CIENA Corporation Service Delivery Switch 3903x

Ciena’s 3903x Service Delivery Switch is an advanced Ethernet business demarcation device in a cost-effective and compact form factor. The 3903x is based on Ciena’s field-proven Carrier Ethernet technology, which has been deployed worldwide by dozens of network operators. The software consists of the Service-Aware Operating System (SAOS) common to all of Ciena’s service delivery and aggregation switches, and provides operational efficiency and consistent system and service attributes across the entire portfolio. The 3903x includes Ciena’s performance testing hardware engine to provide RFC2544 and Y.1564 benchmark performance test capabilities, enabling full line-rate customer traffic measurements end-to-end across the Ethernet Virtual Circuit (EVC). This dramatically lowers OPEX by eliminating the need for on-site personnel or adjunct test equipment. Ciena’s performance testing also improves end-customer satisfaction by enabling the operators to be proactively responsive to potential service outages and provide increased visibility to metrics important to end-users. Coupled with Ciena’s zero-touch provisioning techniques, the 3903x minimizes the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for high-scale Ethernet services up to 1 Gb/s.