Designing and Deploying a Dynamic Circuit Network:

A Hands-On Workshop for the R&E Networking Environment

Purpose

This 2-day workshop provides attendees with a working knowledge of how to design and deploy a dynamic circuit network. This workshop uses the control plane software currently in service on the Internet2 Dynamic Circuit Network (DCN) and numerous other regional and national R&E networks. This software includes the "DICE" developed Inter-Domain Controller (IDC), the DRAGON (Dynamic Resource Allocation via GMPLS Optical Networks) GMPLS-based software and the OSCARS (On-Demand Secure Circuits and Advance Reservation System) webservice-based software. These are packaged together and made available as the DCN Software Suite, available at: https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/display/DCNSS

The workshop provides an overview of GMPLS architecture, RSVP and OSPF protocols, control plane design concepts, and specifics of dynamic circuit network engineering as relates to campus, regional, and national network facilities in the R&E community. Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be better prepared to design and deploy a dynamic hybrid network.

Workshop Agenda

Target Audience/Prerequisites

This workshop is oriented toward network engineering and research personnel, and applications developers who are interested in designing, deploying, and running dynamic circuit services network in either a campus, regional, and national network environment. In this workshop, attendees design, configure, and use a multi-domain GMPLS and web service-based network/control plane.   The workshop incorporates tools and techniques developed and deployed by the international R&E networking community.  

Several prerequisite skills are recommended to allow us to effectively work through as much material as possible in the 2-day workshop. The attendees will design, deploy, and test a Layer 2 (Ethernet) Dynamic DCN Testbed using DRAGON and OSCARS software (as provided in the DCN Software Suite release) for intra-domain services and the Inter-Domain Controller model as developed via the DICE collaboration project.   At the workshop, participants will have remote access to an extensive hardware and software staging lab to construct an operational network that allows end systems to allocate dedicated VLAN network resources across multiple administrative domains. The first day will focus on basic concepts as well as control plane design and implementation topics. The second day will address inter-domain dynamic circuit provisioning, access and peering engineering issues, and emerging performance monitoring architectures and infrastructure. 

Registration for Upcoming Workshops

Registration for this workshop is limited to 15 participants. Because space is limited, there will be a waiting list for each workshop. There is no participation fee for the workshop - BUT the workshop carries a NO SHOW FEE of € 500. By registrating for the DCN Tech Workshop you accept these terms. Registration can be made to dcnregistration@nordu.net