CoreDirector
Multiservice Optical Switch

Technical information
System Capacities
CoreDirector - 640 Gb/s switching capacity over 32 payload slots
CoreDirector CI - 160 Gb/s switching capacity over 16 payload slots
Ports per Slot OC-192/
STM-64
OC-48/
STM-16
OC-3/12
or STM-1/4*
STM-1e GbE 10GbE
  2 8 16 16 20 1
*OC-3/12 or STM-1/4 ports are a software configurable single module
Interfaces
10G SONET/SDH DWDM, LR-2, MR, SR-2, SR-1
2.5G SONET/SDH LR-2, LR-1, MR, SR
155M/622M SONET/SDH MR
STM-1e
GbE
SX, LX
10GbE SR, LR, ER
Embedded Software Features at a Glance
Configurable SONET and SDH OAM
SONET/SDH translation
SONET/SDH Multicast
Automated Link Grooming
Optical Control Plane Intelligence Standards-based signaling and routing, automatic real-time resource discovery, intelligent mapping of services to resources, automatic resource activation/deactivation, intelligent mesh restoration, intelligent link aggregation, intelligent crankback, OIF O-UNI 1.0
Data Functionality Software-configurable SONET/SDH mapping (GFP-F, HDLC, LAPS X.86), Virtual Concatenation (VCAT), Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS), VLAN switching based on 802.1q/ad/p S and C tags, VLAN translation based on push/pop/swap of tags, label reuse across interfaces, per flow traffic policing to CIR/CBS and EIR/EBS based on MEF standards, 8 CoS levels per interface/VCG based on combination of Strict Priority and Weighted Fair Queing, WRED profiles, IEEE 802.3ad Ethernet link aggregation
Optical Protection and Restoration Options FastMesh connection-level, end-to-end reroute restoration; 4F Virtual Line Switched Ring (VLSR®), intelligent version of 4F BLSR/MS-SPRing; Asymmetric VLSR; 4F TLSR; 2F BLSR/MS-SPRing; 4F BLSR/MS-SPRing; APS/MSP (1+1, 1:N) and unprotected (0+1); UPSR; SNCP
Timing Support 1.544 Mb/s/2.048 Mb/s BITS/Station Clock inputs and outputs, line timing, SSM support, AIS thresholds, Stratum 3E/G.812 Type III node clock, hold-over timing
Hardware Protection
1:1 redundancy for all common equipment
M:N redundant switch fabric
Element and Network Management
Standards-based CORBA IDL interfaces
TMN-based architecture and information models
TL-1 craft interface for operational familiarity
IP or OSI over DCC extensions for management of subtended network elements
CoreDirector Node Manager for GUI based element management
ON-Center® Core Switching Manager for node and network management
ON-Center Service Level Manager for end-to-end TDM and Ethernet services management
CoreDirector Designer for off-line capacity planning, network validation, network optimization and node configuration
Universal OSS Gateway compliant with TMF-814 for operations integration
OSMINE support includes TIRKS®, NMA® and TEMS (Transport)
Physical Characteristics
CoreDirector Dimensions CoreDirector CI Dimensions
Dimensions: 84" (H) × 26" (W) × 21" (D)
2134 mm (H) × 660 mm (W) × 533 mm (D)
Dimensions: 37.5" (H) × 18.8" (W) × 22.5" (D)
953 mm (H) × 478 mm (W) × 572 mm (D)


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