Cisco NCS Platform Eases Migration to the Internet of Everything

Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS) is a platform designed to serve as a pillar for the new Internet, more scalable, intelligent and adaptable, It is the tool that facilitates the evolution towards the Internet of Everything.

Cisco NCS is a converged system designed to virtualize telecommunications services, Simplify operations and consolidate infrastructure to increase the profitability of service providers and improve the experience of consumers. This platform is already being deployed in clients such as BSkyBKDDI and Telstra.

This Cisco NCS platform provides high performance, advanced virtualization capabilities, allowing the use of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), and a flexible, converged fabric that quickly adjusts network and application functionality across all elements (core, extreme, optical and data center elements) without impacting services and applications.

These capabilities are essential as operators try to respond not only to the massive growth in bandwidth to integrate video, cloud applications and mobile traffic, but also the billions of interactions or programmable events generated by the connection of devices to the Internet, trend known as the Internet of Everything (IoE).

Scalability, agility and efficiency

The NCS family joins the Cisco Carrier Routing System families (CRS) y Aggregation Services Router (ASR), operates as a network fabric to interconnect the architecture. Offers scalability, agility and efficiency.

This platform offers Petabit scalability, capable of supporting billions of events across a connected fabric. It is also designed with advanced virtualization capabilities. The NCS platform extends, connect, controls and responds to applications, networks and data centers by managing and moving network and computing resources when and where they are needed and in real time.

When deployed as part of the Cisco ONE architecture for Service Providers, that includes and extends SDN/NFV functionalities, The Cisco NCS family helps reduce total cost of ownership by up to 45%, In addition to reducing energy consumption by 60%.

NCS 2000, 4000 y 6000

The Cisco NCS family consists of three models that can be managed as a single integrated system to improve agility and simplify operations: NCS 2000, 4000 y 6000.

The NCS 6000 has been recently introduced and includes a line card 1 Tbps with capacity to transport 5 Tbps per slot and 1,2 Pbps per system, supporting a converged environment of optical networks and IP networks. The NCS 4000, which will be available in 2014, will endure 400 Gbps per slot and 6,4 Terabits per system, available in unique configurations, back-to-back y multi-chasis. Finally, the NCS 2000, which is now available, connects DWDM transport networks at a speed of 100 Gbps, supporting dynamic network configuration with next-generation intelligent Roadm capabilities 96 canales.