[176875] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter teStrake)
Mon Dec 15 05:50:21 2014
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From: Peter teStrake <Peter.teStrake@tradingscreen.com>
To: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>, Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com>,
Arnold Nipper <arnold@nipper.de>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:50:07 +0000
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Hi Arnold,
I have recently been talking to these guys (
https://www.metamako.com/use-cases/ ) about intelligent cross connect
management within our data centers.
Maybe this would work for you, and probably less complicated than a robot.
Cheers
Pete
On 11/12/2014 09:21, "joel jaeggli" <joelja@bogus.com> wrote:
>On 12/10/14 4:33 PM, Phil Bedard wrote:
>> Curious what the use case is where a photonic or L1 switch wouldn't get
>> the job done? =20
>>
>> With the robotic system you still need to wire everything up so it's
>> available to be xconnected.
>
>We've done electromechanical cross connect termination before on a very
>large scale.
>
>http://www.siemens.com/history/pool/newsarchiv/newsmeldungen/20110403_bild
>_3_fernsprechamt_muenchen-schwabing_458px.jpg
>
>those systems typically don't have the capacity to connect 100% of the
>edges at once.
>
>> FiberZone was another vendor who made robotic patch panels, but I'm not
>> sure they are around anymore.
>their website is still there, I've never seen an AFM live.
>> Interesting also Verizon has a patent on automated patch panels, but
>>using=20
>> very specific mechanics.
>>
>> https://www.google.com/patents/US8175425
>>
>>
>> =20
>>
>> Phil=20
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/9/14, 11:51 PM, "Arnold Nipper" <arnold@nipper.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Am 2014-12-10 00:36, schrieb Andrew Jones:
>>>
>>>> http://www.laser2000.de/out/media/glimmerglass_system_100%281%29.pdf
>>>>
>>> Thank you, Andrew ... while Glimmerglass is really an exciting and
>>> excdellent system, these devices are exactly those photonic cross
>>> connects I'm _not_ looking for :9
>>>
>>>> On 10.12.2014 10:21, Arnold Nipper wrote:
>>>>> I'm looking for a modular, cost-effective automatic / intelligent
>>>>>fibre
>>>>> optic patch panel.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not looking at these photonic x-connects, but really for
>>>>>something
>>>>> which does the patching instead of a technician.
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Arnold
>>> --=20
>>> Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany
>>> email: arnold@nipper.de phone: +49 6224 5593407 2
>>> mobile: +49 172 2650958 fax: +49 6224 5593407 9
>>>
>
>
