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2. Welcome to

3. 3HOWs Agenda09:00 Gathering, Coffee Break09:30 HOW to deal with IPv6!10:30 HOW to connect with MPLS technology!11:15 Coffee Break11:30 HOW to qualify a Data Center!12:30 Dhuhr Prayer13:00 3HOWs Awards13:15 Group Photo13:30 Lunch

5. !How to deal withIPv6

6. AgendaWhy IPv6 now?

7. IPv4 vs IPv6

8. IPv6 Addressing Details

9. IPv6 Allocation

10. How to connect to IPv6

11. Sahara Net Readiness

12. What can you do now?

13. Q & AWhy IPv6 now?Increasing user base at high growth ratios.

14. Increasing usage types and devices (mobile).Why IPv6 now?95% of the Internet Today runs on IPv4 only!

15. Why IPv6 Now?

16. The risk arises when there are no more IPv4 addresses available to give out to new users, new web sites, new e-mail servers, ..etc.

17. What will we do? Will the Internet stop?

18. When do we predict this to happen?

19. In 2008, it was predicted last IPv4 will be allocated in 2013.

20. In 2009, it was pushed earlier to 2012.

21. Today ..

22. Only 574 days left = September 16, 2011Why IPv6 Now?IPv4 will not vanish. IPv4 hosts will still exist for a long time!

23. IPv6 is the evolution of IPv4.

24. IPv4 and IPv6 are “not compatible on the wire", which means an IPv4 only host can’t communicate directly with an IPv6 only host.

25. IPv6 is the next-generation Internet Protocol replacing IPv4 for obvious capacity reasons.

26. Uses 128-bit addresses (vs. 32-bit used by IPv4) to support billions of new users and devices (like mobile phones, cars, appliances etc).

27. 2^128 or approximately 5×10^28 (roughly 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) addresses per human on Earth

28. This expansion provides flexibility in allocating addresses and routing traffic.Did I get yourattention now

29. What is so Bad About NAT?Globally RoutedInternetLocal Intranet10.xx, 192.168.xxNATComplexity

30. Problems Due to Lack of Public Addresses

31. Compatibility Problems With Certain Applications

32. Performance Degradation

33. Poor Support for Client AccessIPv4 vs IPv6

34. IPv6 Address Details An IPv6 address is 128 bits long.

35. A 32-bit address space allows for 2^32 or 4,294,967,296 possible addresses. A 128-bit address space allows for 2^128 or 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 possible addresses !!! 8 octats & 16 bits on each octat. 3ffe:0507:0000:0000:0000:06ff:fe05:00fa You can omit starting "0" in each of the groups Example: 3ffe:0507:0000:0000:0000:06ff:fe05:00fa 3ffe:507:0:0:0:6ff:fe05:fa 2001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 2001:0:0:0:0:0:0:1

36. Compressing Zeros. Some IPv6 addresses contain long sequences of zeros. A single contiguous sequence of 16-bit blocks set to 0 can be compressed to “::” (double-colon) Examples: -3ffe:0507:0000:0000:0000:06ff:fe05:00fa becomes 3ffe:507::6ff:fe05:fa -2001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001 becomes 2001::1 - FF02:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 (a multicast address) becomes FF02::12031::130F::9c0:876A:130B (Wrong, bcoz two ::)

37. IPV6 Header

38. IPv6 Allocation-/23 to Each registry-/32 for ISP's-/48 in the general case, except for very large subscribers-/64 when it is known that one and only one subnet is needed by design -/128 when it is absolutely known that one and only one device is connecting.

40. Tools for Allocationhttp://ripe.net/info/info-services/cidr.pdf

41. http://www.liquidalchemy.com/liquidalchemy/

42. http://www.subnetonline.com/pages/subnet-calculators/ipv6-subnet-calculator.phpIPv6 Address TypesIPv6 has three types of addressesUni cast: A unicast address identifies a single interface within the scope of the type of unicast address. With the appropriate unicast routing topology, packets addressed to a unicast address are delivered to a single interface. A unicast address is used for communication from one source to a single destination.

43. Multicast: A multicast address identifies multiple interfaces. With the appropriate multicast routing topology, packets addressed to a multicast address are delivered to all interfaces that are identified by the address. A multicast address is used for communication from one source to many destinations, with delivery to multiple interfaces.

44. Any cast: An anycast address is used for communication from one source to one of multiple destinations, with delivery to a single interface

45. There is no broadcast address in IPv6, instead IPv6 multicast address used.Example

46. How to connect to IPv6(From IPv4)1.Dual Stack: To allow IPv4 and IPv6 to co-exist on the same devices and networks.2.Tunnelling: Encapsulating IPv6 packets within IPv4 packets. 3. Translation: To allow IPv6-only devices to communicate with IPv4 only devices.

47. Dual Stack. This technique is easy to use and flexible. Hosts can communicate with IPv4 hosts using IPv4 or communicate with IPv6 hosts using IPv6.. When everything has been upgraded to IPv6, the IPv4 stack can simply be disabled or removed.. Dual stack is also the basis for other transition mechanisms. - Tunnels need dual-stacked endpoints, and translators need dual-stacked gateways.

48. TunnelingAdvantages Disadvantages .No specific upgrade order. - Additional load is put on the router... Upgrade single hosts or single subnets . - Need time and CPU power for encap&decap Packets. No need to upgrade your backbone first. - Single points of failure- Troubleshooting gets more complex like hop count or MTU size issues or fragmentation problems.- Tunnels also offer points for security attacks..

49. TranslationAdvantages Disadvantages. temporary solution - No advanced features Supported. IPv6 hosts to communicate directly - limitations on the design topology with IPv4 hosts and vice versa. - Single point of failure

50. Sahara Net Readiness(In regards to IPv6)In early 2009 Established “IPv6 Task Force”.

51. Task Force Goal: To make Sahara Net ready for IPv6 within 1 year and to educate customers on the need to go IPv6.

52. Task Force Members: From all concerned departments including:

53. Customer Care

54. Operations

55. NOC

56. Corporate Support

57. And others.

58. Task Force took a structured approach to making Sahara Net “IPv6 Ready” and held bi-weekly status meetings.Sahara Net Readiness(In regards to IPv6)Got our IPv6 address space allocated in 2009 - 2a02:d70::/32

59. Did a complete inventory of all devices on the network.

60. Upgraded key equipment and did major IOS updates.

61. By end of September 2009, Sahara Net was ready on its main backbone.

62. By October 1st, our offices were running IPv6 (dual stack) with no interruption to business.

63. By November 22, 2009, Sahara Net launched its IPv6 services as the 1st ISP in Saudi Arabia to do so.

64. Launched http://ipv6.sahara.com/ as a great local resource for IPv6 information and knowledge.

65. We are now ready to connect any organization through IPv6.What should You do?(To work towards IPv6 readiness)You can do a lot!

66. Don’t panic!

67. Spread the word!

68. Look at your equipment and specify which ones are not IPv6 compatible (IPv6 inventory).

69. Push vendors to provide compatibility.

70. Push providers (ISPs, DSPs) to provide IPv6 services.

71. Get yourself ready for IPv6 knowledge-wise!

72. When buying any new equipment or software insist on IPv6 compatibility!Q & AInteresting topics on IPv6:DNS, Security, ..etc.?Refer to: http://ipv6.sahara.com

74. How to connect with MPLS !technology

75. AgendaWhy Connect?

76. What is MPLS?

77. MPLS vsVPN

78. MPLS Concepts & Capabilities

79. Sahara position and offerings

80. Actual Customers’ Cases

81. Sahara Net Advantages

82. Questions?Why Connect?Businesses realized the benefits of connecting to the Internet.

83. Businesses today MUST interconnect offices and branches (ERP, ..etc.).

84. The question is: How to best connect and Interconnect?

85. MPLS answers the question about “interconnect”.What is MPLS? Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).

86. MPLS is a highly scalable, protocol agnostic, data-carrying mechanism.

87. In an MPLS network, data packets are assigned labels. Packet-forwarding decisions are made solely on the contents of this label, without the need to examine the packet itself. This allows one to create end-to-end circuits across any type of transport medium, using any protocol

88. An IP router makes the forwarding decision by examining the destination IP address on the packet and performing a lookup in a Routing Table that tells the router which outbound port(s) to use.

89. However, in the case of MPLS, we do not use the IP address as our decision criterion. Instead we use a label.MPLS vs VPN

90. MPLS ConceptsCustomer sites run ordinary IPLabel Switch Routers (LSRs): ATM Switches or RoutersMPLS in the Network CoreEdge Label SwitchRouters (LSRs)

91. MPLS CapabilitiesRSVPIP MulticastIP CoSIP/ATM IntegrationTraffic EngineeringVPN’s

92. Why MPLS?MPLS VPNs combine the best features of overlay and Peer-to-peer VPN: (MPLS is considered an advanced form Peer-to-Peer VPN) PE routers participate in customer routing and guarantee optimum routing between sitesEasily provision and add new sites

93. PE isolates the customer routes in an easy and effective way as if dedicated PE for each customer

94. Well-known and easily implemented with less cost

95. Customer can run services such as L2VPN, L3VPN, TE, QoS, 6PE (IPv6 tunneled in MPLS).Sahara Net Offering Main Data Centre in Dammam built for Reliability & Performance.

96. POPs in Dammam, Riyadh, Jeddah, Yanbu and Jubail.

97. 24 Hours Customer Care with Service monitoring & Tickets.

98. Identification and Escalation of faults before the customer could sense it.

99. Work closely with all leading Telecommunication vendors to bring the latest to Customers.

100. L3 VPN functions on our existing Cisco network infrastructure.

101. Migration is possible for the existing customers with their existing hardware (capitalize on investments).Sahara Net’s Cisco Powered MPLS NetworkRoute ReflectorsVPN_AVPN_A10.2.0.0RRRR11.5.0.0CECEVPN_BVPN_APP10.1.0.0CE10.2.0.0JeddahDammamCEVPN_APP11.6.0.0CEVPN_BJubailCE10.3.0.0RiyadhVPN_BCE10.1.0.0Sahara has implemented its own MPLS network using industry's leading routers from Cisco (such as Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Cisco 7301 and Cisco 7200 NPE G2). All our router IOS software has been upgraded to support MPLS, IPv6 and QoS with hardware upgrades on existing core and PP routers

102. Case studyCase1: Normal MPLS VPN

103. TroubleshootingcommandsFrom the PE routerPing : ping vrfmpls-test 192.168.1.1Traceroute : traceroutevrfmpls-test 192.168.1.1Telnet : telnet 212.76.80.181 /vrfmpls-testIP route verification : show ip route vrfmpls-testConnected interfaces : show ipvrfmpls-testFrom the CE routerPing : ping 192.168.1.1Traceroute : tracert 192.168.1.1Telnet : telnet 212.76.80.181

104. Case study Case 2: MPLS VPN with Internet Access

105. Case study Case 3: MPLS VPN with other providers

106. Sahara AdvantagesSahara Net is the only "Carrier Neutral" ISP in Saudi Arabia today

107. Sahara Net is having partnership with all major network providers in Saudi Arabia and we can utilize their last mile access to MPLS network

108. Sahara Net is the only ISP to successfully deploy MPLS-Based Broad band access VPN connecting all principal access technologies like ADSL, Wireless and DialupQ & A

110. How to qualify a Data Center

111. AgendaWhat is a Data Center?

112. Do I need a Data Center?

113. Data Center Levels

114. Qualifying a Data Center

115. Sahara Net Data Centers

116. Q & AWhat is a Data Center?Facility used to house equipment in a highly available environment.

117. Most important components are:

118. Power

119. Climate Controls (A/C, Humidity)

120. Connectivity

121. SecurityAre these Data Centers?

122. Do I need a Data Center?Why replicate effort?

123. When you need bread, do you build a bakery?

124. When you need a car, do you rent, purchase or lease?

125. It’s a similar argument with the Data Center:“Should I build or outsource?”

126. Why a Data Center?Each business case is different.

127. However, there are clear advantages with outsourcing such as:

128. Reduce or control costs.

129. Gain access to external IT resources

130. Free up internal resources

131. Improve focus on customers

132. Give it to those who know it!Data Center LevelsTier 1: Basic Site Infrastructure

133. Non-redundant components

134. Single distribution path serving components

135. Provides 99.67% uptime

136. Tier 2: Redundant Capacity Components

137. Redundant components

138. Single distribution path

139. Provides 99.74% uptimeData Center LevelsTier 3: Concurrently Maintainable

141. Multiple distribution paths

142. Provides 99.98% uptime

143. Tier 4: Fault Tolerant Site Infrastructure

145. Multiple distribution paths

146. Equipment is multiply connected

147. Provides 99.99% uptimeData Center Levels

148. QualifyingWhat do you want?

149. Why go for a Data Center?

150. Tier Target: Tier 3 (minimum)

151. Power:

152. UPS

153. Generator

154. ATS

155. Dual Power to the Rack/EquipmentQualifyingClimate Controls:

156. A/C and Humidity Controls

157. Redundant

158. Hot-Aisle/Cold-Aisle

159. Connectivity:

160. Redundancy

161. Size of Pipe!

162. Multiple vendors?QualifyingSecurity:

163. Physical: In and out checks, cameras!

164. Virtual/Electronic: Firewalls, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, ..etc.

165. Fire Suppression System: Preferably FM-200.

166. Monitoring and Alerting

167. Procedure and Escalation:

168. 24x7

169. Ticket System

170. Escalation ProcedureSahara Net StatusCurrently have two Data Centers.

171. Size is over 2000 sq meters combined.

172. Dammam & Riyadh.

173. Largest hosting provider since 2004.

174. Tier 4 (minus the multiple Electricity sources) = Tier 3 +

175. Meet all mentioned qualifications

176. Undergoing major modernization and upgrade to Dammam DC.Sahara Net StatusOffering SLA.

177. Offering full rack or part of a rack!

178. Only hosting provider that is “Carrier Neutral”.

179. Utilizing best and latest technologies:

180. Blade Servers

181. Virtualization technologies

182. Linux & Windows environmentsSahara Net StatusMany local and International customer base:

183. Saudi Research & Marketing Group

184. Balot.net

185. Alyaum.com

186. Zawya

187. Mubasher

188. And >3,000 other customers!Q & A

189. Thank You

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