The Calix E7-2 allows you to deploy the bandwidth you need now, with the flexibility to easily keep pace with accelerating change. Each E7-2 platform is a modular two-slot, 1RU chassis with a 100 Gbps non-blocking backplane that delivers any mix of VDSL2, GPON, Active Ethernet / point-to-point gigabit Ethernet, 10GE, and GE services. The E7-2 leverages the first standards-based Ethernet kernel built for access, called Ethernet eXtensible Architecture (EXA). The result: a simple, cost-effective network architecture that delivers advanced services and expanded network capacity when you need it.
The E7-2 delivers native Ethernet services across a variety of applications, from mobile backhaul with 10GE transport to advanced business and residential services across GPON and point-to-point gigabit Ethernet. Any card, any slot, any combination.
96 VDSL2 Combo Ports in 1RU
VDSL2-48C and VDSL2-48 Line Cards (Business and Residential)
In 1RU, the E7-2 delivers 96 VDSL2 combo ports or 48 VDSL2 overlay ports, while enabling full ADSL2+ fallback functionality. This includes the ability to deliver bonding and ADSL2+ PTM mode today, while seeding your network with the hardware capability to deliver VDSL2 vectoring – dynamic spectral management (DSM) level 3.
GPON-4 Line Card (Business and Residential)
Maximize fiber access deployment flexibility with four GPON ports, eight AE / point-to-point GE ports, and standards-based 10GE transport on the same line card.
10GE-4 Line Card (Transport and Aggregation)
Deploy the latest generation of carrier-grade, standards-based 10GE transport and MEF 9/14 certified business services aggregation on the same line card.
GE-12 Line Card (Residential Active Ethernet / point-to-point GE)
Deliver residential, point-to-point 1GE service drops in 12-port increments with integrated, standards-based, 10GE transport on the same line card.
GE-24 Line Card (Residential Active Ethernet / point-to-point GE)
Deliver residential, point-to-point 1GE service drops in 24-port increments with integrated, standards-based, 10GE transport on the same line card.
Fiber Access Deployment Flexibility
A key component of the E7-2 ESAP Ethernet business solution set are the 700GX ONTs and 700GE ONTs. These ONTs auto-detect both GPON and Active Ethernet. The 700GX ONT family consists of a wide variety of models designed to fit any business application including 1-8 GE ports, 2-8 T1/E1 ports, 2-8 POTS, and 1-8 RF video ports. The ONTs are available in either wall- or rack-mounted models and can be powered by either -48 V or 24 V (required for mobile backhaul applications).
Ethernet Business Service Opportunities
Businesses are migrating to Ethernet business services at an accelerating pace. Service providers that anticipate and prepare for this migration stand the best chance of winning the resulting business. The E7-2 ESAP enables this migration with carrier-class Ethernet designed to meet business service requirements using MEF Ethernet service definitions. This simplifies the sales engagement and service turn-up processes and drives revenue growth.
Ethernet eXtensible Architecture:
Standards-based Ethernet Kernel Built for Access
Calix EXA Powered platforms are built on an Ethernet kernel optimized for the access network, leveraging the latest generation of deployable Ethernet standards – ensuring that your network is highly extensible and ready for an all-video world.
