The Works of DANTE - Issue 6

GÉANT2 Status update – Point-to-Point connections

 Recent developments include the first transatlantic point to point connections. Two “Optical Private Networks” (OPNs) now operate between Paris and Chicago, to support the work of particle physicists at IN2P3 in France and Fermilab in the United States.

GÉANT2 continues to deploy OPNs for CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The following circuits are now in operation:

• DFN (DE) to CERN 
  
• GARR (IT) to CERN
  
• JANET (UK) to CERN
  
• SURFnet (NL) to CERN

Status information on these links feed into an “end to end monitoring system” – giving a clear view of the network status across the multiple domains involved. Additional connections for the LHC are due to come on line in the near future.