US LHC Network Working Group

23 Oct 2006, 08:00 → 24 Oct 2006, 18:30 US/Central

Wilson Hall 1W (Fermilab)

Don Petravick (Fermilab)

North American and trans-Atlantic networking for LHC physics

Monday, 23 October

Check-in

Refreshments available.

1 Welcome & Overview

Speaker: Don Petravick (Fermilab)

2 US LHCNet roadmap & outlook

Speaker: Harvey Newman (Caltech)

Slides LHC_USNetworkingWG_Fnal_hbn102306e.ppt

3 US DOE funding and management model

DOE funding and managment, and AUP basis for US LHCnet.

Speaker: Craig Tull (DOE)

Slides cet061023-networking.ppt

4 CERN roles in T0-T1-T2 networking

Speaker: David Foster (CERN)

Slides David_CERN_T0_T1_T2_231006.ppt

5 Tier1 Networking - Fermilab

Speaker: Don Petravick (Fermilab)

Slides petravick-fnal-meeting-talk.ppt

10:30 break

6 Network troubleshooting in global LHC computing

Speaker: Phil Demar (Fermilab)

Slides LHC_troubleshooting_10-23-2006.ppt

7 US LHCNet in 2006 to 2010

Speaker: Sylvain Ravot (Caltech)

Slides USLHCNET_FNAL102306_sr-V3.0.ppt

8 Internet2 NewNet

With focus on capabilities supporting LHC physics.

Speaker: Rick Summerhill (Internet2)

Slides i2net-lhc-summerhill-23-oct-2006_.ppt

Lunch

9 ESnet4

With focus on capabilities supporting LHC physics.

Speaker: Bill Johnston (ESnet)

Slides ATT00014.ppt

10 National Lambda Rail

Speaker: Tom West (NLR)

11 CA*Net4

With focus on capabilities supporting LHC physics.

Speaker: Thomas Tam (CANARIE)

Slides LHC_network_working_group_meeting.ppt

12 IRNC

With focus on capabilities supporting LHC physics.

Speaker: Joe Mambretti

Slides Mambretti-TransLight-IRNCOct2006FNALPDF.pdf

13 Tier1 Networking - Brookhaven

Speaker: John Bigrow (Brookhaven NL)

Slides fermi.ppt

14 Tier1 Networking - Triumf

Speaker: Ian Gable (HEPNET/Canada)

Slides us_lhc_triumf_slides.pdf

Break

15 Atlas computing model & requirements

Speaker: Jim Shank

16 CMS computing model & requirements

Speaker: Ian Fisk (Fermilab)

Slides Network_CM_IMF.pdf

17 Tier-3 Connections over Internet2

Speaker: Rich Carlson

Paper T23-proposal.pdf

Slides T23-proposal.ppt

18 System factors affecting throughput

Analysis of throughput; OS and host factors that affect data transfers.

Speaker: Matt Crawford (Fermilab)

Slides SystemFactors.pdf SystemFactors.zip

19 Monitoring Panel

Panel and discussion of monitoring and diagnosis in LHC context.

Speakers: Iosif Legrand (Caltech), Joe Metzger, Phil Demar, Shawn McKee, Sylvain Ravot

Slides 20061023-Measurement_Challenges.ppt

20 Recent experience with PCI-X 2.0 and PCI-E network interfaces and emerging server systems

Speaker: Yang Xia (Caltech)

Slides FNAL_LHCNet-WG-yxia.ppt

Tuesday, 24 October

Morning coffee

21 SURFnet and NetherLight

Speakers: Bram Peeters, Erik-Jan Bos (SURFnet)

Slides Surfnet_US_LHC_workshop_v02.ppt

22 US LHCNet Milestones

Speakers: Harvey Newman (Caltech), Sylvain Ravot (Caltech)

Slides USLHCNetWGMilestonesandIssues_102406_hnsr.ppt

23 US-Europe Connections

Speaker: David Foster (CERN)

Slides David_US_European_241006.ppt

10:15 break

24 Experiments' Network Issues

Experiments give their impressions and feedback, indicating areas where they feel more work is needed.

Speakers: Ian Fisk (Fermilab), Jim Shank

Slides Network_Issues.pdf

25 Tier1 Network Issues

Speakers: Don Petravick (Fermilab), Scott Bradley (Brookhaven NL)

Slides T1-issues.ppt

Lunch

26 Tier-2 & Tier-3 Network Issues

Speakers: Ian Fisk (Fermilab), Shawn McKee (Univ. of Michigan)

Slides USATLAS_Network_Tier2_issues.ppt US-CMS_Network_T2.pdf

27 Backbone Network Issues

Speakers: Joe Metzger (ESnet), Rick Summerhill (Internet2)

28 Introduction to GFP, VAT, LCAS, and GMPLS

Speaker: Rick Summerhill (Internet2)

Slides sonet-controlplane-lhc-summerhill-22-oct-2006_.ppt

29 End-to-end Circuit Issues

Speakers: Bill Johnston (ESnet), Dantong Yu (Brookhaven NL)

Slides USATLAS-SC4-2.ppt

Break

30 US LHCNet AUP

Speakers: Craig Tull (DOE), Phil Demar

Slides cet061024-aup.ppt

31 Discussion Wrapup and Conclusions

What are the gaps in the way of meeting all the experimental needs among T0, T1, and T2? Can we form a coherent provisioning model for T1-T2 data access? What resources will be keys to the hard parts? And what do we need to do for T3 connectivity?

Speakers: Harvey Newman (Caltech), Paul Sheldon (Vanderbilt University)

32 Circuit-Oriented Services or High Throughput Data Transfer Applications (optional)

Speakers: Chin Guok (ESnet), Mr Dantong Yu (Brookhaven), Iosif Legrand (Caltech), Matt Crawford (Fermilab), Shawn McKee (Univ. of Michigan)