How Does AmpCon™-T Enhance DCI Networks with D7000 Series?

A recent IDC survey highlights the rapid growth in enterprise cloud adoption, with the number of businesses connecting to two or more cloud service providers expected to rise from 29% to 86% in the next two years. This trend emphasizes the need for reliable, flexible, and seamless interconnections between provider and customer data centers. Let’s explore how FS AmpCon™-T enhance DCI networks with D7000 Series to meet this demand.

Challenges for Data Center Interconnect Networks

DCI networks connect resources and users, defining the limits of scalability and performance, but face significant challenges.

Scalability: Scalability limitations refer to challenges in expanding DCI solutions to meet growing bandwidth demands. As data grows exponentially, traditional DCI may struggle to support modern applications and workloads.

Bandwidth: The rapid increase in video-centric content results in massive data traffic—reaching hundreds of gigabits or even terabits. Networks connecting data centers need reliable, high-capacity connections that scale with growing demand. Advances in coherent optical technology now enable data transmission at 100 Gb/s or higher, improving DCI performance.

Network Management Complexity: Manual network operations are labor-intensive and error-prone. Automating repetitive tasks is essential for operational efficiency. Optical platforms designed for DCI simplify planning, installation, and management, allowing faster and more reliable connections. Vendors supporting open networking and offering tools for proactive maintenance can improve network availability.

Cost: As data traffic grows at a projected 30% CAGR, network costs must increase at a slower pace for financial sustainability. Solutions with smaller footprints, lower power consumption, and modular scalability help reduce costs while supporting terabits of data traffic without significant capital investment.

AmpCon™-T Empowering DCI Networks

AmpCon™-T is a comprehensive management platform for centralized management, visual monitoring, and service configurations of D7000 series, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. With a comprehensive logical architecture comprising operational management services, business management services, and basic management services, AmpCon™-T ensures centralized resource management and unified monitoring of equipment health. It currently supports the management of the entire FS D7000 series of devices.

Figure1. FS AmpCon™-T Platform

Real-time Data Visualization Improves Network Monitoring Efficiency

AmpCon™-T improves network monitoring efficiency with real-time data visualization. Its centralized, easy-to-read dashboard consolidates insights, enabling efficient discovery, monitoring, and configuration of links. This enhances both network monitoring and troubleshooting efficiency.

All-in-one Monitoring Enhances Troubleshooting Efficiency

AmpCon™-T enhances troubleshooting efficiency through its all-in-one monitoring capabilities. By centralizing the monitoring of the entire system, it ensures efficient operation and stable system performance. Its centralized alarming provides efficient management and prompt notifications, while network telemetry enables rapid and accurate fault detection. Additionally, the unified topology view improves problem-solving efficiency, making AmpCon™-T a powerful tool for optimizing network operations.

Flexible Configuration with Differentiated Service Options

AmpCon™-T supports L0, L1, and E2E service configuration, enabling maintenance to create, delete, and edit services on relevant devices. This enhances configuration flexibility for various service scenarios.

Centralized Management of OTN Equipment with AmpCon™-T

It quickly integrates ICT devices into the network management system for centralized management of 500 D7000 series OTN devices, improving network management efficiency and saving costs.

Figure2. Centralized Management of OTN Equipment with AmpCon™-T

FS AmpCon™-T and D7000 Series Solutions for DCI Networks

FS Data Center Disaster Recovery Solution

Industries such as finance and government have high requirements for service reliability. To meet these stringent requirements, data centers must be equipped with robust DR capabilities. FS offers data center disaster recovery solutions that ensure rapid recovery in the event of a disaster. By leveraging our solutions, businesses can maintain continuity even in the face of natural disasters or power failures.

This solution utilizes FS D7000 OPB2 device to implement 1+1 protection on both the equipment and line sides. In the event of a failure in the primary device or line, the system automatically switches to the backup device or line, ensuring stable and reliable service. Additionally, the solution offers flexible options for different service types on the client side, including 10GE/100GE, STM-64, FC8G/16G/32G, and OTU2/OTU4, with a single fiber capacity of up to 9.6T, meeting the capacity expansion needs for the next 10 years.

AmpCon™-T enhances the data center disaster recovery solution with real-time data visualization and centralized management, ensuring effective monitoring of protection mechanisms. Its advanced performance monitoring enables rapid fault detection and resolution, which bolsters the reliability of disaster recovery systems. Additionally, AmpCon™-T's flexible service configuration and unified resource management streamline operations and reduce complexity, optimizing overall efficiency and ensuring robust disaster recovery capabilities.

Figure3. FS Data Center Disaster Recovery Solution

FS 400G DCI High-Capacity Solution

Based on the D7000 series, along with AmpCon™-T management platform, FS 400G DCI solution streamlines point-to-point networking, maximizing data throughput and efficiency, making it ideal for scalable, cost-effective, and high-performance data center interconnects.

This solution utilizes FS D7000 4MC4 device to achieve point-to-point simplified networking. It supports 100GE, 400GE, and OTU4 high-bandwidth services on the client side, with a line-side single-wave transmission rate of 400G, offering a maximum single-fiber capacity of 19.2T. The device supports multiple management methods, including AmpCon™-T, and WebGUI, ensuring simple operation and convenient maintenance. The solution is paired with WDM and EDFA to enable long-distance wavelength-division multiplexing transmission, making it suitable for both short-distance interconnection between data centers and long-distance backbone network transmission.

AmpCon™-T boosts this 400G DCI solution with instant data visualization, ensuring effective network monitoring. AmpCon™-T simplifies operations and improves efficiency with its flexible configuration and centralized management for high-capacity interconnections.

Figure4. FS 400G DCI High-Capacity Solution

How FS AmpCon™-T Solution Benefits an IT Company?

With FS AmpCon™-T solution, a leading French company specializing in IT can achieve multi-dimensional comprehensive performance monitoring across the entire link using AmpCon™-T. This approach significantly enhances fault resolution efficiency and reduces the impact of network failures on business operations. AmpCon™-T supports intuitive visualization of the configured end-to-end service connections between network devices, enabling link discovery, monitoring, and configuration. Through the Dashboard, the system's status and performance can be monitored in real-time. Alarm management and fault prediction functions help the operations team identify potential failure factors early and take preventive measures, minimizing the risk of service disruptions.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the FS D7000 series and AmpCon™-T platform together address key DCI challenges by delivering high-performance, scalable, and cost-effective solutions. The D7000 series provides robust, high-capacity connectivity, while AmpCon™-T enhances management with intuitive reporting, flexible configurations, and unified resource oversight. FS also offers a 90-day free trial of AmpCon™-T. Click "Start Trial" on the product details page, fill in your information, and contact our sales team to obtain your license. If you are interested in FS AmpCon™-T, welcome to experience it!