Benefits
- Accelerates differentiated service creation via open, multi-vendor, SDN programmability
- Avoids vendor-specific component lock-in via open interfaces and APIs
- Complete single-source product that can run independently from vendors for smooth migration into the whitebox world
- Supports broadband video deployment models compatible with leading IPTV middleware providers
- Supports data center, central office, cabinet racking, and customer premises options
- Supports stringent backhaul services with enhanced features, including low latency and network timing synchronization
- Mitigates the uncertain demand of emerging differentiated services through data center switching architectures
- Improves customer experience via strong traffic management and QoS
- Delivers SLA-based enterprise services via comprehensive Carrier Ethernet support
Overview
The Adtran SDX 8000 Series of access and aggregation switches applies open and programmable SDN architectures for scaling data centers. These differentiated attributes enable our Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) architectures to achieve the massive scalability required to support the uncertain demand of emerging differentiated broadband services and supports the consolidation of SLA-based enterprise and backhaul services.
Horizontal scalability and mesh network resiliency
Access and aggregation switches support advanced switching architectures that are highly scalable and resilient. The SDX 8000 Series supports horizontal scalability (scaling out versus up), which allows the operator to add capacity on the fly. Mesh switching provides multiple paths for each network element, creating a highly fault-tolerant network. These switches can be deployed as a spine, top-of-rack leaf switch, or middle-of-row leaf switch to interconnect computing and storage functions with aggregate fiber-to-the-premises, Carrier Ethernet access, and aggregation components.
Multi-market, multi-service consolidation
These switches are an integral part of a next-generation access solution, supporting the consolidation of 1, 10 and 100Gbit/s services across multiple market segments. Residential broadband, mobile backhaul/fronthaul, enterprise networking, and cloud connectivity services can be simultaneously deployed on a common architecture due to their comprehensive feature set and enormous scale. Operators can offer broadband video from multiple video content providers via unicast and multicast, IPTV, and over-the-top (OTT) deployment models. Deliver SLA-based enterprise and mobile backhaul and fronthaul services through Carrier Ethernet, Ethernet OAM, and performance monitoring, as well as support for stringent network timing distribution and synchronization.
The SDX Aggregation Suite
The SDX Aggregation Suite is a collection of optimized, flexible software that enables advanced carrier-grade features on bare- metal switches. Adtran’s SDX Aggregation Suite is built upon Open Network Linux (ONL), which provides an industry-standard, open platform. We then harness the power of containerization to apply open, programmable SDN models and data center scaling principles.
Open, SDN-programmable architecture
These switches support open interfaces and open APIs from vendor-neutral SDN controllers helping operators avoid vendor-specific component and process lock-in that leads to long release schedules that stifle the agility of in-house DevOps teams. They support multiple Linux-based network operating systems and offer NETCONF/YANG APIs for SDN programmability.