RSVP and OSPF as evolved for GMPLS operation, the attendee should already understand traditional connection oriented signaling and routing concepts. This workshop provides an introduction to exciting new network capabilities with the expressed purpose of promoting the deployment and adoption with a real hands-on experience. The workshop is highly interactive and student driven, with knowledgeable presenters working closely with the attendees to work through a variety of increasingly-sophisticated network configurations.