Ciena’s 5170 Service Aggregation Switch addresses the increasing need for high-bandwidth services at the edge of the network. Capable of delivering up to 100GbE to enterprises, mobile backhaul sites, and data center interconnect applications, the 1RU device provides a low-footprint, low-power solution addressing today’s key network challenges.
As data center and end-user applications continue to proliferate, bandwidth demand continues to multiply, resulting in significant changes to the patterns, dynamics, and scale of traffic within metro networks. The 5170 is purpose-built to provide seamless MEF-compliant L2 and L3 services over a carrier-class, connection-oriented infrastructure. It operates using Ethernet, MPLS-TE, or MPLS-TP, with future support of segment routing for complete control over forwarding paths.
This ongoing, global bandwidth demand growth in metro networks has focused attention on the aggregation part of the infrastructure for network transformation initiatives. The rising popularity of services using connections exceeding 1 Gb/s and even 10 Gb/s has created a new business requirement for optimized (read: costeffective) 10GbE to 100GbE switching and aggregation.
| CIENA Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Product Category | Network Equipment |
| Product Number | 5170 |
| Product Name | Service Delivery Switch |
| Network Equipment | Switch |
