CC* Networking Infrastructure: Building a high-performance, flexible DMZ backbone at the University of Nevada, Reno

科学和工程的进步以及科学驱动技术的使用正在改变内华达大学里诺分校（UNR）研究的规模和复杂性。支持这些数据量和研究工作流程变化的基础是由中央校园信息技术办公室维护的核心网络和计算基础设施。作为增加大学研究活动技术支持的战略计划的一部分，教师和IT专业人员正在合作建立一个专用的、跨校园的高速研究网络骨干，与校外高性能计算设施、远程传感器网络和国家对等点连接。该项目的主要任务是：1)将Internet2和Pacific Wave的外部连接从10G增加到100G；2)将一组具有数据传输管理和监控功能的40G专用研究网络路径扩展到校园内的地理分布位置，以服务于关键的研究工作；3)为整个UNR网络的科研工作流程实施“scienceDMZ”网络架构，并作为内华达州高等教育界的典范；4)增加影响农村地区的关键广域网端到端研究工作流程，一直到UNR的高性能研究计算托管合作伙伴Switch，一个新的最先进的世界级数据中心。该项目通过实现更大规模的科学，节省时间，提高发现速度，并为该机构参与新兴的太平洋浪潮和国家研究平台创造能力，解决了UNR以科学为重点的研究人员当前和不久的将来的连接问题。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Advances in science and engineering and the use of science-driven technology are transforming the scale and complexity of research at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). Fundamental to supporting these shifts in data volume and research workflows are core networking and computing infrastructures maintained by the central campus Office of Information Technology. As part of a strategic plan to increase technology support of research activity at the university, a collaboration of faculty and IT professionals are building a dedicated, high-speed research network backbone across campus with connections to off-campus high-performance-compute facilities, remote sensor networks, and national peering points. The primary tasks of this project are to: 1) increase external connectivity to Internet2 and Pacific Wave from 10G to 100G; 2) extend a set of 40G dedicated research network paths with data transfer management and monitoring to geographically distributed locations on campus to serve critical research efforts; 3) implement a "scienceDMZ" network architecture for scientific and research workflows across the UNR network and as a model for Nevada's higher education community; and 4) augment key wide-area network end-to-end research workflows impacting rural areas all the way to UNR's high-performance research computing colocation partner Switch, a new state-of-the-art world-class datacenter.This project solves current and near-future connectivity problems for science-focused researchers at UNR by enabling larger-scale science, saving time, and increasing the rate of discovery, and creating the capability for the institution to participate in the emerging Pacific Wave and National Research Platforms.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.