NTAC
3/1/11
In attendance: Jeff Bartig, PJ Clayton, Brian Court, David Crowe, Cas D'Angelo, Dale Finkelson, Shumon Huque, Akbar Kara, Tom Knoeller, Michael Lambert, Richard Machida, John Moore, Hank Niederhelm, Bill Owens, Rex Peterson, Dave Pokorney, Dave Reese, Chris Robb, Linda Roos, Jeff Schiller, Chris Spears, Joe St Sauver, Shannon Spurling, Steve Wallace, David Wood
1. Updates
a. Working Groups
i. Reports from groups formed based on CAI document
NTAC input to connector agreement (John Moore)
John Moore indicated that a group of people prepared a document and brought to the NTAC for comment. The document includes input to connector agreement. The distinguishing characteristics of being part of the connector community are not articulated in the current connector agreement and want to codify these in the connector agreement. Want to set standard to any new connectors in the community. John included a schedule in the document although through further discussions, would choose to relax that a bit.
Discussion ensued and input was encouraged. There was some concern expressed about the articulated special requirements. It was pointed out that this section should be called optional items. These are special requirements for the connector rather than for the participants behind the connector. There was some discussion regarding the monitoring and whether connectors currently do monitoring and produce reports. The last page of the document contains a statement indicating that current connectors will be grandfathered in. There is also concern that the connectors want to be able to articulate that they offer a service that is different than a commodity service.
We want to be able to articulate what is required to work harmoniously in our community. Input from those on the call was requested. This document needs to represent the perspective of the NTAC. Want to edit the document to include the issues and consensus on the NTAC voice to create a document that is to the point. It would be sent to the AOAC and ask them to forward the document to the connector/network member group as well as to Task Force.
Will take comments through 3/15/11 on the NTAC mailing list. Then, we want to distill the document and send the document to the AOAC by 3/23/11. The document will be sent the connector/network member group for their call on 3/24/11. And, it will be sent to the Task Force for their 3/31/11 meeting.
There was a suggestion to divide the special requirements into must-have's and optionals.
Operations (Marianne Chitwood)
Marianne wasn't available.
Services (Dave Pokorney)
Dave mentioned that the Services group has been working on the document.
Policy (Steve Wallace)
Steve mentioned that the Policy group has been working on the document.
ii. Layer 2 service (Michael Lambert)
Michael indicated that there was a second group call. The group is coming to consensus on a definition of a layer 2 service. The group is working on a document and hope to be able to provide the document
iii. Information Services (Martin Swany)
Jason Zurawski reported that the working group plans to have a meeting at the SMM.
iv. ION (Linda Winkler)
Linda wasn't able to be on the call.
v. IPv6 (Michael Lambert)
The IPv6 had a call recently after the JT face-to-face. They are working on the World v6 Day. They are working on v6 success stories to be posted to the v6 site.
vi. Multicast (Richard Machida)
There has been recent discussion regarding v4 multicast on the list as well as desire to spend more time v6 multicast. There was a working group meeting at JT and v6 multicast was a topic of conversation.
vii. Peering & Routing (Jeff Bartig)
Jeff indicated that there was a call this month and there was a report on the consolidation. The MX routers are being taken out of the backbone and being used by TR-CPS. The group asked whether TR-CPS should augment v6 transit and there was significant discussion on the peering/routing call.
viii. Performance (Carla Hunt & Chris Hawkinson)
Carla and Chris were unavailable.
ix. Transport (Steve Senger & Chet Ruszczyk)
Steve and Chet were unavailable.
b. Internet2 Update (Chris Robb)
It has been a busy month. The MX960's are being replaced by T1600's that are needed for the first generation of 100G backbone. The schedule is progressing. Have upgraded two core nodes to new version of Junos. The backbone upgrade continues.
c. AOAC (Cas D'Angelo)
The Architecture and Operations Advisory Council met on February 9, 2011. The AOAC unanimously endorsed two recommendations related to operation of open colocation facilities that recommend Internet2 formalize its investment in facilities that assure open cross connects. The AOAC heard the charge for the AOAC fee subcommittee which will help guide the development of wave and connector fees on the new network. The sub-committee members are Roy Campbell, Dave Gift, Ron Hutchins and George Loftus. Two requests to allocate unused wave capacity to LEARN to extend their network to an underserved part of Texas in support of K12 and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center were granted. The AOAC also heard a brief summary of the LHC OPN work related to an evolution in the LHC data distribution architecture. An update on U.S. UCAN and the new Internet2 Network upgrade were also provided.
d. ARIN (Dave Farmer & Michael Lambert)
Michael indicated that there has been discussion regarding registration services. This community is encouraged to participate in the ARIN lists and participate in the meeting coming up soon. The meeting with be held in Puerto Rico and the meetings are also streamed.
2. Other business