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Web Portal VIX participants may (and should) request access to the VIX web portal, which is an excellent tool for debugging problems and broken peering relations and for analysing peering traffic. The portal makes the following status, monitoring and statistics views available to registered participants: u Peering Traffic view gives participants access to a detailed sFlow-based analysis of their own peering traffic flows across the VIX. u Layer 2 view shows detailed and sortable Layer 2 information such as mapping of AS numbers, IP addresses and MAC addresses. u IXP-Watch view gives hints about misconfigured peering routers, undesired non-IP traffic and Layer 2 anomalies. u Network Monitoring view shows the network health information from the VIX Network Operation Center (NOC) monitoring screen. u Port Statistics view gives participants access to the statistic graphs of their own VIX ports. u Smokeping view gives an indication regarding connection quality of VIX participants (delay/variation, loss). u Route Server web interface conveniently facilitates individual configuration of the route servers and their default behavior for IPv4 and IPv6 peerings. u www.vix.at/vix_webportal.html Contact General requests: VIX-Administration u [email protected] T: +43-1-4277-140 30 F: +43-1-4277-9 140 Technical problems: VIX-NOC (Network Operation Center) u [email protected] T: +43-1-4277-140 30 Website and web portal: u [email protected] Address: University of Vienna Vienna University Computer Center VIX Vienna Internet eXchange Universitaetsstrasse 7 1010 Vienna, Austria Imprint: Vienna University Computer Center Universitaetsstrasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria; Design: Katharina Lüthke, Ute Kluge; Print: Onlineprinters; Photos: © ZID; Interxion, SXC, GÉANT 2 nd edition 2011 The Vienna Internet eXchange (VIX) was established in 1996 at the University of Vienna and has grown to a redundant, dual- site, high-performance, high-availability Internet Exchange Point (IXP) with participants from Europe and beyond. Internet Service Providers, Content Delivery Networks, Content and Cloud Providers and even Corporate Networks are welcome to connect and exchange traffic on national and international level. An open peering policy is encouraged and facilitated by the optional use of Route Servers, conveniently supporting IPv4 and IPv6. Participants have the choice to connect their local or remote peering routers to VIX at either one or both locations, with at- tractive discounts for dual-site connections. The resilient VIX in- frastucture, at both sites, is provided and operated by the Vienna University Computer Center, ensuring a neutral, robust and non- profit peering environment for all participants. As a founding member of the European Internet Exchange Association (www.euro-ix.net), VIX has developed its policies and technologies according to European best current practice. u www.vix.at VIX Vienna Internet eXchange Ein Service der VIX1 UniVie VIX2 Interxion For detailed information see: www.vix.at
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Web Portal
VIX participants may (and should) request access to the VIX web portal, which is an excellent tool for debugging problems and broken peering relations and for analysing peering traffic. The portal makes the following status, monitoring and statistics views available to registered participants:
u Peering Traffic view gives participants access to a detailed sFlow-based analysis
of their own peering traffic flows across the VIX.
u Layer 2 view shows detailed and sortable Layer 2 information such as
mapping of AS numbers, IP addresses and MAC addresses.
u IXP-Watch view gives hints about misconfigured peering routers, undesired
non-IP traffic and Layer 2 anomalies.
u Network Monitoring view shows the network health information from the VIX Network Operation Center (NOC) monitoring screen.
u Port Statistics view gives participants access to the statistic graphs of their own
VIX ports.
u Smokeping view gives an indication regarding connection quality of VIX
participants (delay/variation, loss).
u Route Server web interface conveniently facilitates individual configuration of the route
servers and their default behavior for IPv4 and IPv6 peerings.
u www.vix.at/vix_webportal.html
Contact
General requests:
VIX-Administration
T: +43-1-4277-140 30
F: +43-1-4277-9 140
Technical problems:
VIX-NOC
(Network Operation Center)
T: +43-1-4277-140 30
Website and web portal:
Address:
University of Vienna
Vienna University Computer Center
VIX Vienna Internet eXchange
Universitaetsstrasse 7
1010 Vienna, Austria
Imprint: Vienna University Computer CenterUniversitaetsstrasse 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria; Design: Katharina Lüthke, Ute Kluge; Print: Onlineprinters; Photos: © ZID; Interxion, SXC, GÉANT2nd edition 2011
The Vienna Internet eXchange (VIX) was established in 1996 at the University of Vienna and has grown to a redundant, dual-site, high-performance, high-availability Internet Exchange Point (IXP) with participants from Europe and beyond.
Internet Service Providers, Content Delivery Networks, Content and Cloud Providers and even Corporate Networks are welcome to connect and exchange traffic on national and international level. An open peering policy is encouraged and facilitated by the optional use of Route Servers, conveniently supporting IPv4 and IPv6.
Participants have the choice to connect their local or remote peering routers to VIX at either one or both locations, with at-tractive discounts for dual-site connections. The resilient VIX in-frastucture, at both sites, is provided and operated by the Vienna University Computer Center, ensuring a neutral, robust and non-profit peering environment for all participants.
As a founding member of the European Internet Exchange Association (www.euro-ix.net), VIX has developed its policies and technologies according to European best current practice.
u www.vix.at
VIX Vienna Internet eXchange
Zentraler InformatikdienstZentraler Informatikdienst
Ein Service der
VIX1 UniVie
VIX2 Interxion
For detailed information see:
www.vix.at
How To Connect
The only requirement for a connection to VIX is a unique Autonomous System (AS) Number with already properly established global Internet connectivity. Participants are expected to use their VIX connection as a complementary tool for optimization of regional Internet traffic flows. The only routing protocol which may be used across the VIX infrastructure is BGP4.
► www.vix.at/vix_request.html
Local Connection
The preferred method of connecting to VIX is to install a BGP4 peering router at one or both of the VIX locations and to directly connect the peering router port to the local VIX switch:
► VIX1: UniVie only offers limited housing, mainly for data communications equipment and peering routers.
► VIX2: Interxion offers all kinds of colocation services.
Remote Connection
An alternative method to connect to VIX is to use a fiber optic cable or Layer 2/Ethernet Carrier Link (DWDM, EoMPLS, VLAN) from the BGP4 peering router abroad to one of the VIX locations.
Connection Agreement
The VIX Connection Agreement including all terms and conditions can be completed at and downloaded from the VIX website.
► www.vix.at/vix_agreement.html
VIX Locations
VIX1University of Vienna Vienna University Computer Center (ZID)
Universitaetsstrasse 71010 Vienna, Austria
► www.univie.ac.at/ZID/
Costs
u Registration & Setup Fee non-recurring, once per contract does not include patching & cabling
u Port Fee monthly recurring, depending on port-speed, 30% discount may apply for equal-speed, dual-site connections
uHousing Fee monthly recurring, limited housing for data communications equipment and peering routers only (housing fees at VIX2/Interxion available on request at Interxion)
u www.vix.at/vix_costs.html
Service Details CostsRegistration once per contract 1000 €
VIX Switch Port 100 Mbit/s 200 €/month 1 Gbit/s 400 €/month 10 Gbit/s 1400 €/month
Dual-site connections (equal-speed) 2x 1 Gbit/s 560 €/month 2x 10 Gbit/s 1960 €/month
Note requirements on VIX website.
Housing (in 19“ racks) up to 3 rack units 150 €/month per additional rack unit 50 €/month
Housing fees valid for VIX1/UniVie. Housing fees at VIX2/Interxion available on request at Interxion.
Technology
VIX uses the same state-of-the-art ethernet switching technology at both locations, VIX1 and VIX2:
► Brocade BigIron RX-16 non-blocking high-performance switches
► Redundant switch-fabrics and management-processors
► Redundant power-supplies and power-feeds (mains, UPS + generator)
► Interconnected by diversely routed fibre optic cables
► Participants may connect to either one or both sites/switches with up to 10 Gbit/s per ethernet port.
► Local port channels supported (directly connected, colocated routers only)
► Only one MAC address is allowed per port or port channel
► Enforced port security automatically shuts down misbehaving ports ► www.vix.at/vix_technology.html
► IPv4 and IPv6 peering supported on the same peering-LAN using BGP4 routing-protocol
► sFlow based Peering Traffic Matrix
► www.vix.at/vix_peeringmatrix.html
► Route Servers: The Vienna Internet eXchange offers a redundant set of route servers, which eases peering configuration. The route servers just provide routing infor-mation, payload traffic is exchanged directly between the parti cipants. After establishing a BGP session to both route servers and activating them in the web interface, participants may configure default behavior individually and specific per-peer settings, using an approved web interface for both, IPv4 and IPv6 peerings. ► www.vix.at/vix_routeserver.html
VIX2 Interxion
VIX1 UniVie
VIX1/UniVie and VIX2/Interxion redundant infrastructure across two bridges over the river Danube
VIX2Interxion / IEC
Louis-Haefliger-Gasse 101210 Vienna, Austria
► www.interxion.com
