# Ciena MCP (Manage, Control and Plan) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ciena/mcp-api/  
**Provider:** Ciena — https://apis.io/providers/ciena/  
**Base URL:** https://api.ciena.com/mcp  
**Documentation:** https://software.ciena.com/releasenotes/MCP-DOCS_5.2-217/build/site/mcp-docs/user-guide/Overview.html

Ciena MCP (Manage, Control and Plan) API is one of 6 APIs that [Ciena](https://apis.io/providers/ciena/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include NETCONF, Network Management, RESTCONF, SDN, and Telecom. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Ciena's Manage, Control and Plan (MCP) is a multi-layer Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Management System (NMS) platform. The MCP REST and RESTCONF APIs enable network-aware management operations for optical and packet networks including topology discovery, circuit provisioning, configuration management, and performance data retrieval.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://software.ciena.com/releasenotes/MCP-DOCS_5.2-217/build/site/mcp-docs/user-guide/Overview.html
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ciena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Ciena APIs (5)

- [Ciena Emulation Cloud API](https://apis.io/apis/ciena/emulation-cloud-api/)
- [Ciena Alarms API](https://apis.io/apis/ciena/ciena-alarms-api/)
- [Ciena Performance API](https://apis.io/apis/ciena/ciena-performance-api/)
- [Ciena Services API](https://apis.io/apis/ciena/ciena-services-api/)
- [Ciena Topology API](https://apis.io/apis/ciena/ciena-topology-api/)

## Tags

NETCONF, Network Management, RESTCONF, SDN, Telecom

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