NTAC
2/9/10
In attendance: Jeff Ambern, Jeff Bartig, Jeff Boote, PJ Clayton, Brian Court, David Crowe, Cas D'Angelo, Michael Lambert, Richard Machida, John Moore, Hank Neiderhelm, Bill Owens, Chris Robb, Shannon Spurling, Joe St. Sauver, Linda Winkler, David Wood, Jason Zurawski
1. Welcome to "old working groups"
John welcomed chairs of the IPv6 and Multicast working groups that have been in the community for years although are recent additions to the NTAC calls.
2. CPS/TR Data
Chris Robb reviewed the CPS/TR traffic data from the slides that he sent prior to the call.
3. NTAC Updates
John Moore indicated that the new format for the NTAC calls will include having presentations describing items of current interest at the beginning of the call. If anyone is interested in presenting, please contact John Moore prior to the call.
John indicated that there was an NTAC Working Group Chairs meeting at Joint Techs and the meeting produced some good ideas. He asked those on the call what focus areas the NTAC should be pursuing. For example, should there be a focused look into exchange points? He asked that any thoughts regarding focus areas be sent to John or Cas.
4. Transport Working group proposal
Steve Senger mentioned that, last June, the transport working group brought a recommendation to the NTAC describing the completion of the Phoebus deployment for Internet2. He wanted to follow up on that request and discuss the progress. Steve sent a set of graphs to the NTAC showing that Phoebus does provide significant improvements. John Moore read the resolution that the NTAC passed in June when this recommendation was made. Internet2 has installed Phoebus in four locations as well as a SOX installation in Atlanta. John asked the NTAC if there were any objections to recommending that Internet2 continue to pursue funding and that the NTAC views Phoebus as a good idea. There were no objections and the NTAC indicated that Phoebus is a good idea. John then asked that staff provide some feedback on costs and that the proposal be taken to the AOAC.
5. Working Group Updates
- IS Working Group
The IS group held a meeting at Joint Techs and the group had a good discussion.
- ION WG
The ION group had good discussions last week regarding ways for the group to proceed. Linda Winkler is going to check with Chris and Dale regarding the best way to proceed through the ION transition. Bill Owens mentioned that it is really important for people who are using ION to become familiar with the changes that are needed for the transition. Chris Robb mentioned that he has diagrams that would be helpful!
- IPv6
The IPv6 group met at Joint Techs. Dale and Michael are going to work with Elaine Lauerman to see if a new direction for the IPv6 workshops can be identified that would include the LAN and Server audience. There was also discussion regarding restructuring the IPv6 challenge at Joint Techs as there is a desire to have an IPv6 hour that really works.
- Multicast
There was a lightly-attended meeting held at Joint Techs.
- Peering WG
The peering and routing policy groups have recently combined. Jeff issued an open invitation to join peering wg mailing list. Jeff added that Internet2 is looking for input on request from GEANT on providing regional tagging for international peers. Another issue on the agenda for the group is the Microsoft peering traffic migration to the CPS VRF.
- Performance Working Group
The performance group had a very successful meeting at Joint Techs with three speakers from the community presenting an Internet2 Perfsonar update, a performance troubleshooting talk and an update on high capacity monitoring with perfsonar from a Japanese colleague.
6. AOAC Update
John Moore reviewed the activities of the Architecture & Operations Advisory Council (AOAC) met January 13 and January 27. On the January 13 call, Shelley Storbeck and Susan Van Gilder of Storbeck/Pimentel and Associates, LLC joined the group to discuss the Internet2 CEO search and to hear comments on questions regarding opportunities and challenges that face the next CEO. As a follow-up to the MPLS vs SONET document created by the NTAC and previously endorsed by both the NTAC and the AOAC, the AOAC also reviewed a plan prepared by Internet2 staff that summarizes the enhancements and benefits of running the iON service over MPLS tunnels and describes a very high level plan to begin implementing that enhancement. On the January 27th call, the AOAC endorsed that document, in keeping with their process of reviewing a document on one call and endorsing on the next. Chris Robb described the schedule for installing the MX routers around the country and the installations will be completed by mid-March. A review of the CPS/TR consolidation plans from the January 22nd CPS/TR community meeting was held. There was discussion regarding the consolidation and the AOAC was asked to plan to attend the February 10th call to bring the discussion to conclusion.
7. Other business
- Michael Lambert asked who the NTAC liaison is for the BTOP discussion and John indicated that discussion regarding that are in process.
- Chris Robb asked for requests for any statistical metrics that folks are interested
in seeing be sent to the NTAC list or to Chris directly.