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- ESnet - Energy Services Network
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- NERSC
- L-561
- Lawrence Livermore Labs
- Livermore, Ca. 94550
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- _E_m_a_i_l: info@es.net
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- _P_h_o_n_e: 1-800-33-ESNET
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- ESnet is a computer data communications network managed and
- funded by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Research
- (DOE/OER) for the purpose of supporting open scientific
- research in multiple programs. ESnet is intended to facili-
- tate access to resources at ER scientific facilities, to
- provide for information dissemination among scientific col-
- laborators throughout all ER programs, and to provide
- widespread access to existing supercomputer facilities via
- remote login, electronic mail, file transfer, and related
- utilities.
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- ESnet is installed and operated by the National Energy
- Supercomputer Center (NERSC), formerly known as the National
- Magnetic Fusion Energy Computer Center (NMFECC), which is
- located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in
- California. ESnet policy is guided by the ESnet Steering
- Committee, appointed by the DOE Office of Scientific Comput-
- ing, with representatives from each of the Energy Research
- Programs. The ESnet program plan, prepared by this commit-
- tee, is available from the National Technical Information
- Service as report DOE/ER-0341 (June 1987).
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- The ESnet backbone consists of largely of T1 links (1.544
- megabit per second) interconnecting nineteen sites in the
- United States. Network access to Europe and Japan is also
- supplied in collaboration with foreign research facilities.
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- ESnet will also provide backbone capabilties to the Magnetic
- Fusion Energy Network (MFEnet) and the High Energy Physics
- Network (HEPnet) communities.
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- In terms of protocols, ESnet supports TCP/IP and Digital
- Equipment Corporation's DECnet. ESnet will support X.25 and
- the OSI protocols as they become available from vendors.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s:
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- ESnet is not available for use by the general public, nor is
- it intended to compete with comparable commercial network
- services. ESnet is available for access by researchers,
- facilities, and groups participating in or collaborating
- with Office of Energy Research (OER)-sponsored activities.
- NERSC provides user services for ESnet.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
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- For more information contact:
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- Jim Leighton, 415-422-4025, jfl@es.net, Network Manager
- Tony Hain, 415-422-4200, hain@eagle.es.net, Associate Net-
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- Bob Aiken, 415-422-4474, aiken@es.net, Network Information
- and Services Group
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