• Up to 2x 200 Gbps Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) wavelengths using the CFP2 ports
• Up to 4x 100GE/OTU4 Client interfaces using the QSFP28 ports
• Up to 10x 40GE/OTU3 Client Interfaces using the QSFP+/QSFP28 ports
• Up to 40x 10GE/OTU2 Client Interfaces using the QSFP+/QSFP28 ports
• Any mix and combination of the above

A growing number of network events are generated every day as billions of programmable devices connect to one another over the Internet. This imposes new expectations on network performance. As the Internet of Everything (IoE) builds the role of the network to support manage and control these programmable device-driven events becomes critical as these tasks rapidly surpass the capacity of manual intervention. Networks must evolve to support new levels of virtualization programmability and performance. Networks must now scale not just bandwidth but also compute and control functions to manage policies and generate the proper responses within the expected timeframe.

With just one line card the Cisco NCS 4000 400 Gbps DWDM/OTN/Packet Universal line card network operators are able to grow with programmability scale and convergence across the photonic OTN and packet switching layers. Combined the Cisco NCS 4000 and the 400 Gbps Universal line card provide network operators with an enhanced architectural approach to profitably deliver innovative and flexible services across an evolved programmable network while simultaneously increasing resiliency and dramatically reducing capital expenditures.