IBM and Ciena completed qualification testing of the Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical Packet-Optical platform. This paper describes the applicable environments, protocols, and topologies that are qualified for and supported by z Systems for connecting through the Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical platform hardware and software, release level 10.21.
This paper is intended for anyone who wants to learn more about Ciena 6500 Packet-Optical release level 10.21. This document is not meant to determine qualified products. To ensure that the planned products to be implemented are qualified, registered users can see the IBM Resource Link® for current information about qualified DWDM vendor products.
For more information about IBM Redbooks® publications for z Systems qualified DWDM vendor products, see the IBM Redbooks website.