Next Generation Cross-Connect

• Versatile NG-DCS solutions provide a more robust, cost-effective, and space-efficient alternative to legacy DCS
• Multiple NG-DCS platforms for service-hub locations, as well as end-offices and smaller sites

The Digital Cross-Connect System (DCS or DXC) performs a critical role in a transport or backhaul network. Designed to optimize bandwidth efficiency, these platforms switch and groom access traffic at DS1/E1 granularity for hand-off to the transport network, or for distribution back into the access network. However, with today's rapidly growing capacity demands, scaling legacy DCS/DXC platforms - typically large, power hungry systems that are difficult to manage - becomes increasingly inefficient from both a capital and operational cost perspective. Dell Force10 removes these limitations by building optional wideband/low-order bandwidth management functionality into the company's product lines. These next generation DCS (NG-DCS) solutions offer all the functionality of legacy platforms for a fraction of the cost, and in much more economical, versatile and space/power-efficient form factors.

The Traverse® Multiservice Transport Switch is Dell Force10's highest-capacity platform, making it ideal for service-hub locations requiring NG-DCS functionality that can scale in-service from 5 Gbps up to a maximum of 40 Gbps. As a full-featured NG-DCS solution, the Traverse supports groom & fill, bridge & roll, integrated test access, and transmuxing. Additionally, the carrier-grade Traverse platform provides high-density electrical and optical service access with integrated transport, and comprehensive cross-connect provisioning via the intuitive TransNav™ GUI. With this solution, Dell Force10 delivers a versatile and economical alternative to replacing or upgrading legacy cross-connects.