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The following services are provided by CENIC at an additional cost to the California Community Colleges as associate members of CalREN. For more information on any of these services, contact the CCCTC and CENIC Project Managers to schedule a meeting to discuss.

CENIC RPI

RPI service provides CENIC with a dedicated private connection to external peers at select major peering points.

CENIC RPI Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Secure and dedicated connections.

  • Support for 1G, 10G, and 100G.

  • Leverages current investment in CENIC infrastructure.

  • Allows CENIC members to connect directly to any commercial providers at major peering points.

  • Meant to be combined with Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN services.

NOTE: The college district must pay for the equipment and installation costs for these circuits. Currently, the ongoing monthly recurring service costs for connections 5G or less are free to Community College Districts. For 10G plus, the college district would also pay ongoing monthly recurring service costs on the circuit.

Internet2 DDoS Mitigation (DMS) Service

An on-demand cloud-based DDoS Mitigation Service (DMS) is available to CENIC members.

Internet2 DDoS Mitigation (DMS) Service Options:

Two service options are available to CENIC members:

  1. Self-service solution has direct interaction with Radware for mitigation managed by the member college district.

  2. Managed-service solution uses CENIC’s expertise and advanced tools to detect and handle mitigation with Radware on behalf of the member college district.

Additional information is available at Internet2’s DMS service description.

Internet2 AL2S

Internet2’s Layer 2 Service delivers a strategic advantage for leaders in research and education by providing effective and efficient point-to-point Ethernet technology.

AL2S Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Allows users to create their own VLANs on the Internet2 AL2S backbone.

  • Static or Dynamic, point-to-point or multipoint, intra-domain or inter-domain>

  • Puts control of the backbone VLANs into the users’ hands for the creation of purpose-built private VLANs using infrastructure already in place.

  • Fully transparent to pass control packets.

Internet2 Cloud Connect

Extend your data center to the cloud with a dedicated network connection to software vendor services using the combination of your regional network and the Internet2 high-speed national network.

Internet2 Cloud Connect Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Provides institutions with a Cloud Connect Portal for researchers and campus IT staff.

  • Campus IT staff can deploy shared direct connection infrastructure on their own.

  • Ability to support private direct connections to AWS Direct Connect, Google Cloud Partner Interconnect, Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute, and Oracle Cloud Interconnect.

  • Four geographically diverse connection points ensure the best performance.

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