UCL-CCC (10 Questions)

Question 1

Provide the name and contact details of your local (Departmental) and Institutional network support staff.

• My Departmental network support contact is: The UCL IS Network Group - nwg-ops\-at-\ucl.ac.uk
• My Institutional network support contact is: The UCL IS Network Group - nwg-ops\-at-\ucl.ac.uk

Question 2

Provide details of the responsibilities, together with the demarcation of those responsibilities, of your local and Institutional network support staff.

• The departmental contact is responsible for: All networking beyond the NIC.
• The institutional contact is responsible for: All networking beyond the NIC.

Question 3

What is a Regional Network Operator (RNO), and why does this matter to you?

• An RNO is: From JANET Connection Policy Document: "A Regional Network Operator is an organisation that operates a regional network and holds a contract with UKERNA for the delivery of JANET services to those organisations which receive PRIMARY connections via the regional network." Our regional network (formerly called a MAN) is the London Metropolitan Network.

• I care because: They are the provider of our regional network connection to SuperJANET (the UK education and research network backbone).

Question 4

What is SuperJANET4? And more importantly what is SuperJANET5?

• SuperJANET4 is: The current version of the UK education and research network backbone JANET. It is due to be superseded by SuperJANET5 by the end of 2006.

• SuperJANET5 is: The next version of the UK education and research network backbone (replacement for SuperJANET4).

Questions 5, 6, 7 and 9 (part)

5: Draw a simple diagram showing your local (Departmental) network and sufficient of your Institutional network such that you can trace a line from your end-system to the connection from your Institutes network into the RNO infrastructure.

6: On the diagram produced in answer to Question 5, show the capacity of each link in the network and provide a note against each link of its contention ratio.

7: On the diagram produced in answer to Question 5, colour and distinguish the switches and routers and for each device provide a note of its backplane capability.

9.x: On the diagram produced in answer to Question 5 colour in the firewall(s) (or other security devices).

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Question 8

What is the average and peak traffic flow between your local (Departmental) network and the Institutional network?

• Average traffic: 200Mbps
• Peak traffic: 600Mbps

What is the average and peak traffic flow between your Institutional network and the RNO?

• Average traffic: 150Mbps
• Peak traffic: 350Mbps

What is the total capacity of your Institutional connection to the RNO?

• Our total capacity is: 1Gbps

What are the upgrade plans for your local (Departmental) network; your Institutional network and the network run by the RNO?

• Departmental plans:
• Institutional plans:
• RNO plans:

Question 9

Do you believe in IS Security? Does your Institute believe in IS Security?

• I'm a believer: YES
• We're collective believers: YES

Do you believe in firewalls? Does your Institute believe in firewalls?

• I'm a believer: YES
• We're collective believers: YES

Provide information of how changes are made to the rule set of the firewall.

• Firewall rules are changed by: The UCL Network Group following an established procedure.

Provide a note of the capacity of this device and what happens when that capacity is exceeded.

• The capacity is: Network Group unsure what "capacity" refers to.
• When it goes over-capacity, the following happens:

Question 10

What is the best performance you can achieve from your end-system to an equivalent system located in some geographically remote (and friendly!) Institute?

• Best performance is: Not tested.

For your end-system:

Do you understand the kernel, the bus structure; the NIC; and the disk system?

• I understand: YES/NO - Some. Can always know more.

Do you understand TCP tuning and what it can do for you?

• I understand: YES/NO - The concepts. Not much practical experience.

Do you understand your application and what it can do to your performance?

• I understand: YES/NO - What is the definition of "your application"?