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Ciena's 3960 Service Delivery Switch is a compact Ethernet access system that provides cost-effective 10GbE and 1GbE services via fiber or copper connections. It features high-capacity switching, multiple 10GbE and 1GbE ports, and supports various network topologies, making it suitable for enterprise and transport applications. The switch combines advanced Ethernet capabilities with a reliable operating system to ensure high-quality service delivery and operational efficiency.

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Ciena's 3960 Service Delivery Switch is a compact Ethernet access system that provides cost-effective 10GbE and 1GbE services via fiber or copper connections. It features high-capacity switching, multiple 10GbE and 1GbE ports, and supports various network topologies, making it suitable for enterprise and transport applications. The switch combines advanced Ethernet capabilities with a reliable operating system to ensure high-quality service delivery and operational efficiency.

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DATA SHEET

3960
Service Delivery Switch

Ciena’s 3960 Service Delivery Switch is a next-generation Features and Benefits

• Uses high-capacity switch fabric to


Ethernet access system that cost-effectively delivers 10 enable 10G demarcation and 10G/1G
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 1GbE business and transport service delivery applications

Ethernet services via fiber or copper connections. • Supports four 10GbE XFP ports—
two configurable as NNI or UNI and
two dedicated as UNI
The 3960 features a high-capacity switching fabric, four 10GbE ports and eight 1GbE
ports in a compact single rack unit form factor (1RU) with redundant power supply • Supports eight 100M/GbE
subscriber UNI ports with Small
modules. This efficient packaging design enables the 3960 to be deployed in a wide
Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) and RJ-
variety of physical environments and service-delivery topologies supporting 10G 45 connectors
demarcation, enterprise customers, wireless backhaul providers, and 10G/1G applications.
• Supports diverse network topologies,
including fiber rings, point-to-point
The 3960 is based on Ciena’s field-proven packet networking technology, deployed by fiber, dual-homed network uplinks,
dozens of network operators in tens of thousands of homes and businesses. The switch 10GbE uplinks and both 10GbE and
combines the low cost and high capacity of Ethernet with the reliability, management, 1GbE subscriber interfaces
and service quality usually associated with SONET/SDH networking systems. The 3960 • Supports operational efficiency
software architecture is based on the common service-aware operating system used in and advanced Ethernet features
all Ciena service delivery and aggregation switches to provide operational efficiency and for highend business and transport
consistent system and service attributes. services with modular serviceaware
operating system, including PBB-TE,
Ethernet Virtual Private Line/LAN/
The core of the 3960 is a highperformance switching platform that incorporates
Tree, and MPLS/H-VPLS
the latest innovations in Ethernet switching technology, control plane protocols,
• Provides advanced Ethernet
and encapsulation techniques, and Carrier Ethernet Operations, Administration, and
switching, control, and VLAN features
Maintenance (OAM) mechanisms. The result of this combination is a state-of-the- art with comprehensive QoS and
design that enables the 3960 to deliver the sophisticated Quality of Service (QoS) Ethernet OAM, for guaranteed SLAs
capabilities, superior Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) and virtual switching functions,
• Features a state-of-the-art hardware
and robust management and performance monitoring features required to support design and fieldproven, modular
carrier-grade Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2 VPNs), mission-critical data, high- serviceaware operating system for
speed Internet, and high-quality IPTV and VoIP services. reliability and resiliency

• Offers compact (1RU) ETSI form factor


and dual AC or DC power supply
modules for enhanced reliability

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