Building tomorrow’s photonic network today with Ciena’s 6500 RLS

 Embedded instrumentation can also help you launch new services with confidence. If you want to offer spectrum leasing services, you’ll need enhanced power and spectral monitoring, and RLS provides just that. It’s optimized for spectrum services, today. Each customer’s spectrum can be monitored and policed at every ingress and egress point across the network. And, of course, RLS works with Ciena’s intelligent Liquid Spectrum apps to help you optimize capacity and extract even more value from your deployed photonic line system.

#3) Automate. Automate. Automate.

Getting your network up and running smoothly can be a real pain point if you don’t have a modern photonic line system that’s highly automated and programmable.The RLS is geared for automation, enabling widescale deployment and eliminating the manual steps of platform commissioning and provisioning so you can easily grow your business's foundation.

Whether you need to turn up a single site or hundreds of nodes in parallel, RLS has the automation built-in to get the job done fast. Commissioning scripts are automatically generated by Ciena’s network planning tool, PlannerPlus, when you plan the network.  From there, commissioning a new node couldn’t be easier.  With zero touch provisioning and declarative configuration, network automation takes care of loading the scripts and applying the provisioning configuration automatically.  Then the system calibrates itself so that it’s ready for wavelength traffic.

Furthermore, greece telegram data when new cards are added, RLS verifies all the fiber patches to make sure fibers are clean and fiber patches are in the correct location.  This way, installers know the node is ready before leaving the site. If some connections are pre-fibered for growth, installers won’t need to waste time with truck rolls and troubleshooting when they are lit, because they get validated during installation too.

The software architecture of the RLS was designed from day one for automation, with open APIs and standard data models so that it can be integrated into existing management systems and operational tools. System commands and performance data are available through its north-bound interface, so you can automate more capabilities in the network. For turnkey management, RLS can be managed with, Ciena’s multi-layer, multi-vendor network control and lifecycle optimization software.

#2) Seamlessly connect from edge to core

Capacity constraints aren’t limited to a single part of the network.  You want to seamlessly connect applications and customers from the edge through to the core.  RLS delivers cost, space, and power efficiencies for edge and metro ROADM through component miniaturization and space-saving innovation. Imagine a pizza box ROADM tailored for the edge, or a high-density, two-slot ROADM for sites in the metro. RLS offers both and more, with footprint-efficient chassis options designed for both 300mm and 600mm depth environments.


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