Section 1 Module 2 Chassis - Architecture

Section 1 7450 ESS Family
Module 2 Chassis Architecture
Alcatel 7450 ESS Implementation R2.0
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Alcatel 7450 ESS Implementation

7450 ESS Family Chassis Architecture
Section 1 Module 2 Chassis Architecture
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Module Objectives
Upon successful completion of this module the student will understand the:
Chassis architectures of the 7450

Chassis layout including connectors and slot numbering
Power and grounding requirements
Cooling and air filtering of the 7450
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7450 ESS Hardware

The Alcatel 7450 Ethernet Service Switch family supports the following features:
Two chassis options 1 and 7 slots
Carrier-class reliability combined with high density in a small footprint
System capacities scalable from 20 Gb/s to 100 Gb/s
Modular design removable Input/Output modules (IOM), Switch Fabric/Central

Processing Module (SF/CPM), and Media Dependent Adapter (MDA) modules
Note: only the MDAs are removable on the ESS-1.
Common operating system
Interoperability with existing routers and multiservice switches
interworking with 7750 SRs for inter-metro connectivity
interworking with 7670 RSP for Ethernet/frame relay/ATM capability
interworking with traditional Ethernet switches and third party routers and switches
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Alcatel 7450 Ethernet Service Switch Group

ESS-7
ESS-1
7450 ESS-1
e Switch
Ethernet Servic
Integrated switch
fabric/control, IOM,
and power
20 Gb/s full duplex
system capacity
Two 10 Gb/s MDAs
Power redundancy
7 Slots (5 IOM, 2 SF/CPM)

100 Gb/s full duplex system capacity
200 Gb/s switch fabric/ control
Fabric/control redundancy
Five 20 Gb/s IOMs
Ten 10 Gb/s MDAs
Power redundancy
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ESS-1 Chassis
The ESS-1 integrates the I/O, switch fabric/control, power supplies, and fans on one chassis.
These components are factory installed and are not field replaceable.
ESS-1 Features
The 7450 ESS-1 supports the following features:
Rack mounted (19 rack); 1.5 Rack Units (RU) high (2.625)
Two hot-swappable media dependent adapters (MDA); 10 Gb/s each
Up to three Compact Flash memory cards used to store operating system files,
configuration files, and system logs
AC (nominal 100V to 240V) and/or DC (-48V) load sharing power supplies; power
redundancy when both AC and DC power connections are used.
Cooling provided by six variable-speed fans; air flow is side to side
10/100 Ethernet management port
Serial console port for initial system start up, configuration, and monitoring
Alarm output port for connection to external alarm devices
Front panel LEDs for system status, power, fans, compact flash units, and alarms
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ESS-1 Chassis
7450 ESS-1e Switch

Ethernet Ser
vic
Front View
Rear View
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ESS-1 Front Panel

1. Management Ethernet port and LEDs.
Link LED:
Amber indicates 10 Mb/s

Green indicates 100 Mb/s
Unlit indicates operationally down
Data LED:
Green (blinking) indicates RX/TX activity

Amber (blinking) indicates an error condition
2. A recessed button used to restart the SF/CPM.

3. The console port, a DB-9 jack used for the initial system startup as well as system
configuration and monitoring. Use an EIA/TIA-232 DCE console cable to connect a terminal
to the console port. Default configuration for this port is 115,200, N, 8, 1.
4. Selectable DTE/DCE switch. If the switch is flipped to DTE, the console port is a data
terminal equipment (DTE) serial port. If the switch is flipped to DCE, the console port is a
data communications equipment (DCE) serial port.
5. The Alarm port is provisioned as a DB-9 serial port and is used to connect to external alarm
devices that report conditions that trigger red or amber alarms.
6. The Audible Alarm Cutoff/Lamp Test (AAC/LT) button verifies the operability of LEDs.
When pressed, the LEDs should temporarily illuminate.
7. LEDs for Status, Power supply, Fan, Compact Flash, Alarms.
8. Compact Flash #1.
9. Compact Flash #2.
10. Compact Flash #3. The compact flash card with the boot image and configuration files
should be installed and remain in this slot.
11. Rack mounting brackets.
12. Receptacle to connect an electrostatic discharge (ESD) strap.
13. The left MDA slot is referred to as MDA slot 1.
14. The right MDA slot is referred to as MDA slot 2.
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ESS-1 Front Panel
Ethernet Service Switch
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ESS-1 Rear Panel
ESS-1 Rear Panel

1. Label.
2. AC ON/OFF switch / AC power receptacle.
3. DC -VDC plug.
4. DC RTN plug.
5. Grounding block.
6. Mounting brackets.
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ESS-1 LEDs
Status
Green: Operationally up and administratively up.

Amber: Operationally down but administratively up.
Unlit: Not operational, shutdown, or administratively down.
Power Supplies 1 and 2
Green: Indicates that AC input power is present and operational.

Amber: Indicates an error condition with the AC input power.
Unlit: Indicates that the AC power supply is not installed or not recognized.
The left-most LED indicates the status of the AC power; the LED closest to the fan
indicates the status of the DC power.
Fan
Green: Indicates that the fans are operational.

Amber: Indicates a fan failure.
Unlit: Indicates that there is no power to the fans
The ESS-1 system is cooled by six integrated variable speed fans. Air flows through the
system from the side-filtered intake vent through the chassis to the opposite side vent. The
fan rate is reduced at normal temperatures and gradually increases to full speed when the
operating temperature rises above 122 F (50 C). The fans are not field replaceable.
An MDA faceplate is required in an empty MDA slot to prevent excess dust accumulation
and to help control airflow and electromagnetic interference.
Compact Flash 1,2,3

Each compact flash LED is associated with a compact flash slot (1, 2, and 3).
Green: Indicates that the flash card is operational and in a read or write process.
Note: Do not physically remove or attempt to remove the flash card when the LED
is green.
Amber (solid): Error condition exists.
Amber (blinking): Indicates that the slot is in an operationally down mode. This is the only
mode in which to safely remove the flash card.
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ESS-1 LEDs
7450 ESS-1
vice
Ethernet Ser
Switch
Alarms
The LEDs for each type of alarm are OFF if no alarm condition exits.
OT Red: An over temperature condition exists.

Crtl Red: A critical condition exists, such as a severe over temperature condition, a fan tray
failure, an over current condition in a power supply, or an out of tolerance voltage.
Maj Red: A serious condition exists, such as an over temperature condition, a fan tray
failure, an over current condition in a power supply, or an out of tolerance voltage.
Min Amber: A serious condition exists, such as a component failure.
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ESS-1 AC Power
1 Power cord
2 Power cord retainer
3 Remote power source
ESS-1 AC Power Connection

The ESS-1 can be powered by AC or -48 VDC. Redundancy is achieved if both power sources
are used together.
AC power characteristics:
Nominal system AC voltage of 100 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz, approximately 12.0A to 6.0A
Recommended 20A (max.) circuit breaker for AC supply
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ESS-1 Grounding
1. Ground lug.
2. Ground wire.
DC power connections
require a chassis ground
Connection.
ESS-1 Grounding Recommendations
Ground wire should be at least 14 AWG copper wire
Make the ground connection first and remove it last
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ESS-1 DC Power Connections
14 AWG copper wire

recommended as a minimum
1 -VDC
2 RTN
ESS-1 Power Recommendations
Use at least 14 AWG copper wire
DC supply should connect via a 20A (max.) circuit breaker or fuse for circuit protection
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Alcatel 7450 ESS-1 System Architecture
Pluggable
MDA 1
Pluggable
MDA 2
10 Gb/s
Flexible
Fast Path
Complex
10 Gb/s
Flexible
Fast Path
Complex
CPU
7450 ESS-1
ice Switch
Ethernet Serv
DRAM
20 Gb/s full duplex

switch fabric/control
Virtual Backplane
ESS-1 System Architecture

The ESS-1 has an architecture that supports an integrated switch fabric/control, two MDA slots, and a
power supply. A virtual backplane allows the MDA slots and flexible fast path complexes to exchange
data.
The CPU located in the I/O section performs control and protocol stack management functions.
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ESS-7 Chassis
The ESS-7 chassis supports seven slots, five IOMs and two SF/CPMs. The IOM slots are
numbered 1 through 5, with 1 being at the top of the chassis. The SF/CPM slots are designated
as slots A and B, with B being the bottom slot.
Each IOM holds two MDAs, designated MDA 1 and MDA 2. If you are facing the front of the
chassis, MDA 1 is installed in the left-hand slot of an IOM and MDA 2 is installed in the
right-hand slot of the IOM.
The SF/CPM, IOMs, MDAs, and power supply modules can be accessed from the front of
the chassis. The fan and filter trays are accessible from the rear of the chassis. Power supply
modules are front-loaded in bays 1 and 2.
ESS-7 Features
The ESS-7 supports the following features:
Rack mounted (19 rack); 8 RU (14) high

Two hot-swappable 100 Gb/s SF/CPMs; load sharing and fully redundant when two of
one type are installed.
Five IOM slots; each IOM holds two MDAs
Up to ten hot-swappable MDAs; MDAs support Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP)
optics, twisted pair and coaxial interfaces (MDA dependent)
Up to three Compact Flash memory cards used to store system operating files,
configuration files and logs
AC (nominal 200V to 240V) or DC (-48V) load sharing power modules; redundancy
when two DC Power Entry Modules(PEMs) installed or two AC PEMs and Power Supply
Modules(PSMs) are installed
Cooling is provided by hot-swappable fan trays containing two fans each; redundancy
when two fans installed; air is pulled through the system from a left-side filtered-intake
vent, across the line cards and then exits through the two rear fan trays.
10/100 Ethernet management port
Serial console port for initial system startup, configuration, and monitoring
Alarm output port for connection to external alarm devices
Front panel LEDs for system status, power, fans, compact flash units, and alarms
Modem port
Building Integrated Timing Systems (BITS) port
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ESS-7 Chassis
Front View
Rear View
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ESS-7 Front Panel (AC Power)
ESS-7 Front Panel (AC Power)

1. IOM with MDAs installed
2. Blank panel installed in empty IOM slot
3. SF/CPM
4. ESD plug receptacle
5. AC PSMs
6. IOM ejectors lever
7. Compact flash locking mechanism
8. Power supply module LED
9. Mounting Brackets
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ESS-7 Front Panel (with Safety Mesh Cover)
Safety Mesh Cover
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ESS-7 Back Panel (AC Power)
ESS-7 Back Panel (AC Power)

1. Filter tray faceplate
2. Fan tray faceplate
3. Rack mounting brackets
4. Captive screw
5. Handle
6. Power cord retainer
7. AC power cord
8. AC circuit breaker
9. AC PEM
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ESS-7 Back Panel (DC Power)
ESS-7 Back Panel (DC Power)

1. Filter tray faceplate
2. Fan tray faceplate
3. Rack mounting brackets
4. VDC power cable
5. RTN power cable
6. DC PEM
7. Circuit breaker
8. PEM handle
9. Blank panel
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ESS-7 AC Power System
AC PEM
AC PSM
Air Filter
Back
Front
ESS-7 AC Power System

1. Safety cover.
2. AC Power Supply Module (PSM).
3. Captive screws.
4. Screw receptacle.
The ESS-7 requires a minimum of one power entry module (PEM) installed in one of the slots
in the rear of the ESS-7 and one PSM installed in a corresponding slot in the front of the ESS-7
to operate, but two are recommended for redundancy.
In a redundant configuration, the power supplies load share and are hot swappable.
Each AC-input PEM requires a dedicated 20A service.
There are two front and two rear power bays in the 7450 ESS-7 chassis. The AC PSMs are
installed in the front power slots 1 and 2. They correspond to the AC PEMs installed in the
respective rear power slots 1 and 2, directly behind the PSM. For example, the AC PSM
installed in the front power slot 1 corresponds to the AC PSM installed in the rear power slot 1
and the AC PSM installed in the front power slot 2 corresponds to the AC PEM installed in the
rear power slot 2.
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ESS-7 DC Power System
ESS-7 DC Power System

1. Slot guide.
2. DC power entry module (PEM).
3. Captive screws.
4. Terminal block safety cover.
The ESS-7 requires a minimum of one PEM to operate, but two are recommended for
redundancy.
In a redundant configuration, the power supplies load share and are hot swappable.
Each DC-input PEM requires a dedicated 60A service.
The DC PEMs are designed to be installed in the right or left rear power slot, although they are
interchangeable. The terminal block on the left DC PEM should be oriented on the left side of
the faceplate so the power cables are directed to the left of the chassis. The terminal block on
the right DC PEM must be oriented on the right side of the faceplate so the power cables are
directed to the right of the chassis.
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Alcatel 7450 ESS-7 System Architecture

10 Media Dependent
Adapters (MDA)
Flexible Fast Path

Complex
5 I/O Modules
(IOM)
1
10
IOM 1
IOM local CPU for

Distributed Control
Plane Processing
IOM 5
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
CPU
Full Duplex
System
Backplane
CPU
CPU
CPU
DRAM
DRAM
DRAM
Flexible Fast
Flexible Fast
Path Complex
Path Complex
CPU
DRAM
Two 200 Gb/s

SF/CPM Cards
Dual Processing Complex
ESS-7 System Architecture

TheESS-7 architecture supports five IOM slots and two SF/CPM slots.
Two hot-swappable SF/CPMs provide fabric load-sharing as well as redundant switching and
control plane processing.
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Chassis and Component Power Consumption

Component
Power Estimate (watts) 20%
ESS-1
Chassis (low RPM/no MDA)
Chassis (high RPM/no MDA)
157
178
Chassis (low RPM/no cards)

Chassis (high RPM/no cards)
58
230
ESS-7
SF/CPM
IOM
M1-10GB
M10-1GB-SFP
M60-10/100ETH-TX
M20-10/100/1000ETH-TX
M20-100ETH-SFP
OC-3c/STM-1c
OC-12c/STM-4c
OC-48c/STM-16c
144
168
23
31
20
TBD
37
40
40
24
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System Components
Media Dependent Adapters
Media Dependent Adapters (MDA) provide physical access to the Ethernet service switch.
MDAs provide interfaces from 10/100 Ethernet up to OC-48 and are common to all service
router platforms.
Each MDA contains the required MAC / Framer logic to achieve the proper physical interface
(10/100, 10/100/1000, 1G or 10G Ethernet or SONET/SDH). Each MDA also contains bridge
functionality to convert the physical interface to a common standard (proprietary internal
format).
In the egress direction, the proprietary internal format is converted back to the appropriate
interface format. In addition, the MDA can provide back pressure to the flexible fast path
complex in cases where the egress data flow is less than line rate.
Input/Output Module
Input/Output modules (IOM) are responsible for connecting to standard physical interfaces
(10GE, 1GE, 10/100 Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, OC-x, POS, etc.).
The IOM performs the following functions:
processes received frames from an interface to accomplish all switching and routing
decisions
formats frames into cells to be switched through the core fabric and sends cells to the
fabric. Similarly frames to be sent out interfaces are first received from the fabric as cells,
re-assembled into frames, and processed to accomplish egress specific encapsulation as
well as filtering / mirroring actions.
An IOM contains two 10Gb/s flexible fast path complexes. Each complex supports a
pluggable MDA that allows a common flexible fast path to support all of the possible
interface types.
An IOM also contains a CPU section for managing the forwarding hardware in each flexible
fast path complex as well as for participating in the distributed control plane used in the
system.
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Alcatel 7450 Ethernet Service Switch

System Components
I/O Module
Media
Dependent
Adapter
(MDA)
Flexible
Fast Path
Complex
Media
Dependent
Adapter
(MDA)
Flexible
Fast Path
Complex
Switch Fabric
and Central
Processor
Module
(SF/CPM)
CPU
FFPC
CPU
CPU
Up to 10 Gb/s physical
interface termination
Ethernet,
SONET/SDH,
Pluggable interface
module and pluggable
optics
Layer 2/Layer 3 encapsulation

IP/MPLS/MAC forwarding lookup
Arbitrarily deep packet inspection, editing and filters
Queuing, scheduling, buffer management
Distributed control plane CPU:
local processing of critical control plane functions
10 Gb/s wire-rate with services (per complex)
20 Gb/s I/O Module
20
200 Gb/s (full
duplex, redundant)
switch fabric
Two distributed control
plane CPUs per card:
for system control,
centralized protocol
processing and
management
Switch Fabric/CPU Module

The Switching Fabric/CPU Module (SF/CPM) can be divided into two sections:
the switching fabric
a dual processing complex.
Each switch fabric is made up of independent switching elements that provide 200 Gb/s fullduplex switching capacity.
The dual processing complex consists of two processors, a flexible fast path complex, and
some shared I/O resources (ie. management Ethernet ports, serial ports, Compact Flash
sockets, system clocks, temperature monitors). The processors are responsible for the systems
control plane processing and protocol stacks.
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Questions
1. How many MDAs can an ESS-7 accommodate ?
a. 12
b. 10
c. 24
d. 20
2. Which 7450 ESS versions support redundant switch fabrics?
a. ESS-1
b. All versions.
c. ESS-7
3. What is the bandwidth of an IOM?
a. 20 Gb/s
b. 40 Gb/s
c. 10 Gb/s
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Answers 9
1. How many MDAs can an ESS-7 accommodate?
a. 12
b. 10 3
c. 24
d. 20
2. Which 7450 ESS versions support redundant switch fabrics?
a. ESS-1
b. Both versions.
c. ESS-7 3
3. What is the bandwidth of an IOM?
a. 20 Gb/s 3
b. 40 Gb/s
c. 10 Gb/s
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