Sorrento Networks (Quote), a supplier of end-to-end, intelligent optical networking solutions for metro and regional applications, announced successful interoperability with EMC Corp.'s Symmetrix platform for Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) ESCON distance extension.
Based on EMC's extensive testing, the combination of Sorrento Networks' GigaMux Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) platform and EPC sub-rate multiplexer family was qualified with SRDF as an E-Lab Tested SRDF Extended Distance Solution. EMC's E-Lab Tested qualification process is recognized for its thoroughness in interoperability, failure recovery and other testing.
Extending the capabilities of ESCON from the data center to a geographically dispersed metropolitan area, such interoperability ensures that enterprise and carrier customers may interconnect these products with confidence that the system components will work well together, officials said. With Sorrento's GigaMux and EPC, EMC SRDF ESCON solutions can be effectively extended across the campus and metropolitan area to meet the growing need for data center consolidation, business continuance and data migration.
Sorrento Networks' GigaMux DWDM transport platform expands the capacity of new and existing fiber optic networks up to 64 times. At the heart of an all-optical network, GigaMux transforms any existing fiber plant into a reliable high-performance, multi-protocol transmission network. Built with a modular, parallel architecture, GigaMux lets service providers easily expand networks and offer new wavelength services quickly and affordably without disrupting existing service.
Sorrento Networks' EPC (Electronic Photonic Concentrator) is a sub-rate access multiplexer family that increases bandwidth utilization by aggregating a wide variety of traffic for transmission over a single wavelength. By efficiently packing wavelengths full, these products ensure that no amount of available bandwidth is left idle. The EPC product line makes it physically and economically possible for network operators to expand their reach and scope by extending optical networking service to accommodate virtually every data and transport protocol in the end-user community.
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