This eBook explores how Ciena’s data center out-of-band management (DCOM) solution uses passive optical network (PON) architecture to modernize management networks for AI, cloud, and high-density environments. It highlights the limitations of legacy out-of-band (OOB) networks, explains how DCOM brings together switching, console server functionality, and passive optical distribution, and describes a stateful active-standby redundancy model that helps preserve management access, reduce complexity, and support scalable data center operations.
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DCOM for the AI‑Era Data Center
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