@CoAdnaPhotonics, Inc. says it has added features to its Optical Virtual Switch ( #OVS ) systems to enhance their applicability todata center interconnect ( #DCI ) links.
The 1RU OVS systems, based on the company's LightFlow wavelength selective switch (WSS) expertise, can enable suchROADM-related functions as wavelength cross connect, directionless add/drop, broadcasting, drop and continue, and others in a much smaller, less expensive package than traditional #ROADM systems, CoAdna asserts. The OVS platforms are designed to support pay-as-you-grow deployment in up to 4 degree mesh networks in a metro or regional area and provide built-in fiber protection and wavelength restoration features. The OVS software enables compatibility with software-defined networking ( #SDN ) architectures through support of OpenFlow 1.3/1.5 as well as traditional SNMP, CLI communication protocols.
