1. The Next Big Thing April 24, 2012 Internet2 Spring Member Meeting Paul Schopis, Chief Technology Officer OARnet

2. Ohio’s 100 Gig Timeline December 2011 October 2011 Jan. 30, 2012 State awards $8.1 million to build 100 Gig network Oct.-Nov. 2011 Governor’s office takes lead to secure funds Meetings with state, university & national officials OARnet promotes vision and benefits of innovation platform to state leadership Feb. 7, 2012 Gov. Kasich announces 100 Gig project during State of the State address 2

3. Ohio’s 100 Gbps Network 3

4. 100Gigabit InnovationCenter 4

5. Drivers for Ohio’s 100 Gig Medical Corridor Virtualization Labs Economic Development Academic 5

6. Details • Optical Platform • Cisco IEEE 802.3ba 100GBASE-LR4 • Shipments to begin end of May. Switching/Routing Platform Juniper MX480 and MX960 Gear already arriving. Deployment Installation to begin in June. Will run 100G separately (peered) from current 10G production on Day 1 because of code maturity concerns. 6

7. Challenges Rigorous testing needed for envisioned implementation Connecting resources with researchers on campus Maturity level of vendors’ implementation and communities’ support efforts Connecting resources with researchers on campus Rigorous testing needed for envisioned implementation Maturity level of vendors’ implementation and communities’ support efforts 7

8. Questions? Paul Schopis Chief Technology Officer, OARnet pschopis@oar.net 1224 Kinnear Road Columbus, OH 43212 Phone: 614.292.9191 Service Desk: 1.800.627.6420 www.oar.net @oarnet www.facebook.com/oarnet 8