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LINX NewsLocal Exchange NewsDevelopments at IXManchester & IXScotlandLeading networks connectat IXManchesterWhile HotLINX’s lead story is the launchof the new IXCardiff exchange, there’sstill plenty to talk about on the regionalpeering front around the rest of the UK.For instance, up in the north west we canreveal that IXManchester now has over 53members present and that the exchangeis regularly passing well in excess of 8Gb/sin traffic. Possibly the most importantdevelopment, however, is the news thatleading networks Akamai and the BBChave both connected in the city. This is thestart of a new stage for the maturing IXP.It will see many more content networksconnect to the exchange in order to getcloser to the end user and deliver more oftheir traffic locally.LINX NoVA NewsSecond LINX NoVA Member Meeting Held in BaltimoreAs HotLINX went to press LINX was stagingits second LINX NoVA member meetingof the year, in Baltimore, USA. The venuefor the event was also the location of theimportant NANOG62 conference.The agenda featured sponsor updatesfrom LINX NoVA data centre partnersEvoSwitch, CoreSite and DuPont Fabrosplus an Engineering measurement andmonitoring talk by LINX CTO, Richard Petrie.There was also an Open-IX presentationby Martin Hannigan which focussed on theimprovement of interconnection in the USA.An innovation for this meeting is the trialof the Google Hangout video streamingsoftware enabling remote access to theevent. This could be rolled out to otherLINX local exchange meetings in the future.First Anniversary forIXScotlandThere is something to celebrate forIXScotland as the exchange marks its firstbirthday on Tuesday 28 October. Hostedat Pulsant’s South Gyle data centre inEdinburgh, the Scottish IXP is built usinghardware from Extreme’s Summit X460Series. Keen to take the exchange tothe next level the IXScotland SteeringCommittee have been busy generatinginterest locally and we can announcethat a member meeting in the country’scapital, Edinburgh, has been arrangedfor Monday 1 December. We wouldencourage all members to attend soplease turn to page 15 to find out moredetails on how to register.Open-IX, who spoke at the LINXNoVA2member meeting, presented LINX witha special Open-IX Certification Award atthe association’s AGM in SeptemberGrahame DaviesA Tribute by LINX CEO,John SouterThis is the first formal opportunityI have had to pay tribute to thecontribution made by GrahameDavies, who stepped down fromthe position of Chairman of LINX(and the LINX Board) earlier thisyear.Grahame served in that positionfor almost 14 years, and steered usthrough some pretty difficult times.At the outset of his chairmanshipwas possibly the biggest challengeLINX has ever faced: an attemptto de-mutualise the exchange.When this was unsuccessful it fellto Grahame to lead us throughthe unfortunate aftermath. Forthis alone, we should be eternallygrateful, but Grahame’s contributionwas much more than that.With great humour, a resolutebelief in the ethos of LINX, and apersonal style that endeared himto the larger LINX community,Grahame has given splendid serviceover the years. From a personalpoint of view, Grahame’s mentoringand support has been invaluable.And he chaired the team that hiredme, so it was literally life changingfor me! What more can I say?I hope that allmembers willjoin with mein making thisrecognitionmore tangiblewith what wehave planned forLINX87.06 HotLINX Issue <strong>39</strong> | LINX News
Are you a data centre?Why not join our Virtual PoP ProgrammeA Virtual PoP is a datacentre which can provide connections to a LINX Peering LAN. Theseconnections are either provided via a LINX approved Layer-2 carrier (Branded vPoP) orvia a resilient DWDM connection (Transmission vPoP). A LINX virtual PoP can be locatedanywhere in the world where LINX has a member and there’s a potential for more.If you are a data centre and would like further information please email: channel@linx.netEngineering UpdateNew Core Site Build and100G DevelopmentsBy Mike Hellers,LINX NetworkEngineering ManagerOver the past two months, the LINXengineering team has continued towork on building a new core site atthe Interxion LON2 building. This is ourfirst core PoP outside of the Docklandsarea. It is connected with 64x10G backto Telehouse and Telecity HarbourExchange, and provides connectivity to anumber of edge sites. It has also allowedus to deliver 100G member connectionsat Interxion in addition to the manyother sites which are enabled for 100Galready.ConneXions and100G on ExtremeAs part of our continuous servicedevelopment, we have now alsocompleted the work allowing usto deliver ConneXions services onExtreme Networks based Peering LANs.This includes IXManchester, IXScotlandand of course the Extreme Peering LANin London.We have also completed the necessarysoftware upgrades on the ExtremeBDX8 switches in London, allowingus to deploy 100G linecards, and as aconsequence enabling 100G memberports.As previously mentioned, if you haveany plans to upgrade your LINX portsto 100G, please get in contact with us.You can also find the most up to dateinformation about availability and leadtimes at the following link:www.linx.net/service/100G.htmlRoute Server UpdatesBy Mo Shivji,Senior Network EngineerIPV6 Route-serversRS1 & RS2 weremigrated to BIRD6as they were stillrunning the vanillaBGPd daemonfrom the Quaggasuite of protocols.Installing BIRD6on these route-servers now keepseach of the route-servers running thesame route-server software for bothIPv4 and IPv6 peering on all LINX andLINX NoVA route-servers. The BIRDIPv6 route-servers now offer the policycontrol mechanism using the samecommunity model for IPv4 routeservers.All IPv4 and IPv6 sessions have alsobeen configured to be passive, soany peering between the memberand the route-server is initiated bythe member’s peering device. In thecoming weeks, all Quagga based peeringsessions on the route-servers will beconfigured to be passive.Recruitment NewsJo FeredayProduct ManagerJo Fereday hasjoined the LINXMarketing & BusinessDevelopment teamas Product Manager.Jo studied electrical and electronicengineering at the University ofHertfordshire before working in ITcommunication sales (networks andassociated services) for 12 yearsat Siemens. Most recently Jo spentfour years with Tech Mahindra, anOffshore IT provider working ontheir partner sales and strategy forgovernment.Speaking of her new role as ProductManager Jo commented, “I’m pleasedto be joining LINX to oversee itsexpanding product portfolio. There isa lot to learn but I’ve been made verywelcome and am interested to seewhat the future has in store.”Martin HubbardProvisioning ServiceDelivery EngineerMartin Hubbardhas joined the LINXEngineering teamsas ProvisioningService Delivery Engineer. Hebegan his career in the industryat Hubtel, predominantly as aninstallations provider, but also asremote hands and out of hourssupport. From here he joined EpsilonTelecommunications providingupgrades and maintenance of theirLondon network, before movingto LINX in April 2014. In his newrole he will be providing firstline support of new and existingmember connections, start to finishprovisioning of member connectionsand maintaining LINX facilitiesincluding racks and suites.HotLINX Issue <strong>39</strong> | LINX News 07
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