Protection switching support

One of the key features of optical networks is protection switching.
VMware Smart Assurance
supports Layer 1 network topologies with the following protection schemes for SONET/SDH networks:
  • 1+1 Automatic Protection Switching (APS)
  • 1:N protection
  • 1+1 protection
  • 2-fiber Bidirectional Line Switched Ring (BLSR) or 2-fiber Multiplex Section-Shared Protection Ring (MS-SPRing)
  • 4-fiber BLSR or 4-fiber MS-SPRing
  • UPSR (SNCP)
    The following protection scheme is supported for the WDM network:
  • 1+1 ClientCircuit/TopologicalLink Protection
    The following protection scheme is supported for the WDM NG domain:
  • Y-cable protection
  • SNC protection