Handling Increasing Network Demands While Embracing Emerging Technologies
The Nokia 7250 Interconnect Router (IXR) is designed to handle the demands of Machine-to-Machine (M2M), IoT, video, and gaming applications that are increasing pressure on networks. It caters to the stringent requirements of various applications and use cases while embracing the emerging architectures emerging during the transition to 5G, such as centralized and cloud RAN, distributed core, leaf-spine, and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC).
Tailored for access and aggregation in mobile anyhaul, fixed-mobile convergence, and mission-critical enterprise setups, the 7250 IXR comes in various product families like IXR-R, IXR-e, IXR-X, and the IXR-s platform. These platforms offer compact, temperature-hardened designs equipped with advanced timing, security, and quality of service features. Meanwhile, the IXR-10, IXR-6, and IXR-s platforms provide robust solutions for interconnecting data centers and spanning WANs with multi-terabit-scale capacity. These platforms empower service providers, webscale entities, and enterprises to address the escalating traffic demands over the long term. With exceptional networking performance and reliability, these platforms adapt to evolving networking requirements.
Benefits and Features of the 7250 IXR Product Line
Optimize Cost/Performance with Tailored Product Solutions
The 7250 IXR product line offers a diverse range of routers meticulously designed to serve specific roles within your network, from cell sites and access points to high-capacity aggregation and spine nodes.
Maximize Return on Investment (ROI) with Longevity
Embrace the seamless integration of high-performance digital coherent optics (DCOs) with 7250 interconnect router platforms, facilitating direct and efficient interconnection of IP routers using coherent DWDM wavelengths. The 7250 IXR-R series provides high port density in compact, modular, and extended-temperature form factors. Moreover, the 7250 IXR-R6 supports legacy TDM interfaces, safeguarding your investments.
Enhance User Experience
Superior network performance driven by Nokia’s symmetrical multi-processing capability reduces network downtime and enhances customer satisfaction. The exceptional network resiliency and security of 7250 IXR platforms minimize operational costs while mitigating network downtime. Access, aggregation, and leaf routers have deep buffers to accommodate burst traffic without dropping packets.
Support Fronthaul and URLLC Applications
7250 IXR access and leaf routers feature low nodal latency and traffic prioritization capabilities, expediting high-priority traffic flow through the network. They also offer advanced synchronization features, including GNSS ports and compliance with eCPRI fronthaul timing specifications.
Accelerate Service Delivery while Reducing Operating Costs
Nokia’s Service Router Operating System (SR OS) boasts proven resilience and security, delivering a comprehensive suite of IP routing and MPLS features across the entire Nokia IP-routing portfolio, thereby simplifying operations.
Drive Service Delivery through Automation
7250 IXR routers leverage advanced, model-driven management capabilities embedded in our Network Services Platform (NSP). When integrated into a software-defined networking (SDN) solution, NSP facilitates unified service automation and network optimization across IP, MPLS, Ethernet, and optical transport layers. SR OS enables model-driven management through YANG-based models for automation, with support for interfaces including NETCONF, gRPC (gNMI and gNOI), and the model-driven CLI (MD-CLI).
IXR-R Series
The Nokia 7250 IXR-R-series provides high port density within compact, modular, and extended-temperature form factors. Specifically designed for IP anyhaul, aggregation, fixed-mobile convergence, and mission-critical applications, routers in this series offer versatile solutions for various network needs.
This series consists of four platforms – the 7250 IXR-R6dl, IXR-R6d, IXR-R6, and the IXR-R4 – which allow service providers to swiftly develop and deploy new services while prolonging the lifespan of their existing infrastructure investments. Similarly, public and private enterprises can efficiently expand their aggregation networks by leveraging these routers.
Automation
The 7250 IXR facilitates streamlined and automated network operations through model-driven network management features embedded in the Nokia SR OS and orchestrated by the Nokia Network Services Platform (NSP). The routers optimize network performance by leveraging SDN interfaces that are compliant with industry standards, such as best-path computation offloaded to SDN controllers like the Nokia NSP.
Network Longevity
Modular architecture offers versatile deployment options. High-density media-dependent adapter (MDA) cards support various data rates, ensuring scalability for future growth. CFP2 DCO optics provide high-bandwidth capabilities over extended distances, reducing operational costs. Legacy interface cards enable transport over existing TDM interfaces, facilitating seamless migration to next-generation IP/MPLS infrastructures. Side-to-side airflow, redundant fans, and a fan filter enhance system lifetime and reduce maintenance costs while ensuring compatibility with ETSI-compliant cabinets.
Accurate Timing
With precise timing and synchronization capabilities, the 7250 IXR-R series meets the stringent requirements of 4G/5G mobile base stations and other networks. It enhances timing accuracy through architectural features, GNSS capabilities, ITU-T SyncE, and the Nokia Bell Labs IEEE 1588v2 algorithm. Powerful QoS mechanisms minimize delay and delay variation, ensuring best-in-class performance.
Accurate Timing
With precise timing and synchronization capabilities, the 7250 IXR-R series meets the stringent requirements of 4G/5G mobile base stations and other networks. It enhances timing accuracy through architectural features, GNSS capabilities, ITU-T SyncE, and the Nokia Bell Labs IEEE 1588v2 algorithm. Powerful QoS mechanisms minimize delay and delay variation, ensuring best-in-class performance.
Reliable Service Delivery
The series offers granular, scalable per-service monitoring, providing visibility into packet flows and comprehensive reporting on key performance indicators. This enhances reliability and enables service providers to fulfill service-level guarantees. Robust redundancy options ensure superior network resiliency, minimizing downtime and improving overall productivity.
For Harsh Environments
For power substation and railway environments, the 7250 IXR-R series meets stringent environmental standards such as IEEE 1613, IEC 61850-3, and EN 50121-4. It is designed with an extended temperature range, mechanical hardening, and robust EMC design. PCB-enhanced plating (PEP) enhances robustness without needing conformal coating, making it ideal for uncertain environmental conditions.
IXR-e Series
Nokia’s 7250 IXR-e series routers are access and aggregation points and 5G multi-access edge computing (MEC) leaf nodes, well-suited for IP anyhaul and fixed-mobile convergence scenarios.
Prepared for Expansion
With 400GE and 100GE ports facilitating high-speed uplinks, these routers enable cost-effective networking architectures for access and aggregation. As 5G mobile and telco cloud infrastructures adopt 25GE interfaces, the native 25GE ports on the 7250 IXR-e series can accommodate 1GE, 10GE, or 25GE transceivers. Supporting GE SFPs in all SFP+ cages, the 7250 IXR-e facilitates seamless migrations from 1GE to 10GE to 25GE rates without requiring router replacements. Additionally, the 7250 IXR-e2 offers support for multi-400/100GE connectivity.
Compact and Energy-Efficient
All variants of the 7250 IXR-e series feature a compact (1RU) form factor and support extended temperature range (ETR) operation, making them suitable for outdoor cabinet installations. With front-accessible interfaces and power supplies, and front-to-back airflow configuration for the 7250 IXR-e2, as well as side-to-side airflow for the ETSI 300 mm compliant 7250 IXR-e and IXR-ec, these routers are designed for optimal cooling efficiency. Equipped with a fan filter (7250 IXR-e and IXR-ec) and redundant fans across all variants, the series enhances system longevity and reduces maintenance costs.
Differentiated Service Support
The 7250 IXR-e series is designed to support low-latency applications while offering ample buffer memory for delay-tolerant applications. Its granular per-service and per-forwarding class policing and queuing features enable differentiated quality of service (QoS), rendering the series well-suited for any-G aggregation and fixed-mobile network convergence scenarios.
IXR-X Series
Nokia’s 7250 IXR-X series routers are high-speed, high-density 1RU platforms ideally suited for deployment as leaf nodes in data centers and multi-access edge computing nodes. They also serve valuable roles in access and aggregation and facilitate 5G interconnectivity.
The IXR-X series comprises three platforms: the 7250 IXR-Xs, 7250 IXR-X1, and 7250 IXR-X3. These routers enable network operators to scale up bandwidth to meet future growth requirements efficiently.
High-Density Aggregation
Routers in the Nokia 7250 IXR-X series offer up to 14.4 Tb/s of system capacity and feature high-performance interfaces, including 400GE, 100GE, 50GE, 40GE, 25GE, and 10GE, enabling networks to scale to accommodate evolving traffic demands. Despite their high performance, these compact routers consume low watts per gigabit, translating to ongoing cost savings while providing high port density and minimizing rack space.
Diverse Applications
Utilizing a common fixed-form design with options for port interfaces, power supplies, and airflow, the 7250 IXR-X series routers offer versatility to meet various network requirements. Redundant fans enhance resiliency, making them ideal for carrier data center applications where flexible port interfaces support aggregation layers.
Low Latency and Accurate Synchronization
The 7250 IXR-X series combines low nodal latency with advanced synchronization features to cater to latency-sensitive applications and meet stringent 4G and 5G fronthaul requirements. Advanced QoS features ensure high-priority packets traverse the network without queuing delay, making them suitable for centralized and virtualized RAN applications, BBU aggregation, and edge computing applications.
IXR-10/IXR-6/IXR-s Interconnect Routers
The Nokia 7250 IXR family is designed to meet the evolving demands of the cloud, 5G, and the Internet of Things (IoT). With the Nokia IXR-10, IXR-6, and IXR-s1, high-scale interconnectivity is facilitated in data centers, across wide area networks (WANs), and within aggregation networks. These routers cater to the needs of service providers, enterprises, and webscale environments, enabling seamless connectivity and efficient data transfer across diverse network infrastructures.
Interconnect routers play a vital role in complementing IP edge and core router platforms, enhancing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of IP network architectures. The 7250 IXR is designed to offer a comprehensive suite of IP/MPLS, synchronization, and quality of service (QoS) capabilities. Its flexible traffic management features encompass significant buffering, per-port queuing, shaping, and policing functionalities. This ensures optimal traffic handling and prioritization, contributing to the overall performance and reliability of the network.
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