The Optical Metro 3000 series is a family of leading edge next-generation SONET platforms that offers DWDM with a variety of services such as TDM (DS1, DS3, DS3 Transmux, EC-1/STS-1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, OC-192), storage (Fibre Channel and FICON), and Ethernet (10/100 Base-T, 100 Base-FX and Gigabit Ethernet). Its fully non-blocking switching architecture provides unmatched bandwidth management capabilities and innovative service modules enabling the industry's highest density service termination without stacking multiple shelves. Optical Metro 3000 series portfolio of products is equipped with Resilient Packet Ring technology, Generic Framing Protocol (GFP) service mapping and Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) that enable efficient bandwidth utilization with native rate client data and storage interfaces.

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• Optical Metro 3100
  Optical Metro 3100 delivers both TDM and data interfaces with the power and flexibility of SONET to most cost effectively meet customer-premise requirements.
• Optical Metro 3300/3400
  Optical Metro 3400 is a next-generation SONET optical solution that supports Resilient Packet Ring technology and delivers both TDM and data interfaces for central office and customer-premise environments.
• Optical Metro 3500
  The Optical Metro 3500 is a fully non-blocking forecast-tolerant, DWDM capable next-generation SONET platform, supporting numerous TDM, Storage, and Ethernet services over advanced networking schemes, including Resilient Packet Rings.