10GE Ethernet Transport and Aggregation Platform

The Calix E5-400 delivers scalable, high-bandwidth Ethernet services from a small form factor platform. The 1 RU E5-400 is fully hardened for maximum deployment flexibility, and supports major new standards-based technologies such as 10GE (XFP and SFP+), NxGE, and GE transport (Enhanced EAPS) and aggregation (RSTP / LAG), as well as point-to-point Ethernet or high-capacity Ethernet business service delivery.

The E5-400 is the ideal solution for a wide variety of deployment scenarios:

• The 1 RU small form factor maximizes service provider deployment options. The environmentally hardened E5-400 can be deployed across the entire access network – from the central office to outdoor cabinets – to deliver residential voice, video and data services throughout a high-capacity Ethernet network.
• The E5-400 delivers new layers of protection to ensure network flexibility and redundancy. These include ITU G.8032-aligned enhanced Ethernet automatic protection switching (Enhanced EAPS), IEEE 802.1w rapid spanning-tree (RSTP), and IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation (LAG). Enhanced EAPS creates a fault-tolerant network topology; RSTP maximizes redundant link flexibility; link aggregation streamlines bandwidth expansion.
• Like all Calix products, the E5-400 is managed by the Calix Management System (CMS). When deployed in combination with other C-Series, E-Series, and P-Series devices, service providers enjoy operational efficiencies of using a single management solution in conjunction with the industry's most comprehensive set of access solutions.

Carrier Grade Ethernet

For Calix, carrier grade is defined as the ability to deliver telephony grade reliability across a standards-based, protected network infrastructure specifically designed to meet the demanding jitter, latency and timing requirements of next generation IP services. All Calix E-Series platforms are designed to be a logical complement to the entire Calix product portfolio, delivering carrier grade Ethernet to the access network edge and beyond. The result: A unified access infrastructure that provides service providers with one network view and one subscriber experience, regardless of media type, protocol or service, and the "right" solution for operational and capital efficiency.