Alcatel-Lucent

7750 SR-a Service Router

The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a Service Router (7750 SR-a) family of edge routers provides the
optimal combination of aggregation and service richness in a highly resilient, compact platform
for mobile, business and residential service delivery.

The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a, with

integral Alcatel-Lucent FP3 network
processor (NP) technology, extends the
globally deployed 7750 SR product
portfolio. This product delivers classleading Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 10GE
density and high-performance 40GE and
100GE interfaces without compromising
advanced service delivery.

7750 SR-a4

7750 SR-a8

As a feature-rich edge router, the 7750

SR-a supports a comprehensive suite of
IP, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS),
Ethernet and synchronization protocols,
enabling deployment in a wide range
of IP and Carrier Ethernet applications.
Available in 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s
variant options, it is ideally suited as
a high-density IP and Carrier Ethernet
aggregation platform in support of Long
Term Evolution (LTE) advanced and small
cell mobile backhaul, business VPN, data
center and cloud-based services, and
residential broadband services for service
providers, along with industries and the
public sector who are operating their own
networks.
As a member of the Alcatel-Lucent 7750
SR product portfolio, the 7750 SR-a
inherits proven Alcatel-Lucent FP3 NP
technology, SR hardware architecture and
the Service Router Operating System (SR
OS), enabling a seamless, comprehensive
end-to-end operating model.
With comprehensive SR OS features,
including enhanced subscriber
management (ESM), the 7750 SR-a has
the service richness and scale to support
concurrent delivery of mobile, business
and residential services and provides the
quality of service (QoS) and OAM tools to
define and deliver the most stringent SLAs
for high-value, differentiated services.

The 7750 SR-a is managed by the AlcatelLucent 5620 Service Aware Manager
(SAM). Full integration of the 5620 SAM
and SR OS ensures feature velocity,
rapid provisioning and troubleshooting,
extensive service assurance and seamless
integration into Alcatel-Lucents cloudoptimized routing solutions.

FEATURES
Compact, modular platform
Available in two low profile variant
options, the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a
has a compact, highly modular design.
The 7750 SR-a4 measures 5RU (22 cm)
in height and the 7750 SR-a8 is 7RU
(31 cm) in height. Both variants have
full system redundancy on all common
equipment and all components are
modular and hot-swappable to ensure
maximum system uptime and future
upgradeability.

Alcatel-Lucent FP3 NP silicon

At the heart of the 7750 SR-a is the
Alcatel- Lucent fully programmable FP3
NP silicon. FP3 network processors enable
line interfaces to scale efficiently to
100 Gb/s, while concurrently supporting
processing-intensive services without
performance impact. The programmability
of FP3 ensures the 7750 SR-a can adapt
quickly to new features and protocols with
unmatched investment protection.

High-density, high-speed
networking
With class-leading 100GE, 40GE, 10GE and
GE interface density, the 7750 SR-a can
scale aggregation networks in step with
changing bandwidth requirements and
evolving traffic demands for years to come.
It is unique in its ability to support 40GE
and 100GE interfaces today in a platform
with this small footprint. Its compact
form-factor makes it ideal to right-size
aggregation and services at various points
of concentration within the metro network.
With sophisticated QoS mechanisms, along
with ample forwarding and connection
dimensioning, the 7750 SR-a has the
service scale to converge mobile, business
and residential services on a single
platform, extending the network edge
closer to the end users.

Enhanced subscriber awareness

The ESM capabilities of the 7750 SR-a
allow for a highly distributed subscriberand service-awareness architecture.
For residential services, subscriber
management can be moved closer to
the end user. Business services become
dynamic, where an instantiated node
triggers the configuration process to
a RADIUS server. ESM also provides
awareness of connected nodes and hosts
and their connectivity state and awareness
of subscriber sessions for enhanced
security. Extensive RADIUS interface
capabilities simplify operations with
reduced configuration on the nodes and
more interaction with the RADIUS server.

Advanced Hierarchical QoS

The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a provides
sophisticated and highly flexible traffic
management capabilities to deliver the
most stringent SLAs and to support the
rigors of service convergence. These
include Hierarchical Quality of Service
(H-QoS) with multi-tiered shaping, ingress
and egress queuing, queue groups, virtual
schedulers, QoS filters and granular
pre-classification.

Highly resilient operating system

The Alcatel-Lucent SR OS is a highly
fault-tolerant and feature-rich operating
system that operates across the entire
Alcatel-Lucent Service Router portfolio.
With a single operating system across all
platforms, operators can be assured of
feature consistency, reliable operations
and cohesive management integration
when deploying Carrier Ethernet VPN,
IP VPN, Internet services, ESM and
mobile backhaul.

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High availability

Operational savings

More than just redundant common

equipment, the 7750 SR-a supports
numerous SR OS features to minimize
service disruption. These features include
control plane resiliency with proven
non-stop routing and non-stop services
mechanisms. It also supports service
assurance and monitoring tools across IP,
MPLS and Ethernet domains.

By aggregating services on a 7750 SR-a,

network operations are simplified because
all services run over one platform with a
consistent feature set, operational model
and management. In addition, the 7750
SR-a has numerous features for automated
provisioning of subscribers and services
based on service templates. Other features
allow interaction with operational systems
for authentication, authorization and billing
so that the need for individual, manual
service provisioning is all but eliminated.

Optical integration
For IP-optical integration applications
requiring collocation with transport
equipment, the 7750 SR-a4
and 7750 SR-a8 fit into a 300 mm
ETSI-compliant cabinet. As well, the 5620
SAM provides cross-layer visibility and
common management tools to simplify
operations of a converged IP and optical
network.

Service-aware network
management
The 7750 SR-a is managed by the
5620 SAM for assured, simplified and
integrated operations across both network
and service management domains. The
5620 SAM is designed to manage services
and provide service-level visibility into
the network for small- and large-scale
service deployments. The Alcatel-Lucent
management offering includes additional
tools such as the Alcatel-Lucent 5650
Control Plane Assurance Manager (CPAM),
and the Alcatel-Lucent 5670 Reporting
and Analysis Manager (RAM), which work
in conjunction with the 5620 SAM.

BENEFITS
Service innovation
Service differentiation is the key to
unlock new revenue streams and to
protect against price erosion. The AlcatelLucent 7750 SR-a supports subscriber
and service awareness and can be used
to provide differential QoS treatment
of higher value traffic streams and
manage the user experience. Delivering
a superior quality of experience (QoE)
for certain applications and metering
them separately for billing permit tiered
pricing for different levels of service. An
extensive service assurance capability
with proactive SLA enforcement provides
the ability to continuously monitor and
measure traffic end to end.

Investment protection
The 7750 SR-a inherits sophisticated and
flexible hardware designs, which has a
track record of allowing new features and
enhancements to be introduced in-place
in software, rather than through a series
of ever-changing hardware iterations.
Alcatel-Lucent FP3 NP silicon technology
ensures the 7750 SR-a throughput capacity,
and service scale can continually evolve
in step with customer requirements, while
maximizing investment protection.

Environmentally friendly
Pioneering advances in power efficiency
are incorporated into each member of
the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a family,
reducing the expense of both powering
and cooling when comparing products
with less advanced silicon technology.
Combined with environmentally sensitive
manufacturing processes, careful materials
selection, and a view to sustainable
product life cycle management, the
7750 SR-a assists service providers in
reducing their environmental impact.

HARDWARE OVERVIEW
The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a is available
in two chassis types the 7750 SR-a4 and
7750 SR-a8 and supports a wide range
of Ethernet interfaces that are optimized
to address various network and application
requirements.

Control Processing Module (CPM-a)

The CPM-a provides intelligent control and
processing functionality and offers optional
1+1 redundancy in an active-active load
sharing design. Redundant CPM-as operate
in a hitless, stateful, failover mode. Central
processing and memory are intentionally
separated from the forwarding function
on the interface modules to ensure utmost
system resiliency. Timing, alarm, OES
and management ports are accessible
from the face plate.

Input Output Module (IOM-a)

Each IOM-a provides 200 Gb/s (HD)
connectivity to MDA-as and MDA-a
XPs and is optimized for versatility
in deploying a variety of Ethernet and
IP-based applications. Each IOM-a uses
a multi-core processor and supports up
to four MDA-as and MDA-a XPs. These
FP3-based modules provide forwarding
and service functions along with high-end
traffic management capabilities. The
programmability of the FP3 ensures that
services and protocols can easily adapt as
standards and requirements evolve.

Media Dependant Adapter (MDA-a)

MDA-as and MDA-a XPs provide physical
Ethernet interface connectivity and are
available in a variety of interface and
density configurations.

Power supply unit (PSU)

Modular PSUs provide universal AC
and/or -48v DC power, with redundancy
in a load-sharing design for each system.
A power status LED is mounted on the
face plate and is also available from
the CLI or the 5620 SAM.

Fan tray
The fan tray provides side-to-side
system cooling for the 7750 SR-a. For
vertical mounting configurations, the fan
tray supports front to back airflow. Six
redundant fans are configured in a loadsharing design. Fans are variable speed
for power efficiency. A power status LED
is mounted on the face plate and is also
available from the CLI or the 5620 SAM.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Feature and protocol support
Protocol support within the Alcatel-Lucent
7750 SR-a family includes (but is not
limited to):
Virtual Private Line Service (VPLS), Virtual
Leased Line (VLL), IP VPN, enhanced
Internet services, enhanced subscriber
management (ESM)
IPv4 and IPv6 unicast and multicast
routing and forwarding including Border
Gateway Protocol (BGP), Intermediate
System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS),
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), and
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
routing protocols
MPLS Label Edge Router (LER) and Label
Switching Router (LSR) functions, MPLSTransport Profile (MPLS-TP) and Provider
Backbone Bridging (PBB)

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Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and

Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) for
MPLS Signaling and Traffic Engineering,
including Point-to-Point and Multipoint
Label-Switched Paths (LSPs)
ITU-T Synchronous Ethernet (Sync-E),
IEEE 1588v2

IEC/EN 61000-4-2 ESD

IEC/EN 61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity
IEC/EN 61000-4-4 EFT
IEC/EN 61000-4-5 Surge
IEC/EN 61000-4-6 Conducted Immunity
IEC/EN 61000-4-8 Magnetic Immunity

Intelligent packet classification, queue

servicing and buffer management

IEC/EN 61000-4-11 Voltage Interruptions

Telecom

Extensive OAM features including Ethernet

Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
(IEEE 802.1ag, ITU-T Y.1731), Ethernet
in the First Mile (EFM) (IEEE 802.3ag),
bidirectional fault detection, OpenFlow
and service assurance agent

IEEE 802.3 (Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet)

Industry-leading high availability including

non-stop routing, non-stop services,
fast reroute, pseudowire redundancy,
ITU-T G.8031 and G.8032, link aggregation

Environmental specifications

ITU-T G.813

Environmental
ETS 300 019-1-1 Storage Tests, Class 1.2
ETS 300 019-1-2 Transportation Tests,
Class 2.3
ETS 300 019-1-3 Operational Tests,
Class 3.1E
ETS 300 019-2-4, pr A 1 Seismic
ETSI EN 300 753 Acoustic

Normal operating temperature:

-5C to +45C (23F to 113F)

ETSI EN 300 132-2 Power Supply Interface

Operating relative humidity: 5% to 90%

WEEE

Short-term operating humidity (no more

than 96 consecutive hours per occurence,
no more than 15 occurences in a 1 year
period): 5% to 93%.

RoHS

Operating altitude: Up to 4000 m

(13,123 ft) at 30C (86F)

Safety standards and compliance

agency certifications
Safety

EN 60950-1 2nd Ed CE Mark

IEC 60950-1 2nd Ed CB Scheme
CSA/UL 60950-1 2nd Ed NRTL
FDA CDRH 21-CFR 1040
IEC/EN 60825-1
IEC/EN 60825-2

ETSI EN 300 132-3 Power Supply Interface

China RoHS

Network Equipment Building

System (NEBS)
NEBS Level 3 compliant
Telcordia GR-1089-CORE
Telcordia GR-295-CORE
Telcordia GR-63-CORE
RBOC requirements
ATT-TP-76200
ATT-TP-76200 section 13, TEER per
ATIS-0600015.03 (routers)
VZ.TPR.9205 TEER per ATIS-0600015.03
(routers)
VZ.TPR.9305

EMC emission

ICES-003 Class A
FCC Part 15 Class A
EN 55022 Class A
CISPR 22 Class A
AS/NZS CISPR 22
VCCI Class A
IEC/EN 61000-3-2 Power Line Harmonics
IEC/EN 61000-3-3 Voltage Fluctuations
and Flicker
EMC immunity

BT GS-7
ES 201 468
EN 300 386
EN 55024

MEF certifications
Designed to comply with CE 1.0 and CE 2.0

Table 1. Technical specifications for the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a

7750 SR-a4

7750 SR-a8

System throughput (HD)

200 Gb/s

400 Gb/s

Number of MDA-as and MDA-a XPs

per chassis

Number of IOM-as per chassis

Common equipment redundancy

CPM-a, PSU, fan

CPM-a, PSU, fan

Hot-swappable equipment

IOM-a, MDA-a, MDA-a XP, CPM-a, PSU, fan tray,

fan filter

IOM-a, MDA-a, MDA-a XP, CPM-a, PSU, fan,

fan filter

Dimensions

Height (5 RU): 22.2 cm (8.75 in)

Height (7RU): 31.12 cm (12.25 in)

Width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in)

Width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in)

Depth (300 mm ETSI-compliant):

24.0 cm (9.45 in)
[Note: Excludes panel protrusions]

Depth (300 mm ETSI-compliant):

24.0 cm (9.45 in)
[Note: Excludes panel protrusions]

Weight

25.9 kg (57 lb)

[Note: Fully configured]

36.8 kg (81 lb)

[Note: Fully configured]

Power

AC and DC power options

AC and DC power options

2 PSUs per chassis

3 PSUs per chassis

1+1 redundancy

2+1 redundancy

N+1 internal redundant fans

N+1 internal redundant fans

Right-to-left airflow

Right-to-left airflow

Variable speed for power efficiency

Variable speed for power efficiency

Cooling

Table 2. Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR-a MDA-a and MDA-a XP overview

MDA-a Type

Ports

Connector Type

Maximum Density

7750 SR-a4

7750 SR-a8

MDA-a XP
100GBASE

CFP

40GBASE/10GBASE (combination)

1/6

QSFP+/SFP+

4/24

8/48

10GBASE

10

SFP+

40

80

MDA-a
10GBASE

SFP+

16

32

10GBASE/1000BASE (combination)

2/12

SFP+/SFP

8/48

16/96

1000BASE

22 or 44

SFP or cSFP

88 or 176

176 or 352

10/100/1000BASE-TX

20

RJ45

80

160

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