We’re expanding the Waveserver family with the brand-new Waveserver E-Series—compact, energy-efficient platforms designed to extend flexible services right to the network edge. Ciena’s Paulina Gomez introduces you to our latest optical systems innovation.
As bandwidth demand grows, service providers face a tough balancing act: increase capacity affordably while meeting consumer expectations for reliable, seamless connectivity. To address this, they need cost-effective solutions for efficient multi-service delivery all the way to the customer premises and across their metro areas.
That’s why we are introducing the Waveserver E-Series. These compact, hardened platforms extend the Waveserver family to the network edge, giving you the tools to efficiently support multi-service aggregation and deliver wavelength services using less space, power, and cost than traditional solutions.
Purpose-built for the Edge
Today, providers need to cost-effectively extend the reach of their networks closer to the edge and customer premises, where space and power consumption are limited. Enter the Waveserver E-Series—designed specifically to meet these needs so that you can deliver wavelength services to the edge in compact energy-efficient form factors. And there’s more: these platforms align with Ciena’s modern Waveserver software stream—supporting openness and simplified provisioning for rapid service turn-up and easy integration into your existing operations.
Waveserver E10
Need a small but mighty option for the edge? The Waveserver E10 (E10) is all you need. As the smallest member of the family, the E10 is a 1RU, half-rack demarcation device ideal for extending GbE and 10GbE services all the way to the customer premises.
It’s perfect for simple multi-site aggregation of 1GbE services: you just interconnect the line ports of the E10s located at different locations. Multiple E10s can be interconnected at the same site for additional add/drop capacity and to support more than a single tenant at a specific location.
Waveserver E200
Looking for more scale and flexibility in your metro? The Waveserver E200 (E200) steps it up with a full 1RU platform equipped with 24 client ports and 2 line ports.
It supports flexible services including GbE to 100GbE and transponder/muxponder applications using 100G-200G DWDM with WaveLogic™ 5 Nano (WL5n) coherent pluggables. The E200 offers add-drop-mux metro ring applications—and is ideal for aggregating multi-rate services in metro locations.
Why choose Waveserver E-Series to modernize your network?
- Flexibility: These platforms adapt to a variety of use cases, offering transponder and muxponder modes and AC or DC powering options for diverse networking requirements. They’re designed to work seamlessly in different environments, ranging from outdoor cabinets to central offices, making them versatile for edge network expansion.
- Simplicity: Architected for fast, easy deployments, the Waveserver E-Series takes the complexity out of network expansion. Their fully integrated, plug-and-play design and intuitive web-based user interface Node Essentials, simplify installation and provisioning. Service providers can deploy these solutions quickly without requiring extensive technical expertise, reducing time-to-market for new services.
- Energy-efficiency: The Waveserver E-Series offers unmatched efficiency for edge deployments. For example, the Waveserver E10 operates at just 24 watts, making it ideal for customer premises with limited power resources. Meanwhile, the Waveserver E200 supports WL5n 100G-200G coherent pluggable transceivers, extending the benefits of coherent DWDM to new metro and edge applications.
One family —from the edge to the core
By expanding the proven Waveserver family with the Waveserver E-Series, operators can address requirements from the edge of the network into the core —all with a modern software stream equipped with open API programmability for ease of deployment and management.
This means that you can embrace new ways of provisioning and monitoring the network, as well as benefit from faster and easier standardization cycles. It’s easy to integrate these platforms into existing network operations with several simple-to-manage options, including a command line interface (CLI), Node Essentials web-based UI, and Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite (Navigator NCS). And the Waveserver E10 and E200 complement the broader Waveserver and 6500 families, allowing seamless service delivery across the entire network.
Investing to help service providers modernize
We know you are under pressure to modernize while controlling costs. That’s why we built the Waveserver E-Series, to give you energy-efficient, cost-effective options for Ethernet and OTN service transport, service aggregation, and network extension right to your end customer’s location.
Bottom line? With the Waveserver E-Series, you can expand faster, delivering the wavelength services your customers need closer to the edge while keeping operations simple and efficient.