H3C confirms performance of its new 800G CPO Ethernet switch

H3C completed a massive test of its co-packaged optics (CPO) enabled Ethernet switch (H3C S9827) driving traffic across 64 800G ports.The companies said the test results demonstrate that H3C's 800G CPO silicon photonic switch series has "excellent reliability and stability in key performance indicators such as overall switch capacity, full-port 100%-line speed forwarding, and transmission latency." The test leveraged Spirent TestCenter 800G...

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Huawei offers OTN DWDM + Passive Optical LAN for Airports

At a meeting of Airports Council International (ACI) in Muscat, Oman, Huawei presented its design on how to build a fully-connected smart airport using OTN DWDM, fiber sensing, and Passive Optical LAN technologies.Key elements:Airport IP+DWDM backbone network solution: OTN DWDM enables physical isolation among multi service systems, ultra-high capacity up to 96 Tbps per fiber, supporting traffic growth in the next 10 to 15 years. In addition, this...

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Dell'Oro: Cloud Service Provider Switch Sales Slow

For the first time in more than three years, spending on data center switches by Cloud Service Providers (SPs) was flat in 3Q2023, while overall global sales of data center switches was up 7%, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group."Data center switch sales have maintained robust performance, reaching near-record levels in 3Q 2023," said Sameh Boujelbene, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "However, despite such a strong level of sales, the...

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Arista announces new CFO and Board changes

Arista Networks named Chantelle Breithaupt as its new CFO effective February 2024. She comes to Arista with over 25 years of global financial roles, including as senior vice president and CFO of Aspen Technology. Prior to that she had executive finance roles at Cisco Systems and across four GE businesses.Arista Networks also announced that Andy Bechtolsheim will step down from its board of directors and as an executive officer. Bechtolsheim will...

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