Applications

Data Center

Increasingly complex fiber plants and reduced OPEX budgets require innovative solutions. Using Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches to manage light paths enables "lights out" data centers.

Telecom Central Office

Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches add major flexibility in the management of light paths while enabling significant reductions in both OPEX and CAPEX.

Undersea Cable

A major European carrier has deployed Glimmerglass solutions to remotely monitor and protect all wavelengths at the juncture of the undersea cable and the land-based fiber plant.

Peering Exchange

Peering Exchanges are the most data intensive sites in the world. AMS-IX, Europe's largest Internet Exchange, relies on Glimmerglass switches in the heart of its hybrid IP/ switched network to provide the ability to create new light paths on demand and to monitor and protect all high speed links.

Telecom Core

Visionary telecommunications carriers and researchers recognize that a hybrid of routers and optical swtiches provides the most efficient and highest capacity Internet backbone infrastructure.

Government

Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches provide the optimal monitoring environment for lawful intercept and other government applications.

Capabilities

Transparent Fiber Connections

	Singlemode fiber, wideband (1270 nm - 1630 nm)
	Connects fibers all-optically, using MEMS micro-mirrors    No signal regeneration required.
	Supports all data rates and signal formats    OC-768 (40Gb/sec) and beyond    SONET/SDH, Ethernet, digital, analog, rf
	Switch size options from 24x24 to 190x190 non-blocking
	Asymmetrical NxM fiber configurations
	Highest rack density in the industry    95x95 in 2U and 190x190 in 4U

Outstanding Reliability & Performance

	Fast, reliable switching - billions of switched connections tested
	Very low insertion loss, excellent repeatability
	Broad ambient temperature range
	Connects lit or dark fibers
	Very low electric power

Fast Installation, Easy to Program & Use

	ClickFlow™ - built-in user-friendly web-based GUI
	One-click operation to instantly create & restore light paths
	Choice of fiber connector type
	TL1 command-line interface
	Secure control (https), locks connections by unique user IDs

Advanced Features

	Monitor optical power on all fibers in real-time
	Configure optical power thresholds and alarm triggers
	Automatically detect fiber faults and swwitch to redundant path
	Bi-directional transmissions on a single optical fiber
	Connect point to multipoint via Photonic Multicasting
	Control optical power with Variable Optical Attenuation
	Manage user's access privileges with Virtual Private Switching
	Advanced Alarm Management for one or more switches
	Glimmerglass Console to manage multiple switches from a single remote server