[AusNOG] Feedback wanted on optical architecture for customer handoff

[Bevan Slattery]

Sorry one clarification (based upon answer already received!)


Q: What would you be typically be connecting this service to?  Router or Optical?

My intention here is that from a client perspective what are you likely to plug into at your end and was based on us delivering from our optical platform.  My apologies.

[background]

The reason for this is because a number of 400G optical platforms aren’t yet supporting 400G ER/ZR because the cards aren’t quite able for the power (and or heat) of a QSFP-DD 400G ER/ZR optic in the transponder card.  I know most 400G routers can handle this (>120km), but surprisingly Infinera and Ciena each today have limitations supporting this on some of their optical platforms.  I was basically looking for if you (the client) are terminating this on a router, then if I can solve the 400G to 40km optical (EoOTN) at my end then most clients plugging this into a router can handle it.  But if you were intending taking this as an optical/ODU into an optical box then there we could have some issues with needing to check the client end support (being limited at present).  I’m basically hoping to see lots of “intending on plugging it into my router” 😊




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