Cisco Disrupts Optical Transport with Innovative Modular Platforms
March 08 2018 - 08:00AM
The constant need for more bandwidth is driving
innovation in networking platforms, providing more
value through increased flexibility, scale and
automation.
Network operators are rapidly adopting automation features using
the Cisco® Network Convergence System (NCS) 1000 series, with more
than 4 petabits per second (Pbps) of capacity already deployed
globally across mission-critical applications. Automated
capabilities for model-based provisioning and streaming
telemetry have enabled zero-touch provisioning and
enhanced network visibility for both routing and optical. This
drives a much lower OpEx model by allowing current staff to operate
and maintain larger networks.
Enhanced automation is key to redefining the optical network.
Today Cisco introduced two new modular platforms to its NCS 1000
series to help providers maximize their fiber investment, while
adding automation capabilities for the ROADM-based mesh topologies
prevalent in metro and long-haul networks to support
self-optimization, and ultimately self-healing capabilities.
What’s new:
- Cisco NCS 1004 - A
transponder platform that packs more than 100 Tbps of capacity into
a single seven-foot rack - Can transmit 4.8 Tbps
within a 2RU platform, with a total fiber capacity of 76.8
Tbps - Support for 600G interfaces
- Delivers secure optical transport with line rate
encryption - With flexible modulation, providers
can now tune their capacity and distance requirements in 50G
increments, enabling universal applications from metro to long-haul
to subsea
- Cisco NCS 1010 - By
exploiting the full spectrum with this open line system, Cisco has
developed a method to ease the operational complexities associated
with increasing capacity, while simultaneously enabling the
velocity of feature deployments across the entire optical
network - Features a full colorless,
directionless and contentionless (CDC) ROADM with an enhanced
modular operational model that can ease the complexities of
deploying massive bandwidth
- Industry Leading Automation and
Telemetry - Leverages Cisco Crosswork
automation platform - Automation across both
routing and optical layers
“Providers are under increasing pressure to innovate and be
competitive to support web-scale applications and cloud services.
Cisco has created a competitive environment with the NCS 1000
series, and Windstream is taking advantage of those
solutions,” said Buddy Bayer, senior vice president,
Transport Engineering, Windstream. “This
platform has features such as streaming telemetry in Cisco IOS XR,
massive density, and a small footprint that delivers 600G support
for metro, long haul, and submarine applications.”
“Customers like Windstream increasingly value the benefits of
automation to help them do things faster and more efficiently, as
they strive to meet demands for increasing capacity,” said
Bill Gartner, vice president and general manager, Optical
Systems and Optics, Cisco Service Provider Business. “With
the new NCS platform, we are uniquely positioned with leading
performance, density, programmability and automation across our
optical and routing platforms to help service providers optimize
their networks on multiple layers.”
Cisco is leading the disruption in the industry with our
technology innovations in systems; silicon; software and security;
and our unrivalled expertise in mass-scale networking,
automation, optical, optics, cable access, video, and mobility.
Together with our portfolio of professional services, we
can enable service providers, media and web companies to
reduce cost and complexity, help secure their networks, and
grow revenue.
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