Routed Optical Networking
Pioneering the transformation to simple, scalable and sustainable networks with Cisco Routed Optical Networking.
Streamline management, upgrades, and services. Find out how Cisco Routed Optical Networking can reduce your network CapEx, energy consumption, footprint, and labor costs. Discover the economic benefits of routed optical networks for DCI, metro, and long-haul applications. Reduce your CapEx up to 60% by simplifying your network transport with Cisco industry-leading, coherent pluggable optics that deliver DWDM functionality directly from router ports.
Why Routed Optical Networking
- Streamline management, upgrades, and services.
- Find out how Cisco Routed Optical Networking can reduce your network CapEx, energy consumption, footprint, and labor costs.
- Discover the economic benefits of routed optical networks for DCI, metro, and long-haul applications.
- Reduce your CapEx up to 60% by simplifying your network transport with Cisco industry-leading, coherent pluggable optics that deliver DWDM functionality directly from router ports.
Find the Routed Optical Networking model that fits
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Coherent pluggable optics
Cisco QSFP-DD 400G ZR+ High-Tx Power
Extend reach and compatibility in high insertion loss systems with better optical transmit power.
Cisco QSFP-DD 400G ZR/ZR+
Transmit 400G wavelengths up to 120 km with coherent ZR, and long-haul transmission with OpenZR+.
Cisco QSFP-DD 400G ER1
Connect unamplified links point-to-point up to 45 km with 400G coherent wavelengths.
Cisco QSFP-DD Pluggable Open Line System
Get optical amplifier/multiplexer functionality in a pluggable form factor deployed in routers.
Routing platforms
Cisco 8000 Series Routers
Scale to meet the needs of your infrastructure with this new class of routers.
Cisco NCS 5500 Series
Handle metro traffic growth with the port density of the industry-leading 100 GbE and 400 GbE series.
Cisco NCS 5700 Series
Improve your network flexibility and scalability with these high-performance routers.
Cisco NCS 500 Series
Scale up your access networks with a secure routing platform.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series
Expand your bandwidth demands with these feature-rich routers that can help you power up to 5G.
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Extend 100G/400G/800G switching performance with high-speed data center interconnect.
Network automation
Cisco Crosswork Network Automation
Advance closed-looped automation with visibility, data-driven insights, and intent-based actions.
Service assurance
Cisco Crosswork Assurance
Create digital experiences built on deep network observability and critical network monitoring.
Optical networking
Cisco NCS 1000 Series
Increase the capacity, control, and visibility throughout your network.
Cisco NCS 1010 Series
Modernize with this next-generation, open optical line system.
Service convergence
Private Line Emulation (PLE)
Maintain SLAs and deliver wavelength services with circuit-style segment routing.
PLE Modular Port Adapter
Flexibly transfer wavelength services over MPLS networks while preserving signal characteristics.
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