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IBM 9729 Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexer

IBM Redbooks

IBM 9729 Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexer

Nothing compares with optical networking for speed, flexibility,
and reliability. But until now, the advantages of optical networking
carried a high price: a separate leased optical fiber for each
communications link would be required.

Using revolutionary new technology that divides a single leased
fiber optic line into as many as 20 separate channels, the IBM 9729
Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexer helps make optical networking
affordable by providing the same capacity supplied from a bundle of
fibers while paying only for a single strand.

This redbook is a practical guide that shows you how to
incorporate the 9729 into your host environment to address such
connectivity needs as
interconnecting Enterprise System/9000 processors,
ESCON directors, and I/O controllers across extended distances (up to
50 Km), remote site backup, running dim or lights-out mode data
centers, remote tape archiving and DASD farms, mirroring data from
multiple client/server installations, and improving operations across
multiple data centers.

The 9729 Multiplexer's pioneering optical wavelength division
technology -- the most significant breakthrough in optical networking
since the field began more than 10 years ago -- lets you begin to take
advantage of the immense, untapped bandwidth in today's fiber optic
networks and replaces multiple, high-speed serial links between sites
with a single fiber.
Price: $32.00
Pages: 132
Date Published: June 29, 1998
ISBN: 0738400122
Author: IBM Redbooks
Product Number: SG24-2138-00
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