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Foreword
NE40E-X3/X8/X16 Series Router are the next generation high
performance core routers developed by Huawei. NE40E-X8/X16
support 400G ready chassis and provides large bandwidth,
high processing features and rich interface types and services.
This course mainly focuses on hardware architecture, boards
and features comparison.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Understand the hardware structure and features of NE40E-
X3/X8/X16 Routers
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Contents
1. Product Overview of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
5. Highlights of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
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Contents
1. Product Overview of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
5. Highlights of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
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Evolution of Router
Switched Router based
CPU
on NP Chip
Switch
interface NP Network NP interface
CPU
Distributed forwarding
based on CPU interface ASIC
Switch
ASIC
Network interface
CPU
interface ASIC ASIC interface
Modularized interface
Centralized forwarding
Fixed interface
centralized forwarding
CPU CPU CPU
In the contemporary era, high
CPU
performance and diversified service is
Interfac
Interfac
Interfac
CPU
e
e
Interface
Interface
Interface
Interface
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NetEngine Series Router
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New Hardware of the NE40E (1/3)
New System of NE40E V6R1
NE40E-X8:
14 U high
hardware architecture (chassis/backplane/power system/heat
dispersion system); ready for 400 G/slot
NE40E-X16:
32 U high;
hardware architecture (chassis/backplane/power system/heat
dispersion system ); ready for 400 G/slot
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Line-card NE40E/CX600
CR5MLPUF402A
LPUF40
CR5MLPUF402B
40 Gbit/s
P40-20x100/1000Base-X-SFP
platform
P40-20x100/1000Base-X-SFP-A with 1588v2
Subcards
P40-2x10GBase WAN/LAN-XFP
P40-2x10GBase WAN/LAN-XFP-A with 1588v2
20 Gbit/s
LPUF21 LPUF21 2x10GE 20xGE
platform
10 Gbit/s
Subcards P10-8x100/1000Base-X-SFP-A with 1588v2
platform
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New Hardware of the NE40E (3/3)
New boards of NE40E-X8/X16 V6R1
Line-card NE40E/CX600
CR5DSFUI407
40Gbps Switch Fabric Unit C
C
Switching
Board
CR5DSFUI407
40Gbps Switch Fabric Unit B
B
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Distributed Forwarding
Forwarding Forwarding
Unit Switch Fabric
Unit Three-level switch fabric
Data Control Unit
Forwarding Forwarding
plane Unit
SFU Unit
LPU LPU
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Contents
1. Product Overview of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
5. Highlights of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
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There are five slots in total, including two MPU (two 1+1 backup MPUs)
slots and three LPU slots.
The capacity supported by each slot is 20 Gbit/s and even 40 Gbit/s after
later expansion.
The NE40E-X3 is compatible with all LPUs of the NE40E and shares the
software platform with the NE40E.
The MPU is integrated with Stratum-3 clocks and supports the 1588v2
features.
Power supply modules and fan frames support 1+1 backup.
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Structure of the NE40E-X3
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18 Serdes
LPU2 LPU3
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Hardware Description of NE40E-X8
Height: 14 U, three chassis in each cabinet
Backplane capacity: 15 Tbit/s, supports 400 G/Slot
Switching capacity: 1.44 Tbit/s
1:1 backup of SRUs
2+1 backup of SFUs
1+1 backup of fan modules
Power supply by areas (supply power for two areas)
2+2 backup
Hardware architecture: ready for 400G/slot
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Backplane of the NE40E-X8/X16
Backplane of the NE40E-X8 Backplane of the NE40E-X16
P F滤N F滤N
P
P
Filter Filter
F滤N F滤N
P P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P P P P
the backplane of the NE40E-X16, in
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
4+4 backup mode
M
O
P P P P SFU P The CMU requires an independent
E E E E
N
M M M M SFU P power supply of 5V in 1+1 power
SFU
P supply mode.
SFU P Capacity of the backplane for the
M P P P P
O
N
E
M
E
M
E
M
E
M
NE40E-X8: 15 Tbit/s
Capacity of the backplane for
LPU LPU LPU LPU LPU LPU LPU LPU LPU
theNE40E-X16: 30 Tbit/s
P P P P P P P P P
Filter Filter
F滤N F滤N
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SRU0
LPU1
LPU2
LPU3
SFU
SRU1
LPU4
LPU扇
LPU控
LPU7
Area 0
PEM A 1
-48V 滤/RTN B
-48V A/RTN A
PEM B 0 Area 1
-48V A/RTN B
PEM B 1
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Distributed Architecture Power Supply -X16
PEM Backplane Fan Fan
Area 0
- 48 V A / RTN A
PEM A 1 - 48 V A / RTN B
MPU1
MPU0
LPU3
LPU1
LPU1
LPU1
LPU2
LPU0
LPU1
PEM B0
- 48 V A / RTN A
Area 1
- 48 V A / RTN B
PEM B1 SFU 0
SFU 1
SFU 2
SFU 3
PEM A 2 - 48 V A / RTN A
Area 2
- 48 V A / RTN B
PEM A 3
LPU15
LPU12
LPU13
LPU14
LPU10
LPU11
LPU7
LPU8
LPU9
- 48 V A / RTN A
PEM B 2 - 48 V A / RTN B
Area 3
Fan Fan
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DCa
1 area1
MPU1
MPU0
LPU1
LPU1
LPU3
LPU1
LPU2
LPU0
LPU1
DCb
1
DCa
DCa area2
2
DCb SFU0
SFU1
2
SFU2
AC rectifier module (front view) SFU3
DCa
3 area3
DCb
3
LPU13
LPU15
LPU12
LPU14
LPU10
LPU11
LPU8
LPU7
LPU9
board
FAN
Area 4 Area 3
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Heat Dissipation Unit -X8
Front view Rear view Air channel (side view)
Fan Air
area intake
vent
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Heat Dissipation Unit
NE40E-X8 NE40E-X16
U-shape air channel;
The upper chassis: draws air from the front
U-shape air channel, draws air from
top and exhausts air from the rear top;
Air channel the front top and exhausts air from
the rear top The lower chassis: draws air from the front
bottom and exhausts air from the rear
bottom;
Fan number 2 4
When a single fan fails, the other When a single fan fails, the other fans
Fan backup fans enables the system to work at enables the system to work at normal
normal temperature. temperature.
Fan speed
supported supported
sdjustment
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Function:
The low frequency filtering unit suppresses the low frequency noise through audio filtering
circuits, which prevents the impact of low frequency noise.
Criteria:
ENSI EN 300 132: is released by the Environment Engineering (EE) division of the ETSI and
provides a series of rules for the features of power input interfaces.
NEBS GR-1089-Core: Section 10.7 of Chapter 10 "Criteria for DC Power Port of
Telecommunications Load Equipment" in the fourth edition of NEBS GR-1089-Core,
published in June 2006, lists the requirements for low frequency interference emission.
These requirements were upgraded to the "R" level requirements, which must be fulfilled, in
June 2007.
ITU-T K.76: lists the requirements of the low frequency emission test in detail, which is
similar to ENSI EN 300 132.
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Contents
1. Product Overview of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
5. Highlights of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
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External Interface
module
Backplane connector
ng
module Device management and maintenance;
Storage
module Data configuration;
Clock
EPLD
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SRU of the NE40E-X8
An SRU consists of the CPU, storage
module, interface module, clock module,
USB communication module, monitoring module,
port and power module.
The SRUs of the NE40E-X8 are integrated
with SFUs.
Slot for a
CF card of
up to 1GB Highlights of the SRU
Two USB ports: supporting version
downloading through USB devices and
power supply for USB devices
1588 v2 Inside
CF card with mass storage capacity
(up to 1 GB)
RJ-45 connector, Compatible with the design of disks
providing clock RJ-45/SMB connector: processing
information and BITS Stratum-3 clock and 1588 clock;
clock
supporting input and output of
2MHz/2Mbps/1PPS clock signals
SMB connector, High performance multi-core CPU
providing clock The bandwidth of the control bus
information and BITS between the SRU and the LPU is
clock
increased to 1 Gbit/s.
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SFU Boards
Switching Board comprises of
CPU module, switching
module.
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LPU LPU
Interface Interface
SFU
Forwarding plane
Architecture: 2+1 backup of SFUs. Two SFUs are integrated on the SRU.
Capacity: 480 Gbit/s for each SFU. The capacity of the entire system is 1.44 Tbit/s.
Features: Large capacity, congestion-free, high reliability, and supporting switching capacity of
40G/slot.
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SFUs of the NE40E-X16
Channels: Each SFU provides 8 Redundancy: Four SFUs work in
pairs of high-speed SerDes links for load balancing mode. When one
each LPU. The rate of each pair of SFU fails, the traffic is switched
SerDes links is 3.125 Gbit/s (LPU). to the other SFUs automatically.
LPU LPU
Interface
Interface
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Differences Between the Hardware of the NE40E-X8
and NE40E-X16
Item -X8/X16 Remarks
Fan filtering
Same and can be shared
unit
Power
Same and can be shared
module
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NE 40G
platform
P40 half-height
subcard
2*10GE 20*GE
NE 20G
platform LPUF21:2*10GE+20*GE
P20 full-height subcard
NE 10G platform
P10 8*GE with1588v2
P10 half-height subcard
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New Boards and Cards of V6R1- LPUF40
Main function:
Classify, search and forward data at a wire
speed of 40G; traffic management, process
link protocol;
searchi
ng ,for netstream supported by service boardOAM;
SI wardin
module g
module From PIC Highlights of LPUF40
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New Boards and Cards of V6R1- LPUF40 PIC
GE optical module, providing features of GE optical interfaces.
FE optical module, providing features of FE optical interfaces.
Electrical interface SFP module, providing features of the
10M/100M/1000M adaptive electrical interfaces.
Intermixing of the preceding modules.
20-port 100/1000Base-X SFP flexible plug-in card 2 types of PIC code, have the same appearance, the difference
20-port 100/1000Base-X SFP flexible plug-in card A is that the 20-port 100/1000Base-X-SFP flexible card A
supports IEEE1588v2.
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Contents
1. Product Overview of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
5. Highlights of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
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Available in 2009Q3
Platform &
4 U
14 U 32 U
Three service slots
Eight service slots 16 service slots
100G/Slot
400G/Slot 400G/Slot
1:1 redundancy of
1:1 redundancy of SRUs 1:1 redundancy of MPUs
SRUs
2+1 redundancy of SFUs 3+1 redundancy of SFUs
400G Chassis
Ready 400G platform
NE40E--4
NE40E NE40E/CX600--8
NE40E/CX600 NE80E/CX600--16
NE80E/CX600
10 U
20 U 36 U
Four service slots
Eight service slots 16 service slots
20G/Slot
20G/Slot 40G/Slot
1:1 redundancy of
1:1 redundancy of 1:1 redundancy of
SRU
SRUs SRUs
3+1 redundancy of
3+1 redundancy of 3+1 redundancy of
SFUs
SFUs SFUs
20/40G platform
Slot & capacity
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Comparison of Key Parameters Between the
V6R1 New and Previous Systems
NE40E--X16
NE40E NE80E NE40E--X8
NE40E NE40E--8
NE40E NE40E--X3
NE40E
Forwarding 40G, 400G in future 40G 40G, 400G in future 20G 40G, 100G in future
platform
Slots 22 16 LPU 2 MPU 4 22 16 LPU 2 MPU 11 8 LPU 2 SRU, 1 SFU 12 8 LPU 2 SRU, 2 3 LPU 2 MPU
SFU 4 SFU SFU
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Calculation of the Backplane Capacity (Cont.)
NE40E-X16: 30 Tbps
The backplane provides 72 pairs of SerDes links for each of the 16 service slots and 32
pairs of SerDes links for each of the two SRU slot. The rate of a SerDes link is up to
12.5 Gbps. Each pair of SerDes links provides bidirectional data transmission. Hence,
the backplane capacity is: 72 x 16 x 12.5 G + 32 x 2 x 12.5 G x 2 = 30.4 Tbps. (30
Tbps adopted for promotion)
NE40E-X8 15 Tbps
The backplane provides 72 pairs of SerDes links for each of the eight service slots and
24 pairs of SerDes links for each of the two SRU slots. The rate of a SerDes link is up
to 12.5 Gbps. Each pair of SerDes links provides bidirectional data transmission. Hence,
the backplane capacity is: 72 x 8 x 12.5 G + 24 x 2 x 12.5 G x 2 = 15.6 Tbps. (15 Tbps
adopted for promotion)
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NE40E-8: 640Gbps
Each of the eight slots provides 16 pairs of SerDes links. At present, 16 pairs of the
total 40 pairs of SerDes links are used. The bandwidth of a SerDes link is 3.125 Gbps.
Each pair of SerDes links provides bidirectional data transmission. Hence, the
switching capacity is: 16 x 8 x 3.125 x (8B/10B) x 2 = 640 Gbps
NE40E-4: 320Gbps
The types and numbers of the SRUs and SFUs used on the NE40E-4 are the same as
that of the SRUs and SFUs used on the NE40E-8. Hence, the capacity of the SFUs on
the NE40E-4 can be up to 640 Gbps. The NE40E-4 provides only four slots. Hence, the
witching capacity is: 16 x 4 x 3.125 x (8B/10B) x 2 = 320 Gbps
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Calculation of the Switching Capacity (Cont.)
NE40E-X16: 2.56Tbps
Each of the 16 slots provides 32 pairs of SerDes links. At present, 32 pairs of the total
72 pairs of SerDes links are used. The bandwidth of a SerDes link is 3.125 Gbps. Each
pair of SerDes links provides bidirectional data transmission. Hence, the switching
capacity is: 32 x 16 x 3.125 x (8B/10B) x 2 = 2.56 Tbps
NE40E-X8: 1.44Tbps
Each of the eight slots provides 36 pairs of SerDes links. At present, 36 pairs of the
total 72 pairs of SerDes links are used. The bandwidth of a SerDes link is 3.125 Gbps.
Each pair of SerDes links provides bidirectional data transmission. Hence, the
switching capacity is: 32 x 8 x 3.125 x (8B/10B) x 2 = 1.44 Tbps
NE40E-X3: 1.08Tbps
Each of the three slots provides 36 pairs of SerDes links. The bandwidth of a SerDes
link is up to 12.5 Gbps. Each pair of SerDes links provides bidirectional data
transmission. The NE40E-X3 adopts the full-mesh connection for the LPUs and
backplane; hence, the switching capacity is: (36 x 3/2) x 12.5 x (8B/10B) x 2 = 1.08
Tbps
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Dominant frequency: 1.5 GHz for one core Dominant frequency : 1 GHz
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Comparison of Key Hardware Between the
V6R1 New and Previous Systems (SFUs)
Item SFU of the New System SFU of the Previous System
-X16/-16 An SFU has one switching chip An SFU has four switching chips,
with the capacity of 640 G. each of which has the capacity
Improvement of 160 G.
in switching
-X8/-8 SFU has one switching chip with An SFU has one switching chips
chips
the capacity of 480 G. which the capacity of 160 G.
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11 chassis in one cabinet Four chassis in one cabinet Three chassis in a cabinet Two chassis in a cabinet
NE40E-X3 NE40E-X8
1320 21U
ASR9006 ASR9010
960
10U 14U
640 640
132 96
4U
64 64
60% 50% 50% 33% 33% 33%
Height Height
GE 10GE GE 10GE
Chassis Interface capacity Chassis Interface capacity
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Next Generation 400 G Platform
48U Two Three Four Eleven
chassis chassis chassis chassis
in one in one in one in one
32U cabinet cabinet cabinet cabinet
21U
14U
10U
4U
Compatibility Supporting all previous LPUs, —— The LPUs of the 7600 series are
can be expanded to 400 G/slot not supported.
Power supply capability per slot 550 W/Slot 530 W/Slot 700 W/Slot
Noise Comply with the ETSI standard Comply with the ETSI Comply with the NEBS
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1. Product Overview of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
5. Highlights of NE40E-X3/X8/X16
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Highlights of the V6 New System Ready for 400G/slot.
Smooth upgrade does
Compact design: saves space by 40 not need replacement
High interface density: supports bandwidth growth of basic components:
Greenest platform: lowest power consumption and Chassis
highest heat dispersion efficiency Can be expanded to 400 Gbit/s.
Backplane
Is compatible with previous boards.
Uniform software platform Power system
Uniform NMS
Protects the customer’s investment.
Heat dispersion
Smooth Expandable: high performance and
Reducing OpEx and CapEx system
expansion large capacity
to 400
Gbit/s
Low frequency filtering board Two USB interfaces
Suppress the low frequency Green, Forward Large capacity CF card
interference of the fan energy and Compatible with hard disk
Suppress the low frequency backward Stratum-3 clock and 1588
saving,
interference in case of high power and compatible clock
reduce TCO
current High performance multi-core
System environment
increased to 1G
Supporting the future design
monitoring and access
Safety of a multi-chassis system
management
Does not need additional
regulation SRU Support integration of SRU
heat
Smooth and complete heat A
P P
P P P P P P P
P
P
P
P
MPU MPU
L PU LPU LPU LP U LPU LP U L PU
dispersion
200G LPU
200G LPU
200G LPU
200G LPU
200G LPU
200G LPU
200G LPU
200G LPU
supply.
E E E E
M M M M
P P P P P P P P P
Power supply system Ready for intelligent speed adjustment
400G/slot Power supply system Ready
for 400G/slot
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Chassis
Ready for 400G/slot
Backplane
upgrade
Ready for 400G/slot Smoothly to
400G/slot.
Basic components
Power supply system unmodified
Ready for 400G/slot
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Forward and Backward Compatible with
All the Previous Boards
。。。
40G LPU
2007
20G LPU
2004
10G LPU
Now Futur
Past
e
10G/20G
Platform 40G
Platform
400G Platform
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NE40E--X3
NE40E Compact design, save space by 40
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Questions
Please describe the network position of NE40E-X8/X16
routers.
What is the difference between the control planes of
NE40E-X8 and NE40E-X16?
What is the difference between the SFUs of NE40E-X8
and NE40E-X16?
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