Waveserver 5 compact interconnect platform is optimized for 100GbE and 400GbE applications and provides unmatched scaling capabilities with up to 12.8 Tb/s client and 12.8 Tb/s line capacity in a compact 2RU footprint.
Features
- Provides massive scalability and high performance with Ciena’s innovative WaveLogic coherent technology
- Enables unique, industry-leading per-wavelength capacities, as high as 800 Gb/s
- Increases total fiber capacity with increased spectral efficiency and support for C- and L-band
- Offers ultra-low power per bit to reduce ongoing energy costs
- Provides a suite of management interfaces and open APIs for automation, provisioning, management programmability, and ease of back-office integration
- Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) simplifies on-site commissioning and service provisioning to get traffic up and running quickly
Specs
Physical dimensions
- 2U: 88 mm (H) x 444 mm (W) x 594 mm (D)
- 2U: 3.47 in (H) x 17.48 in (W) x 23.39 in (D)
Weight
- Common equipment: 16.4 Kg; 36.2 lbs
- Full-fill with double width module: 26Kg; 57.3 lbs
Capacity
- 8 slots, supporting up to four double-width modules
- Client capacity: Up to 64 x QSFP28 with 100GE/OTU4 clients or up to 16xQSFP-DD with 400GE clients
- Line ports support the following rates: 200 Gb/s – 800 Gb/s
- Maximum capacity per fiber: 38.4 Tb/s (C-band DCI); 33.6 Tb/s (C-band Flexible grid ROADM-based networks)
Common equipment
- Redundant/field-replaceable power supply
- Field-replaceable fan unit
- Power options: AC or DC power
- AC PSU input power range:
- 2KW: input 90Vac to 180Vac
- 3KW: input 180Vac to 305Vac
- 3KW: input 180Vdc to 300Vdc
- DC PSU:
- 2.3KW: input -40Vdc to -72Vdc
- AC PSU input power range:
- Power consumption (excluding client plugs): Four double-width modules: 2KW
Waveserver modules
Dual modem (2 x 800 Gb/s) C-band double-width module:
- Provides sixteen QSFP28 ports supporting 100GE/OTU4 and four QSFP-DD ports supporting 400GE for up to 800 Gb/s of client capacity
- Provides two coherent ports for up to 1.6 Tb/s of line capacity
Management
- CLI, SNMP v2c, SNMPv3, SSH, HTTPS, TLS
- Ciena’s Manage, Control, and Plan (MCP)
- API: Websocket, RESTCONF, NETCONF, gRPC based on OpenConfig YANG models, Streaming Telemetry and Declarative Configuration
- Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP), 100GE/400GE Integrated Test Set, LLDP client topology discovery, Remote management
Security
- TACACS+, RADIUS, RADSec
Environmental characteristics
- Normal operating temperature: -5°C to +45°C; 23°F to 113°F
- Operating humidity: 93% maximum
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