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JCO400 Coherent Optical Transceivers
JCO400 Coherent Pluggable Transceivers help operators achieve their capital, operational, and user experience goals. As a core component of the Juniper Converged Optical Routing Architecture (CORA), this innovative series is essential to the transformation strategies of both service providers and cloud operators transitioning to packet-optical convergence (IP-over-DWDM), 400G, and beyond.
JCO400 series optics minimize TCO through industry-leading power efficiency, operational simplicity, an open architecture, and an integrated DWDM design. Juniper 400ZR and 400G OpenZR+ coherent optics, including 0dBm optics, are supported by 400G platforms in Juniper ACX Series, MX Series, and PTX Series routers, as well as in Juniper QFX Series Switches. Ideal for access, edge, core, data center, and cloud use cases, the transceivers support an open and interoperable networking ecosystem.
Key Features
- Form factor: QSFP56-DD
- Speed/mode: 1 x 100 GbE, 2 x 100 GbE, 3 x 100 GbE, 4 x 100 GbE, 1 x 400 GbE
- Distance: 40 km to 2,000+ km
Features + Benefits
Industry-Leading Power Efficiency
Best-in-class power efficiency in an optimized form factor suits a range of metro, edge, and core network use cases, including data center interconnect (DCI), mobile backhaul, next-gen packet cores, IP-over-DWDM solutions, and more.
Operational Simplicity
JCO400 series optics are fully integrated into Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved for simple and flexible configuration, performance monitoring, and end-to-end testing of the optical elements of the network.
Streamlined Multivendor Management
Juniper supports standardized OpenConfig models for vendor-agnostic management of 400G coherent optics, easing integration, deployment, and network maintenance.
Open and Interoperable
JCO400 series optics support flexible configurations and channelized modes that comply with Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) 400ZR and OpenZR+ Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Group specifications.
Go-To Expertise
As an active contributing member of the OIF, OpenZR+, and other key communities contributing to the standardization of optical solutions, Juniper is working at the forefront of building open and interoperable networking ecosystems. Our standards-compliant, multivendor environment diversifies and stabilizes the component supply chain to ensure product availability and improve lead times.
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JCO400 Coherent Optical Transceivers FAQs
What are Juniper’s coherent optics?
Juniper JCO400 Coherent Optical Transceivers form the cornerstone of the Juniper Converged Optical Routing Architecture (CORA). They provide the fundamental elements necessary for service providers, cloud operators, enterprises, and government agencies to unlock the full potential of their IP-over-DWDM strategies for 400G networking and beyond. Juniper's JCO400 coherent optics are compliant with Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) 400ZR and OpenZR+ standards. These best-in-class, power-efficient, and coherent 400G DWDM modules seamlessly integrate with Juniper ACX Series, MX Series, and PTX Series routers, as well as with Juniper QFX Series Switches.
What use cases does the Juniper JCO400 series support?
The transceivers support a variety of IP-over-DWDM network use cases. They’re ideal for metro, regional, core, data center interconnect (DCI), and cloud networks, allowing operators to extend their network reach beyond the limits of previous DWDM technology. They support an open and interoperable networking ecosystem and enable service providers and cloud providers to realize the substantial TCO savings of a converged IP-optical infrastructure.
Why buy Juniper-branded JCO400 coherent optics?
JCO400 coherent optics deliver industry-leading power efficiency and operational simplicity in a footprint-optimized form factor. They enable service providers and cloud providers to deploy Juniper CORA for a converged IP-optical infrastructure that eliminates the need for separate DWDM transponders, reducing complexity and CapEx.
JCO400 coherent optics are compliant with the latest revision of the OIF Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS). Accordingly, Juniper’s JCO400 coherent optics can establish and maintain the media-side transmission link independent of the presence of host-side client signals. This ability to separate the host and line sides simplifies testing and provisioning of the optical elements of the network, independent of the IP-Ethernet layer.
JCO400 optics are part of Juniper’s family of Qualified Optics. Juniper Qualified Optics provide operators with compelling reasons to purchase optics directly from Juniper rather than third parties. The Juniper pluggable optics portfolio is competitively priced, breaking from the strategy of other platform vendors with overpriced optics. By leveraging Juniper Qualified Optics in Juniper routers and switches, customers benefit from Juniper’s comprehensive qualification process, supply chain diversity and continuity, and full system level support with no finger-pointing. Value, quality, sourcing, and support–leverage Juniper Qualified Optics in your network.