Sycamore Expands Capacity of Intelligent Optical Switching Solutions with 2.5 Terabit ASON-Powered Switch
Monday June 18, 8:16 am ET
SN 16000 MC-1024 Delivers Unprecedented Multiservice Switching Capacity in Industry's Smallest Footprint; Enables Non-Disruptive Scalability
CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sycamore Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMR - News), a leader in intelligent networking solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide, today announced the addition of the SN 16000 MC-1024 to its portfolio of intelligent optical switching solutions. Built on the foundation of Sycamore's proven networking intelligence and packet-enabled systems architecture, the SN 16000 MC-1024 delivers 2.5 terabits of multiservice switching capacity in the industry's smallest footprint, allowing new and existing customers to optimize their transmission networks for seamless, cost-effective scalability and agile broadband networking.
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Empowered by system software enhancements and the flexible Universal Service Card (USC), the SN 16000 MC-1024 sets a new benchmark in core switching scalability while leveraging proven, feature-rich capabilities including ASON-based optical mesh networking, automated service provisioning, and intelligent Ethernet transport.
"Today's optical networking infrastructure must keep pace with an array of new consumer and business broadband applications, which require increased capacity and more stringent levels of service quality," said Ron Kline, research director, optical networks, Ovum-RHK. "These trends are reshaping all segments of the optical network, increasing the requirements for multiservice solutions that efficiently manage services end-to-end, particularly for data."
"Current broadband traffic drivers validate Sycamore's original vision of an agile, data-optimized optical network," said Kevin Oye, vice president of systems and technology at Sycamore. "By doubling the switching capacity within a broad portfolio of products that share common signaling and routing software and intelligent bandwidth management capabilities, Sycamore enables network operators to reduce operations costs while optimizing their broadband architectures for the dynamic, high-bandwidth services driving network growth."
SN 16000 MC-1024 Highlights
High-Capacity Multiservice Switching
With a fully non-blocking, any-port-to-any-port switch fabric, the SN 16000 MC-1024 delivers up to 2.5 terabits per second of total optical switching capacity in the industry's smallest footprint (3 bays), and allows network operators to provision a flexible, cost-effective mix of packet and circuit services, including Gigabit Ethernet (GigE), 10 GigE, SONET, and SDH. The SN 16000 MC-1024 supports up to 1,024 OC-48/STM-16 ports, 256 OC-192/STM-64 ports, 1,280 GigE ports and 128 10 GigE ports. With the ability to deliver a flexible mix of service interfaces in a compact, high-density switching architecture, the SN 16000 MC-1024 eliminates the cost and complexity of port-constrained stacked switching solutions that result in difficult to manage inter-trunk connections and service-disrupting growth.
Non-Disruptive, Cost-Effective Scalability
Sycamore's multi-chassis systems architecture and advanced switching software allow fixed line and mobile operators to cost-effectively scale as regional and core transport networks evolve to accommodate an increase in high-bandwidth, multiservice traffic. Leveraging the same service interface cards as other Sycamore multi-chassis (MC) systems, the SN 16000 MC-1024 enables customers with deployments of 1.2 terabits per second switching nodes to double system capacity in the same footprint and without disruption to existing traffic. By sharing common service interface modules, network operators can further reduce sparing costs.
Extends Range of End-to-End Networking Intelligence
Optimized for large switching centers, the SN 16000 MC-1024 system adds unmatched scalability and density to Sycamore's robust family of optical switching products, all of which share common ASON/GMPLS-compliant networking software and comprehensive management capabilities for intelligent end-to-end bandwidth management. Sycamore's common systems software enables network operators to simplify end-to-end service provisioning and capacity management through the automation of operational tasks, while improving service availability and network resiliency with next-generation optical mesh protection and restoration capabilities.
Sycamore Networks at NXTcomm 2007
Sycamore will showcase its industry-leading SN 16000 MC-1024 system and complete portfolio of intelligent networking solutions at NXTcomm 2007, June 19-21, in Chicago (booth #2846).
About Sycamore Networks
Sycamore Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMR - News) is a leading provider of intelligent networking solutions for fixed line and mobile network operators worldwide. From multiservice access networks to the optical core, Sycamore products enable network operators to lower overall network costs, increase operational efficiencies, and rapidly deploy new revenue-generating services. Sycamore's global customer base includes Tier 1 service providers, government agencies, and utility companies. For more information, please visit www.sycamorenet.com. |
