System-Supported CENIC Services Catalog

Owned by Cindy McCartney
Last updated: Jun 28, 2023
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The following services are provided by CENIC at no additional cost to the California Community Colleges as associate members of CalREN. CENIC does provide a number of other services that may be of interest that are outlined on the CENIC Add-on / Fee-for-Services Catalog page. For more information on CENIC and the Broadband Infrastructure Upgrade project, check out the CENIC Public Documentation page.

Digital California (DC) Service

The Digital California service provides routed access to CalREN members, commodity peers, on-net cache resources, commercial ISP, and R&E transit.

Digital California (DC) Service Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Network backbone engineered with abundant bandwidth and optimized for performance. Capable of handling the most demanding traffic patterns, Minimizing dropped packets, jitter, and other underperformance characteristics of commodity networks.

  • High-performance, low-latency direct access to cloud providers such as AWS, Google, and Azure, partner networks including Internet2, Pacific Wave, and Western Regional Network, and other online services such as Netflix, Twitch, and Akamai.

  • Highly reliable & cost-effective member connections.

  • Direct access at 18 hub sites and various backhaul options to reach additional locations.

  • Supports IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack and jumbo frames.

  • Supports the full BGP internet routing table and static routing on member connections.

  • Access to CENIC's DNS resolvers.

  • Highly reliable connections to other research and education entities.

Layer 2 Virtual Private Network Service - E-LINE

E-LINE is a private and seamless point-to-point Layer 2 service providing transparent connectivity between CENIC members and to cloud providers.

E-LINE Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Layer 2 Ethernet over private MPLS backbone.

  • Simple and efficient way to extend a LAN enterprise network.

  • Support for VLAN-based and port-based options.

  • Fast provisioning.

  • Fully transparent to pass control packets.

 

Layer 2 Virtual Private Network Service - E-LAN

E-LAN is a private and seamless point-to-multipoint Layer 2 service providing transparent connectivity between CENIC members and to cloud providers.

E-LAN Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Layer 2 Ethernet over private MPLS backbone.

  • Simple and efficient way to extend a LAN Enterprise network.

  • Support for VLAN-based and port-based options.

  • Fast provisioning.

  • Fully transparent to pass control packets.

 

Layer 3 Virtual Private Network Service - IP VPN

IP VPN is a private and unencrypted point-to-multipoint Layer 3 service providing a separate virtual network between CENIC members and to cloud providers.

IP VPN Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Completely private network separate from your public internet connection.

  • Support for point-to-point and point-to-multipoint options.

  • Full control over IP prefix propagation.

  • Layer 3 Ethernet service over private MPLS backbone.

Optical Service

A dedicated 10GB or 100GB point-to-point optical circuit, provisioned over a customer-specific metro segment and/or a CENIC optical backbone.

Optical Service Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Dedicated and private Layer 1 connections.

  • Support for LR4 and SR4 client handoffs.

  • Available bandwidth options: 10G and 100G.

 

Optical Spectrum Service

A dedicated 10GB or 100GB point-to-point optical circuit, provisioned over a customer-specific metro segment and/or a CENIC optical backbone.

Optical Spectrum Service Technical Features & Benefits:

  • Dedicated and private Layer 1 connections.

  • Available bandwidth options: 10G and 100G.

  • Wavelength allocation is based on ITU Grid C-Band, 100 GHz spacing.

  • Allows CENIC members to leverage the CalREN optical backbone and customer-specific metro segments while managing their own transponders or DWDM optics.

Hybrid Service - Partially Supported at 5GB

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.

NOTE: The college district must pay for the equipment and installation costs for these circuits and bandwidth if higher than 5GB is needed. 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 for as long as it is in production.

For Questions or More Information Contact:

CCC Technology Center:

Cindy McCartney, Project Manager CCC Broadband Infrastructure Upgrade cmccartney@ccctechcenter.org

 

CENIC:

Ken Roberts, Project Manager CCC Segment kroberts@cenic.org

To Report Network Routing or Technical Issues:

CENIC NOC (available 24/7):

Email: noc@cenic.org

Phone: 714-220-3494