Tailored to address enterprise business requirements at the edge, the 6500-D2 is a compact 2 RU chassis that cost-effectively extends the flexibility and resiliency of the 6500 platform from the core to the access network. These shelves support a wide variety of services, including the full mix of Ethernet, OTN, SDH/SONET, Fibre Channel, video, and transparent DWDM services.
Features and benefits
- Provides cost-optimized configuration options for efficient transport of flexible services over high-capacity wavelengths scaling up to 1.6T DWDM
- Supports sustainable OTN network evolution, with a compact, high-capacity 1.2T OTN switch-on-a-blade module
- Enables simplified operations and reduced sparing costs through one 6500 management system and reusable cards across various shelves
- Offers AC and DC powering options in a compact footprint
- Extends the benefits of coherent 100G–400G DWDM to space- and power-challenged environments with WL5n 400G Pluggables
- Offers field-replaceable common equipment units, ensuring no service impact during failures for improved network availability
- Expands the reach of the access network with compact outside plant solutions
Product overview
The 6500-D2 comprises two service card-carrying slots that enable customized configurations for the strictest connectivity requirements at the access edge. The shelf also supports sustainable OTN network evolution, with muxponder card-based OTN switching and control plane automation, using the high-capacity 1.2T OTN switch-on-a-blade module. This flexibility allows efficient scaling of OTN switching capacity up to 1.2T per 6500-D2 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-D2 supports the complete suite of photonic architectures, including colorless-directionless-contentionless (CDC) and flexible grid ROADMs, for the power to dynamically send any service 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.
Allowing you to continually get more from your network investment, the 6500-D2 can be tailored to cost-effectively address applications from 100G to 1.6T DWDM with market-leading coherent innovations. Ciena’s WaveLogic™ 6 Extreme (WL6e) technology offers programmable line rates from 200 Gb/s to 1.6 Tb/s, enabling single-carrier 1.6 Tb/s wavelength transmission and thereby supporting 800G networking across long links. The WL6e 1.6T MOTR card is compatible with all 6500 D-Series and S-Series shelves, facilitating seamless technology upgrades. Ciena’s market-leading WaveLogic 5 (WL5) coherent technology is optimized for efficient transport of 100G/400G client traffic. WL5 is offered 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.
The 6500-D2 offers AC and DC powering options that provide the flexibility to meet customer on-premises power requirements, as well as backplane connectivity between the service card slots that supports increased scalability and service resiliency options. Additionally, the shelf’s small footprint and light weight enable field installation by a single person at locations with limited real estate.
The 6500-D2 chassis supports field-replaceable fans, switch processors, and AC/DC power input cards for improved network availability, as common equipment card failures can be replaced without impacting existing services. By using a switch processor equipped with integrated optical service channel (OSC) capabilities in conjunction with an amplifier module, customers can harness a cost-effective, two-slot optical line amplifier (OLA) configuration for photonic infrastructures with small footprint requirements.
The platform’s flexibility extends to an easy-to-deploy AES-256 encryption CPE offering, enabling 24/7 in-flight data protection over encrypted 10G waves when equipped with the 4 x 10G optical transponder (OTR) module with encryption capabilities.
Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite® 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-D2 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-D2, enabling a flexible range of services across the network while simplifying scalability for evolving demands. The 6500-D2 is purpose-built for the network edge, delivering a cost-effective, compact platform for flexible service delivery all the way to customer premises.
Technical specifications
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Shelf variants | 6500-D2 |
| Physical dimensions | 3.5 in. (H) x 17.5 in. (W) x 11.1 in. (D) 89 mm (H) x 443.2 mm (W) x 281 mm (D) |
| Power options | 110 V / 240 VAC, -48 V / 60 VDC, and +24 VDC |
| Interslot backplane bandwidth | 40 Gb/s |
| Switching capacity | OTN: 1.2 Tb/s |
| Photonic modules | Full suite of passive filters, 50/75/100GHz, flexible grid ROADMs, CDC, EDFAs, smart Raman, integrated OTDR, multi-degree ROADM-on-a-blade |
| Transponders/muxponders | Coherent WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) 1.6T muxponder clients: mix of OTU4, 100/400/800GbE (support in future) with coherent tunability from 200G to 1.6T (fully adjustable baud and line rate) Coherent WaveLogic 5 Extreme (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 with integrated OPS Coherent WL3n 100GbE/OTU4 transponder Coherent WL3n 100G muxponder (10 x 10G) 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 -40°F to +149°F (-40°C to +65°C), uncontrolled OSP Class 2 GR-3108-CORE |
| Relative humidity | 5% to 85%, noncondensing |
| Altitude | 13,000 ft. (4000 m) |
| Earthquake/seismic | Zone 4 |
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