Ciena 6500: A Versatile and Reliable Multi-Protocol System for Telecommunications and Optical Networking
Features:
- Evolve to a greener, on-demand network with programmable industry-leading coherent solutions that drive scalability and improved space/power efficiencies
- Cost-efficiently deliver a wide range of services with minimal equipment, leveraging a flexible mix of circuit packs with pluggable optics, reducing standardization and operational costs
- Continually increase capacity over your existing infrastructure with WaveLogic™ Coherent Optics that enable differentiated services with packet/OTN switching and proven control plane capabilities
- Rapidly plan, provision, turn-up, and troubleshoot services over multiple layers with Ciena’s MCP domain controller
- Optimize network performance with advanced software tools that use real-time analytics to increase programmability, visibility, and control of the optical network
- Leverage the full suite of open APIs for advanced programmability, automated provisioning, and streaming telemetry
With Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform you can seamlessly expand your investment by sustainably evolving your network with more scalability, flexibility, and multi-layer programmability. The 6500 is a trusted platform deployed in over 750 networks across the globe.
Today, providers need a more dynamic, responsive network—one that leverages a programmable infrastructure with intelligent network control to scale and respond on demand to meet changing customer expectations and unpredictable traffic requirements. Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform leverages the latest technology innovation—from 800G performance optics and 400G coherent pluggables to compact Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs) and control plane automation— so that you can continually stay ahead of customer demands.
Ciena 6500: Unmatched Performance and Versatility
The Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical Platform is a cutting-edge network system that caters to the changing needs of service providers and data centre operators. The 6500 platform, which combines modern optical technologies with high-performance capabilities, provides scalable and dependable network services to meet today’s applications’ rising bandwidth requirements.
The Ciena 6500 is a robust and adaptable system that has a variety of capabilities to improve network performance. The 6500 platform supports up to 100 Gbps per wavelength and advanced optical technologies such as Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) and Coherent Optics, ensuring high-capacity and dependable services across long distances.
The Ciena 6500 platform’s flexibility is underlined by its support for several network topologies, including point-to-point, ring, and mesh configurations. This adaptability enables operators to deploy the 6500 platform in a variety of scenarios, adjusting to changing network requirements and optimising resource utilisation.
The Ciena 6500 platform offers fast connection, flexibility, and support for Software-defined Networking (SDN) technologies. These features allow operators to lower operating expenses, streamline network administration, and quickly roll out new services. More sophisticated network automation technologies improve operational effectiveness even more by enabling operators to simplify and effectively manage their networks.
To satisfy the various needs of operators, the Ciena 6500 Series, which includes variants such as 6500-D2, 6500-S32, 6500-D7/S8, 6500-D14/S14, and 6500-T12/T24, offers an extensive suite of choices. The Ciena 6500 platform offers the performance, scalability, and dependability needed to deliver dependable and high-speed network services, regardless of whether it is deployed in a modern data centre or a traditional telecommunications network.
An adaptable, scalable, and dependable solution to address the demands of today’s changing network environments is offered by the Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, which stands for the epitome of network innovation. In the future, the 6500 platform will be able to deliver service excellence and connectivity thanks to its high-performance capabilities, innovative features, and support for SDN technologies.
