Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-17 Thread Tom Hill
On 15/12/14 12:17, Peter teStrake wrote: > Automated cross connects are one of the challenges they are looking > to address so it would be interesting to understand why this would > not work. Aren't all of these photonic switches active devices? i.e. Lose power and your light disappears. The robo

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-15 Thread Peter teStrake
Actually you are right Ammar, it does look similar so maybe not appropriate in this situation. Automated cross connects are one of the challenges they are looking to address so it would be interesting to understand why this would not work. -Pete Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Dec 2014, at 1

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-15 Thread Ammar Zuberi
Doesn't the MetaMako device do exactly the same thing as the Glimmerglass photonic switch? Ammar > On 15 Dec 2014, at 2:50 pm, Peter teStrake > wrote: > > Hi Arnold, > > I have recently been talking to these guys ( > https://www.metamako.com/use-cases/ ) about intelligent cross connect > man

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-15 Thread Peter teStrake
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" wrote:

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-12 Thread Arnold Nipper
On 11.12.2014 01:33, Phil Bedard wrote: > Curious what the use case is where a photonic or L1 switch wouldn't get > the job done? > Just a matter of costs, Phil. Of course a photonic switch would also do th job. But I neither need the speed of switching over nor all the other features a photo

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-10 Thread joel jaeggli
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? > > 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 befo

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-10 Thread Phil Bedard
Curious what the use case is where a photonic or L1 switch wouldn't get the job done? With the robotic system you still need to wire everything up so it's available to be xconnected. FiberZone was another vendor who made robotic patch panels, but I'm not sure they are around anymore. Int

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-09 Thread Arnold Nipper
Am 2014-12-10 00:58, schrieb Matthew Crocker: > > Are you looking for a robot to install your fiber jumpers between patch > panels? > Exactly ... > Something like: http://telescent.com/tswitch.php > ... like this, Matthew. Do you know Telescent systems? > >> On Dec 9, 2014, at 6:51 PM, Arn

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-09 Thread Matthew Crocker
Are you looking for a robot to install your fiber jumpers between patch panels? Something like: http://telescent.com/tswitch.php -- Matthew S. Crocker President Crocker Communications, Inc. PO BOX 710 Greenfield, MA 01302-0710 E: matt...@crocker.com P: (413) 746-2760 F: (413) 746-3704 W: http:/

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-09 Thread Arnold Nipper
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 10.12.2

Re: automatic / intelligent fiber optic patch panel (iow SDN @ layer 0)

2014-12-09 Thread Andrew Jones
http://www.laser2000.de/out/media/glimmerglass_system_100%281%29.pdf 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 patc