Architected for high-capacity applications, the 6500-D14 is a 13 RU chassis that can be tailored for a range of applications. The 6500-D14 delivers a wide variety of services, including the full mix of Ethernet, OTN, SDH/SONET, Fibre Channel, video, and transparent DWDM services. The 6500-D14 is equipped with 14 service card slots and offers flexible, cost-efficient deployment options. It supports a broad range of photonic and transponder applications using high-performance coherent optics.
Features and benefits
- Supports the full suite of photonic architectures for service transport over high-capacity wavelengths
- Enables simplified operations and reduced sparing costs through seamless networking flexibility with the 6500 family
- Features modular, compact OTN switching, enabling sustainable OTN network evolution
- Offers industry-leading WaveLogic coherent technology and intelligent control plane capabilities for scale and service differentiation
- Provides a range of differentiated service offerings through various line and equipment protection options
- Allows you to rapidly plan, provision, turn up, and troubleshoot services over multiple layers with Ciena's Navigator NCS
Product overview
The 6500-D14 supports sustainable OTN network evolution, with muxponder card-based OTN switching and control plane automation enabled by the high-capacity 1.2T OTN switch-on-a-blade module. This flexibility allows efficient scaling of OTN capacity up to 4.8T per 6500-D14 shelf and modernization of your network with power- and space-optimized OTN switching. Various line and equipment protection options are available, including common equipment redundancy, enabling a range of differentiated service offerings for increased network availability.
The 6500-D14 supports the complete suite of photonic architectures, including colorless-directionless-contentionless (CDC) and flexible grid ROADMs, enabling any service to be dynamically routed anywhere in the network. A full range of wavelength selective switch (WSS) cards and filters provide optimized performance and cost for various degree-branching sites.
Designed to maximize your network investment, the 6500-D14 can be tailored to cost-effectively address applications from 100G to 800G DWDM with market-leading coherent innovations. Ciena's WaveLogic™ 5 (WL5) coherent technology is optimized for efficient transport of 100G/400G client traffic. WL5 is available on the 6500 with programmable 800G performance optics in the WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) 800G MOTR card and WaveLogic 5 Nano (WL5n) 400G Coherent Pluggable Transceivers across various interfaces.
Additionally, Ciena's Navigator Network Control Suite® (Navigator NCS), powered by Navigator Multi-Layer Controller (Navigator MC), simplifies and automates lifecycle operations across Ciena's packet and optical infrastructure, spanning access, metro, core, and subsea domains. It synchronizes operations across network layers for efficient service creation, activation, and troubleshooting. Navigator NCS offers a unified GUI and open REST APIs for seamless integration and workflow automation, supported by Emulation Cloud™ for continual API testing.
The 6500-D14 is part of the 6500 family, which offers various chassis form factors to provide flexible, cost-optimized configurations to best match site-specific requirements. Accelerate cost-efficient service delivery with the 6500-D14, enabling a flexible range of services across the network while simplifying scaling as network demands evolve.
Technical specifications
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Physical dimensions | 22.7 in. (H) x 17.4 in. (W) x 11.0 in. (D) 577 mm x 443 mm x 280 mm |
| Power options | Redundant DC, max 60 A |
| OTN switching capacity | OTN: 4.8 Tb/s |
| Number of service card slots | 14 |
| Photonic modules | Full suite of passive filters, 50/75/100GHz, flexible grid ROADMs, CDC, EDFAs, smart Raman, integrated OTDR, and multi-degree ROADM-on-a-blade |
| Transponders/muxponders | Coherent WL5e 800G muxponder (4 x 100GbE + 1 x 400GbE, 8 x 100GbE) 1.2T Flex OTN switch-on-a-blade (26 client ports, up to 400G of client capacity) and four QSFP-DD coherent line ports powered by WL5n 400G Pluggables, up to 800G total capacity 400G ADM-on-a-blade: 2 x 100G/200G coherent line(s) muxponder (36 client ports) Coherent WaveLogic Ai (WLAi) 400G muxponder (4 x 100G) with integrated optical protection switch (OPS) Coherent WLAi 400G flexible service transponder (34 client ports) with integrated OPS Coherent WL3n 100GbE/OTU4 transponder Coherent WL3n 100G muxponder (10 x 10G) 4 x 10G multi-rate optical transponder (OTR) with FIPS-certified AES-256 wire-speed encryption OTN modules: 1 + 8 port OTN Flex MOTR (20G) |
| Operating temperature | +41°F to +104°F (+5°C to +40°C), normal +23°F to +131°F (-5°C to +55°C), short term |
| Relative humidity | 5% to 85%, noncondensing |
| Earthquake/seismic | Zone 4 |