Description

Overview

The 3906 is a carrier-grade platform based on the Service-Aware Operating System (SAOS) used in all of Ciena’s Routing and Switching platforms, providing operational efficiency and consistent system attributes. SAOS delivers benefits across all Ethernet access and aggregation applications, including:
• Rapid implementation of the latest advances in Ethernet technologies, as well as new services and standards proposed by the IEEE, IETF, MEF, and ITU
• Improved efficiency and cost savings resulting from a common deployment and service provisioning model across Ciena’s Routing and Switching platforms
• Service offering ubiquity, permitting rapid rollout of new services across
the entire network
• MEF CE 2.0-certified Ethernet service offerings

Features and benefits

• Offers 6 Gb/s of non-blocking switching capacity in a compact
service demarcation device, running Ciena’s SAOS for advanced OAM and QoS functions
• Offers flexible VNF host for CPE deployment via optional Intel x86 server modules for support of VNFs from Ciena’s Blue Planet®
Ecosystem or third-party developers
• Provides orchestration via Ciena’s Blue Planet MDSO or a
third-party solution; a truly open platform for integration of best-in-breed software functions
• Features low-footprint packaging in a non-blocking architecture with:
– 2 x 100M/1GbE SFP/RJ45 ports
– 2 x 10/100/1000M RJ45 ports
– 2 x 1GbE ports
• Uses redundant AC power in an efficient, 1RU package
• Supports ZTP to minimize OPEX and accelerate service turn up while providing line-rate, built-in service activation testing
• Complies with MEF CE 2.0 specifications for E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, and E-Access services