Ciena

Ciena Corporation is a global networking equipment, software, and services vendor focused on optical and packet networking, SDN, and service automation. This index covers Ciena's open APIs across the Blue Planet automation platform, the Ciena MCP (Manage, Control, and Plan) NMS, and the Emulation Cloud developer environment, exposing TM Forum Open APIs, MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs (Legato, Sonata), and ONAP-aligned policy controls for telecom carriers and managed service providers.

Ciena publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Alarms API, Performance API, Services API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include MEF, NETCONF, Network Automation, Network Management, and Optical.

The Ciena catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Ciena’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, support, and 17 more developer resources.

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54.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

MEFNETCONFNetwork AutomationNetwork ManagementOpticalRESTCONFSDNTelecomTM ForumFortune 1000

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Composite quality — 54.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 16.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ciena Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Ciena Scopes

5 scopes · clientCredentials

5 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Ciena Agentic Access

9 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Press 5

Recent news and press coverage referencing this provider.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Portal

Portal

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Spectral

Spectral

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Community

Community

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: ciena
name: Ciena
description: Ciena Corporation is a global networking equipment, software, and services vendor focused on optical and packet
  networking, SDN, and service automation. This index covers Ciena's open APIs across the Blue Planet automation platform,
  the Ciena MCP (Manage, Control, and Plan) NMS, and the Emulation Cloud developer environment, exposing TM Forum Open APIs,
  MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs (Legato, Sonata), and ONAP-aligned policy controls for telecom carriers and
  managed service providers.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/ciena.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ciena/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
tags:
- MEF
- NETCONF
- Network Automation
- Network Management
- Optical
- RESTCONF
- SDN
- Telecom
- TM Forum
- Fortune 1000
created: '2025-02-21'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: ciena:mcp-api
  name: Ciena MCP (Manage, Control and Plan) API
  description: 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.
  image: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ciena/refs/heads/main/image.png
  humanURL: https://software.ciena.com/releasenotes/MCP-DOCS_5.2-217/build/site/mcp-docs/user-guide/Overview.html
  baseURL: https://api.ciena.com/mcp
  tags:
  - NETCONF
  - Network Management
  - RESTCONF
  - SDN
  - Telecom
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://software.ciena.com/releasenotes/MCP-DOCS_5.2-217/build/site/mcp-docs/user-guide/Overview.html
- aid: ciena:emulation-cloud-api
  name: Ciena Emulation Cloud API
  description: Ciena Emulation Cloud is an open application development environment enabling developers to create, test, and
    fine-tune custom applications against full API definitions without requiring physical infrastructure. Provides access
    to complete API documentation, tutorials, and sample code for Ciena network platforms.
  image: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ciena/refs/heads/main/image.png
  humanURL: https://www.ciena.com/products/emulation-cloud
  baseURL: https://developer.ciena.com
  tags:
  - Developer Tools
  - SDN
  - Telecom
  - Testing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ciena.com/products/emulation-cloud
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.ciena.com/
- aid: ciena:ciena-alarms-api
  name: Ciena Alarms API
  description: Network alarm and fault management
  humanURL: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.blueplanet.com/bpocore/market/api/v1
  tags:
  - Alarms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ciena-alarms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.blueplanet.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/blog
  - type: Support
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/support
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/contact
- aid: ciena:ciena-performance-api
  name: Ciena Performance API
  description: Performance monitoring and metrics
  humanURL: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.blueplanet.com/bpocore/market/api/v1
  tags:
  - Performance
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ciena-performance-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.blueplanet.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/blog
  - type: Support
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/support
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/contact
- aid: ciena:ciena-services-api
  name: Ciena Services API
  description: The Services API from Ciena — 2 operation(s) for services.
  humanURL: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.blueplanet.com/bpocore/market/api/v1
  tags:
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ciena-services-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.blueplanet.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/blog
  - type: Support
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/support
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/contact
- aid: ciena:ciena-topology-api
  name: Ciena Topology API
  description: Network topology resources including nodes and links
  humanURL: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  baseURL: https://api.blueplanet.com/bpocore/market/api/v1
  tags:
  - Topology
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/ciena-topology-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
  - type: Portal
    url: https://developer.blueplanet.com
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/blog
  - type: Support
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/support
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.blueplanet.com/contact
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/ciena-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/ciena-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ciena-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/ciena-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/ciena-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ciena
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ciena
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ciena.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.ciena.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.blueplanet.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.blueplanet.com/technology/open-apis.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.blueplanet.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.blueplanet.com/support
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ciena.com/about/corporate-governance/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.ciena.com/customers/terms-and-conditions
- type: Community
  url: https://my.ciena.com/CienaPortal/s/blue-planet
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://git.blueplanet.com
- type: OpenAPI
  url: openapi/ciena-blue-planet-openapi.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/ciena-context.jsonld
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/ciena-network-service-schema.json
- type: Spectral
  url: spectral/ciena-spectral.yml
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developer.ciena.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Ciena

APIs 6

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1