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Internet2 Activities at SC07

Internet2, and Internet2 members, participated in SC07, the annual Supercomputing conference, which took place 10-16 November in Reno, Nevada. SC07 pushes the boundaries of high-performance computing by challenging the combination of computation, networking, storage, and analysis and by hosting an exceptional technical program and exciting exhibits area.

The Internet2 Network and Internet2 WaveCo together provided more than 100 Gbps of connectivity to the SC07 showfloor for some of the most ambitious uses of advanced networking in the world. The Internet2 booth featured demonstrations that highlighted the revolutionary Internet2 Dynamic Circuit (DC) Network. Internet2 also provided performance tools and engineering support for SCinet, the very high-performance network that supported all the activities at SC07.

Internet2 SC07 booth photo

Images courtesy of Steven Wallace. View the full image gallery here.

 

Internet2 perfsonar demo at SC07Demonstrations

DC Network (click here for DCN demo infosheet)
Several demonstrations highlighted the interoperability of the Internet2 DC Network with other dynamic circuit networks in the United States and around the world. This interoperability was based on multiple, independent implementations of the Inter-Domain Controller (IDC) protocol. These demonstrations included:

  • High Definition streaming video from HEAnet to the Internet2 SC booth
  • File transfers from GRNET and PIONIER to the Internet2 SC booth
  • Large Hadron Collider data transfers from Fermilab to University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • CineGrid 4K video between University of Amsterdam and the Dutch Pavilion at SC07
  • High Definition streaming video between Nortel's office in Ottawa, Canada and the Internet2 SC booth

DCN Demo Participants Included: GPN, Merit, NoX, NYSERNet, Boston University, University of Michigan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ESnet, Fermilab, Brookhaven National Laboratory, GÉANT2, HEAnet (Ireland), PIONIER (Poland), GRNET (Greece), University of Amsterdam, and Nortel.

perfSONAR (click here for perfSONAR demo infosheet)
SCinet, the high-performance network built to support SC07, used perfSONAR to expose performance monitoring information for conference participants and network engineers. The performance information monitored by perfSONAR at SC07 was visualized in several ways:

  • perfOMeter – A web based network speedometer for both live and historical data
  • Google Maps – A geographical view of network performance
  • perfAdmin – An administrative tool for managing perfSONAR deployments
  • perfSONAR-UI – A Java client capable of supplying various network visualizations

PerfSONAR Demo Participants Included: Fermilab, Georgia Tech, Indiana University, SLAC, University of Delaware, ESnet, GÉANT2, OGF, and RNP.

Phoebus (click here for Phoebus demo infosheet)
Phoebus File Transfer leveraged the Internet2 DC Network between the SC07 show floor to improve network performance over these long-haul, low-loss backbone networks: NYSERNet (New York's Education and Research Network), HEAnet (Ireland’s National Education and Research Network), PIONIER (Poland’s Optical Internet – built by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center), and GRNET (the Greek Research and Technology Network).

Phoebus Demo Participants Included: University of Delaware and DOE.

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