Ciena extends OneControl Unified Management System

Ciena Corporation has introduced OneControl Unified Management System, a critical component of its expanding software portfolio, that unifies visibility and control of wavelength, OTN and packet services from edge access through the network core. It supports a variety of capabilities through a single user interface.

The system is designed as a seamless evolution of Ciena's existing management platforms to protect and extend customer investments, said a press release, OneControl delivers multi-layer intelligence that supports a variety of capabilities — from reconfiguring wavelengths at Layer 0 up to monitoring and reporting on service level agreements at Layer 2 — all through a single user interface. OneControl also includes a fully customizable executive dashboard which provides an at-a-glance view of the status of the entire network and service capabilities. The release added that as networks and the equipment they are built on increasingly deliver converged packet-optical capabilities, it is resulting in new challenges for Network Operations Centers (NOCs) that now require tools to manage multiple service layers from a single system.

The next generation control plane-enabled networks featuring packet-optical transport, OTN switching and Carrier Ethernet platforms are driving the need for more unified and intelligent software to dynamically turn bandwidth into new services, manage service levels and proactively address any issues before they impact end customers.