What’s N3EAS2?
The EAS2 is used to transmit/receive Ethernet services, manage bandwidths, and realize Layer 2 switching of Ethernet services, applied to Huawei OSN3500 and OSN7500. EAS2 boards support the transmission of 10 GE Ethernet services, LCAS, and test frame functions.
Front Panel Ports
The front panel of the EAS2 provides two 10GE ports. One port is IN1-IN2 to receive 10GE signals; the other is OUT1-OUT2 to transmit 10GE signals. Both ports are the LC connector type.
Front panel of the EAS2
Working Principle and Signal Flow
The EAS2 consists of the interface processing module, mapping module, interface converting module, logic and control module, clock module, and power module.
- In the Transmit Direction
The encapsulation or conversion module demaps and decapsulates the signals received from the cross-connect unit. Then, the interface converting module performs the interface converting operations and transmits the signals to the service processing module. The service processing module implements the functions of the Layer 2 switching and private line service. After the interface processing module converts parallel signals to serial signals and encodes the serial signals, the Ethernet interface module transmits the serial signals.
- In the Receive Direction
The optical module performs O/E conversion on the 10 GE Ethernet signals, and then transmits the signals to the Ethernet interface module. The Ethernet interface module transmits the parallel signals to the service processing module to realize the functions of the Layer 2 switching and private line service. The encapsulation module encapsulates and maps the Ethernet GFP-F frames, and then transmits the signals to the cross-connect unit.
- Logic and Control Module
The logic and control module provides the communication, control, and service configuration functions of the board.
- Clock Module
The clock module traces the system reference clock, and generates the required clock signals when the board is working.
- Power Module
It converts the –48 V/–60 V power supply into the DC voltages that the modules of the board require.
Functional block diagram of the EAS2
N3EAS2 Detailed Specification
Specification | |||
Basic functions | Receives/Transmits 2×10 GE Ethernet services. | ||
Front panel port | IN1-IN2: receives 10GE signals. | ||
OUT1-OUT2: transmits 10GE signals. | |||
Port type | Supports 10GBASE-LR and 10GBASE-LW Ethernet optical ports, which comply with IEEE 802.3ae. | ||
Functions when being used with
an interface board |
Provides ports on the front panel. | ||
Service specifications | Formats of Ethernet data frames | IEEE 802.3 | Supported |
Ethernet II | Supported | ||
IEEE 802.1 q/p | Supported | ||
Frame length range | Supports the setting of the frame length to a value
ranging from 1518 bytes to 9600 bytes. |
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Supports a jumbo frame with a maximum length of 9600 bytes. | |||
Concatenation granularities | The following adjacent concatenation granularities are supported on N3EAS2 boards:
VC-4-Xv (X≤64) and VC-4-4c/16c/64c. |
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NOTE: | |||
For N3EAS2 boards, VCTRUNK1 and VCTRUNK18 support VC-4-16c/64c adjacent concatenation. | |||
Other VCTRUNKs only support VC-4-4c adjacent concatenation. | |||
N3EAS2 boards support adjacent concatenation only for bidirectional services. | |||
Encapsulation formats | HDLC | Not supported | |
LAPS | Not supported | ||
GFP-F | Supported | ||
MPLS technology | Tunnel-based EVPL (transit) supported on N3EAS2 boards | ||
VLAN technology | Supports a total number of 4094 VLANs, which comply with IEEE 802.1q/p. | ||
Maximum uplink bandwidth | An N3EAS2 board supports a maximum of 20 Gbit/s upstream bandwidth and
can adapt to the bandwidth of its slot. |
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Maximum bound bandwidth | N3EAS2: 128xVC-4 | ||
Maximum Power consumption | 83 W | ||
Temperature | 25°C | ||
Dimensions (mm) | 25.4 (W) x 235.2 (D) x 261.4 (H) | ||
Weight (kg) | 01-Jan-00 |
Difference between N1 and N3 functional version
The EAS2 is available in the following functional versions: N1 and N3. Differences are as below:
Functional Version | N1 | N3 |
ERPS function | Not supported | Supported |
One-fiber bidirectional optical modules | Not supported | Supported |
Pluggable optical module | XFP optical module | SFP+ optical module |
Ethernet virtual private line (EVPL) service | Supports a maximum of 2048 link | Supports a maximum of 4096 |
Maximum uplink bandwidth | Supports a maximum of 10 Gbit/s | Supports a maximum of 20 Gbit/s |
Bound bandwidth | 64xVC-4 or 192xVC-3 | 128xVC-4 |
MPLS technology | Not supported | Supported |
MSTP | Not supported | Supported |
ERPS | Not supported | Supported |
From above information, we shall know the N3EAS2 basic functions and can better undertstand the differences between N1EAS2 and N3EAS2.
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