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3948

Ciena’s 3948 is a cost-effective router designed to address the requirements for higher capacity and end-to-end disaggregated IP services at the network access, supporting 4G network evolution, 5G deployments, enterprises, and next-generation business services.

The 3948 addresses customers’ key needs, supporting routing, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Segment Routing (SR) label and 1/10GbE port density in a compact 1RU form factor. The 3948 features a high-capacity 64 Gb/s switching fabric supporting 4 x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports and 12 x 100MbE/1GbE SFP ports, addressing the continued demand for bandwidth and flexibility in access networks.

Features and benefits

  1. Offers 64 Gb/s of non-blocking switching capacity in a compact device

  2. Features low footprint 1RU packaging with: – 4 x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports – 12 x 100MbE/1GbE SFP ports

  3. Carrier Ethernet, IP routing, and SR-MPLS

  4. Hardware-assisted OAM scaled to deliver services with guaranteed SLA differentiation

  5. SZTP for rapid, secure, and error-free turn-up of services

  6. Built-in RFC 2544 and ITU-T Y.1564 SAT with 10 Gb/s traffic generation and analysis

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