Slide 1 Leveraging Hybrid Solutions to Support Manufacturing & Surveillance Processes at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Facility Jenelle Montoya Los Alamos National Laboratory May 4, 2015
The Cornerstone: Slide 2 The Plutonium Facility (Mission Operations and Support)
The National Impact: Slide 3 The TA-55 complex is the nation s most modern plutonium science and manufacturing facility The nation s only fully operational plutonium facility.
Missions Overview: Slide 4 Plutonium Manufacturing Nuclear Energy New Capability Pit Certification Plutonium Storage Materials Disposition
TA-55 supports a wide range of national security, defense, and civilian programs Slide 5 Stockpile stewardship Nuclear materials stabilization Materials disposition Nuclear forensics Nuclear counter-terrorism Nuclear energy
The Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Assembly and Test Facility The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has directed Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to establish the capability and capacity to manufacture and assemble Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs). Slide 6
Slide 7 IT Support Goals: Meets the end users needs without compromising security or compliances Technical solutions should focus on security/reliability Users must be able to access reliable logon performance
Slide 8 Preferred State Unless specifically required for machine control or data logging, computers within the Plutonium Facility are to be thin-client technology with small-scale, fanless, solid-state, network-boot devices: - Significantly reduce footprint - Reduced fire load - External systems management - Reduced waste generation - Reduced power consumption - Increased data integrity - Increase security in a mixed-mode environment
Slide 9 The Computing Technologies To provide a secure and robust environment we utilize a hybrid technological approach leveraging: - VMware VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) - PCoIP (Proprietary remote display protocol developed by Teradici) - Unrivaled Data Acquisition Systems
Architecting and delivering a robust heterogeneous environment Slide 10
Cutting Edge Data Center Slide 11 Redundant Power LEED Green Building Sentry Smart CDU Automated temperature and humidity alarms with notification and shutdown capabilities
VMware VDI Infrastructure Slide 12 HP Proliant 385 G8 ESXi 5.5 Cisco 3750 Switch NetApp FAS3220 Zero Client, Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse TA55 Secure LAN, Core Services, and other Secure LANS s VDI Client
VMware VDI Infrastructure continued Slide 13 ESXi Servers HP Proliant DL385 G8 Teradici APEX 2800 Server Offload card
PCoIP Infrastructure Slide 14
PCoIP Infrastructure continued Slide 15
Data Acquisition Systems Slide 16
Data Acquisition Systems Slide 17 Maintain expert computing knowledge of systems to ensure end user and project timelines are met Security Risk Programmatic deliverables tied to process Knowledge about computing processes and requirements Systems designed for Legacy Operating Systems
Data Acquisition Systems Slide 18 38 Data Acquisition Systems - Unlike any system in the world - No two systems are alike Quality Control Data Output Each process and every system are different and specific to the user s needs
Data Acquisition Systems Continued Slide 19 Machine controllers that connect to: - Calibration Systems - Lathes - Multi-Channel Analyzers - Voltage Meters - Oscilloscopes
Data Acquisition Systems Continued Slide 20 Connection interfaces include: - Ethernet -GPIB - USB / Firewire - RS232
Virtualized Data Acquisition Systems Windows 7 Host running legacy operating system virtualized - Fully patched and hardened - Reduced Risk - Process Secured Slide 21
Slide 22 Conclusion Leveraging a Hybrid technical deployment we are able to deliver an optimized end user experience without compromising security or compliance
Slide 23 Questions