PacketLight Networks says it now offers the PL-4000M muxponder. The platform will support single-wavelength 400G capabilities for data center interconnect (DCI), metro, and short- and long-haul applications.
The 1RU PL-4000M can aggregate any mix of 10/25/100GbE, 16/32G Fibre Channel, and OTU2/2e/4 services into a single 400G coherent uplink. It thus reduces footprint requirements as well as power consumption per transmitted bit, ultimately lowering transmission costs. The PL-4000M also offers embedded Layer 1 GCM-AES-256 optical encryption using elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange.
The muxponder provides full demarcation between the service and the OTN/DWDM uplink. The PL-4000M also is interoperable with third-party switches and routers, PacketLight adds. All optical modules are replaceable and pluggable from the front panel. The PL-4000M also supports pluggable fan units and dual redundant hot-pluggable AC/DC power supply units. The platform enables full visibility and performance monitoring of both the line OTN and service interfaces as well.
“The PL-4000M is based on the latest standard technologies of OTN 400G mapping and pluggable, compact coherent 400G modules in both CFP2 and QSFP-DD form factors,” says Koby Reshef, CEO of PacketLight Networks. “It provides added value for service providers and high-end enterprises to build their next-generation network or expand their existing network’s capacity.”
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