Suite 3200 SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings

Suite 3200 – SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V 6 B 5 K 3 Phone: 604. 822. 1348 or 1. 800. 255. 8588 (in BC) Fax: 604. 822. 9887 www. bc. net - info@bc. net Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007

BCNET • Is a consortium of the province’s research intensive post -secondary institutions. • Provides advanced network infrastructure and facilitates shared computing services for its members. • Provides advanced networks connecting all of these institutions to Ø Research institutions around the world Ø Local communities Ø The larger Internet. • Allows researchers to utilize mind-boggling large datasets from around the world. • Allows computer scientists to design and test tomorrow’s networks and computers Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 2

BCNET Mission and Vision Mission • We will provide our membership with the most advanced and cost-effective access to networking services and collaborate with other stakeholders in the evolution of the Internet. Vision • We envision a networking environment where British Columbia's research and educational institutions have state-of-the-art access to the world's best Internetworking services. Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 3

BCNET Members BCNET Core members (Founding) UBC UVIC UNBC Higher Education Members SFU Emily Carr TRU Okanagan College BCIT Royal Roads R&E Members NRC Health Authorities CBC Cancer Research Centre Genome Sci Research Centre TRIUMF Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 4

BCNET Organization • Extremely small central staff Ø 4 employees • Members operate the network in a collaborative fashion • Holding company for shared assets • Each member can tailor and operate the network for their distinct needs Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 5

BCNET Governance Structure BCNET BOARD CEO IT Advisory Committees Network Engineering Network Planning Client Services Applications Standard Committees Finance/Audit Executive Network Research Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 6

Applications Advisory Committee WGs Disaster Recovery Learning Technologies Applications Advisory Committee Working Groups Security Collaboration Technologies Identity Management High Performance Computing Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 7

The Global Research Network Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 8

Connecting BC to CA*net 4 Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 9

How it all works … Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 10

Other TX’s Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 11

TXs and Transit Costs Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 12

BCNET Network Management Overall Management UBC 24 x 7 operations Network Engineering PGTX UNBC managed KAMTX TRU managed VANTX UBC managed KELTX UBCO managed VICTX UVIC managed SURTX SFU managed Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 13

Western ROADM Project Fibre Net@Edu State. Nets Feb 8, 2007 14

Western ROADM Project Wavelengths Seattle PNWGP Victoria (Bell) B 7 Ch 3 B 7 Ch 1 B 7 Ch 2 B 7 Ch 3 B 7 Ch 2 move existing MSPP from GT in Q 3 '07 existing MSPP B 6 Ch 1 B 6 Ch 2 B 6 Ch 1 B 6 Ch 2 B 6 Ch 3 B 6 Ch 4 *only wavelength to be lit immediately* new MSPP Kelowna Net@Edu KELTX Feb 8, 2007 B 6 Ch 4 Kamloops KAMTX B 7 Ch 2 Vancouver UBC/TRIUMF new MSPP B 7 Ch 1 Victoria VICTX new MSPP B 6 Ch 3 existing MSPP B 7 Ch 4 B 7 Ch 3 Legend orange: 10 Gb. E blue: OC-192 B 6: CANARIE + NETERA group B 7: BCNET group Calgary (Bell) Kamloops (Bell) B 7 Ch 4 try HDXc foreign wavelength (and/or new MSPP in Q 3 '07) Vancouver VANTX new MSPP Calgary State. Nets. Uo. C 15