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Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform

P R O D U C T O V E R V I E W
The Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform integrates IP service delivery and Ethernet transport into a
compact, high availability, carrier-class modular system that delivers high-performance, scalable network
solutions for service providers. The 1RU E7-2 platform delivers Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) and
point-to-point Gigabit Ethernet (GE) services with redundant 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GE) transport and
aggregation within a single integrated 2-slot chassis. The E7 enables service providers to deliver differentiated
triple play services, advanced business services, and mobile backhaul from a single converged network that
revolutionizes the economics of networking by enabling new services and market expansion with a flexible,
scalable, pay-as-you-grow solution.

E 7 P R O D U C T D E S C R I P T I O N

ETHERNET SERVICES ACCESS NETWORK: CHASSIS FEATURES IN A STACKABLE FORMAT:

Residential and business services are converging as more The Calix E7-2 combines the most advantageous attributes of
subscribers work from home offices, and internet “over the a small form factor product with a large chassis-based
top” video services consume an increasing percentage of both system, while eliminating the disadvantages of each.
enterprise and service provider network capacity. IP and  1RU design can expand from a single slot, for very low
Ethernet are the dominant network and transport protocols, first install cost, to multiple chassis, to add subscriber
and all services – voice, data, and video – are rapidly growth yielding a near linear cost curve
migrating to a packet-based architecture. High performance
 Twenty line cards are managed as a single chassis for
applications demand high performance solutions; the Calix
operational efficiency
E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform meets the demanding
requirements of Ethernet services access networks.  Mix and match line cards in a common chassis – no
common control equipment required
The Calix E7 delivers a wide array of high performance
applications, including 10GE Ethernet transport, delivery of  Line cards can be added or replaced without
high density residential triple play services over GPON and uninstalling/installing power, alarms, or cables –
point-to-point Ethernet, Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) reducing MTR from hours to minutes
compliant business services, mobile backhaul, and protected  Subscribers are easily aggregated and network resources
GE aggregation of Calix E7, C7 and E5 platforms. efficiently shared across protected trunk facilities

HIGH DENSITY SUBSCRIBER ACCESS: With two  Hardened 1RU system delivers GPON and Ethernet
cards per system, the E7-2 provides flexible, high density with 10GE transport from CO, cabinet or pole mount
subscriber access options in a 1RU shelf:  Resilient, hot-swappable line cards and fan tray
 8 GPON and 16 GE ports (528 ONTs) With the E7-2, service providers no longer need to decide
 24 point-to-point GE ports (24 ONTs) between a single service product and a high growth chassis
With Multi-dwelling unit (MDU) ONTs, the subscribers per solution. E7-2 provides low first install cost, operational
1RU system can exceed several thousand. efficiency and near linear incremental cost per subscriber,
enabling Calix customers to maximize their business return.

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Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform

A R C H I T E C T U R E A N D K E Y A T T R I B U T E S

FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES: The E7 delivers a INTEGRATED HIGH-CAPACITY AGGREGATION:

full spectrum of access services over GPON and Point-to- The E7 is built on a core Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch capable
Point Ethernet using the family of Calix 700 ONTs, including of full-duplex, line rate forwarding at all frame sizes and
Single Family Unit (SFU), Small Business Unit (SBU), Multi- traffic types across all interfaces. This capacity makes the E7
Dwelling Unit (MDU), and rack-mount models. ideal for aggregation and transport of IP/Ethernet services
 IPTV – broadcast and Video on Demand (VoD) across the access network. The E7 platform supports industry
standard pluggable modules for all service and network
 MEF compliant business services
interfaces, including ITU G.984 compliant GPON, Small
 High-Speed Internet (HSI) access Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Gigabit Ethernet, XFP 10GE
 Voice – Native SIP/VoIP and TDM Gateway support ports, and SFP+ 10GE ports.

 T1 services NETWORK RESILIENCY: The Calix E7 supports a

 CATV video: RF video overlay with RF return flexible set of standards-based network topology protocols for
use in aggregation, ring-based transport, and uplink
Calix 700GX ONTs support auto sensing GPON and GE applications.
network interfaces, allowing service providers to manage
 ITU G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS)
service changes without subscriber onsite technical support.
 IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
DELIVERING “QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE”: The E7
 IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AX Link Aggregation
provides per-subscriber and per-service hierarchical QoS to
deliver uncompromised triple play and business services. A SERVICE AWARE MANAGEMENT: The E7, along with
powerful collection of classification, policing, queuing and the Calix Management System (CMS), allows operators to
scheduling algorithms let operators manage per-subscriber manage services while understanding their relationship to the
and per-service traffic flows to maintain priority/delay/loss network infrastructure. Service-oriented management includes
service differentiation within the E7 network. rapid service provisioning, service templates and policies, and
service assurance. Comprehensive network management tools
SCALABLE IPTV SUPPORT: IPTV services are by far
let operators create physical and logical topology maps,
the most demanding in terms of quality, and user expectations
engineer traffic flows, and manage network commissioning
are very high. The E7 supports industry standard IGMP
and software upgrades. Network inventory, alarm surveillance
snooping to identify and replicate multicast video sent
and PM collection are enabled by the E7 system. The E7
between the set-top box and the video distribution network,
provides locally hosted Web GUI, CLI, and SNMP interfaces.
providing efficient, scalable, high-quality IPTV distribution
on both GPON and Ethernet interfaces

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Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform

SUBSCRIBER AND NETWORK PORTS

Subscriber and network port count is determined by the line cards placed in the E7-2’s two universal card slots.
E7-2 Card Line Cards GPON GE 10GE XFP 10GE VDSL2/AD POTS
per E7-2 Ports SFP/CSFP Ports SFP+ Ports SL2+
Ports
10GE-4 2 0 12 2 2 N/A N/A
GPON-4 2 4 8 2 2 N/A N/A
GE-12 2 0 12 0 2 N/A N/A
GE-24 2 0 24 0 2 N/A N/A
VDSL2-48 1 0 4 0 2 48 Splitters
VDSL2-48C 2 0 2 0 2 48 48

BACKPLANE BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FIBER INTERFACES

100 Gbps between slots Calix CMS network management All optical ports use pluggable optics
SLOTS Calix CLI and Web GUI for local (SFP, XFP, SFP+)
management interface LC or SC connectors on modules
2 universal line card slots
SNMP v2c AND v3 performance and
1 FTA slot ANALOG/METALLIC INTERFACES
fault monitoring
DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) Two standard 25-pair RJ-21
MANAGEMENT INTERFACES connectors per slot
17.5 x 1.7 x 11.45 inches
Ethernet 10/100 (RJ-45 connector on
44.5 x 4.3 x 29.1 cm TIMING I/O INTERFACES
Calix E7-2 Fan Tray)
Height is 1 RU Access through wire wrap pins on the
Ethernet 10/100 (RJ-45 connector on
WEIGHT back of Calix E7-2) back of the Calix E7
RS-232 (RJ-11 connector on Calix BITS clock (sink and source)
5.9 lb (2.7 kg) E7 shelf
E7-2 Fan Tray) STANDARDS COMPLIANCE
7.4 lb (3.4 kg) shelf with Fan Tray
SYNCHRONIZATION NEBS Level 3 compliance
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Synchronization is enabled by the E7- (GR-63-CORE, GR-1089-CORE,
Temperature: -40 to +65° C
2 line cards as required GR-3028)
(-40° F to +149° F)
External reference timing UL 60950
Humidity: 10 to 95%
Built-in Stratum-3 clock FCC Part 15 Class A
(non-condensing)
Hardware-ready to support POWER FEEDS
Operating altitude: 10,000 ft
Synchronous Ethernet
(3,049 m) Integrated power management on
ALARM I/O INTERFACES Calix E7-2 line cards
STORAGE ENVIRONMENT
Wire wrap pin access on E7 back Redundant –48/60 VDC battery
Temperature: -40 to +85° C
User definable alarm feeds (A and B)
(-40° F to +185° F)
inputs: 7; outputs: 1 Input Range: -42.5VDC to -72VDC
Humidity: 5 to 95%
Fuse: 7.5 Amps (A and B)

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Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform

F A N T R A Y A S S E M B L Y
FANS SHELF ALARM INDICATOR MAINTENANCE
4 fans housed in fan tray Critical (CR) - RED Field-replaceable air filter
Resilient design maintains system Major (MJ) - RED (not used in RT locations)
cooling with one fan failure Minor (MN) - AMBER Hot-swappable fan tray assembly
Alarm Cut-Off (ACO) button
MANAGEMENT INTERFACES
Ethernet 10/100 (RJ-45 connector) POWER SPECIFICATIONS
RS-232 (RJ-11 connector) Typical CO Environment
Power: 22 Watts
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Heat dissipation: 6 Watts
7-segment LCD display RT Environment
System Controller (MGT) – GREEN Power: 65 Watts
Heat dissipation: 18 Watts

O R D E R I N G I N F O R M A T I O N
CALIX E7-2 ETHERNET SERVICE ACCESS PLATFORM

000-00372.............. E7-2 Chassis with Fan Tray Assembly and Installation Kit
100-01451.............. E7-2 Fan Tray Assembly
000-00228.............. E7-2 Fan Tray Assembly Filter, Package of 10 units
100-01771.............. E7-2 10GE-4 card (2x 10GE XFP, 2x 10GE SFP+, 12x 1GE/2.5GE SFP)
100-01772.............. E7-2 GE-12 card (12x GE SFP, 2x 10GE SFP+)
100-01773.............. E7-2 GPON-4 card (4x GPON OIM, 8x 1GE/2.5GE SFP, 2x 10GE XFP, 2x 10GE SFP+)
100-01949.............. E7-2 GE-24 card (24x GE CSFP, 2x 10GE SFP+)
100-01908.............. E7-2 VDSL2-48C card (48x Combo VDSL2 & POTS, 2x 1GE/2.5GE SFP, 2x 10GE SFP+)
100-01911.............. E7-2 VDSL2-48 card (48x VDSL2 Overlay w/ 900-Ohm splitters, 4x 1GE/2.5GE SFP, 2x 10GE SFP+)

CALIX PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER MODULES

The E7-2 supports pluggable modules for all service and network interfaces. Refer to the Calix Optical Transceiver
Modules Datasheet (#250-00191) for a complete list of modules and specifications.
CSFP Option 2 ........ 1GE optical dual-port Compact Small Form-factor Pluggable (CSFP) Option 2 modules
SFP ......................... 1GE and 2.5GE optical and copper Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) modules
SFP+ ...................... 10GE optical Enhanced Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP+) modules
Direct Attach ........... Multi-rate copper Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP/SFP+) cables
XFP ........................ 10GE optical Small Form-factor Pluggable (XFP) modules
GPON OIM ............. 2.5Gbps GPON (Class B+ ODN with minimum 28dB link budget, up to 1:64 splits)
ER-GPON OIM........ 2.5Gbps Extended Reach GPON (up to 40 km with 1:8 split)
Notes: For GPON OIM, 10GE XFP, 10GE SFP+ pluggable transceivers, Direct Attach cables, and all transceivers used in CSFP Option 2
sockets, only products purchased directly from Calix are supported. The use of GPON OIM, Active Ethernet CSFPs, 10GE XFP, 10GE
SFP+ pluggable transceivers and Direct Attach cables not purchased directly from Calix is not supported and will void all product
warranties covering the Calix equipment to which such third-party materials are connected.
- SFP modules may also be used in CSFP Option 2 sockets, and in SFP+ sockets at 1GE rate.
- Copper Direct Attach cables can operate in SFP, CSFP Option 2, and SFP+ sockets at 1GE, 2.5GE, and 10GE data rates as
supported by the card type.

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