November 8, 2021, Irvine, California: Telescent, a leading manufacturer of automated fiber cross connects for data centers, announces that it has been selected to present at the networking section of the 2021 Open Compute Project (OCP) Future Technologies Symposium. The topic of Telescent’s presentation is Automated Telemetry for Data Center Physical Fiber Layer Diagnostics.
With the current size of hyperscale data centers and the deployment of higher speed optics, characterizing the state of the fiber plant will be critical to achieve acceptable performance levels. The Telescent Network Topology Manager (NTMTM) allows this characterization to be performed remotely using a range of integrated test equipment and can be integrated into other Software Defined Networking (SDN) functions to bring visibility to the physical fiber layer.
“While much of the compute and storage hardware is replaced during a data center refresh, the fiber is typically reused and can be a decade old,” said Anthony Kewitsch, co-founder and CEO of Telescent. “Automating the characterization of this fiber to guarantee link performance with new optics will help improve the performance and operational efficiency of hyperscale data centers.”
While higher speed optics and link requirements highlight the need for characterization of the fiber plant, the number of connections makes manual testing unfeasible. The Telescent Network Topology Manager (NTMTM), a 1000 x 1000 robotic cross-connect can help solve this problem. This device can connect, disconnect, and reconnect fibers in an arbitrary manner while enabling test equipment to be automatically switched into a given fiber link for characterization of fiber performance. Power sources, power monitors and OTDRs are examples of equipment that may be incorporated into the NTM, permitting in-situ fiber characterization to take place without human intervention. Since the Telescent NTM can insert a range of test equipment, Layer 2 and 3 test equipment can also be inserted to monitor traffic. Additionally, the Telescent system can be used to reconfigure the fiber paths of live networks to optimize performance or respond to broken links.
A copy of the OCP presentation can be requested at info@telescent.com
About Telescent
Telescent Inc. is dedicated to developing and deploying optical layer automation systems that ensure maximum signal integrity for next generation data center automation. By virtualizing physical optical interconnections, the last remaining layer of the network operated manually, Software-defined Networking (SDN) can deliver on its promise of true Layer-7 to Layer-0 automation spanning the entire OSI stack! For more information about Telescent, including product updates, visit the company’s website at www.telescent.com.
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