Xchange Point Update RIPE 40 EIX Working Group

Xchange. Point Update RIPE 40 EIX Working Group Keith Mitchell Chief Technical Officer 2 nd October 2001 © Xchange. Point 2001

What we are doing § § § Xchange. Point is operating and building infrastructure across Europe to provide state of the art interconnection facilities between service providers on an open, neutral, customerfocussed commercial basis. We are fully funded and open for business in London, and plan to open in several other major European cities in 2001/2. Our services support not just public switched peering between traditional ISPs, but other forms of metro-area IP interconnection available to any appropriate party using a range of innovative and resilient technologies. © Xchange. Point 2001

Who we are § § § Board, Founders, Investors, Advisors: § http: //www. xchangepoint. net/whoweare/ Management team: § § Annette Nabavi, CEO Keith Mitchell, CTO Brett Wilde, COO Jeff Meulman, Director of Sales Engineering team: 6 Sales & Marketing team: 2 Finance/Planning/Admin: 3 © Xchange. Point 2001

Our Differences & Strengths § § § § VC funding § for-profit § € 9 M in place now § not a membership organisation Non-restrictive participation Pan-European Multiple Co-Location providers’ sites in each city Private Interconnect as well as Public Peering Fast Provisioning Neutrality…. © Xchange. Point 2001

Xchange. Point’s Neutrality Principles § § § VC ownership is Neutral ISP and Carrier Neutral § we will not directly compete with our customers § we will not move traffic between cities or countries § no exclusive arrangements We only interconnect between Co. Lo sites Co. Lo Provider Neutral § partner with multiple Co. Lo providers as customer § choice of Co. Lo sites for our peering customers § no exclusive arrangements Service provision will remain Neutral © Xchange. Point 2001

Planned Roll-Out § § § First Round Sites § London Second Round Sites § Paris (Q 4 2001) § Frankfurt (Q 1 2002) Proposed Sites § § § § Milan Madrid Munich/Hamburg Geneva/Zurich Brussels Copenhagen Amsterdam Vienna © Xchange. Point 2001

Architecture Overview § § § § Present at 3 co-location sites per city Dark fibre metro ring connecting all sites in city 2 “Core” sites per city § 10 racks 2 or more “Basic” sites per city § 3 -5 racks DWDM equipment at all sites Gigabit Ethernet between switches and sites 10 -Gigabit capable © Xchange. Point 2001

© Xchange. Point 2001

Ethernet Switches § § § 2 Extreme Black Diamond 6808 i switches at Core sites 2 Extreme Alpine 3804 switches at Basic sites Each switch at each site connected to one of two separate wavelength overlay networks Virtual dual-vendor approach § different code on each overlay network’s switches § easy to switch half of network to alternative vendor (e. g. Foundry) Dual overlay networks connect at Core nodes § maximum flexibility for high bandwidth interconnect within Core © Xchange. Point 2001

DWDM Advantages § § § Bandwidth multiplication Provides extra resilience § optical circuit protection around ring § or use inter-switch trunking for each ring path é faster fail-over than spanning tree New services § Inter-site Private Interconnect Improves scalability Permits multiple logical topologies over single physical MAN Can conserve switched bandwidth © Xchange. Point 2001

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Private Interconnect § § Targetted at customers with requirements for: § high traffic volumes § dedicated capacity § additional security/resilience Copper and Fibre cross-connect available as a service within sites Virtual private interconnect using VLAN-based Ethernet Optical private interconnect using dedicated DWDM /channel § § Gigabit Ethernet STM-4, STM-16 T 3, STM-1, STM-64 options Q 1/2 2002 Protected and unprotected options © Xchange. Point 2001

VLAN-based Services § § § Demand in market for: § Point-to-Point Virtual Private interconnects using 100 Mb/s Ethernet § “Closed User Group” Virtual Private Exchanges e. g. for: § connecting transit customers to wholesaler § higher levels of security and robustness § peering communities with particular requirements Lower cost than optical private interconnect, easy migration path Can mix these services with public peering on same port, provided customer router supports 802. 1 q tagged VLANs and sub-interfaces Nominal set-up fees Can be used a VPN service, but not main target audience © Xchange. Point 2001

Current London Locations § Core Sites: § Redbus Interhouse, Harbour Exchange § Telehouse East, East India § Basic Sites: § Global Switch, East India § Telehouse North, East India § Considering additional London sites © Xchange. Point 2001

Redbus Interhouse and Telehouse Nodes © Xchange. Point 2001

Service Status § London network has been live for nearly 4 months § Service trial successful, completed end September: § § 10 public peering participants § peaking 80 Mb/s traffic § have met SLA targets throughout trial Currently converting trial customers to paying ones Full SLA for paying customers from October 1 st Web site recently overhauled with new product info © Xchange. Point 2001

Current Traffic © Xchange. Point 2001

Current Customers § § § § § Mailbox New. Net Verio Above. Net Intensive Nildram XO Star Level 3 Nextra © Xchange. Point 2001

Service Offerings § § Copper & fibre in-building connection to node: § Metro. XP Install Public Switched Peering: § Metro. XP 1000: Gigabit Ethernet § Metro. XP 100: 100 base. T Ethernet Private Switched Peering (VLAN): § Metro. XP v. Connect 100: Virtual private interconnect § Metro. VPX: Virtual private exchange Private Interconnect: § Metro. XP Connect: In-site wiring § Metro. XP Connect 1000: Gigabit inter-site § Metro. XP Connect 622, 2400: SDH inter-site © Xchange. Point 2001

Service Pricing § § Prices in UK£ sterling, excluding VAT Annual fees billed quarterly in advance © Xchange. Point 2001

Service Level Agreement Commitments § § § http: //www. xchangepoint. net/custinfo/SLA. html Service provision within 10 days of order Response to 24 x 7 customer support requests Availability: 99. 97% § Lower level of 99. 9% for single-homed customers and unprotected circuits Packet loss: § 0% within single site § 0. 05% between sites Rebates for failure to perform © Xchange. Point 2001

Acceptable Use Policy § § § http: //www. xchangepoint. net/custinfo/AUP. html Designed to: § be minimally restrictive § protect customers and infrastructure from malice/accidents Main principles: § nature of traffic and commercial terms are purely bi-lateral matter for peers § don’t do anything that affects other customers adversely More constraints for public peering than private interconnect § e. g. AS number and PI address space needed for public peering “Non-standard” traffic addressed in SLA rather than AUP © Xchange. Point 2001

Value-Added Services § Cisco 7200 Collector router § Traffic statistics servers § per-customer private stats option § Metro. XP Console: Out-of-band access § Customer dial-in/telnet via ISDN 30/Cisco 3640 § Media convertors § fibre/copper © Xchange. Point 2001

New Services § IPv 6 § we finally have our address space ! § address allocations made to existing customers § mix IPv 4 and IPv 6 on same port ? § Metro. XP Multipeer: Optional MLPA router § Have been awarded contract to host one of 5 § Nominet. uk secondary name servers Customer private web pages © Xchange. Point 2001

Future Services § Multicast traffic exchange § will probably require dedicated additional switch network, due to non-interoperability between different vendors: § Cisco RGMP now open Internet Draft § Foundry support PIM snooping § Extreme might support MBGP snooping § community needs to bang switch vendors’ heads together on this § Sub-gigabit private interconnect Q 1 2002 § E 3/T 3, 100 base. FX, STM-1/4 § 10 G Ethernet between switches Q 1 2002 § new switch models § 24 x 7 pan-European NOC © Xchange. Point 2001

Contact Details CTO: Sales: Web: Presentation: E-mail: Phone: © Xchange. Point 2001 Keith Mitchell Jeff Meulman www. xchangepoint. net/info/ripe 40 -eix. ppt feedback@xchangepoint. net +44 20 7592 0370