White Paper Abstract:
This document describes an innovative solution to efficiently transport Gigabit Ethernet and storage area network (SAN) protocols from multiple dense wavelength-division (DWDM) access rings across the core SONET/SDH network. It explains how the Cisco® ONS 15454 2.5-Gbps Data Muxponder Card can aggregate SAN services - Fibre Channel, Fiber Connectivity (FICON), Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON), and Gigabit Ethernet - into the DWDM access ring for transport over the core SONET/SDH infrastructure.