CENIC Network Performance Workshop: Agenda

Agenda -- Participants-- Prerequisites -- Lodging -- Presentations -- Workshop Locations

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29-30 June 2005
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California


The workshop is planned as a 2-day approach to getting campuses and GigaPoPs enabled to begin performance testing. The prerequisites for the workshop may pose a challenge to some participants; therefore, the morning of the first day is an open preparation period where Workshop Presenters are available to assist participants in getting ready for the workshop. Workshop presentations are linked off the agenda.

Day One
	Session Title	Speaker	Topic
8:00 - Noon	Informal Preparation Period	Various	Time allotted to ensure all participants are prepared for the workshop. Speakers are available to assist particpants with prerequisites.
Noon - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 1:15	Opening Remarks	Hobby	Welcome/Agenda/Vision/pipes/Federations/Org Impact
1:15 - 2:00	Network Measurement Tools	Zekauskas	Throughput, latency, last mile/Use cases
2:00 - 2:30	Policies and Procedures	Zekauskas	Discuss security concerns, access policies
2:30 - 3:00	Discussion		Q & A on Security and suggested policies
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 4:45	NTP - Overview [PDF]	Boote	What is it, How does it work, why this is necessary
4:45 - 5:00	NTP Installation	Boote	Hands on installation of NTP
Day Two
	Session Title	Speaker	Topic
8:00 - 9:00	Tool Demonstration [PDF]	Zekauskas	Demonstration of how to use the tools to solve problems
9:00 - 9:30	NDT - Overview [PDF]	Zekauskas	What is it, How does it work, How good is it [WEBSITE]
9:30 - 10:00	NDT Installation [PDF]	Zekauskas	Hands on installation of NDT
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 10:45	OWAMP - Overview [PDF] [Slides]	Boote	What is it, How does it work, How good is it  [WEBSITE]
10:45 - 11:15	BWCTL - Overview [PDF] [Slides]	Boote	What is it, How does it work, How good is it  [WEBSITE]
11:15 - 12:30	OWAMP & BWCTL Configuration [PDF] [Slides]	Boote	Configuration of both tools
12:30 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	OWAMP & BWCTL Installation	Boote/Zekauskas	Hands on installation of both tools
2:00-3:00	Test Drive	Boote/Zekauskas	Take tools for a test drive!
3:00 - 3:15	Break
3:15 - 3:45	Test Drive	Boote/Zekauskas	Take tools for a test drive!
3:45 - 4:15	What Comes Next?	Boote	What's coming down the pike/what about regularly scheduled tests?
4:15 - 4:45	Organizational Impact	Hobby	Changes to workflow, structure of IT, strategic placement
4:45 - 5:00	Closing Remarks	Van Norman	Thank you - Go forth and multiply