CIENA Industrial Partner

For ONLINE Metro™ Multiservice DWDM Transport Platform ONWAVE™ ESCON® Multiplexer Card offers service providers a highly scalable, cost-effective solution for remote Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON) connectivity. Eliminating the need for costly, low-speed carrier conversions. With the ONWAVE ESCON Multiplexer, up to 12 ESCON channels are transparently multiplexed at full line-rate without the use of external hardware, and transported as an OC-48/STM-16 framed signal. Moreover, integrated tributary and line-side performance monitors allow for end-to-end management of ESCON services. This plug-in module for the ONLINE Metro™ Multiservice DWDM Transport platform enables an integrated, high-density solution to meet the customers' ESCON remote connectivity requirements. In addition, the ONWAVE ESCON Multiplexer operates over dark fiber with the ONLINE Metro™ Service Aggregator Simple Type: MULTISERVICE EDGE SWITCHING