Service-Aware Operating System

Features and benefits

1. Designed and developed from the ground up to deliver scalable and reliable Ethernet and IP network services

2. Drives reliable automation with programmable interfaces enabled by APIs and YANG models with NETCONF, CLI, and gNMI interfaces

3. Supports various industry standard protocols and transport services including L2/L3 VPN, EVPN, SR-MPLS, SRv6, and FlexE

4. Provides secure, modular, and flexible deployment across different use cases and form factors

5. Includes support for critical security features such as RADIUS/TACACS+/local authentication, NETCONF access control model, SSH, TLS, X.509 certificates, MACsec, Secure Boot, perimeter security, protocol rate limiting, and more

6. Enables a consistent configuration experience with a single NOS across a range of use cases and network architectures—including access, aggregation, and metro networks

7. Integrates with Ciena’s Navigator Network Control Suite™, Blue Planet® Orchestration, and major third-party network controllers and orchestrators

8. Supports residential and enterprise services by integrating with Ciena’s virtual Broadband Network Gateway