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International Business Machines Corporation and Ciena Corporation have successfully completed application qualification testing of the following Ciena products:
The following model(s) have been qualified for GDPS and STP
- Ciena 6500 Packet Optical Platform Rel 16.9.1 with 25G CE-LR (December 18, 2025)
- Ciena 6500 Packet Optical Platform Rel 12.4, 12.42 and 12.43 (August 07, 2025)
- Ciena 6500 Packet Optical Platform Rel 10.21 (Updated September 11, 2017)
- Ciena 6500 Packet Optical Platform Rel 9.24 (February 16, 2016)
- Ciena 6500 Packet Optical Platform Rel 9.22 (September 10, 2013)
- Ciena 565/5100/5200 Advanced Services Platform, Release 11.21 (January 16, 2013)
- Ciena ActivSpan 5200 and 5100 Release 11.11 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (January 30, 2012)
- Ciena 6500 Packet Optical Platform Rel 8.0 (January 30, 2012)
- Ciena ActivFlex 6500 Packet Optical Platform Rel 7.01 (April 18, 2011)
- Ciena CN4200 and CN4200 RS FlexSelect Release 6.0.2 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (April 14, 2010)
- Ciena CN4200 and CN4200 RS FlexSelect Release 6.0.1 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (November 13, 2008)
- Ciena CN4200 Flex Select Release 4.3 (February 27, 2007)
The following model(s) have been qualified for GDPS but have not been qualified for STP
- Ciena ONLINE Metro Release 7.1 Multiservice DWDM and Ciena CN 2000 Release 4.0, Storage Extension platform (June 10, 2005)
Download the qualification letter to see the applicable environments and qualification results summary
In addition, the following Redpapers are available:
IBM System z Qualified WDM: Ciena ActivSpan 5200 and 5100 Release 11.21
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp4720.html?Open (January, 2014)
IBM System z Qualified WDM: Ciena CN 4200 at Release Level 6.01 and 6.02
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp3907.html?Open (April, 2011)
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