GDT optical transport

Unleashing the limits on bandwidth and extending the

reach of your infrastructure and business

With demands for more information triggering the transmissions of enormous volumes of traffi c—more

video requiring more bandwidth, more Wi-Fi and mobile-connected devices, more traffi c in and out

of the cloud, more quickly and more effi ciently—a fast reacting, easily managed next-generation

network is a must. For long haul, metro, data center and campus applications that require low latency

and high bandwidth, an optical transport backbone is essential in the delivery of high bandwidth, high

performance, and high availability.

Today’s transport technology is capable of transmitting up to 9.6 terabits per second over a single

strand of fi ber. Utilizing Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and providing end-to-end low

latency links for applications, the technology offers sub-50μs path protection switching to help support

fi ve 9s availability.

GDT delivers today’s optical transport solutions that enable the greatest transmission capacity at the

lowest total cost of ownership.

Design IT. Build IT. Deliver IT.®

The GDT optical transport teamWith full-turnkey optical solutions, the GDT Optical Transport Team extends the reach of your

team – its knowledgebase and abilities.

The GDT Team is uniquely led by a core team of diversely experienced optical engineers and

architects, each with an average 15+ years of industry experience in enterprise and service

provider environments. The Team is experienced in a wide range of optical platforms across

multiple manufacturers that include Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, BTI, Cyan and Fujitsu and

specializes in the complete product lines of the Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) and

the next-generation Cisco Networking Convergence System (NCS).

With engineers located in major cities around the US and able to travel to customer locations

both domestically and abroad, our goal is to provide exceptional services with the least

possible disruption to our customer’s day-to-day operations.

A glance at what we have doneWith its breadth and depth of real-world experience in some of the largest service providers in

the US, GDT is well positioned to bring service provider-grade solutions to enterprise networks in

need of optical solutions to support their business end users.

200 projects in 2 yearsFor a Tier 1 service provider, GDT completed over 200 metro optical

projects in a two-year period, including greenfi eld turn-ups, node adds

and incident-free circuit migrations over three different DWDM platforms.

6 months staff augFor a regional service provider, GDT wrote and executed comprehensive

interoperability test plans; provided engineering, provisioning and training

documentation as part of a 6 month staff augmentation.

Audit for 0 fi ber exhaustFor the exhausted fi ber of a large regional service provider, GDT provided

audits, per-circuit optimization plans and designs, cutover data and

provisioning and utilized GDT-sourced fi ber jumpers for all migrations.

100 Gbps from ground 0For a regional service provider network in North Carolina, GDT designed

and implemented from ground zero a multi-degree coherent 100 Gbps

service provider network.

A full range of servicesGDT provides a full spectrum of services that support our scalable, reliable, versatile and dynamic optical

transport solutions. Our services support the ever-changing needs of end users while simplifying the

connection of your customers to the services they demand. GDT helps you realize the full potential of

your network.

The design services of the GDT Optical Team include network design of dense wave division

multiplexing (DWDM) and optical transport network (OTN) switching infrastructures.

▪ DWDM and OTN switching infrastructures

▪ Proof of concept in the customer-accessible GDT Lab

During implementation, GDT customers are fully supported by engineers, technicians, project

managers, and installers that keep processes on track, test and fi ne-tune solutions prior to deployment,

and provide complete EF&I, C&IS, and migrations services.

▪ Cold staging, to organize and ship site specifi c materials and equipment

▪ Hot staging, to pre-provision and test functionality before it hits the fi eld

▪ Project management

▪ Site surveys

Managed and support services are critical for highly-reliable networks. GDT services are customizable,

and provide immediate and ongoing benefi ts. These services enable the optimum use of deployed

solutions and give your teams the ability to become more effi cient and effective in the operation of

the new solutions that drive your business toward the achievement of your business outcomes.

▪ Day 2 managed services and

24x7x365 NOC monitoring services

▪ Technical support and troubleshooting

▪ Training

▪ Full engineering documentation packages

▪ EF&I – Full engineering, furnish and installation

services

▪ Full commissioning and integration services

▪ Comprehensive end-to-end testing

▪ Migration services

▪ Fiber characterization

▪ Network audits

▪ Assessments and recommendations

▪ Asset recovery

DWDM and OTN; ONS and NCS;POC, FOC, with multiple-vendors.

Cold staging, hot staging, EF&I, C&IS, testing and migration.

Driving effi cient operations and effective business outcomes.

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Cisco DWDM productsCisco DWDM solutions deliver massive scale, touchless programmability,

and ease of use.

Network Convergence System 2000 (NCS 2000) ▪ Colorless, omni-directional, fl ex spectrum ROADM ▪ Superior 100G port density

▪ Multi-layer programmability

ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP) ▪ Delivers any service type to any network location ▪ Widely deployed across service provider, enterprise, and government customers

▪ Features 2- to 8-degree reconfi gurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM)

▪ Supports colorless and omnidirectional ROADM for touchless programmability

▪ Excels in metro, regional, and long haul applications

Cisco ONS 15216 Series ▪ Complete suite of passive components for use in DWDM networks ▪ Minimizes loss, latency, and cost for simplifi ed data center interconnect applications

▪ Complements ONS 15454 MSTP ROADM confi gurations with passive add and drop

▪ Supports up to 96 channels in the C-band

Packet optical transport systemsCisco Packet Optical Transport Systems bring transport ease of use to

packet networks, and support multilayer network convergence.

Network Convergence System 4000 (NCS 4000) ▪ DWDM, OTN, and packet in one converged platform ▪ Support for multi-chassis and back-to-back confi gurations ▪ Full In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) ▪ Superior simplifi cation in service management, turn-up and monitoring