RE: ATM Dead?

2000-08-30 Thread aziz . islam

Hi Group,
I think labelling the ATM technology as dead would be an "overkill". ATM has
its advantages as well as disadvantages. Mere opinions don't change facts.
Following are some facts about ATM:

ATM has evolved as a stable connection oriented transport that currently
operates, ATM switch to ATM switch at up to OC-48 line rates. It also lends
itself ably to traffic engineering (prior to MPLS it was the only technology
that offered traffic engineering features). It delivers many advanced
features such as PVC creation from any ingress to any egress in a given ATM
backbone, sophisticated ( but complicated ) signaling to simplify path
creation and re-routing around failures, and QoS features for bandwidth
reservation, constant bit rate, variable bit rate, and unspecified bit rate
services, applied to the cell.

However, with these advantages, ATM also has certain drawbacks. The first
and foremost being that of "overhead".  ATM consumes nearly 10% of available
bandwidth with a 5 byte cell header for each 48 byte payload cell, plus an
additional 5% is needed for the adaption layer for IP over ATM as per RFC
1483. For example, an ATM OC-48 link requires 494Mbit/sec for overhead.
Compounding the bandwidth issues is ATM's limited scalability at higher link
rates. ATM switches have only recently delivered OC-48 interface rates and
it is questionable whether OC-192 is feasible considering the overhead
associated with segmentation and reassembly, wasted bandwidth, and other
inefficiencies of pushing 53bytes across 10Gbit/sec links. Today the fastest
IP router ATM interface is OC-12, which creates a bottleneck with the advent
of OC-192 capable transport systems.

When ATM is used as the transport for delivering IP in the Internet core we
face a different set of issues. ATM requires its own administrative domain
distinct from IP at Layer 3. The ATM network elements must be interconnected
in such a way to provide redundancy. The entire ATM topology is transparent
to the IP Layer 3 topology. Therefore a second topology at Layer 3 must be
overlaid atop the ATM fabric. This is achieved by establishing PVC's between
layer 3 routers. This creates another set of problems:

1.  Two separate modalities are required for element management adding
complexity and cost to network management.

2.  IP route exchange with an IGP requires direct peering/adjacency with all
neighbors, therefore the number of PVC's required grow by a factor of
n-to-the-power-2; where n is the number of internal IGP routers. For
example, for 300 routers: 44,850 PVC's would be necessary to establish a
complete mesh. If 4 more routers are added the PVC count jumps to 46,056 (an
increase of 1206 PVC's). This represents a substantial network-provisioning
problem. In the event of a router failure in this scenario, the surviving
routers will issue IGP routing updates on the order of n-to-the-power-3 (300
routers would issue 27 Million updates). This effect can be reduced by
configuring route-reflectors/confederations, however, it still adds to the
complexity and becomes a provisioning nightmare.

3.  ATM uses its own signaling protocol (PNNI) to establish PVC's. IP uses
OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP as its signaling protocols. The two signaling layers
operate independently and therefore complicate interworking between the
layers. To gain advantage of ATM traffic engineering features IP signaling
protocols must run within the ATM PVCs.

The question boils down to Howard's C. Berkowitz's often-quoted saying,
"What is the problem that you are trying to solve ? Knowing the advantages
and disadvantages that ATM offers, educated choices regarding its usage can
be made depending upon one's application.

Aziz S. Islam
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Re: ATM Dead?

2000-08-30 Thread Bart Kurek

I can give some first hand knowledge being in the industry of ATM sales. We
haven't sold ATM in Portland metro for quite some time. Not because it is
dead or because it is not functional but simply because it's to difficult
for the average broadband consumer to understand. On paper it's simple. It's
the implementation, maintenance and tuning they find difficult to
understand. To overcome this ignorance and lack of willing we sell a product
called TLS (Transparent LAN Service.) This is essentially ATM handed off to
a device which converts to 10/100 Ethernet. Even this is getting harder to
sell as we move to an IP centric environment and customer's generally need
simple Internet access or a clear channel pipe. You'll still find ATM in
bigger shops who have had ATM for some time now and have found that it
suites their needs or have simply invested so much capital in hardware that
it wouldn't make sense for them to move away. With QoS being quickly
developed for Internet based applications most customer's find that these
new devices will suite their needs. This is just my opinion. ;)

-Bart Kurek
Sales Engineer
Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELIX)
http://www.eli.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 7:31 AM
Subject: RE: ATM Dead?


 Hi Group,
 I think labelling the ATM technology as dead would be an "overkill". ATM
has
 its advantages as well as disadvantages. Mere opinions don't change facts.
 Following are some facts about ATM:

 ATM has evolved as a stable connection oriented transport that currently
 operates, ATM switch to ATM switch at up to OC-48 line rates. It also
lends
 itself ably to traffic engineering (prior to MPLS it was the only
technology
 that offered traffic engineering features). It delivers many advanced
 features such as PVC creation from any ingress to any egress in a given
ATM
 backbone, sophisticated ( but complicated ) signaling to simplify path
 creation and re-routing around failures, and QoS features for bandwidth
 reservation, constant bit rate, variable bit rate, and unspecified bit
rate
 services, applied to the cell.

 However, with these advantages, ATM also has certain drawbacks. The first
 and foremost being that of "overhead".  ATM consumes nearly 10% of
available
 bandwidth with a 5 byte cell header for each 48 byte payload cell, plus an
 additional 5% is needed for the adaption layer for IP over ATM as per RFC
 1483. For example, an ATM OC-48 link requires 494Mbit/sec for overhead.
 Compounding the bandwidth issues is ATM's limited scalability at higher
link
 rates. ATM switches have only recently delivered OC-48 interface rates and
 it is questionable whether OC-192 is feasible considering the overhead
 associated with segmentation and reassembly, wasted bandwidth, and other
 inefficiencies of pushing 53bytes across 10Gbit/sec links. Today the
fastest
 IP router ATM interface is OC-12, which creates a bottleneck with the
advent
 of OC-192 capable transport systems.

 When ATM is used as the transport for delivering IP in the Internet core
we
 face a different set of issues. ATM requires its own administrative domain
 distinct from IP at Layer 3. The ATM network elements must be
interconnected
 in such a way to provide redundancy. The entire ATM topology is
transparent
 to the IP Layer 3 topology. Therefore a second topology at Layer 3 must be
 overlaid atop the ATM fabric. This is achieved by establishing PVC's
between
 layer 3 routers. This creates another set of problems:

 1. Two separate modalities are required for element management adding
 complexity and cost to network management.

 2. IP route exchange with an IGP requires direct peering/adjacency with
all
 neighbors, therefore the number of PVC's required grow by a factor of
 n-to-the-power-2; where n is the number of internal IGP routers. For
 example, for 300 routers: 44,850 PVC's would be necessary to establish a
 complete mesh. If 4 more routers are added the PVC count jumps to 46,056
(an
 increase of 1206 PVC's). This represents a substantial
network-provisioning
 problem. In the event of a router failure in this scenario, the surviving
 routers will issue IGP routing updates on the order of n-to-the-power-3
(300
 routers would issue 27 Million updates). This effect can be reduced by
 configuring route-reflectors/confederations, however, it still adds to the
 complexity and becomes a provisioning nightmare.

 3. ATM uses its own signaling protocol (PNNI) to establish PVC's. IP uses
 OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP as its signaling protocols. The two signaling layers
 operate independently and therefore complicate interworking between the
 layers. To gain advantage of ATM traffic engineering features IP signaling
 protocols must run within the ATM PVCs.

 The question boils down to Howard's C. Berkowitz's often-quoted saying,
 "What is the problem that you are trying to solve ? Knowing the adva

Re: ATM Dead?

2000-08-29 Thread Phil Barker

Studying any technology for this amount of time is
worthwhile although I'm suprised that ATM alone would
have 3-years material in it to study ?

Is the course full or part time ?

PS:  I realise ATM will be around for a long time, but
I just cannot help disliking it .. Its just a pet
hate of mine. Once I understand it more it may grow on
me.

Regards,

Phil.

--- David Ristau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
remember DSL runs over a ATM/Frame Relay variant.
 DSL is HOT HOT HOT.
 
 
 Billy Monroe wrote:
  
  My friend is taking a 3 year Master program in
 ATM.
  Do you think that is worthwhile ?
  
  "Kris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
 

[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
   ATM is hardly a dead technology at this stage in
 the game.  Though we're
   not really seeing it to the desktop and LANE
 implementations aren't the
   hottest thing, it's an incredible technology in
 the backbone.  Providers
   love it because it allows us to run anything and
 everything over it (from
   voice to IP, and everything in between) and
 maintain quality of
   service.  One backbone carrying everything.  So
 ignore ATM at your own
   risk, because it's going to be with us for quite
 some time.
  
   Kris,
  
  
   From: John Neiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Subject: ATM Dead?  Was: 350-001 examin very
 tough
  
   But is ATM really dead?  Sure, not too many
 people will be introducing new
   implementations of LANE, but it seems to me that
 ATM over the WAN is still
   fairly common.  We will be using some ATM in the
 near future, as a matter
   of
   fact.  We are implementing alternate backup
 routes to all of our main
   branches using DSL.  Our provider is muxing all
 DSL lines to an ATM
   connection back to our HQ.  Pretty cool,
 actually.
  
   John
  
 Chuck,
   
 I think I'll be joining you about the same
 time
 (350-001) . But boy do I hate ATM  Token
 Ring. So
 boring learning this stuff, when in the back
 of my
 mind I consider it dead technology.
 The only way I can keep my sanity is by
 planning to
 rip as much of this crap out as I can and
 replace it
 with Giga technology etc before I escape to
 do
 something more interesting.
   
 Regards, and good luck for the written.
   
 Keep watching the skies ..
   
   
 Phil.
  
  
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Re: ATM Dead?

2000-08-29 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz

'e's not dead, 'e's only resting...

I do see an industry trend away from ATM, but it certainly will be 
around for quite a while, especially in carrier applications. Not 
quite a Norwegian Blue Parrot. Certainly, I wouldn't design a router 
that could not handle it.

The immediate large IP provider trend, however, is to MPLS and/or 
POS. In the longer term, there is significant interest in IP over 
optical networks. While POS is better than ATM in avoiding the cell 
tax, PPP could be more efficient. The A and C fields of the PPP 
header, for example, are there mostly for historical reasons.

Seen on a T-shirt at the IETF:

ATM:  A Technological Miracle

Solving today's problems...tomorrow


Enough digs at ATM. It's certainly a viable solution for some 
environments, especially for high-bandwidth WAN connectivity.  Using 
ATM rather than multiple DS3/DS1 introduced both better reliability 
and lower cost in the Federal Y2K network.  There are a substantial 
number of video editing, medical imaging,etc., devices that have 
native ATM interfaces.
"What Problem are you trying to solve?"
***send Cisco questions to the list, so all can benefit -- not 
directly to me***

Howard C. Berkowitz  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Technical Director, CertificationZone.com
Senior Product Manager, Carrier Packet Solutions, NortelNetworks (for ID only)
   but Cisco stockholder!
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Re: ATM Dead?

2000-08-28 Thread Kris

ATM is hardly a dead technology at this stage in the game.  Though we're
not really seeing it to the desktop and LANE implementations aren't the
hottest thing, it's an incredible technology in the backbone.  Providers
love it because it allows us to run anything and everything over it (from
voice to IP, and everything in between) and maintain quality of
service.  One backbone carrying everything.  So ignore ATM at your own
risk, because it's going to be with us for quite some time.

Kris,


From: John Neiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ATM Dead?  Was: 350-001 examin very tough

But is ATM really dead?  Sure, not too many people will be introducing new
implementations of LANE, but it seems to me that ATM over the WAN is still
fairly common.  We will be using some ATM in the near future, as a matter
of
fact.  We are implementing alternate backup routes to all of our main
branches using DSL.  Our provider is muxing all DSL lines to an ATM
connection back to our HQ.  Pretty cool, actually.  

John

  Chuck,
  
  I think I'll be joining you about the same time
  (350-001) . But boy do I hate ATM  Token Ring. So
  boring learning this stuff, when in the back of my
  mind I consider it dead technology.
  The only way I can keep my sanity is by planning to
  rip as much of this crap out as I can and replace it
  with Giga technology etc before I escape to do
  something more interesting.
  
  Regards, and good luck for the written.
  
  Keep watching the skies ..
  
  
  Phil.


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Re: ATM Dead?

2000-08-28 Thread Billy Monroe

My friend is taking a 3 year Master program in ATM.
Do you think that is worthwhile ?




"Kris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
 ATM is hardly a dead technology at this stage in the game.  Though we're
 not really seeing it to the desktop and LANE implementations aren't the
 hottest thing, it's an incredible technology in the backbone.  Providers
 love it because it allows us to run anything and everything over it (from
 voice to IP, and everything in between) and maintain quality of
 service.  One backbone carrying everything.  So ignore ATM at your own
 risk, because it's going to be with us for quite some time.

 Kris,


 From: John Neiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: ATM Dead?  Was: 350-001 examin very tough

 But is ATM really dead?  Sure, not too many people will be introducing new
 implementations of LANE, but it seems to me that ATM over the WAN is still
 fairly common.  We will be using some ATM in the near future, as a matter
 of
 fact.  We are implementing alternate backup routes to all of our main
 branches using DSL.  Our provider is muxing all DSL lines to an ATM
 connection back to our HQ.  Pretty cool, actually.

 John

   Chuck,
 
   I think I'll be joining you about the same time
   (350-001) . But boy do I hate ATM  Token Ring. So
   boring learning this stuff, when in the back of my
   mind I consider it dead technology.
   The only way I can keep my sanity is by planning to
   rip as much of this crap out as I can and replace it
   with Giga technology etc before I escape to do
   something more interesting.
 
   Regards, and good luck for the written.
 
   Keep watching the skies ..
 
 
   Phil.


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RE: ATM Dead?

2000-08-28 Thread Irwin Lazar

Tough question.  Currently, ATM is the predominant control protocol in
service provider networks, but that is starting to change.  The complexity
of managing IP-over-ATM overlay networks, as well as the loss of efficiency
due to the ATM cell-tax (especially on high-speed links) is causing many
service providers to begin to migrate ATM control planes to MPLS.  Using
MPLS, service providers can provision "ATM-like" services, but they can do
it over a variety of layer 2 protocols such as Frame Relay, Ethernet, PPP,
or ATM cells.

If you look at Marconi (formerly FORE), arguably the leader in ATM products,
they are already working on migrating their products to support MPLS.
Another item worth noting, none of the major hardware vendors that I know of
have plans to produce ATM-to-packet interfaces at speeds of OC-48 or above,
effectively killing ATM in the network core.  From what I've read, the cost
and complexity of designing the SAR process outweighs any benefit.

I believe that ATM will be around for a long while (heck, X.25 is still
around).  I believe that most service providers will begin to migrate data
traffic to MPLS control planes by converting their ATM switches to become
label switch routers.  ATM will still be used to provide CBR services for
things like voice and video, with ATM switches handling both ATM and MPLS in
"ships in the night" mode.  Over time, and as MPLS-QoS services mature, the
ATM control plane will be fully replaced by MPLS.  Once that happens,
service providers can begin to phase out ATM cells at Layer 2, replacing
them with variable length packets over PPP or Ethernet. 

Where ATM continues to thrive is in relatively low speed services such as
DSL.  Most DSL connections still use ATM framing, and probably will for a
good long while.

So, is a 3 year Masters program in ATM worthwhile?  Sure, your friend is
planning on going to work within service provider networks, and he gets some
exposure to MPLS.

Just my .02.

Irwin



 -Original Message-
 From: Billy Monroe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 1:51 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: ATM Dead?
 
 
 My friend is taking a 3 year Master program in ATM.
 Do you think that is worthwhile ?
 
 
 
 
 "Kris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
  ATM is hardly a dead technology at this stage in the game.  
 Though we're
  not really seeing it to the desktop and LANE 
 implementations aren't the
  hottest thing, it's an incredible technology in the 
 backbone.  Providers
  love it because it allows us to run anything and everything 
 over it (from
  voice to IP, and everything in between) and maintain quality of
  service.  One backbone carrying everything.  So ignore ATM 
 at your own
  risk, because it's going to be with us for quite some time.
 
  Kris,
 
 
  From: John Neiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: ATM Dead?  Was: 350-001 examin very tough
 
  But is ATM really dead?  Sure, not too many people will be 
 introducing new
  implementations of LANE, but it seems to me that ATM over 
 the WAN is still
  fairly common.  We will be using some ATM in the near 
 future, as a matter
  of
  fact.  We are implementing alternate backup routes to all 
 of our main
  branches using DSL.  Our provider is muxing all DSL lines to an ATM
  connection back to our HQ.  Pretty cool, actually.
 
  John
 
Chuck,
  
I think I'll be joining you about the same time
(350-001) . But boy do I hate ATM  Token Ring. So
boring learning this stuff, when in the back of my
mind I consider it dead technology.
The only way I can keep my sanity is by planning to
rip as much of this crap out as I can and replace it
with Giga technology etc before I escape to do
something more interesting.
  
Regards, and good luck for the written.
  
Keep watching the skies ..
  
  
Phil.
 
 
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RE: ATM Dead? Was: 350-001 examin very tough

2000-08-28 Thread Ledwidge, Feargal

I recently took the CATM class and we had some discussion over whether ATM
was dead or not 

The consensus was this:

ATM has been passed out by a combination of Fast Ethernet, Gig Ethernet and
soon 10-Gig Ethernet - some of the newer features in IOS add the QOS factor.
However, someone forgot to tell the Telco's / Service Providers. ATM is a
big big big part of their networks and will continue to be for a long time
into the future. Also, a couple of Cisco's high end routers use an ATM
backbone - so an understanding of ATM is necessary.  Also, understanding how
ATM works helps you understand how carriers provision Frame Relay - so again
ATM knowledge is good.


Also, since the earlier post mentioned Token Ring, let me take a stab at
that too.

I hate Token Ring. Not dislike - but HATE. I've always hated it - with a
passion ! But as long as people have mainframes and SNA traffic and other
legacy IBM devices then Token Ring will play an important part in enterprise
networks. Therefore a thorugh knowledge of Token Ring will be required into
the future.

Just my 2 cents.

Feargal



-Original Message-
From: Dale Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ATM Dead? Was: 350-001 examin very tough


It's not dead yet, but it is definitely coughing up blood...

Who's killing it? Ethernet. That's right, Ethernet... go figure.

Dale
[=`)


From: John Neiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: John Neiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ATM Dead?  Was: 350-001 examin very tough
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:02:27 -0700 (PDT)

But is ATM really dead?  Sure, not too many people will be introducing new
implementations of LANE, but it seems to me that ATM over the WAN is still
fairly common.  We will be using some ATM in the near future, as a matter 
of
fact.  We are implementing alternate backup routes to all of our main
branches using DSL.  Our provider is muxing all DSL lines to an ATM
connection back to our HQ.  Pretty cool, actually.

John

   Chuck,
 
   I think I'll be joining you about the same time
   (350-001) . But boy do I hate ATM  Token Ring. So
   boring learning this stuff, when in the back of my
   mind I consider it dead technology.
   The only way I can keep my sanity is by planning to
   rip as much of this crap out as I can and replace it
   with Giga technology etc before I escape to do
   something more interesting.
 
   Regards, and good luck for the written.
 
   Keep watching the skies ..
 
 
   Phil.
 
 
 
   --- Chuck Larrieu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
   Stefan, sorry to hear the bad news. What were your
breakdowns?
   
If you are fortunate enough to work for a Cisco
channel partner, Cisco
offers a lot of free training. Call your local
channel manager for
information. Hell, if you are a good Cisco customer
you can probably get in.
Threaten to buy Nortel stuff!  ;-
   
Global Knowledge has a two day OSPF class and a
three day BGP class they
offer. I will be taking both in about three weeks.
I'll post a report when I
complete each.
   
I'm doing self study on ATM, having been told by a
couple of folks, and
having determined from the blue print that for
written it is more
terminology than anything else. Embarrassed as I am
to say it, my primary
source has been ATM for Dummies ( that's enough, you
guys :- ) which
all in all is not really that bad, and whatever I
can glean from CCO. Oh,
the QoS book by Ferguson and Huston has a very good
ATM introduction.
   
Chuck
Will make my first attempt late October
   
-Original Message-
From:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
stefan cufre
Sent:Sunday, August 27, 2000 7:10 PM
To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 350-001 examin very tough
   
Hi Guys, i took the 350-001 examin today and failed
..
This examin was very tough and i have never though
those questions would turn up in the examin. i think
i
studied too much and being confused by different
people
saying different thing. i decided to go for training
course to get proper training. Any advise good
training
partner.
   
Thks/Brgds Stefan
   
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Re: ATM Dead?

2000-08-28 Thread David Ristau

remember DSL runs over a ATM/Frame Relay variant.
DSL is HOT HOT HOT.


Billy Monroe wrote:
 
 My friend is taking a 3 year Master program in ATM.
 Do you think that is worthwhile ?
 
 "Kris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
  ATM is hardly a dead technology at this stage in the game.  Though we're
  not really seeing it to the desktop and LANE implementations aren't the
  hottest thing, it's an incredible technology in the backbone.  Providers
  love it because it allows us to run anything and everything over it (from
  voice to IP, and everything in between) and maintain quality of
  service.  One backbone carrying everything.  So ignore ATM at your own
  risk, because it's going to be with us for quite some time.
 
  Kris,
 
 
  From: John Neiberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: ATM Dead?  Was: 350-001 examin very tough
 
  But is ATM really dead?  Sure, not too many people will be introducing new
  implementations of LANE, but it seems to me that ATM over the WAN is still
  fairly common.  We will be using some ATM in the near future, as a matter
  of
  fact.  We are implementing alternate backup routes to all of our main
  branches using DSL.  Our provider is muxing all DSL lines to an ATM
  connection back to our HQ.  Pretty cool, actually.
 
  John
 
Chuck,
  
I think I'll be joining you about the same time
(350-001) . But boy do I hate ATM  Token Ring. So
boring learning this stuff, when in the back of my
mind I consider it dead technology.
The only way I can keep my sanity is by planning to
rip as much of this crap out as I can and replace it
with Giga technology etc before I escape to do
something more interesting.
  
Regards, and good luck for the written.
  
Keep watching the skies ..
  
  
Phil.
 
 
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