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OPTera Metro 5000 Multiservice Switch
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Customer Profile
Medium to large enterprise customers possessing
mission critical data with access to dark fibre
Service Providers:
- Managed wavelength and connectivity/leased
line services
- Fibre relief (maximising capacity across a pair
of fibres)
- Mission critical data managed services
for Enterprises
Defining Needs
Do you have dark fibre access to your building?
If not, does a service provider have fibre nearby ?
Is the value of your information critical to your
business ’ competitive advantage? Is access to this
information critical to survival?
Which applications and protocols do you need to
support today and in the next 12 months?
What is the growth in demand for bandwidth in
your network?
Do your facilities have restrictions on space,
equipment accommodation and power?
Typical Applications
• LAN interconnection – using Gigabit Ethernet,
ATM or Fast Ethernet
• Remote data storage – using ESCON or Fibre
Channel (FC100 and/or FC200)
• Geographically dispersed storage /processing –
using ESCON, FICON or Gigabit Ethernet
• Real time disk mirroring using ESCON or Fibre
Channel with SRDF
• PBX interconnection – via aggregation with
SDH/SONET or ATM (ie E1s/T1s into STM-1/OC-1)
• Internet access – via POS (Packet over SDH) or
Gigabit Ethernet
• Live news feeds – high quality digital video
Key Points
• Reliability – carrier grade, 99.999% availability –
key for business continuity
• Industry partnerships (e.g. IBM, EMC, Brocade,
Sun, Dell, etc.)
• Scalability
• Flexible network architecture – suitable for Core
and Enterprise network builds
• GFP (Generic Framing Protocol) interfaces to
enable Storage protocols (e.g. Fibre Channel) to be
transported directly over SDH networks
• Inter-working with other OPTera Metro products
via standardised DWDM, CWDM and GFP
interfaces
• Extended distance support via amplified solutions
• Reduced time to market / Speed of additional
capacity deployment
• Cost reduction versus leased capacity
• Future proof solutions
• Compatibility with all common optical data
communication protocols
• Simplified remote network management
• Bit-rate, data format and protocol independent for
client side interface
OPTera Metro 5000 Multiservice Platform
Overview
The OPTera Metro 5000 series comprises DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) platforms capable
of transporting various optical data protocols across dark fibre. The solution is equipped with protocol and
bit-rate independent interfaces which enable open, flexible and scalable networking across multiple
topologies and distances from a few kilometres up to approximately 200 kilometre links. This enables a
forecast tolerant transport solution which simplifies network planning, reduces operating costs, provides
scalable capacity upgrades and allows rapid delivery of service.