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MPX-81-EXO
Ethernet Aggregation Card
The MPX-81-EXO Ethernet Aggregation card provides cost-
effective and scalable Ethernet transport for up to 8 GbE clients.
MEF-compliant E-LINE and E-LAN services are transported
efficiently and natively over 10GbE and can be deployed as a point-
to-point muxponder or in ring-based configurations with G.8032
Ethernet Ring Protection Switching.

Efficient Ethernet service delivery The MPX-81-EXO Ethernet aggregation card offers
• GbE aggregation on 10 GbE wave- 8 SFP ports supporting Fast and Gigabit Ethernet
lengths clients and two XFP 10 Gb/s ports. Flexible line
strategies allow simple integration into a variety of
Deployment flexibility networks and applications through the support of
• Point-to-point Ethernet muxponder 10 GbE (LAN PHY/WAN PHY) and software-selectable
• Carrier Ethernet-based networking G.709 OTN encapsulation.

Integrated protection 1
10GbE LAN PHY
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• Dual line optics plus 50 ms protection Ethernet 10GbE WAN PHY

switching with G.8032 Ethernet Ring G. 709 OTU2 with FEC
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Protection Switching (ERPS) Client Line

Versatile line capabilities With OTN encapsulation the MPX-81-EXO offers

• 10GbE LAN PHY enhanced capabilities including extended reach using
• 10GbE WAN PHY Forward Error Correction (FEC), protection switching
• G.709 OTU2 with FEC based on signal quality, performance monitoring
and alarming.
MEF certified
• E-LINE (point-to-point) G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) on
• E-LAN (multipoint-to-multipoint) high-speed ports (10 G) provides sub-50 ms protection
switching of services and ensures loop avoidance in
ring-based networks.
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MPX-81-EXO
Get more out of your network Specifications
The MPX-81-EXO is designed to make CWDM and DWDM
Client Interfaces 8 SFPs (optical and electrical
networks more efficient, aggregating multiple, lower rate support)
services eliminating per-service utilization of precious
Ethernet Client Fast Ethernet (100 Base-X,
network wavelengths. The MPX-81-EXO supports a simple protocols 100Base-T)
-to-deploy point-to-point muxponder topology as well ring-
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-X,
and linear-based architectures with IEEE 802.1ad Provider 1000Base-T)
Bridging (QinQ) to allow the stacking of a VLAN tags to
Line Interfaces 2 XFPs (including tunable
segment WAN traffic into different customer domains, DWDM support)
simplifying the traffic handoff between the customer and Line Protocols
service provider, and enhancing network scalability.
Ethernet 10 GbE LAN PHY/WAN PHY

Applications G.709 OTN OTU2

Point-to-point Ethernet muxponder Reach Extension GFEC, EFEC

The MPX-81-EXO provides GbE aggregation of client
Wavelengths 850 nm, 1310 nm, 1550 nm,
ports onto a 10 G link for efficient use of WDM wavelengths. Supported CWDM (8λ), DWDM (40λ)
Client Ethernet services are mapped such that the client Carrier Ethernet Features
interface on a card is associated with the corresponding
interface at the other end of the connection. Provider Bridging IEEE 802.1ad

Ring Protection G.8032v2 ERPS

SERVER SERVER

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SWITCH
MPX-81 WDM MPX-81
SWITCH

STORAGE STORAGE Link Aggregation IEEE 802.3ad

10 GbE LAN/WAN PHY | OTU2

Performance Ethernet Statistics (RX/TX)

Carrier Ethernet networking Monitoring
In VLAN Tagging mode, the cards use IEEE 802.1ad Provider Forward Error Correction
Statistics
Bridging (QinQ) to stack a service provider VLAN tag (S-Tag)

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Operating -5ºC to 55ºC (23ºF to 131ºF)
on top of a customer’s existing VLAN tag (C-Tag). This allows Temperature
segmenting of WAN traffic into different customer domains,
simplifying the traffic handoff between the customer
and service provider, and enhances network scalability.
The S-Tag is added to customer packets on ingress to an
Ordering Information
MPX-81-EXO network and removed prior to handoff back
Part Number 1011-6500
to the customer LAN infrastructure. MEF-compliant E-LINE
and E-LAN service topologies are supported. Description Ethernet Aggregation Card

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MPX-81

VLAN 100 SERVER

MPX-81
SERVER

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VLAN 200
SWITCH SWITCH
MPX-81 MPX-81
VLAN 100
STORAGE STORAGE
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MPX-81

C-Tagged IEEE 802.1ad (QinQ)

Packets
S-Tagged S-Tagged
Added Removed

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