Infinera adds a feather to Cloud Xpress family

NEW DELHI: Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, has announced the expansion of the Cloud Xpress family of metro Cloud platforms.

This adds a new Cloud Xpress platform with 100 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) client services in the same compact form factor along with enhanced functionality.

The Cloud Xpress family is designed specifically to address the needs of Cloud service providers, Internet content providers, Internet Exchange service providers, large enterprises and other large-scale datacenter operators.

The Cloud Xpress family, which first started shipping in December 2014, leverages the oPIC-500 optical engine, Infinera’s metro-optimized photonic integrated circuit, to deliver DWDM datacenter interconnect services up to 500 gigabits per second (Gb/s) in a compact two rack unit chassis, a release said.

The new Cloud Xpress with 100 GbE extends the hyper-scale density, simplified operations and low power of the existing Cloud Xpress family that operators can use to easily deploy and scale their networks.

With the addition of the new platform, the Cloud Xpress family now supports 10 GbE, 40 GbE and 100 GbE client-side interfaces to match customer specific requirements.

“100 GbE is finally becoming available on datacenter switches and achieving cost effective pricing on routers – creating an emerging demand for 100 GbE client-side interfaces on optical equipment designed for metro datacenter interconnect,” said Andrew Schmitt, Research Director, Carrier Transport Networking at IHS.

“Infinera is shipping 10 GbE and 40 GbE; adding 100 GbE is a well-timed extension to the Cloud Xpress family, and helps it retain a leadership position in this emerging product category.”

“The Cloud Xpress platforms are purpose-built for the datacenter interconnect market,” said Stu Elby, Senior Vice President, Cloud network strategy and technology, Infinera.

“Based on Infinera's unique PIC and super-channel technology, the Cloud Xpress provides scale and simplicity while utilizing little power.”