Infinera today said Pacnet has deployed its new Open Transport Switch (OTS) software to extend network virtualization into the optical layer.
Pacnet has deployed Infinera’s OTS within its Software-defined Networking (SDN) platform, Pacnet Enabled Network (PEN), across the 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) enabled trans-Pacific and intra-Asia submarine network in the Asia Pacific region.
The company said Pacnet’s existing Intelligent Transport Network is based on the Infinera DTN-X packet optical transport networking platform.
“In November 2013, we launched the SDN-based service delivery platform, Pacnet Enabled Network, on Layer 2 Ethernet. Today, we continue to lead through innovation by bringing this capability to our optical layer,” said Jim Fagan, president, managed services at Pacnet.
PEN, which delivers bandwidth and software-enabled intelligence, is an SDN-based service delivery platform that has offered Layer 2 Ethernet services on-demand from 1 megabit per second to 10 Gb/s.
The power of the OTS software and the DTN-X platform allows PEN to offer a Layer 1 transport bandwidth on-demand service in increments of N x 10 Gb/s. It allows services in increments of N x 100 Gb/s for high-capacity customers in the future.
In addition, Pacnet has deployed the Infinera OTS into its existing DTN-X production network by running in Hybrid Control mode, with new services leveraging bandwidth under SDN control, while existing production services continue to operate using their Infinera DNA network management system.
Michael Howard, principal analyst, Carrier Networks at IHS-Infonetics Research, said: “While many providers have been doing SDN lab evaluations or performing SDN proof of concept tests, Pacnet today is delivering the first large-scale, commercially available Transport SDN-enabled service, and it is based on the Infinera Open Transport Switch.”
