Comparison of Huawei GPON OLT MA5608T and MA5800X2

MA5608T and MA5800X2 are both Huawei GPON OLT with 2 service slots, but MA5608T belongs to Huawei MA5600T series, the global first OLT while MA5800X2 belongs to MA5800 series, the next-generation Huawei OLT.

You may hear that MA5800X2 has higher performance than MA5608T and thus its price must be higher, but do you know how MA5800X2 is better than MA5608T? What is the differences and similarity between MA5608T and MA5800X2? How to choose the most suitable configuration? Which one can be the better choice for meeting your needs and save your network CapEx?

In this article, we will compare MA5608T and MA5800X2 regarding main control board, (X)GPON board, physical parameters, etc.

Huawei GPON OLT Series Description

MA5600T Series GPON OLT

SmartAX MA5600T is the global first OLT which integrates the functionality of aggregation switch and edge router. It can provide highdensity GPON, 10GPON and Ethernet P2P optical access, tripleplay service, TDM/ATM/Ethernet leased line services for business customers and high precision clock, and high density GE/10GE interfaces for cascading remote access equipments. MA5600T helps to simplify network architecture, to improve network reliability and lower TCO essentially.

There are three types of frame of MA5600T series product. The large frame (which named MA5680T) has 16 service slots while the middle frame (which named MA5683T) has 6 service slots, the small frame (which named MA5608T) has 2 service slots. The service card and software are all compatible between MA5680T, MA5683T and MA5608T.

MA5800 Series GPON OLT

The MA5800 is the industry’s first smart aggregation OLT with a distributed architecture. It is positioned as the next-generation OLT for NG-PON. The product is designed to help carriers build networks with larger bandwidths, higher speeds, and smarter connectivity to deliver better service experience.

Providing GPON, 10G GPON, P2P GE, and 10GE access, the MA5800 supports deployment on FTTH, FTTD, FTTB, FTTC, and distributed converged cable access platform (D-CCAP) networks. This makes it applicable to home access, enterprise access, mobile backhaul, and Wi-Fi hotspot backhaul scenarios to aggregate all services on one fiber network.

The MA5800 functions as a large-capacity aggregation device on the network to aggregate the traffic from ONTs, MDUs, and campus switches, thereby simplifying the network architecture and reducing the OPEX.

 

Configuration Comparison

Huawei GPON OLT		MA5608T	MA5800 X2
Main control slots	Slot number	2	2
	Main control board	MCUD: main control board integrated with 4*1GE uplink port	MPSA: main control board integrated with 2*1GE+2*1GE or 10GE uplink port (40G bandwidth per slot)
		MCUD1: main control board integrated with 2*1GE+2*1GE or 10GE uplink port	MPSC: main control board integrated with 4*1GE or 10GE uplink port  (80G bandwidth per slot)
Power slots	Slot number	1	1
	Power board	MPWD: AC Power Board	PISB: AC Power Board
		MPWC: DC Power Board	PISA: DC Power Board
Service slots	Slot number	2	2
(X)GPON slots	GPON board	GPBD:8-port GPON interface board GPFD:16-port GPON interface board	GPHF/GPSF: 16-port GPON Interface Board GPSF only supports FTTH GPHF supports FTTH, FTTO, FTTM, D-CCAP and 1588V2 protocol
	XG-PON board	XGBD:8-port 10G GPON interface board	XGHD:8-port 10G GPON interface board
	XGS-PON board	NO	TWED: 8-port 10G XGS-PON interface board
	Comb PON board	NO	CGHF: GPON and XGPON 16-port asymmetrical 10GPON (XG-PON) and GPON combo CSHF: GPON and XGSPON 16-port symmetrical 10GPON(XG-SPON) and GPON combo
Uplink board	Supported	NO	YES
	Type	MA5608T does not have separate uplink board, but you can use the uplink port integrated on the main control board.	NXED：8-10GE uplink board Enhanced 8-port 10GE uplink interface board, supporting 10GE/GE Ethernet upstream transmission. NXED is used when uplink ports currently provided in MA5800X2 are not enough.

Note: not all boards are named on the table; only the mainstream boards are mentioned above.

Data Comparison

Huawei GPON OLT	MA5608T	MA5800X2
Dimensions ( W x D x H, excluding mounting brackets)	442 mm x 244.5 mm x 88.1mm	442.0 mm × 268.7 mm × 88.1 mm
Dimensions ( W x D x H, including mounting brackets of IEC standard)	482.6 mm x 244.5 mm x 88.1mm	482.6 mm × 268.7 mm × 88.1mm
Dimensions ( W x D x H, including mounting brackets of ETSI standard)	535 mm x 244.5 mm x 88.1mm	535.0 mm × 268.7 mm × 88.1mm
Maximum weight at full configuration	8.83 kg	9.4 kg
Power supply mode	DC power supply (dual for backup) AC power supply + battery for backup	DC or AC
Control board slot	2, 3	3, 4
Service board slot	0, 1	1, 2
Power board slot	4 (H801MPWC, H801MPWD Power board) 4, 5 (H801MP WE Power board)	0
GE/10GE ports (Control board)	MCUD: 8 x GE (in the load-sharing mode) MCUD1: 4 x GE + 2 x GE/10GE (in the load-sharing mode)	4*GE + 4*GE/10GE
GPON ports	32	32
XG-PON ports	N/A	32
XGS-PON ports	N/A	32
GE/FE ports	96	96
10GE ports	N/A	16
VDSL2 ports	128	N/A
POTS ports	128	N/A
SHDSL ports	64	N/A
ISDN ports	64	N/A
Band Width per slot	N/A	40 Gbit/s
Switching capacity of the control board	128 Gbit/s in active/standby mode 256 Gbit/s in load-sharing mode	248 Gbit/s
MAC address	32768	262143
Access ONT	2048	4096
IPv4 routing table	5120	65536
IPv6 routing table	5120	16384
ARP table	8192	32768

From the above all comparisons, we can know MA5608T does not support XG-PON/XGS-PON/Comb PON ports while MA5800X2 supports XG-PON/XGS-PON/GPON&XG-PON combo/GPON&XGS-PON combo ports. Furthermore, in comparison with MA5608T, MA5800X2 has 8 times MAC address; 2 times Access ONT; 4 times ARP table.

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