POLATIS^® 576 OPTICAL CIRCUIT SWITCH MAKES ITS DEBUT AT OFC 2023

The POLATIS 576 software-defined optical circuit switch has a resilient, redundant, and modular architecture that underpins the reliability and availability of the switch in a network environment. To further protect mission-critical services, the POLATIS 576 can be equipped with field-addressable spare ports so that an interruption on any port can be bypassed rapidly by moving the fiber to a spare and reassigning the port in software.

Extending the company's leadership in this field, the new high-performance, high-density POLATIS optical switch platform offers maximum connectivity and reliability with exceptionally low optical loss and fast switching speeds for even the most demanding of applications.

The matrix of 576x576 non-blocking fiber ports enables operators to remotely connect a greater number of fibers together in a compact form factor in applications such as cybersecurity and network monitoring, test lab automation and data center cross connects. The POLATIS 576 variant with MPO connectors occupies just 8RU of precious rack space.

The low-loss POLATIS 576 optical switch utilises the patented DirectLightTM transparent, dark-fiber optical switching platform that has been proven in the most challenging data center, telecom, test and defense applications for more than two decades.

With support for Software-Defined Networks (SDNs) via embedded NETCONF and RESTCONF interfaces, POLATIS optical circuit switches are 100x more energy-efficient than conventional electronic switching equipment and enable dynamic routing, monitoring, protection and test of real-time traffic directly at the fiber layer with speed-of-light data latency.

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