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 ProtectionThe following protection scheme is supported for the WDM NG domain:
- Y-cable protection
- SNC protection