Download - TFN Status 8/2004
TFN Status 8/2004
Turn-up Targets
• TFN Optical layer scheduled for completion September 2004, Routing layer scheduled for completion by October, 2004.
• All universities and colleges will be on the TFN backbone during the fall term
• All 15 research universities and medical schools will
have Gigabit connections by fall term to the TFN
TFN Status 8/2004
Turn-up Targets
• All other Colleges and Universities connectivity will depend on the last mile option selected to the TFN
• Lambda provisioned for SchoolNet, awaiting funding recent budget cuts have delayed implementation of SchoolNet’s configuration and equipment order (Sites will be turned up during the 2004-2005 school year)
Fiber and Sites
• Fiber Characterization
– 41 of 42 fiber spans completed
– Characterization Scheduled for Week of 8/09/2004
• Akron – Canton
TFN Status 8/2004
TFN Status 8/2004
• Fiber Construction Projects
• Kent State University and NEOUCOM Last Mile target date week of 9/30/2004
• Site Surveys
• All TFN TFN POPs and REGENS completed and passed
Fiber and Sites
TFN Status 8/2004Equipment Installation - Backbone
• All Cisco Routers installed on backbone
• Segments Lighted and Tested: – Ring 5: Columbus, Delaware, Lima – Ring 4: Athens, Lancaster, Columbus,Chillicothe,
Portsmouth– Ring 0: OARnet, SOT, OET,SOCC, KRC, OSU– Ring 3: Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, Cincinnati
TFN Status 8/2004Equipment Installation - Backbone• Segments Pending Optical Installation (continued)
– Installation completion target dateRing 2: Cleveland, Youngtown, Akron, Columbus
week of 8/26/2004
• Ring Test and Acceptance– Ring 3 Target Date Week of 8/09/2004– Ring 1 Target Date Week of 8/16/2004– Ring 2 Target Date Week of 9/6/2004
TFN Status 8/2004Equipment Installation - Conversion
• Installation completed for 3750s• Terminal Servers install scheduled 8/9 - 8/31• Edge Routers install scheduled 8/30 - 9/30
Equipment Installation - School Support• Case Western Reserve University 6/22/2004 C• Cleveland State University 6/22/2004 C• American Fiber System 6/22/2004 C• Toledo Buckeye 6/23/2004 C• Miami University 7/26/2004 C
TFN Status 8/2004Equipment Installation - School Support (continued)
• Youngstown State University 7/12/2004 C• Youngstown Qwest 7/13/2004 C• Youngstown Wiltel 7/13/2004 C• Cinergy (Evandale) TBD• Cinergy (Cincinnati) 9/7/2004• Medical College of Ohio 7/26/2004 C• University of Toledo 7/26/2004 C• Bowling Green State University 7/26/2004 C• Kent State University 9/7/2004• NEOUCOM 9/7/2004
TFN Status 8/2004
Last Mile Connections• RFP Completed
– 124 college and university sites bid– 30 Schoolnet sites bid– Currently working with vendor’s to develop contracts
on an as needed basis
• Result: lower last mile costs for most schools and bandwidth enhanced 5 to 8 times
TFN Status 8/2004
Outstanding Issues Resulting in Project Delays
• Equipment Reorder based on fiber characterization
• Equipment Reorder based on Cisco configuration software upgrade
• Equipment Reorder based on change in local ring configuration and local dark fiber availability
• Installation and Turn-up problems
• Delays in equipment manufacturing
• Contract issues Last Mile
TFN Status 8/2004
Detail Implementation Information
• Project Tracking
– TFN Website
– SBC ePMO Website
• Website Access Information for ePMO