The CR16000-F is a high-end router series independently developed by H3C. It utilizes distributed hardware forwarding, and non-blocking switching technology. It adopts an advanced CLOS architecture with a separate control plane and forwarding plane. It supports high-density FE/GE, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 50GE, 100GE, 400GE interfaces, with flexible single-slot performance expansion to meet different network position requirements. It supports the advanced Comware 7 network operating system, which perfectly integrates with the CR16000-F in multiple aspects such as multi-core CPU support, distributed computing, modular design, high availability architecture, virtualization, and openness. It uses mature virtualization technology to improve network reliability while reducing device maintenance workload. It supports powerful BRAS functionality and carrier-grade CGN, meeting the development needs of multi-service edge MSE devices for operators and core devices for campus networks. It supports various network protection technologies and 1588v2 synchronous Ethernet, serving as an ER router to meet the IPRAN networking needs of operators. It supports the SR/SRv6, FlexE, iFIT, and NETCONF technologies, and has comprehensive SDN capabilities. Combined with the AD-WAN controller, it can achieve automatic business distribution, flexible network scheduling, multi-dimensional business assurance, and intelligent network O&M. With the support of IPSec VPN technology, it can meet users' demands for a trusted network.
With the rapid development of the intelligent era, businesses are becoming increasingly complex and diverse, and traffic is growing rapidly. Traditional wide area network (WAN) issues are becoming more prominent, such as uncontrollable forwarding paths, invisible services, and difficult maintenance. It is necessary to introduce SDN and intelligent technologies to achieve unified resource management, full utilization, automatic application deployment, rapid deployment, dynamic business perception, proactive adaptation, differentiated protection, and visible quality.
CR16000-F provides the following benefits:
Supports SR/SRv6+EVPN technology, simplifying network configuration and achieving manageable and controllable network paths.
Supports sub-interface slicing, FlexE, and other hard isolation technologies, reserving broadband resources and ensuring high reliability for high-priority services.
Supports iFIT + Telemetry deep flow detection technology, proactively monitoring network health and transforming passive maintenance into proactive maintenance.
Supports NETCONF and YANG, providing configuration APIs to achieve network configuration automation and accelerate network device and service deployment.
Supports CBTS functionality, selecting different tunnel paths based on different business priorities to achieve differentiated forwarding services.
Supports EVPN/VXLAN, learning MAC addresses and routing information remotely to implement Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN based on VXLAN.
The CR16000-F, combined with the AD-WAN controller, achieves comprehensive network management, control, and analysis. It can work with SDN components to achieve centralized management, control, and analysis of the wide area network, supporting unified management and control, single-domain, multi-domain, and cross-layer business automation.
Traditional SR routers carry telecom services such as Mobile, Business, and IPTV, and BRAS serves as the access gateway for broadband network applications, performing user authentication and management. The CR16000-F combines SR and BRAS functions, improving the efficiency of user network device utilization and saving user investment. It provides the following benefits:
Supports Intelligent Target Account (iTA), which distinguishes business types by destination address, realizing billing, bandwidth control, and QoS for different types of user businesses, providing users with differentiated business operation solutions.
Supports unified wired and wireless authentication, simplifying user management costs. It meets the needs of massive user terminal access through high-capacity BRAS, while also meeting the mobility and seamless authentication needs of wireless terminals.
Supports BRAS IRF hot backup, avoiding single point of failures while simplifying operations, maintenance, and management.
Traditional mobile operator base station backhaul networks are built on TDM/SDH. However, with the deployment and development of 3G and LTE services, data services have become the main carrier, and the demand for bandwidth is rapidly increasing. The traditional SDH TDM exclusive channel network expansion model is difficult to support, and the construction of a packetized backhaul network is an irreversible trend. IP RAN has become the mainstream solution in the mobile backhaul network field. The CR16000-F provides powerful functionality for IP RAN:
Supports various link detection and protection technologies, including: IP FRR, LDP FRR, Bypass PW, BFD For PW, and Y.1731.
Supports the 1588V2 clock synchronization protocol, achieving more accurate frequency synchronization and time synchronization.
Supports Ethernet clock synchronization, with clock recovery quality reaching 0.01 ppm.
The control plane of the CR16000-F adopts multi-core and SMP symmetric multiprocessing technology, running the advanced Comware 7 operating system. Each software module has an independent operating space and can be dynamically loaded and separately upgraded.
Comware 7 supports distributed computing and global services such as MPLS and BGP. It can run on the designated MPU CPU system and distribute the main programs of each global service to different MPU systems, effectively balancing the pressure on each CPU and improving the overall performance of the system. A global service can be further split into sub-functions and the system distributes them to different MPU CPU systems, achieving distributed computing for a global service.
