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The SEEREN2 initiative is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP6 Research Infrastructures contract no. 026748

http://www.seeren.org

22SEEREN SEEREN2: Extending the network in the

SE Europe

Yannis Mitsos

SEEREN2 coordinator

Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET)

SEEREN2: Extending the network in the SE EuropeKopaonik, March 14th, 2007 2

SEEREN2 objectives

SEEREN2 aims at:

o creating the next generation of the southeast Europeansegment of GÉANT

o easing the “digital divide” that still separates most of thesoutheast European countries from the rest of the continent

o assisting the incubating NRENs to fully establish themselves inthe European Research Area (ERA) and be integrated in therelated European-wide organisations and initiatives (TERENA,CEENet, e-IRG, EUGridPMA, etc)


Definition of “Digital Divide”

o First and foremost, the digital divideis an infrastructure divide. There arenot enough connections and accesspoints in the world for everyone toconnect their video, voice andcomputing devices;

o optical networking is emerging rapidly

o very demanding scientific applications(i.e. Grids) demand solid and highbandwidth infrastructure

o Research networks are a national asset

o Evidenced by numbers:o 4/5 of the world’s population

give or take a fewpercentage points, lackaccess to dependable,reliable and affordable publiccommunications networks


DF for the research community

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Stanislav !íma, Lada

Altmannová „ Towards

advanced CEF Networks

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CESNET presentation - May

30th, 2006


The SEEREN2 initiative

“… to consolidate the network and

services into the pan-European e-

Infrastructure and the NREN end-

users into the European Research

Area …”


SEEREN2: A “small” step for the SEENRENs, a big leap for the region…

o The South Eastern European segment of themulti-gigabit pan-European Research andEducation network GÉANT

o Interconnects the Research and EducationNetworks of AL, BA, BG, MK, CS, HU, RO andGR among them and to GEANT2

o Launched on October 2005o Distributes the Network Management &

Operations to competent Academic Groups inthe Region (the Virtual Network OperationsCenter – VNOC concept developed byGRNET) – All NRENs of the region areresponsible for part of Network Management &Operations

more at http://www.seeren.org


Means of easing the DD: UpgradingInfrastructure

o SEEREN2 aims at creating the next generation of the southeast Europeansegment of GÉANT, that intends to make leading-edge technologies andservices available to the entire R&E communities and all sectors withoutdiscrimination between users and sites in southeast Europe in an attempt tofurther ease the “digital divide” that still separates most of the southeastEuropean countries from the rest of the continent.

Support neighboringSupport neighboring

NRENsNRENs

Upgrading NationalUpgrading National

infrastructuresinfrastructures

Deploying DF connectionsDeploying DF connections


Means of easing the DD: Assist theNRENs

o SEEREN2 continue assisting theincubating and existing NRENs insoutheast Europe to fully establishthemselves and to integrate withrelated European-wide organisationsand initiatives (TERENA, CEENet,etc) and eventually become fullmembers of the GÉANT communityby the end of the project.


Services and tools structure

o A plethora of state of the art tools are incorporated

o More to be implemented during the rest project’s lifetime


Elaborating fundamental services

o Trouble Ticketing Systemo Network active/passing monitoring

o NetIISo perfSONARo Open source tools

o Network DBo Hidden inside NetIIS

o IPv6 connectivityo Monitoring/management tools

integrationo Through a one-stop

o SLA management


NetIIS (1/2)

o Full-featured network monitoring system

o Web-based

o Customized to the user needs

o Database backend for network information (additionally tomonitoring information)

o Automatic notifications of events

o Passive and active monitoring

o SLA reports/management

o Logical grouping (through tagging) of the objects in thedatabase

o …and much, much more!


NetIIS (2/2)


Elaborating advanced services

o LOBSTERo MoU, help from developers

o Deep packet inspection

o Anonymized!

o CERTo Group created

o Links with CSIRT groupsestablished

o Further activities planned


Promotional Package

o Platform for PR, communication and dissemination ofinformation about SEEREN2 – Branding

o Initial version includes: Fact Sheet, Brochure,

Template for Newsletter and Presentation

o 4 Newsletters, News Announcements

and Press-Releases done

o Next: Poster, Video & updated

new vers. brochure & fact sheet


Training

o Transfer technical knowledge to network engineers from project partners’ and usersof the network infrastructure

o Theoretical lectures, tutorials, hands-on demonstration labs

o 1st training event on network services: Heraklion, Greece, 25-27 September 2006(Summer School)o QoS (sponsored by Juniper Networks)o NetIISo perfSONARo +20 participants from SEE, Black-Sea and Central Asia countries

o 2nd training event: Winter School on user-level services, Kopaonik, Serbia, March2007:o Voice over IP technologieso AAI - Identity Management, federations


Liaison Activities

o Liaison with GÉANT2 and other pan-European and international e-infrastructureprojectso SEEREN2 early adoption of GÉANT2 perfSONAR framework – Summer Schoolo 6DISS – people from SEE attended TTT workshop in Brussels, Oct 2006o ELISA - uses the SEEREN2 infrastructure to deliver seminars to ICT tutors for

SMEs in SEE

o The project seeks for additional funds by contact with funding bodies and industrialsponsorso BiH: Austrian Development Agency, Norwegian Embassy, Telecommunications

Regulatory Agency, UNDP, Swiss Embassy in BiH

o Technical Advisory Board to provide advice on technical matters and providesupport - started in October 2006o UCL, NORDUnet, InaTelecom, Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, Meriton

Networks, Alcatel, Lucent, HP


Key lessonso Any worldwide effort can benefit by studying “best-practices” as well as “bad-

practices” followed in more advanced, eInfrastructure-established regions andcountries

o There is no unique “success reference model”: alternative technical roadmapsmust be made available to fit to the needs and available infrastructures ofeach region

o There is also no “silver bullet” to guarantee long-term growth of the deployedeInfrastructures; sustainability can only be achieved by persistentlyundertaking several complementary and well-coordinated actions

o Establishing a “web of trust” that brings human capital together must be a keypriority since the sociological element in the deployment of eInfrastructures isas challenging –if not more so- as the technological one

How this was achievedo Defined a regional and national VISIONo Work with a REGIONAL & a LOCAL champion to drive things per

region/countryo Executed the plan with professional partnerso Try to achieve a success story and become a CREDIBLE national &

international partnero Reassess our priorities and take special actions to keep EVERYONE at the

same speed


The secret of success: The Human factor

The SEEREN2 Infrastructure provides asignificant increase in the networkcapacity available for communication andexperimentation among end users of theresearch and education community insoutheast European countries and of therest of the world with an objective tostrengthen the human network in the areaof eInfrastructures in SE Europe


SEELight: The lambda facility for SEE R&E

South-East European Lambda Network Facility for R&E

o Proposal for the deployment of an advanced regional networkinfrastructure (lambda network facility) for R&E, under theHellenic Plan for the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans(HiPERB).

o SEELight is the response to the need of SEE for high-qualityresearch and education. The project will

o help create a viable economy-of-scale model for the regionto reduce networking costs per country,

o support the evolving needs of SEE R&E communities in thefields of domestic and international data communications,

o provide the foundation for network-based informationexchange and co-operation towards a SEE RegionalInformation Society

o serve as a testbed for development of new services, andallow the SEE R&E community to participate in internationalnetworking activities

o assist the SEE countries to achieve their developmentgoals, support the growth of their National Research &Education Networks (NRENs), accelerate research, fuelnational and regional economic growth, and aid theirintegration with the rest of Europe.

Ioannina

Mytilini

Chios

Samos

Syros

Komotini

Athens

Rhodos

Agrinio

Preveza

Florina Thessaloniki

Patra

Iraklio

Larissa

Drama

Beroia

Lamia

Livadia

Bucharest

Skopje

Tirana

Belgrade

Banja Luka

Xanthi

Plovdiv

Sofia

Ruse

Veliko

Tarnovo

Bitola

Serres

Gjirokastra

Vranje

Nis

Kragujevac

Pirot

Novi -Sad

Subotica

Craiova

Timisoara

Turnu Severin

Resita

Chania

Kardzali

Edessa

Prilep

Tetovo

Elbasan

Ohrid

Korce

Arad

Cluj -Napoca

Targo -Mures

Brasov

Ploiesti

Oradea

Szeged

Slatina Pitesti

Zvornik

Bjeljina

Sabac

Sarajevo

Budapest

Podgorica

Shkodra

Vlora

Tuzla

Zenica

Brcko

Mostar

Blagoevgrad

Stara Zagora

Varna

Burgas

Gabrovo

PlevenShumen

Svishtov

Pravetz

Pancevo

Uzice

Valjevo

Kraljevo

Cacak

Novi Pazar

Bor

SomborZrenjanin

Leskovac

Valjevo

Krusevac

Iasi

Galati

Zagreb

Osijek

Split

Debrecen

The SEEREN2 initiative is co-funded by the European Commission under the FP6 Research Infrastructures contract no. 026748

http://www.seeren.org

22SEERENSEEREN2: Extending the network in the

SE Europe

Yannis Mitsos

SEEREN2 coordinator

Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET)

SEEREN2 plethora of state of the art tools are incorporated oMore to be implemented during the rest project Õs lifetime. ... information about SEEREN2 Ð Branding

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