RAYCONTROL

SCALABLE OPTICAL TRANSPORT

TM

Product Overview

Routing

Path computation

Signaling

The RAYcontrol GMPLS-based control plane greatly simplies the management of multi-layer Optical+Ethernet transport networks and offers unparalleled exibility in service delivery, protection and restoration. RAYcontrol manages several aspects of system conguration. Through end-to-end provisioning, it automates many of the steps needed to congure service delivery. This automation translates to zero congurations on all but one network element, no matter the size or complexity of the network. The intelligent control plane fully manages the allocation of all system and network resources and automatically enables the most efcient use of those resources required to support each service.

Automated Provisioning
The complex process of path determination and circuit provisioning is fully automated. Service delivery is fast and cost-effective, reducing not only provisioning time, but also the manpower and skill required to provision network services. RAYcontrol also automates the conguration of both complex ROADM fabrics and electrical switching devices, and enables layer-specic control applications such as end-to-end Features & Benets optical power equalization and automated Ethernet virtual circuit management. Path computation incorporating optical layer parameters for optimized network Multi-Layer Capability performance RAYcontrol supports a wide range of optical platform technologies, including xed OADM, ROADM, in-line regeneration and amplication. It is designed to control different service payload conguration options, from OTN to SONET/SDH to Ethernet to transparent optical services. Protection and restoration is provided on a per-service basis, thus enabling service providers to customize service quality according to customer-specic SLAs and cost models. The distributed network intelligence of RAYcontrol breaks the barrier to mesh networking and provides protection mechanisms for any combination of ring and pointto-point topologies. Dynamic, on-demand provisioning minimizes time-to-revenue and lowers opportunity costs Operational automation decreases costs by mechanizing manual and repetitive tasks associated with service management Automated network inventory and reuse avoids stranded resources and continuously optimizes network use Efcient resource management maximizes the number of services that can be established within a given network infrastructure

Standards-Compliant Implementation
RAYcontrol implements a rich set of control plane protocol interoperability standards, including support for IETF-derived GMPLS technologies and emerging OIF implementation agreements. Such standards include support for core signaling and routing protocols enhanced for GMPLS Trafc Engineering, support for remote Path Computation Engine components, service migration interworking with legacy management systems, as well as graceful restart and network resynchronization.

Technical Information
Transport Technology
FSP 3000

Routing & Signaling Protocols

RFC 2205 (RSVP) RFC 2328 (OSPFv2) RFC 2370 (OSPF Opaque LSA) RFC 3209 (RSVP-TE) RFC 3471 (GMPLS Signaling) RFC 3473 (GMPLS-RSVP) RFC 3477 (Unnumbered RSVP) RFC 3630 (OSPF-TE) RFC 4003 (RSVP Egress Control) RFC 4139 (ASON Signaling) RFC 4202 (GMPLS Routing) RFC 4203 (GMPLS-OSPF) RFC 4397 (ASON Lexicography) RFC 4655 (PCE Architecture) RFC 4657 (PCE Requirements) RFC 4783 (GMPLS Alarms) RFC 4872 (End-to-end Recovery) RFC 4990 (GMPLS Addressing) RFC 4990 (GMPLS Addressing) RFC 5063 (RSVP Graceful Restart) RFC 5250 (OSPF Opaque LSA bis) RFC 5440 (PCE-P) RFC 5493 (MP-CP Requirements) RFC 5852 (MP-CP RSVP Extensions) OIF UNI 2.0

Topology
Point-to-point, ring, mesh and hybrid

Protection & Restoration

Dedicated 1+1 path protection Optical mesh restoration Hybrid protection with restoration

Path Computation
Constrained Shortest Path First Recursive Lambda Routing (RWA) Resource and Topological Constraints Management Remote Path Computation (IETF PCE-P) Compound/Distributed Computation

External Interfaces
Command Line Interface (CLI) Web GUI SNMP

SNMP Standards
ADVA Optical Networking Enterprise MIB

For more information please contact an ADVA Optical Networking consultant or visit us at www.advaoptical.com Data Sheet, version 12/2010