Utility OT cloud
Put data center fabrics and clouds to work to accelerate your digital grid journey
What is utility OT cloud?
Utility operational technology (OT) cloud is a dedicated compute pool that hosts your mission-critical OT applications and grid data in on-premises facilities such as your data center.
Applications such as SCADA and advanced distribution management system (ADMS) are increasingly being deployed in an OT cloud environment. These applications collect large amounts of data generated by intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) and other physical assets and process them for real-time grid monitoring, control and automation.
Bringing physical and OT assets together to create adaptive grids
OT cloud can play an integral part in the digital infrastructure of an adaptive smart grid by enabling a fast and confident response to changes and uncertainties created by decarbonization, grid intelligence decentralization and disruptive weather events. To capitalize on capabilities of these new OT applications, utilities need to connect OT cloud with physical assets such as SCADA RTUs, switch controllers, and IEDs in substations and on poles.
Nokia utility OT cloud networking lets you realize your digitalization ambitions and build an adaptive smart grid with an open, automated data center fabric that reliably connects physical assets to application software in the OT cloud. It extends mission-critical networking from your IP/MPLS wide area network (WAN) and wireless field area network (FAN) to the OT cloud data center fabric.
The data center fabric is a key component of mission-critical grid communications
What is a data center fabric?
A data center fabric is a network of leaf and spine switches that collectively provide resilient and scalable connectivity for the servers that host your OT applications and data. Data center fabrics are now an essential component of the mission-critical communications infrastructure for grid operations.
The Nokia Data Center Fabric solution provides mission-critical networking that connects your OT application software to IEDs in the grid with OT-class reliability, together with an IP/MPLS WAN and FAN. It also provides cutting-edge IT agility to fit your existing IT ecosystem.
With our Data Center Fabric solution, you can bring new levels of openness and automation to data center networking. This helps your OT teams manage accelerating grid digitalization and automation with all the control they need. It also enables them to collaborate seamlessly with your data center staff to scale and adapt the fabric more quickly and easily to meet changing OT needs while containing costs and improving efficiency.
Benefits of a utility OT cloud
Accelerate your digital transformation
Securely and reliably connect on-grid IEDs with OT applications in the cloud.
Build an adaptive grid
Use grid automation to monitor and control physical assets in real time.
Meet the demands of digital OT assets
Evolve and scale your data center fabric to keep pace with the growing connectivity and data processing needs of your OT systems.
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Utility OT cloud solution components
Solution
Data Center Fabric
Bring new levels of reliability, simplicity and adaptability to your data center switching and cloud infrastructures.
Product
7750 Service Router
High-performance IP edge and core routers.
Product
7250 Interconnect Router for data center fabrics
Deploy high-density, high-capacity data center switches for an open, leaf-spine architecture.
Product
7705 Service Aggregation Router
Build mission-critical field and wide area networks you can trust
Product
7210 Service Access System
Simplify GE/10GE aggregation, port extension and demarcation
Product
1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS)
Scalable optimized end-to-end optical transport solutions for DCI, metro, regional and long-haul networks.
Product
Network Services Platform
Automate, manage and control IP and optical networks.
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