Nokia 7250 IXR-R Interconnect Routers

Release 21

The Nokia 7250 Interconnect Router R-series (IXR-R-series)1 offers high port
density in compact, modular, extended-temperature form factors. Routers
in this series are ideal for IP anyhaul, aggregation, fixed-mobile convergence
and mission-critical applications.

There are two platforms in the R-series: the

7250 IXR-R6 and the IXR-R4. Using these routers,
service providers can rapidly create and deploy
new services while extending the lifetime of their
existing infrastructure investment. Public and
private enterprises can efficiently expand their
aggregation networks. 7250 IXR-R6

New service opportunities

The 7250 IXR-R series supports new 5G transport
requirements. It delivers low latency for fronthaul,
Internet of Things (IoT) and mission-critical
7250 IXR-R4
applications while providing a large buffer
memory for less delay-sensitive applications.
Per-service queuing features support differentiated Automation
quality of service (QoS), which is ideal for any-G The 7250 IXR-R series uses the Nokia Service Router
aggregation and fixed-mobile network convergence. Operating System (SR OS) and is managed by the Nokia
These features also help industrial enterprises Network Services Platform (NSP). The NSP offers a rich
attain IT/OT convergence by simultaneously set of service management features that automates
carrying both their business and operational new service delivery and reduces operating cost.
traffic. Standards-based software-defined networking
Network operators who upgrade to the 7250 IXR-R (SDN) interfaces enable best-path computation to
series today will be ready to meet new service be offloaded to SDN controllers such as the Nokia
demands for many years to come. NSP. 7250 IXR-R-series routers, operating as path
computation clients (PCCs), collect and report

1 The 7250 IXR-R-series is part of the 7250 IXR product family. Additional data sheets are available for other models in this product family.

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per-link and per-service delay, jitter and loss metrics
together with port utilization levels, for efficient
Reliable service delivery
path computation by a path computation element Granular, in-depth and scalable per-service
(PCE) function in the SDN controller. monitoring offers visibility into packet flows.
The 7250 IXR-R series provides comprehensive
Network longevity reporting on key performance indicators such
as packet discard and forward counters. These
The modular architecture used by routers in the capabilities improve reliability and help service
7250 IXR-R series supports a variety of deployment providers fulfil service-level guarantees. Industry,
options. High-density 1GE/10GE/25GE/40GE/100GE enterprise and public sector operators can ensure
media-dependent adapter (MDA) cards accommodate that their critical operations traffic is receiving the
future growth. CFP2 DCO optics provide high bandwidth required treatment.
over extended distances, lowering the total cost of
The 7250 IXR-R series provides excellent protection
operations. Legacy interface cards support transport
against link or equipment failures through control
over existing TDM interfaces and allow for seamless
and datapath redundancy options. It quickly
migration to a next-generation IP/MPLS infrastructure.
reroutes traffic and re-converges networks using
Side-to-side airflow with a fan filter and redundant a robust set of dynamic routing and recovery
fans increases system lifetime and reduces maintenance capabilities. Superior network resiliency reduces
costs. Side-to-side airflow also guarantees compatibility network downtime and improves the overall
with 300 mm ETSI-compliant cabinets. This capability is productivity of network operations. With a highly
typically not available with front-to-back cooled systems. resilient network, network operators can reduce
operating costs, improve end-user satisfaction
High performance and offer higher-value SLAs.

The 7250 IXR-R series offers industry-leading

control-plane performance using a multi-tasking, For harsh environments
multi-priority operating system to take full The 7250 IXR-R series, with its extended
advantage of multi-core processors combined temperature range, mechanical hardening
with symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP). Network and robust EMC design, meets the IEEE 1613,
operators benefit from faster convergence times IEC 61850-3 and EN 50121-4 standards for
and powerful operations, administration and power substation and railway environments.
maintenance (OAM) and security features.
Software features
Accurate timing The 7250 IXR-R series supports, but is not limited
The 7250 IXR-R series provides precise timing and to, the following features.
accurate synchronization to meet the stringent
requirements of 4G/5G mobile base stations and Services
other networks. It improves timing accuracy over • Point-to-point Ethernet pseudowires/virtual
packet networks by combining built-in architectural leased line (VLL)
features with Global Navigation Satellite System
• Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN)
(GNSS) capabilities, ITU-T Synchronous Ethernet
(SyncE) and the Nokia Bell Labs IEEE 1588v2 – Virtual Private Wire Service (EVPN-VPWS)
algorithm. Powerful QoS mechanisms deliver best- – Virtual Private LAN Services (EVPN-VPLS): IPv4
in-class performance by minimizing the delay and and IPv6 support, including Virtual Router
delay variation experienced by packet synchronization Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
technologies. Port-based timestamping delivers
consistently accurate IEEE 1588v2 performance. – Multihoming with single active or active/active
modes

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• Multipoint Ethernet VPN services with VPLS based – Protocol Independent Multicast – Sparse Mode
on Targeted Label Distribution Protocol (T-LDP) (PIM-SM), Source Specific Multicast (SSM)
and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) – Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
• Routed VPLS with Internet Enhanced Services • Layer 3 Multicast - VPRN
(IES)/IP-VPN IPv4 and IPv6
– Next-generation multicast VPNs (NG-MVPN)
• Ingress and egress VLAN manipulation for L2 services
– SSM with multicast LDPv4 (mLDPv4)
• IP VPN Virtual Private Routed Network (VPRN), Inter-
Autonomous System (Inter-AS) Option A, B and C – IGMP/MLD
• IPv6 VPN Provider Edge (6VPE) – IGMP/MLD on Routed VPLS Interface
• Layer 2 Multicast
Network protocols
– IGMP/MLD snooping
• Segment routing
– Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System SDN
(SR-ISIS) and Open Shortest Path First • SR-TE LSPs, RSVP-TE LSPs
(SR-OSPF) – PCC initialized, PCC controlled
– Traffic engineering (SR-TE) IPv4, IPv6  – PCC initialized, PCE computed
• MPLS label edge router (LER) and label switching – PCC initialized, PCE controlled
router (LSR) functions
• SR-TE LSPs: PCE initialized, PCE controlled
– LDP
• Topology discovery: BGP-Link State (BGP-LS)
– Resource Reservation Protocol with traffic IPv4 and IPv6
engineering (RSVP-TE)
• Telemetry: streaming interface statistics,
• BGP Labeled Unicast (LU) (RFC 3107) route tunnels service delay and jitter metrics
• IP routing
Load balancing and resiliency
– Dual-stack Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP)
• IEEE [Link] Link Aggregation Group (LAG)
– Multi-topology, multi-instance IS-IS and multi-chassis (MC) LAG
– Multi-instance OSPF • Pseudowire and LSP redundancy
– Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP) • Control plane high availability (HA)
– BGP-LU support in edge, area border router • BGP Edge and Core Prefix Independent Convergence
(ABR) and autonomous system boundary (BGP PIC)
router (ASBR) roles
• HA routing and forwarding (7250 IXR-R6)
– Usage-triggered download of BGP label routes
• Fast reroute:
to Label - Forwarding Information Base (L-FIB)
– LDP with loop-free alternate (LFA) and remote
– Accumulated IGP (AIGP) metric for BGP
loop-free alternate (rLFA) policies
– BGP monitoring protocol (BMP)
– RSVP-TE
– BGP route-reflector for EVPN and IP-VPN with
– Segment routing with rLFA and topology-
VPNv4 and VPNv6 address families (AFs)
independent LFA policies
– BGP confederations  • IP and MPLS load balancing by equal-cost
• Layer 3 Multicast – base routing multipath (ECMP)
– Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) • VRRP
• Ethernet Ring Protection Switching ITU-T G.8032v2

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• Configurable polynomial and hash seed shift – MD CLI
• Entropy label (RFC-6790) – Remote Procedure Call (gRPC)
• In-service software upgrade (ISSU) (7250 IXR-R6) • Comprehensive management with Nokia NSP

Platform Operations, administration and maintenance

• Ethernet IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN) and 802.1ad • IEEE 802.1ag, ITU-T Y.1731: Ethernet Connectivity
(QinQ) with 9k jumbo frames Fault Management (CFM) for both fault detection
• Detailed forwarded and discarded counters and performance monitoring, including delay,
for service access points (SAPs) and network jitter, and loss tests
interfaces in addition to port-based statistics • Ethernet bandwidth notification (ETH-BN) with
• High-scale, per-Virtual Output Queue (VoQ) egress rate adjustment
packet and byte counters (7250 IXR-R6) • IEEE 802.3ah: Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)
• High-scale, per-policer, detailed counters on • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) IPv4, IPv6
a per-state basis
• Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP),
• VLAN range-based SAPs
TWAMP Light
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• A full suite of MPLS OAM tools, including LSP and
server for IPv4 IES, VPNv4
virtual circuit connectivity verification (VCCV) ping
• DHCP relay, IPv4 and IPv6, IES, IP-VPN, EVPN-VPLS
• Service assurance agent
• Accounting records
• Mirroring with slicing support
QoS and traffic management – Port
• Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS)
– VLAN
– Hierarchical egress schedulers and shapers per
– Filter output: MAC, IPv4/IPv6 filters
forwarding class, SAP, network interface or port
– Local/remote
– Port sub-rate
• Intelligent packet classification, including media • Port loopback with MAC-swap
access control (MAC), IPv4, IPv6 match-criteria- • Configuration rollback
based classification
• Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) capable
• Granular rate enforcement with up to 32 policers
per SAP/VLAN including broadcast, unicast, Security
multicast and unknown policers • Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
• Hierarchical policing for aggregate rate enforcement (RADIUS), Terminal Access Controller Access Control
• Strict priority, weighted fair queuing schedulers System Plus (TACACS+), and comprehensive control-
plane protection capabilities
• Congestion management via weighted random
early discard (WRED) • MAC-, IPv4- and IPv6-based access control lists
and criteria-based classifiers
• Egress marking or re-marking
• Per-port MAC security (MACsec)2
System management
• IP security (IPsec)2
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Network address translation (NAT)3
• Model-driven (MD) management interfaces
• Firewall3
– NETCONF
• Secure Shell (SSH)
2 Future software deliverable
3 Future software deliverable on the 7250 IXR-R6

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Technical specifications
Table 1. 7250 IXR-R series specifications
Feature 7250 IXR-R6 7250 IXR-R4
System throughput 1.6 Tb/s with single or redundant active/standby 600 Gb/s with single or redundant active/standby
Half duplex (HD) IMIX traffic control-processor input/output modules (CPIOMs) control processor modules (CPMs)
Card slot throughput 160 Gb/s full duplex (FD) per slot 160 Gb/s FD per slot
Card slots Six Four
Service interfaces None • 2 x SFP+/SFP 10GE
• 10 x SFP 100/1000 Mb/s (on the IOM card)
Control interfaces* • Console, management, SyncE/1588, BITS, • Console, management, SyncE/1588, BITS, USB,
Bluetooth, USB, GNSS in, 1PPS out, Optical 1PPS out, SD slot
Management Connection (OMC), SD slot
Timing and synchronization • Includes Stratum 3E oscillator • Includes Stratum 3E oscillator
• ITU-T SyncE • ITU-T SyncE
• IEEE 1588v2 • IEEE 1588v2
– Grandmaster clock (GMC), master clock (MC), – MC, BC, SC
boundary clock (BC), slave clock (SC) – Profiles: IEEE 1588v2 default, G.8265.1, G.8275.1
– Profiles: IEEE 1588v2 default, G.8265.1, G.8275.1 – UDP/IPv4 and Ethernet encapsulations
– UDP/IPv4 and Ethernet encapsulations • Nokia Bell Labs IEEE 1588v2 algorithm
• Nokia Bell Labs IEEE 1588v2 algorithm • NTP
• ITU-T G.8273.2 Class B** • BITS port (T1, E1, 2M) and 1PPS timing
• RFC 5905 Network Time Protocol (NTP) • Support for GNSS SFP
• Building Integrated Timing Supply (BITS) port
(T1, E1, 2M) and pulse-per-second (1PPS) timing
• Integrated, redundant GNSS receivers
• Support for GNSS SFP
Common connectors/indicators • Alarm input/output • Alarm input/output
(on the fan tray) • Alarm cutoff/lamp test (ACO/LT) button • Alarm cutoff/lamp test (ACO/LT) button
• Power status (A & B), fan and alarm LEDs • Power status (A & B), fan and alarm LEDs
Memory buffer size 8 GB 3 GB
Enhanced statistics collection Full-scale Standard
Common equipment redundancy Control, switch, power feeds, cooling fans Control, power feeds, cooling fans
Dimensions • Height: 3RU, 13.3 cm (5.25 in) • Height: 2RU, 8.9 cm (3.5 in)
• Width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in) • Width: 44.5 cm (17.5 in)
• Depth: 26.5 cm (10.4 in) • Depth: 26.5 cm (10.4 in)
• Rack-mountable in a 48.2-cm rack, 30-cm depth • Rack-mountable in a 48.2-cm rack, 30-cm depth
(standard 19-in equipment rack, 12-in depth) (standard 19-in equipment rack, 12-in depth)
Power • DC input (two feeds, rated): -48 V DC/-60 V DC • DC input (two feeds, rated): -48 V DC/-60 V DC
• AC power solutions available: • AC power solutions available:
100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50 Hz/60 Hz 100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50 Hz/60 Hz
Cooling • One tray of six ultra-quiet fans with redundancy • One tray of eight ultra-quiet fans with redundancy
• Safety electronic breaks on removal • Safety electronic breaks on removal
• Right-to-left airflow • Right-to-left airflow
• Front-to-back airflow (optional with add-on • Front-to-back airflow (optional with add-on
ancillaries) ancillaries)
• Fan filter • Fan filter
Normal operating temperature range -40°C to +65°C (-40°F to +149°F) sustained -40°C to +65°C (-40°F to +149°F) sustained
Shipping and storage temperature -40°C to +70°C (-40°F to +158°F) -40°C to +70°C (-40°F to +158°F)
Normal humidity 5% to 95%, non-condensing 5% to 95%, non-condensing
* Some control processor port features are future software deliverables.
** For noise generation only

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Optical breakout solutions available on QSFP28/QSFP+ ports: 4 x 10GE and 4 x 25GE.
High-density MDA cards provide flexibility with breakout options and multiprotocol ports. Legacy TDM
interfaces are also supported on the 7250 IXR-R6.
The 7250 IXR-R4 input/output module (IOM) has two SFP+/SFP 10GE ports and ten SFP GE ports providing
an initial service configuration before any MDA cards are installed.

Table 2. 7250 IXR-R-series MDA cards

Card name Details
1-port 100GE + • 1 x QSFP28/QSFP+ 100/40GE
6-port 10GE • 6 x SFP+/SFP 10/1GE

1-port 100GE + • 1 x CFP2 DCO 100GE

4-port 10GE • 4 x SFP+/SFP 10/1GE

4-port 25GE + • 4 x SFP28/SFP+ 25/10GE

6-port 10GE • 6 x SFP+/SFP 10/1GE

10-port 10GE • 10 x SFP+/SFP 10/1GE

20-port GE • 20 x cSFP 1GE (also accepts SFPs)

32-port ASAP E1* • TDM services

* Supported on the 7250 IXR-R6. Compatible with 7705 SAR-8/SAR-18. See the 7705 SAR data sheets for more details

Table 3. Maximum platform density per port speed

Port speed 7250 IXR-R6 7250 IXR-R4
• 100/40GE • 6 x 100/40GE + 36 x 10/1GE • 4 x 100/40GE + 26 x 10/1GE + 10 x GE
• 25GE • 24 x 25GE + 36 x 10/1GE • 16 x 25GE + 26 x 10/1GE + 10 x GE
• 10GE • 60 x 10GE • 42 x 10GE + 10 x GE
• GE • 80 x GE • 2 x 10GE + 80 x GE
• Above configurations include Ethernet ports on the IOM card

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Standards compliance4 • ES 201 468
• ETSI EN 300 132-2
Environmental specifications
• FCC Part 15 Class A
• ATIS-0600015.03
• GR-1089-CORE
• ATT-TP-76200
• ICES-003 Class A
• ETSI EN 300 019-2-1; Storage Tests,
Class 1.2 • IEC 61000-6-2

• ETSI EN 300 019-2-2; Transportation Tests, • IEC 61000-6-4

Class 2.3 • IEC CISPR 24
• ETSI EN 300 019-2-3; Operational Tests, • IEC CISPR 32 Class A
Class 3.2
• IEC/EN 61000-4-2 ESD
• ETSI EN 300 753 Acoustic Noise
• IEC/EN 61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity
Class 3.2
• IEC/EN 61000-4-4 EFT
• GR-63-CORE
• IEC/EN 61000-4-5 Surge
• GR-3108-CORE
• IEC/EN 61000-4-6 Conducted Immunity
• VZ-TPR-9205
• IEC/EN 61000-4-11 Voltage Interruptions
• [Link].9203 (CO)
• IEC/EN 61000-6-2 Immunity for industrial
Safety environments
• AS/NZS 60950.1/62368.1 • IEC/EN 61000-6-4
• IEC/EN 60825-1 • KCC Korea-Emissions & Immunity
• IEC/EN 60825-2 (in accordance KN32/35)
• IEC/EN/UL/CSA 60950-1 Ed2 • KN 301 489-1 (7250 IXR-R6)
• IEC/EN/UL/CSA 62368-1 Ed2 • KN 301 489-17 (Bluetooth) (7250 IXR-R6)
• VCCI Class A
Electromagnetic compatibility
• AS/NZS CISPR 32 Class A Radio (7250 IXR-R6 only)
• ATIS-0600315.2013 • EN 303 413 (GNSS)
• BSMI CNS13438 Class A • EN 300 328 ( Bluetooth)
• BT GS-7 • FCC Part 15 Subpart C (Bluetooth)
• EN 300 386 • RSS-GEN
• EN 301 489-1 (7250 IXR-R6) • RSS-247 (Bluetooth)
• EN 301 489-17 (Bluetooth) (7250 IXR-R6)
• EN 301 489-19 (GNSS) (7250 IXR-R6)
• EN 55032 Class A
• EN 55024

4 System design intent is according to standards listing. Refer to product documentation for detailed compliance status.

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Directives, regional approvals and Power utility substations
certifications • IEEE 1613 (exception, forced air system)
• EU Directive 2011/65/EU Restriction of the use • IEEE 1613.1
of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (Recast) Directive (including • IEC 61000-6-5
Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/863) • IEC 61850-3 (normal environmental conditions)
• DIRECTIVE 2012/19/EU Waste Electrical and • IEC/AS 60870.2.1
Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Railway
• DIRECTIVE 2014/30/EU Electromagnetic
Compatibility (EMC) • EN 50121-4
• DIRECTIVE 2014/35/EU Low Voltage Directive • IEC 62236-4
(LVD)
• DIRECTIVE 2014/53/EU Radio Equipment
Directive (RED)
• MEF CE 3.0 certified
• NEBS Level 3:
– Australia: RCM Mark
– China RoHS: CRoHS
– Europe: CE Mark
– Japan: VCCI Mark
– South Korea: KC Mark
– Taiwan: BSMI Mark

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