Alcatel 7750 SR

Service Router

The Alcatel 7750 Service Router (SR) is the

This enables the Alcatel 7750 SR to support

industrys first IP/MPLS router designed and

a wide range of services including:

optimized for the delivery of advanced Internet

> Direct Internet access (DIA)

and virtual private network (VPN) services.

> Ethernet, frame relay and ATM point-to-point

The Alcatel 7750 SR is available in three shelf

Layer 2 VPNs (also known as virtual leased

sizes: single-slot, four-slot and twelve-slot, all

lines (VLLs))

of which offer a wide range of interfaces with

unmatched density and performance. With a
software and hardware architecture designed

> Multipoint Layer 2 VPNs (virtual private

LAN service (VPLS))
> BGP/MPLS VPNs (RFC2547bis)

for efficient delivery of service level agreement

(SLA)-based services, the Alcatel 7750 SR

The Alcatel 7750 SR can transport tens of

functions as both a powerful Internet router

thousands of individual services using flexible

and a flexible service delivery platform.

IP and MPLS tunneling with per-service QoS

and accounting.

Services
The Alcatel 7750 SR is architected from the

Market-Leading Innovation

ground-up to deliver efficient and effective

At the heart of the Alcatel 7750 SR is a fully

provisioning and operations of a range of

programmable, flexible fast path based on state-

revenue-generating services. The critical

of-the-art network processor array (NPA) chip

functions that differentiate the Alcatel 7750 SR

technology. Flexible fast path forwarding performs

from a typical edge Internet router are the

deep packet inspections and manipulations at

service related features and functions being

10 Gb/s line rates. Each single-chip NPA is

tightly integrated into the product architecture.

composed of a large array of customized, fully

Scalable service router

with multiple shelf sizes,
supporting advanced
Internet access and VPN
services, flexible MPLS
and IP tunneling, robust
service management,
troubleshooting and
billing. Features include
flexible fast path 10 Gb/s
line-rate packet filtering
and ACLs, a full range of
Ethernet and SONET/SDH
interfaces.

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programmable processors optimized for

> ECC memory protection

6 rack units. The 1-slot shelf, called the

fast packet manipulation. The NPA

> Link aggregation groups (LAG)

SR-1, provides 20 Gb/s (full duplex)

provides significant value to customers

when compared to alternative architectures based on hardwired ASICs, which
lack feature depth and flexibility, and

trunking multiple ports between a

fabric/system capacity in just 1.5 rack

pair of service routers

units. These capacities and multiple

> Equal cost multipath (ECMP) routing

shelves provide the necessary density,

utilizing multiple network paths

scalability and flexibility to address the

> Sub-50 ms MPLS fast reroute (FRR)

demands of today and tomorrow.

Density, Performance
and Scaling

The Alcatel 7750 SR also delivers

The Alcatel 7750 SR delivers industry-

SR-12 supports ten I/O modules (IOM).

The performance and functionality

leading density, performance and scaling

Each IOM accepts two media dependent

of flexible fast path forwarding tech-

for advanced routing applications,

adapters (MDA). The SR-4 and SR-1

nology enables the Alcatel 7750 SR to

VPNs and Internet access. The 7750

support three IOMs (six MDAs) and one

combine the speed and density of the

SRs 12-slot shelf, called the SR-12,

IOM (two MDAs) respectively. I/O slot

fastest switches, with the programma-

supports one or two switch fabric/CPU

capacity for all shelves is 20 Gb/s

bility and packet processing intelligence

modules (SF/CPM), delivering 400 Gb/s

(full duplex) with scaling to 40 Gb/s

required to offer new, advanced services

(full duplex, redundant) fabric/system

(full duplex) for the SR-4 and SR-12.

over an IP/MPLS network infrastructure.

capacity in one third of a rack.

The range of MDAs supported on all

Carrier-Class Reliability

The 4-slot shelf, called the SR-4, supports

The Alcatel 7750 SR is designed to

a single SF/CPM, delivering 120 Gb/s

exceed the stringent reliability demands

(full duplex) fabric/system capacity in

designs based on off-the-shelf network

processors, which lack sufficient forwarding performance to operate at 10 Gb/s
rates and generally have high costs.

industry-leading interface density. The

Alcatel 7750 SR shelves are shown in

the table below.

of service providers, with a hardware

and software architecture created for

Media Dependent Adapter (MDA) Type

maximum uptime. The Alcatel 7750 SR

10/100 Ethernet

60

includes the following features that

100FX Ethernet

20

enable high-availability networks:

Gigabit Ethernet

10

> A passive backplane

Gigabit Ethernet

> 1:1 control plane module redundancy

10 Gigabit Ethernet

OC-3/STM-1 and OC-12/STM-4 multi-rate SONET/SDH

16

OC-3/STM-1 and OC-12/STM-4 multi-rate SONET/ SDH

with load sharing (12-slot shelf)

OC-48/STM-16 SONET/SDH

> Switch fabric graceful degradation

OC-48/STM-16 SONET/SDH

> 1:1 redundancy on common system

OC-192/STM-64 SONET/SDH

DS-3 (channelized to DS-0)

OC-3/STM-1 (channelized to DS-0)

OC-12/STM-4 (channelized to DS-0)

(12-slot shelf)
> 1:1 switch fabric module redundancy

elements
> Hot swap of all system components
and physical interfaces

>

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Ports per MDA

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With support for hot-pluggable, half-slot

Service-Based Filtering

also shape and police on service egress

MDAs, the Alcatel 7750 SR enables a

The Alcatel 7750 SR supports access

so customers can purchase sub-rate

flexible mix-and-match approach to

control lists (ACLs) on a per service

services (e.g. Internet services) with

populating the shelves with different

or per interface basis, with scaling to

asymmetric SLAs. Traffic classification

media types. The use of small form

thousands of line-rate ACLs at 10 Gb/s.

and mapping to queues is both flexible

factor pluggable (SFP) optics enables

ACLs can be used for a wide range of

and dynamic. The Alcatel 7750 SRs QoS

further flexibility in populating MDAs

network applications including security,

implementation also scales to thousands

with the required optics on a per port

denial of service (DOS) prevention,

of services, supporting an aggregate of

basis. The combination of hot-pluggable

troubleshooting and policy-based routing.

8,000 ingress queues and 8,000 egress

MDAs and optics means that carriers

ACLs can be applied to both ingress

queues per MDA.

can defer much of the capital expense

and egress traffic without performance

of each PoP customer interface until a

penalty. The Alcatel 7750 SR also supports

firm order for service is received. The

ACL counters to monitor filter hits and

Service-Based
Accounting and Billing

10 Gigabit Ethernet MDA provides

ACL logging to enable monitoring of

The Alcatel 7750 SRs service-based

soft-selectable LAN/WAN PHY and

traffic during troubleshooting.

queuing functionality, enabled through

its flexible fast path, includes hardware

the multi-rate OC-3/OC-12 MDA also

provides soft-selectable interface

Service-Based QoS

support for a full set of granular statistics.

speed on a per port basis.

Flexible fast path technology within the

As a result, the Alcatel 7750 SR delivers

Alcatel 7750 SR implements service-

statistics per billable service or per flow.

Service Tunneling Flexibility

based queuing, which delimits and

This is accomplished in combination

Flexible fast path forwarding technology

queues a logical service by TDM channel

with dynamic assignment of services (or

enables the Alcatel 7750 SR to deliver

on a SONET/SDH interface, or an

flows within services) to unique queues.

any service on any port. The 7750 SR

802.1Q tag on an Ethernet interface.

The counters are all implemented per

allows service providers to provision

On ingress, the Alcatel 7750 SR buffers

service. The Alcatel 7750 SR has been

access ports and tunnels with full flexi-

each service and then shapes it to an

architected to support collection of

bility, based on the demands of the

SLA with committed information rate

these statistics for thousands of simul-

customer. In addition to the ability to

(CIR) and peak information rate (PIR)

taneous services, with properly sized

mix-and-match IP (GRE) and MPLS

type guarantees. Buffer allocation is

counters to reduce the burden on the

tunneling in the same network, the

programmable per service to accommo-

system CPUs. In addition, local data

Alcatel 7750 SR enables carriers to

date different maximum burst sizes

storage allows historical statistics to

migrate service from one tunnel type

(MBS). For more complex multipoint

be maintained for several days. For

to another without tearing down

services, the Alcatel 7750 SR implements

complex destination-based billing

the services using the tunnel.

CIR/PIR marking and enforces these

schemes, the Alcatel 7750 SR can divide

on a per destination or per filter basis.

the route table into zones and track

Each service can use multiple queues to

traffic source and destinations, enabling

enable shaping, policing and marking of

differential billing.

different flows. The Alcatel 7750 SR can

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Service Assurance
and Diagnostics

The Alcatel 5620 SRM greatly reduces

optimized for the support of protocols

the complexity and risk typically found

such as MPLS fast reroute, ensures that

Service providers require advanced

in provisioning complex services.

the Alcatel 7750 SR delivers each and

tools to help deploy and troubleshoot

every customer a service with guaranteed

potentially complex VPN services. The

Network Applications

QoS and availability. Carriers wishing to

Alcatel 7750 SR augments the standard

The Alcatel 7750 SR provides an

expand their Layer 2 service portfolio

IP and MPLS ping and traceroute utilities

industry-leading set of capabilities

to include VPLS will find the Alcatel

with tools specifically designed for

for service providers seeking to deliver

7750 SRs implementation delivers the

troubleshooting and diagnosing service

next generation advanced data services

bandwidth and geographic scalability

transport and service provisioning

in a scalable, manageable and profitable

necessary for the rollout of a large scale,

problems. In response to IETF standards

IP/MPLS network architecture. The

profitable multipoint service. The

work on VPNs, the Alcatel 7750 SR

Alcatel 7750 SRs rich feature set and

Alcatel 7750 SR includes a set of unique

includes an innovative set of OA&M

industry-leading density, performance

integrated OA&M tools specifically

utilities and diagnostics for VPN serv-

and scaling makes it suitable for a wide

designed for the efficient operation of

ices. For troubleshooting purposes, the

variety of service router applications

scalable multipoint services. All Layer 2

Alcatel 7750 SR also supports service

as described below.

services supported by the Alcatel 7750 SR

mirroring, which goes far beyond the

can also be provisioned, managed and

basic port mirroring supported on

Layer-2 VPNs

most routers.

Layer 2 private data services remain

billed through the Alcatel 5620 SRM.

a primary source of revenue for many

IP-VPNs

Element Management
and Administration

large network operators, and the Alcatel

IP-VPN services based on RFC-2547bis

7750 SR is ideally suited to enable the

are growing in importance, particularly

The Alcatel 7750 SR is complemented

efficient delivery of a variety of Layer 2

for network operators with an interna-

by the extensive and service-oriented

services over a converged IP/MPLS

tional footprint and a geographically

Alcatel 5620 Service Router Manager

infrastructure. The Alcatel 7750 SR

dispersed customer base. Also known

(SRM). Providing comprehensive

implements the IETF pseudo wire drafts

as a virtual private routed network

support for fault, configuration, account-

for provisioning point-to-point ATM,

(VPRN), IP-VPN services offer high

ing, performance and security (FCAPS),

frame relay and Ethernet services. The

margin potential for carriers because

the Alcatel 5620 SRM application is a

7750 SR also supports draft-ppvpn-vpls-

these services shift a substantial portion

tightly-integrated element management

ldp (formerly draft-lasserre-vkompella)

of the management and routing intelli-

system that enables provisioning of

for multipoint Ethernet (VPLS/H-VPLS)

gence from the customer network to

an end-to-end service using wizards

services. These private data services are

the service provider. It is not surprising

or point and-click configuration from

typically delivered in accordance with

that the RFC 2547bis service architec-

a single application without having

an SLA, and the 7750 SRs advanced

ture imposes some unique requirements

to individually configure each device

flexible fast path traffic management,

on the routers used to deliver it

in the service path, step-by-step.

combined with a system architecture

particularly in the area of routing

>

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scalability. The Alcatel 7750 SR delivers

12c/3c ports, along with a variety of

and tight integration with the advanced

this scalability. Flexible fast path technol-

low speed Ethernet and channelized

Alcatel 5620 SRM, simplifying service

ogy supports 10 Gb/s line rate forwarding

TDM interfaces, implemented with high

provisioning, operations and

for thousands of VPRN instances, each

density connectors. In high performance

troubleshooting.

populated with many hundreds or even

routing applications, flexible fast path

thousands of distinct routes. In the

forwarding offers network operators

control plane, the Alcatel 7750 SR

the power of thousands of dynamically

seamlessly interworks with thousands

reconfigurable line rate ACLs on ingress

of OSPF neighbors and BGP peers.

and egress. The Alcatel 7750 SR also

supports a forwarding table scaling to

Combined with support for advanced

well in excess of one million IPv4

features like multiple route reflector

addresses, with no packet loss at 10 Gb/s

domains, this exceptional scalability

forwarding rates. Robust, scalable and

enables the delivery of both IP-VPN

fully-featured implementations of key

and public Internet service over a single

protocols such as BGP-4, OSPF, IS-IS,

IP/MPLS infrastructure, maximizing

and the extended VRRP, make the

the revenue generating capacity of

Alcatel 7750 SR a perfect match for

the network.

network architectures demanding

high performance IP routing.

High Performance IP Routing

High performance IP routing is the

Summary

foundation upon which Internet service

The Alcatel 7750 SR is the first scalable

providers build their business. The archi-

IP/MPLS service router designed and

tecture of ISP backbone and content

optimized for the delivery of advanced

hosting networks places a premium on

private data services and Internet access.

system scalability and density, 10 Gb/s

With a range of revenue-generating

line rate packet forwarding, and robust

SLA-based services supported by the

implementations of key control plane

7750 SR, providers can leverage their

protocols. The Alcatel 7750 SR delivers

IP and IP/MPLS networks to improve

consistent performance and features

their competitive position in todays

across all three shelves, scaling from

challenging market. The advanced

20 Gb/s (full duplex) to 400 Gb/s (full

flexible fast path technology enables

duplex, redundant) fabric/system

flexibility, sophisticated SLA support

capacities. Each Alcatel 7750 SR shelf

and outstanding performance and

can be fully populated with hot

scaling. The Alcatel 7750 SR also

pluggable 10 GigE, GigE, OC-192c/48c/

delivers extensive OA&M capabilities

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Technical Summary

SR-12

SR-4

SR-1

Bandwidth

Bandwidth

Bandwidth

> 400 Gb/s (full duplex, redundant)

> 120 Gb/s (full duplex) fabric/system

> 20 Gb/s (full duplex) fabric/system

fabric/system capacity

> 20 Gb/s I/O slots, scaling to 40 Gb/s

(full duplex)

capacity

> 20 Gb/s I/O slots, scaling to 40 Gb/s

capacity

> 20 Gb/s I/O slots (full duplex)

(full duplex)

> Optional switch fabric/CPU redundancy

I/O slots/MDAs

I/O slots/MDAs

I/O slots/MDAs

> 10/20

> 3/6

>1/2

Redundancy

Redundancy

Redundancy

> Power, CPU, fabric, fans

> Power, fans

> Power, fans

Physical Dimensions

Physical Dimensions

Physical Dimensions

> Height: 62.2 cm (24.5 in.)

> Width: 44.4 cm (17.5 in.)
> Depth: 64.5 cm (25.4 in.)
> Fits in 1/3 of a rack

> Height: 26.6 cm (10.5 in.)

> Width: 44.4 cm (17.5 in.)
> Depth: 47.0 cm (18.5 in.)

> Height: 6.6 cm (2.6 in.)

> Width: 44.4 cm (17.5 in.)
> Depth: 56.4 cm (22.2 in.)

Power

Power

Power

> 220 V AC (requires external shelf)

> -48 V DC
> 1+1 redundancy

> 110 V AC or 220 V AC

> -48 V DC
> 1+1 redundancy

> 110 V AC or 220 V AC

> -48 V DC
> 1+1 redundancy (requires external shelf)

Cooling

Cooling

Cooling

> Front-to-back air flow

> Side-to-side air flow

> Side-to-side air flow

>

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Software Specifications

Certification

VRRP

Protocol support

Safety

> RFC 2338 Virtual Router Redundancy

> Routing: BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, RIPv1 and 2

> Equal cost multipath routing (up to

> UL60950-1
> CAN60950-1
> EN60950-1
> CE Mark

16 paths)

> MPLS: LSR and LER, RSVP-TE, LDP, Fast

Reroute (FRR) with sub 50ms failover

> Extensive route policy support

> Line rate Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACL filtering
at 10 Gb/s
Services

> Direct Internet access

> Virtual leased line (VLL) point-to-point
Layer 2 VPNs

> Virtual private LAN service (VPLS)

multipoint Layer 2 VPNs

> IP-VPNs (RFC2547bis)

> Draft Martini encapsulation
> GRE encapsulation
Quality of service

> Per service queuing, shaping and policing

> Ingress and egress buffering (up to 200 ms
at 10 Gb/s)

> CIR, PIR, MBS queue parameters

> Premium, assured and best effort
forwarding classes

> IEEE 802.1p Filtering/Marking/Re-marking

> IETF DSCP Filtering/Marking/Re-marking
> WRED on ingress and egress
Management

> Fully-featured industry CLI, including

service CLI

> Port and service mirroring

> Service Assurance tools including:
service ping, SDP ping, LSP ping,
MAC ping and MAC traceroute

> SSH and Telnet

> FTP,TFTP and SCP
> RADIUS (AAA)
> TACACS+
> SNMP v1, v2c and v3

EMC

> AS/NZS 3548:1995 (Australia/New

Zealand)

> EN55022 (Europe)

> VCCI Class A (Japan)
> FCC Part 15 Class A (United States)

Protocol
RIP

> RFC 1058 RIP Version 1

> RFC 2082 RIP Version 2
> RFC 2453 RIP-2 MD5 Authentication
OSPF

> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC

1765 OSPF Database Overflow

2328 OSPF Version 2
2370 Opaque LSA Support
3101 OSPF NSSA Option

BGP

Operating Environment

> Operating temperature:

0 to 40 C (32 to 104 F)

> Relative humidity:

15 to 90 percent (noncondensing)

> Operating altitude: sea level to

3,048 m (10,000 ft)

> RFC 1656 BGP-4 Implementation

> RFC 1771 BGP-4
> RFC 1772 Application of BGP in the
Internet

> RFC 1997 BGP Communities Attribute

> RFC 2270 Dedicated AS for Sites homed
to Single Provider

> RFC 2385 Protection of BGP sessions

Standards Compliance

> IEEE
> IEEE
> IEEE
> IEEE
> IEEE
> IEEE
> IEEE
> IEEE

802.1D Bridging
802.1p/Q VLAN Tagging
802.3 10Base-T
802.3u 100Base-TX
802.3x Flow Control
802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX
802.3ad Link Aggregation
802.3ae 10 Gb/s Ethernet

Protocol Support
TCP/IP

> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC

via MD5

> RFC 2439 BGP Route Flap Damping

> RFC 2547bis BGP/MPLS VPNs
> RFC 2796 BGP Route Reflection:
Alternative to Full-mesh IBGP

> RFC 2858 Multi-protocol Extensions

for BGP-4

> RFC 2918 Route Refresh Capability

for BGP-4

> RFC 3065 Confederations for BGP

> RFC 3392 Capabilities Advertisement
IS-IS

> RFC 1142 OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing

768 UDP
783 TFTP
791 IP
792 ICMP
793 TCP
826 ARP
854 Telnet
951 BootP
1519 CIDR
1542 BootP
1812 Requirements for IPv4 Routers

Protocol

> RFC 1195 Use of OSI IS-IS for routing

in TCP/IP and dual environments

> RFC 2763 Dynamic Hostname Exchange

for IS-IS

> RFC 2966 Domain-wide Prefix Distribution

with Two-Level IS-IS

> RFC 2973 IS-IS Mesh Groups

> RFC 3373 3-way handshake for IS-IS
point-to-point adjacencies

> draft-ietf-isis-hmac-04-txt
> ISO 10589

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PPP

Differentiated Services

RFC 1332 PPP IPCP

> RFC 2474 Definition of the DS Field in the

RFC 1377 PPP OSINLCP

RFC 1638/2878 PPP BCP
RFC 1661 PPP
RFC 1662 PPP in HDLC-like Framing
RFC 1989 PPP Link Quality Monitoring

IPv4 and IPv6 Headers

> RFC 2597 Assured Forwarding PHB Group

> RFC 2598 An Expedited Forwarding PHB
> RFC 3140 Per-Hop Behavior Identification
Codes

RFC 2615 PPP over SONET/SDH

VPLS

GRE

> draft-lasserre-vkompella-ppvpn-vpls-04.txt

> RFC 1701 Generic Routing Encapsulation

TACACS+

(GRE)

> RFC 1702 Generic Routing Encapsulation

over IPv4 networks

> RFC 2784 Generic Routing Encapsulation

(GRE)
MPLS

> RFC 2702 Requirements for Traffic

Engineering over MPLS

> RFC 3031 MPLS Architecture

> RFC 3032 MPLS Label Stack Encoding
> RFC 3063 MPLS Loop Prevention
Mechanism
LDP

> RFC 3036 LDP Specification

> RFC 3037 LDP Applicability
RSVP-TE

> RFC 2430 A Provider Architecture

for DiffServ and TE

> RFC 3209 Extensions to RSVP for LSP

Tunnels

> RFC 3210 Applicability Statement for

Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels

> RFC 2961 RSVP Refresh Overhead

Reduction Extensions

> RFC 3175 Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4

and IPv6 Reservations

> RFC 3181 Signaled Pre-emption Priority

Policy Element

> draft-grant-tacacs-02.txt
SSH

> ietf-draft SSH Authentication Protocol

> ietf-draft SSH Connection Protocol
> ietf-draft SSH Transport Protocol
Ethernet Pseudo-Wire

> draft-ietf-pwe3-ethernet-encap-02.txt
> draft-ietf-pwe3-control protocol-02.txt
> draft-so-pwe3-ethernet-01.txt
RADIUS

> RFC 2865 Remote Authentication Dial In

User Service

> RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting

> RFC 2571 SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

> RFC 2572 SNMP-MPD-MIB
> RFC 2573 SNMP-TARGET-&NOTIFICATION-MIB

> RFC 2574 SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB

> RFC 2575 SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB
> RFC 2576 SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB
> RFC 2665 EtherLike-MIB
> RFC 2819 RMON-MIB
> RFC 2863 IF-MIB
> RFC 2864 INVERTED-STACK-MIB
> RFC 2987 VRRP-MIB
> RFC 3014 NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB
> RFC 3273 HCRMON-MIB
> draft-ietf-ospf-mib-update-04.txt
> draft-ietf-mpls-lsr-mib-06.txt
> draft-ietf-mpls-te-mib-04.txt
> draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-mib-07.txt
> draft-ietf-isis-wg-mib-05.txt
> IANA-IFType-MIB
> IEEE8023-LAG-MIB
> An extensive array of private enterprise
MIBs is also supported.

SONET/SDH

> GR-253-CORE
Network Managment

> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC
> RFC

1657 BGP4-MIB
1724 RIPv2 MIB Extensions
1850 OSPF-MIB
1907 SNMPv2-MIB
2011 IP-MIB
2012 TCP-MIB
2013 UDP-MIB
2096 IP-FORWARD-MIB
2206 RSVP-MIB
2558 SONET-MIB

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