What's New With Used Cisco Cerent Network Equipment?

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What's New With Used Cisco Cerent Network Equipment?

Used Cisco ONS 15600 Mult-service Switches: New Metro Ethernet Rollout

Enventis Telecom deploys Cisco ONS 15600 Multi-service Switches for new Metro Ethernet Rollout Carrier Class Switch and simplifies Bandwidth management in the Metro Core, they realize the immediate cost benefits (News@Cisco).

Granted, this was announced by Cisco Systems in March of 2007, but we can see that the Cisco ONS 15600 Multiservice Switching Platform (MSSP) allows Enventis Telecom to seamlessly integrate their metro core and metro edge networks, while reducing initial capital costs and reoccurring operational costs.

"'The Cisco ONS 15600 is interoperable with our existing Cisco ONS 15454 UPSR architecture and it also gives us 16 rings of completely interoperable ONS 15454 two-fiber BLSR rings too,;' added Ed Proetz, senior system engineer with Enventis. 'Now I can redeploy my Cisco ONS 15454s closer to my customers'" (News@Cisco).

"The Cisco ONS 15600 also alleviates Enventis' space constraints in the central offices. Due to the interoperability of the Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15600, Enventis was able to move four existing 15454s from the central office to the network edge and insert a 15600 instead, thus reducing space consumption and power usage by three-quarters. 'Now, I can continue to grow our network and add more customers without growing my central office footprint,' says Proetz" (News@Cisco).

Looking Back

In 1999, Cisco Systems acquired privately-held Cerent Corporation of Petaluma, California. This was a big event for Cisco, because they entered the optical transport market for the first time. At the time, Cerent was a leading developer of next-generation optical transport products.

At that time, Cisco Systems acquired Cerent Corporation and Monterey Networks for the combined cost of $7.4 billion! (newsroom.cisco.com, News Release, August 26, 1999)

Cerent was Founded in 1997

This is the original logo for Cerent. This is why you could possibly see part numbers listed as: Cerent, Cisco Cerent, or Cisco ONS.

Since the Cisco Cerent product line of used network equipment is no longer being manufactured, it is important to extend the life cycle and do "the white glove test" on a regular basis. Keeping the equipment clean extends the life of the equipment. So, make sure to reduce the dust and debris from the room where the equipment rest - this includes the dust found on the surrounding racks and floor.