A-4100 Carrier Ethernet Aggregation Switch

High Performance Carrier

Ethernet Switch for Universal
Multi-Service Aggregation

As service providers and carriers worldwide look to scale their Metro

Area Network, they must also select solutions that deliver not only
greater performance at lower cost, but also the ability to rapidly and
profitably roll out new services.
The A-Series, Nokia Siemens Networks family of Carrier
Ethernet Switches, is purpose-built to handle the requirements
of service providers who are building the next generation of
metro networks.

Features
• 60 Gigabit Carrier Ethernet Switch
• MEF compliant E-Line, E-LAN, and
E-Tree services
• Standard MPLS and Pseudo Wire
based Layer 2 Services
• MPLS-based 50ms Protection for
network and equipment failures
• Scalable and Flexible L2VPN/E-LAN
with ingress and egress bandwidth
profiles per site utilizing VPLS-TE
• MPLS Point-to-Multipoint LSPs and
IGMP support for Multicast video
distribution
The A-4100 is a 6.5 unit high rack, All power supplies and fan trays are
compact Carrier Ethernet aggregation front-serviceable for ease of access for
switch that supports up to six 10 Giga- on-going equipment troubleshooting
bit Ethernet ports or up to 48 Gigabit and maintenance. The A-4100 is an
Ethernet ports. It features a 60 Gbps ideal metro aggregation switch for
non-blocking switching fabric and compact Points of Presence (POPs)
supports non-blocking full wire-speed with low real estate and power avail-
processing for all interfaces. The ability, delivering scalable, highdensity
A-4100 employs a standard MPLS- Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ether-
based architecture to deliver mass net performance.
deployed scalable services without the
scalability limitations of typical Enter-
prise class Ethernet Switches. It also
features sub-50 millisecond failure
recovery, redundant DC power, full
redundancy and hot swapability of all
modules.

• Extensive L2 OA&M and trouble-

shooting tools

• Full redundancy and carrier class

architecture

METRO ETHERNET FORUM

A-4100 Carrier Ethernet Aggregation Switch

A-Series Switches End-to-End Carrier Ethernet Solution

Dual homed
GbE Rings

A2160
A2100
10 GbE A8100
A210
A4100

Business Business
A2140 N x 10 GbE
10 GbE Core Video Telephony
A4100
DSLAM/ A8100
CMTS/PON A2100
A210
MTU
GbE Access Rings Service PoP

A2140
A100

Residence

DEMARC EDGE AGGREGATION CORE/NMS

ASPEN SERVICE MANAGEMENT

High-density Compact Carrier Product Overview The A-4100 complements Nokia

Class Ethernet Aggregation
Switch
Some examples of the typical Ether-
net services that are delivered using
the Nokia Siemens Networks family
of A-Series Switches include:
• SLA backed E-Line Services for
delivery of point to point Ethernet
Private Lines (EPLs) and Ether-
net Virtual Private Lines (EVPL)
connecting two Enterprise loca-
tions for mission critical applica-
tions including storage backup
application.
The A-4100 is a true Carrier Class
switch, providing a full redundancy
architecture, in-service software up-
grade, and 50ms protection for equip-
ment and network failures. It accom-
modates six Interface cards, each
of which is one 10G Ethernet port, or
8 x 1 Gigabit ports, in addition to two
Switch and Controller Cards, providing
1:1 switching and control redundancy.
This compact, yet powerful combina-
tion provides service providers with
unique flexibility in delivering scalable
Ethernet services to Enterprise and
residential customers, and backhaul
applications in a variety of locations.
Siemens Networks family of A-Series
Switches Carrier Ethernet Products
including the A-2000 access platforms
and the A-8100 core switching plat-
form, while using the same Interface
cards as the A-8100. The common
architecture of the product portfolio,
together with the industry-leading
ASPEN network management platform
delivers carrier-class architecture to
support the scalability, protection, re-
siliency, seamless service provisioning
and service management requirements
of a service provider.

• High speed Internet access serv-

ices using Ethernet infrastructure

• E-LAN or Transparent LAN

Services (TLS) for LAN to LAN
connectivity services with ingress
and egress bandwidth profiles
using VPLS-TE

• Point to Multi-point (E-Tree)

Video Broadcast Services

• Point to point TDM services over

a common infrastructure enabled
by Circuit Emulation over Ether-
net (using A-2100 CES)
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Applications
High Capacity Aggregation
The A-4100 provides a cost-effective,
compact size Ethernet aggregation for
small POPs and COs. The A-4100
offers a direct Ethernet UNI to subscri-
bers either with or without GE demar-
cation devices, as well as termination
of A-Series Switches 1G access rings
based on the A-2000 family of products.
The A-4100 also allows for off-Net sub-
scriber connectivity through Q-in-Q
VLAN handoff to 3rd party access
providers and other access technolo-
gies (e.g. DSL, PON, Wireless etc.)
• 1G and 10G Standard MPLS core
transport
• MEF E-Line, E-LAN, and E-Tree
services with hard QoS and 50ms
protection
• Extensive Ethernet OA&M and
troubleshooting tools
• MEF 9 and MEF 14 Certified
Rapid Provisioning for
Maximum Profitability
Nokia Siemens Networks’ A-4100
enables service providers to rapidly
provision customized services on
demand. All services can be provi-
sioned using the ASPEN network and
services management suite. Service
Level Agreements (SLAs) can be
provisioned in seconds with flexible
parameters, following the MEF 10
service attributes standard, including
the following:
• Committed Information Rate (CIR)
• Excess Information Rate (EIR)
• Four levels of priority
• Delay
• Jitter
• Protection level (sub-50ms,
sub 10 seconds, none)
Carrier Class Redundancy
and Resiliency
The A-4100 delivers SDH/SONET-like
reliability that carriers demand, with the
price, performance and scalability of
Ethernet and delivers comprehensive
end-to-end protection against fiber
cuts, device failures and human error.
Redundant power supplies as well as
Redundant Switch and Management
Modules offer additional protection.
Integrated Triple Play and
Business Service Transport
Whether based on DSL, PON, Active
Ethernet or wireless residential access,
the A-4100 is the ideal aggregation
device for Service Providers looking to
transport both residential Triple Play
and Business Ethernet services over
the same network. Utilzing connection-
oriented MPLS technology, the A-4100
allows Service Providers to transport
delay/jitter sensitive voice and video
traffic, while guaranteeing committed
bandwidth for business services.
• Hard QoS for Multicast and Unicast
Services at any class-of-Service
• 50mSec protection for Multicast and
Unicast Services against network
and video source failures
• Point-to-Multipoint LSPs for scalable
and easily manageable multicast
services
• Traffic Engineered VPLS (VPLS-TE)
for subscriber aggregation
Flexible, Multi-Protocol
Transport
The A-4100 delivers flexible connectivi-
ty options over Gigabit Ethernet and
10 Gigabit Ethernet for point-to-point,
point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-
multipoint service topologies.
Customer traffic can be mapped to
connections based on a wide variety
of criteria, including ports, VLANs, IP
addresses, L2/L3 QoS marking and
L2/L3 protocols. In addition to pure
Ethernet connectivity, service providers
can transport legacy TDM traffic over
the Carrier Ethernet network using
Circuit Emulation Services (CES)
technology. Nokia Siemens Networks’
solutions deliver standard compliant
E1/T1, DS-3 and STM-1/OC-3 for both
telephony and data applications. The
A-4100’s plug & play operation, error
free implementation and integrated
network management dramatically
simplify network operations reducing
both capital and operational expendi-
tures for carriers.
Wireless & Cellular Backhaul
Combined with Nokia Siemens Net-
works’ edge, access and core A-Series
Switches, and ASPEN network man-
agement products, the A-4100 pro-
vides a cost-effective transport of
Ethernet and TDM for current and
next generation technology cellular
providers. Aggregating NxE1/T1
voice/data and FE or GE data from
base stations, to the MSC, the A-4100
aggregates all data and voice traffic
onto Gigabit Ethernet, and STM-1/OC-3
respectively. The ability of Service Pro-
viders to combine cellular backhaul
with business services and residential
Triple Play over the same infrastructure
provides a true Universal Transport
Carrier Ethernet solution.
• Solid QoS and 50ms protection
supports the stringent delay jitter
and packet loss requirements of
TDM transport over Ethernet
• Extensive OA&M tools for managing
and troubleshooting Ethernet
connections over a 3rd party Metro
Ethernet Service Provider
Industry-leading Service
Provisioning and Management
Solution
The ASPEN solution delivers the
optimal management, control and pro-
visioning capability needed by service
providers to ensure fast, reliable and
flexible service operations across the
network. The open API (Applications
Programming Interface) brings fast and
flexible integration with service
providers’ Operating Support Systems
(OSS) applications, thus ensuring that
all network elements are properly
managed and controlled. An open API
provides fast and flexible integration
with third-party and OSS applications.
ASPEN features a CORBA- and XML-
based, open API that enables simple
and flexible integration with OSS appli-
cations. The OSServer supports all
network management with a compre-
hensive set of operations, enabling
OSS applications to perform all desired
functions.
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A-4100 Specifications
Standards Chassis • Physical Dimensions:
288mm(H) x 445mm(W) x 40.4cm(D)
• IETF Standards • Physical: 19” and 23” Rack Mounted Front
• RFC 768 • RFC 2961 Access to all data and management ports
• Power requirements:
• RFC 783 • RFC 3031 40.5V+/- 0.5V to 72V +/- 0.75V (47VDC Min. turn
• RFC 791 • RFC 3209 on voltage)
• RFC 792 • RFC 3036 Interface Modules Gigabit Ethernet Module
• RFC 793 • RFC 3032 • Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-X ports, small form-factor
Pluggable (SFP) transceivers, LC connectors,
• RFC 826 • RFC 3564 hot-swappable:
• RFC 854 • RFC 3630 - 1000Base-SX Multi-mode (500m)
• RFC 2030 • RFC 3985 - 1000Base-LX Single-mode (10km)
- 1000Base-LH Single-mode (50km)
• RFC 2328 • RFC 4252 - 1000Base-LH Single-mode (70km)
• RFC 2865 • RFC 4253 - 1000Base-LH Single-mode (120km)
- Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
(CWDM) interfaces (70km, 100km)
• IETF Drafts
• draft-ietf-l2vpn-l2-framework-05.txt 10 Gigabit Ethernet Module
• 10-GE Module XFP Connector. Supported optics:
• draft-ietf-l2vpn-requirements-06.txt – Multi-mode 10GE 850nm (200m)
• draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-ldp-08.txt – Single-mode 10GE 1310nm (10Km)
• draft-ietf-pwe3-control-protocol- – Single-mode 10GE 1550nm (40Km)
– Single-mode 10GE 1550nm (70Km)
17.txt • 10-GE Module Fixed MSA Connector. Supported optics:
• draft-ietf-pwe3-ethernet-encap- – Single-mode 10GE Module at 1310nm (40km)
11.txt – Single-mode 10GE Tunable DWDM Module
Environmental Requirements • Operating Temperature:
0º to 45ºC
• IETF Standards:
• Operating Humidity:
MIB Support 10 to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing
• IanaifType • RFC 2737 • Storage Temperature:
• RFC 1850 • RFC 2495 -20º to 85ºC
• RFC 1907 • RFC 3811 Regulatory GENERAL • NEBS – GR-63 & GR-1089 (NEBS Level 3 type 2)
• RFC 2011 • RFC 3812 • Environmental – EN 300 019

• RFC 2863 • RFC 3813 Regulatory EMC • USA FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B
• Europe EN 300 386
• RFC 2668 EN 300 132
EN 201 468
• Metro Ethernet Forum • Korea MIC certificate

Standards Safety • USA UL 60950

• Europe EN 60950
• MEF 2 • MEF 10
Laser Safety • USA & Canada: FDA Radiation Performance
• MEF 3 • MEF 11 • Standard 21 CFR Subchapter Europe: EN60825-1/2
• MEF 4 • MEF 12
Management • ASPEN
• MEF 6 • MEF 14 • RS-232 Administration Console: Industrystandard
• MEF 9 Command Line Interface (CLI )
• Out-of-band management via 10/100Base-TX port
• In-band management of entire network via Gigabit
• IEEE 802 Standards Ethernet port
• IEEE 802.3 • Dedicated management VLAN
• Supports multiple NMS stations
• IEEE 802.3u • SNMP
• IEEE 802.3z • Telnet / SSH
• IEEE 802.1p • Modem
• Radius Support
• IEEE 802.1D • Syslog Server Support
• IEEE 802.1Q • SNTP Support
• Secured Device Login Authentication
All specifications are subject to change.

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