07 Jun 2021 Advanced Networking Watch Now: Internet2 Engineering Team’s Review of First Shim for Next Generation Infrastructure Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks Internet2 successfully completed our first Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) shim implementation in the early morning of June 2, 2021. Thank you to KyRON (Kentucky Regional Optical Network)… Read More
01 Jun 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update on Progress, Summer 2021 Timeline Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President for Network Services At the end of a most unusual academic year, we find ourselves entering a busy summer period, hopefully preparing for a fall semester with full campuses and researchers ready… Read More
19 May 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Shim Phase Beginning Soon Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks We are pleased to announce that the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) project is approaching the beginning of the shim phase, a significant milestone in the project. The… Read More
10 May 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Network Milestone: 1 Exabyte of Data Moved Between January and May 2021 Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President for Network Services Last evening, Internet2 reached a major milestone by moving over 1 exabyte of data in less than five months. This achievement occurs a little under two months earlier than… Read More
03 May 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: Testing Underway; Network Successfully Carries 400 Gbps of Traffic Coast-to-Coast Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Jon-Paul Herron, Director, Internet2 Network Operations Center (NOC) The last few weeks of the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) project have focused on testing. We want to be sure that the network design, deployment, connection, and configuration… Read More
06 Apr 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: 29 Packet Nodes Connected by Forty 400G Links; GDT Install Completes on Schedule Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture In the two weeks since we reported the first 400 Gbps backbone connections on the Internet2 network, our team has made substantial progress toward fully deploying… Read More
22 Mar 2021 Advanced Networking Now Online: First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 400G Ethernet Links for New Routed Network Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 marks the beginning of this week having deployed its first operational 400 Gbps Ethernet connections for its new Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) platform. Cisco 8201… Read More
26 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 800G Single-carrier Link Online; Long-haul, Flex-grid Deployment Complete Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 today deployed its first 800 Gbps single-carrier optical circuit between Phoenix and Tucson as part of its Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program. This circuit leverages a… Read More
16 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking Looking Ahead, Moving Forward: Internet2 Network Services’ Commitments in 2021 and Beyond Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services With an unexpected 2020 behind us, the Internet2 Network Services team is focused on 2021 objectives that deliver on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program: the completion of an upgraded… Read More
25 Jan 2021 Community News Internet2 Year in Review 2020 Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Internet2 was created by the community, for the community 25 years ago, and that partnership remains strong today. Throughout 2020, Internet2 helped our community with ongoing efforts to support their campus communities and research environments. Here’s a quick… Read More