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CERN Internet Exchange Point

CERN Internet Exchange Point. In Geneva, Switzerland, on the Franco-Swiss border Co-located with the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) computer centre facilities Started in 1995 as spontaneous request from the local Internet community

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CERN Internet Exchange Point

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  1. CERN Internet Exchange Point • In Geneva, Switzerland, on the Franco-Swiss border • Co-located with the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) computer centre facilities • Started in 1995 as spontaneous request from the local Internet community • Being an international research organization, CERN can provide both the technical support and the neutrality required for an Internet exchange • Non-profit, best-effort service Paolo Moroni (Slide 1)

  2. Telecomproviders • Four basic fibre providers: Swisscom, France Telecom, COLT and SIG (local electrical power supplier); other operators (MCI Worldcom, Sunrise, diAx, Thermelec, Multilink, etc.) buy and re-sell bandwidth • Several SDH 2.5 Gb loops already in operation; more are being installed • Geneva is already part of a lot of pan-European backbones; more are being deployed with CERN active support Paolo Moroni (Slide 2)

  3. Internet Service Providers • 30 ISPs are installed and active now: AUCS (Infonet), AT&T Global Network (formerly IBM), Cablecom, Cable&Wireless, Carrier1, COLT-CH, COLT-International, Deckpoint, Deutsche Telekom (DTAG), diAx, Ebone/GTS, KPNQwest (formerly EUnet), France Telecom (Opentransit), GlobalONE, Globix, HP, INSnet, ISDnet (Ipergy), ISION, NWC, PSInet, MCI Worldcom, Petrel, Renater, Sunrise, Swisscom (IP-plus), SWITCH, TEN-155 (*), Urbanet, ViaNetworks, VTX. • The recent trend is for more global ISPs and fewer local ones • CERN and other research organizations are also connected Paolo Moroni (Slide 3)

  4. Infrastructure • Cisco Catalysts (4003s and 5505) • 10/100/1000baseT ports available (most ISPs use 100baseT) • Back-to-backlinks allowed • ExtremeNetworks Summit48 being ordered • FDDI phased out (recycled for special purposes) Paolo Moroni (Slide 4)

  5. Traffic • Informal measurements over the public infrastructure show 100-200 Mb/sec at peak time • Back-to-back traffic to be added to get the global aggregate • The infrastructure is kept oversized to avoid congestion Paolo Moroni (Slide 5)

  6. Normal services • Rack space • Electrical power (UPS) • Access control • IP administration • UTP cabling Paolo Moroni (Slide 6)

  7. Informal services Best-effort services: • OOB (cables and lines) • Back-to-back cabling • Most telecom-to-ISP cabling • 24x7 operations (for power cycling, emergency access, etc.) • Equipment installation: on request • Equipment maintenance (card replacement, etc.): on request • WWW site (including a BGP list of contacts) • Infrastructure monitoring Paolo Moroni (Slide 7)

  8. Current issues • Staff (un-)availability • Rack space, both for telecom and router equipment (some requests had to be rejected): no longer a real issue in some cases • Contacts with some ISPs or telecom operators (a more detailed installation procedure would help) • Pricing Paolo Moroni (Slide 8)

  9. Geographical distribution • Limited to CERN until end of September 2000 • A new, non-exclusive partnership with Telehouse (Suisse) S.A. has been finalized • Distributed infrastructure (Gb links) already operational • Allow large points of presence directly connected to the CIXP: • extended rack space availability • improved security and access control • Other partnerships are being discussed Paolo Moroni (Slide 9)

  10. Development Unfortunately limited by staff availability: • new WWW site • new DNS server (cixp.ch domain) • split from CERN external network • looking glass • multicast • statistics • contents-distribution services • CIXP members coordination (meetings, etc.) • Secondary DNS, IPv6 (technical feasibility) Paolo Moroni (Slide 10)

  11. CERN intends to continue to operate and enhance the CIXP as long as the Internet community (mainly in Switzerland) wishes us to do so. Commitment Paolo Moroni (Slide 11)

  12. Contacts • E-mail: <cixp.support@cern.ch> • http://network.cern.ch/public/services/cixp/index.html • +41-22-7674894 Thank you Paolo Moroni (Slide 12)

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