NPT 2714

• True “Pay As You Grow” The NPT 2714 offers the unique capability to start as a non-blocking 7.2Tbs switching capacity router and by adding, in-service, another 7.2Tbs switching card become a non-blocking 14.4Tbps router.
• Investment Protection: The NPT 2714 allows all major components to be upgraded as and when required, enabling customers to cost effectively evolve their network as architectures and technology advance.
• Redundancy: The NPT 2714 introduces a redundant control plane and redundant data plane in both the 7.2Tbps and 14.4Tbps configurations. The platform can also be configured to operate as non-redundant router.
• Flexibility: The NPT 2714 also provides flexibility via I/O scalability and interface diversity. It natively supports port speeds from 10 GbE up to 400 GbE hosted in 9 slots with just two I/O card variants. A wide range of optics provides support for multiple customer use cases.
• Security: MACsec is software driven with no hardware dependency and available for all network interfaces
• Coherent Routing (IPoDWDM): IP and DWDM on a single platform with 36 x 400G ZR+ coherent interfaces including plugin amplifiers to extend.

The NPT 2714 combines a modular centralized router architecture with state-of-the-art orthogonal hardware design, advanced cooling techniques, cost-efficient merchant silicon, and proven networking software to deliver a fully redundant, high-capacity aggregation router.

The hardware design of the NPT 2714 is notable for its full hardware redundancy and in-service pay-as-you-grow capabilities. To further optimize Service Provider Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), only two I/O card variants are needed to support the wide range of interfaces offered by the NPT 2714. Recognizing the rapid pace of networking technology evolution, Ribbon has designed the NPT 2714 with a focus on investment protection. The nine vertically oriented card slots connect directly to the four horizontally oriented switch cards, eliminating the necessity for a backplane or midplane. This unique design allows for seamless integration of new technologies, such as 800G coherent interfaces, into the existing chassis.

Moreover, the NPT 2714 supports coherent routing with OpenZR+ and utilizes built-in SFP+ pluggable amplifiers to extend reach

Continued in NPT 2174 Datasheet 

The rollout of high-capacity fixed (e.g. FTTH, DOCSIS4) and mobile (e.g. 5G, WiFi6) access networks, along with cloudification of services has driven the need for higher capacity access aggregation and aggregation networks. With ever-increasing capacity and service complexity, Service Providers are looking for ways to reduce the cost of their middle mile networks. To achieve this, they are looking to converge onto a single, multiservice, intelligent middle mile network that connects the various access networks and consumers to the services and applications in the core of the network.

To cost effectively support the differentiated services, the network resources in the intelligent middle mile need to be optimized in terms of power and footprint, while remaining dynamic and flexible enough to support services, architectures and technology as they evolve.

The NPT 2714 has been architected to provide this scale and flexibility. By using two switching ASICs to provide 14.4Tbps of switching capacity, it not only allows for a true in-service upgrade from 7.2Tbps to 14.4Tbps but also delivers far more power than a single ASIC-based 14.4Tbps solution. It supports 36 ports of 400G including 400G ZR+ or 144 ports of 100G or 228 ports of low speed 10G/25G. As such, the NPT 2714 is exceptionally well-suited for a wide variety of applications and networking scenarios, including:

• Multiservice Backhaul Network: NPT 2714 offers the high capacity, high performance routing, and IP/MPLS capabilities, required to support voice, video, mobile and data services in a multiservice backhaul network.
• Dual-Homed Service Provider Architectures: NPT 2714 delivers the high-capacity switching required in the metro core in dual-homed architectures
• CIN Architectures used by MSOs NPT 2714 delivers the high-capacity switching required from the spine node as defined by MSOs for their spine-leaf CIN architectures
• Border Router for DCI applications: NPT 2714 provides flexible optical I/O options, including pluggable coherent interfaces (ZR+) allowing it used with or without Ribbon’s Apollo optical layer in DCI applications. A pluggable amplifier allows NPT 2714 to support up to 3.2T per wavelength with a reach of over 130km.
• Critical Infrastructure: NPT 2714 is architected to provide the high-availability and security requirements, mandatory for mission critical networks. High availability is ensured through a fully redundancy architecture while security is provided with MACsec on all ports.

Ribbon’s Intelligent Middle Mile is a converged, automated IP Optical network providing connectivity between last mile access networks and the services and applications in the core of the network. This advanced network enables Service Providers to introduce new differentiated services more quickly than their competitors, while maximizing return on investment (RoI) by optimizing network utilization.

Ribbon’s MUSE Multilayer Automation Platform (Muse MAP) is a fundamental building block of the Ribbon’s intelligent middle mile. It delivers the automation and analytics essential for operating a modern IP Optical network, seamlessly integrating the IP and Optical layers into a unified set of network resources. This IP Optical integration enables network operators to build IP and Optical architectures to meet their customers’ current needs while ensuring a smooth network evolution as operational and business requirements evolve.

Coherent routing, operating in conjunction with Muse, is key to allowing the IP and Optical resources to be treated as a single set of network resources. This allows Ribbon’s intelligent middle mile to support both:

• Network architectures with separate IP and DWDM layers/networks – Muse provides fully integrated, seamless management of both layers. It offers network-aware fulfilment and assurance for the services transported across the network, ensuring that the operator and automation engine are aware of the optical underlay when provisioning or fault-finding the IP layer.
• Network architecture with coherent pluggables in the routers providing the DWDM layer - Muse provides full optical management of the coherent pluggable and the same integrated IP Optical management as provided for architectures with IP and DWDM in separate layers

The NPT 2714 uses standardized 400G ZR/ZR+ coherent pluggable optics, and can provide optical solutions for various scenarios such as:

Single channel Point to point connectivity, up to 36, 400G ZR+, point-to-point direct connections to other NPT routers over distances exceeding 100km without the need for any amplification.

The reach is extended to over 160km per span when NPT amplifiers are added (either pluggable or in the expansion shelf).

The NPT 2714 supports 3.2T over a single fiber pair, with a reach of approximately 130km, when Mux/Demux units and pluggable amplifiers are added.

The NPT 2714 supports up to 36 off 400G ZR+ connections, with a reach of over 560km, when Ribbon’s Apollo OLS system is added.