9700 Series 

The flagship of ECI's Carrier Ethernet switch/router family, the 9700 Series brings the qualities of transport networks to a scalable packet platform. The 9700 supports an industry-leading wire-speed density of 1,200 Gigabit Ethernet ports per rack and 40 Gbps per slot today, with up to 100 Gbps in a future release without a forklift upgrade. The high capacity of the 9700 makes it ideally suited for metro core deployments for Ethernet-based business and residential services.

At the heart of the 9700 is ShadeTree™, a field-proven IP/MPLS control plane enhanced with advanced Carrier Ethernet features for the delivery of MEF services including E-Line, E-LAN, and E-Tree, as well as the latest Ethernet OAM standards from the IEEE and ITU.

The 9700 Series is comprised of the SR9710 and the SR9705. The systems are fully redundant and all line cards are fully interchangeable between platforms.

9700 Series works in concert with the entire ECI portfolio to provide a complete solution tied together by ECI’s 1Net architectural framework. 

Model	SR9705 Overview	SR9710 Overview
Line cards slots	5	10
Switching capacity (full duplex)	200 Gbps	400 Gbps
Forwarding rate	297 Mpps	595 Mpps
10 Gigabit Ethernet cards	2/4 port 10 GE line card	2/4 port 10 GE line card
Gigabit Ethernet cards	20/40 port GE line card	20/40 port GE line card
Size	8U	13U

Overview

• Carrier Ethernet switching and routing for the Metro core and aggregation
• A complete suite of Ethernet & IP services for businesses, residential and mobile networks
• Managed by ShadeTree, a field-proven IP/MPLS control plane
• Extensive support for industry standard Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) tools including IEEE 802.1ag Ethernet OAM, ITU Y.1731 and IETF BFD
• Advanced bandwidth management using hierarchical quality of service (H-QoS)
• Integrated with LightSoft, ECI's network management system (NMS) for a single management umbrella, covering Carrier Ethernet, MSPP and Optical platforms in the Metro network

Benefits

• Service providers can gradually introduce packet-based services while maintaining tight control of their CAPEX
• Using a single network management system, service providers can gain better control of their networks, enabling them to reduce the time-to-market of new services and increase the availability and reliability of their service offerings
• By enabling packet-optical integration and combined IP and Ethernet services on the same infrastructure, 9700 Series provides simplified architecture that enables a cost-effective network design, thus reducing the service provider TCO
• 9700 Series meets the strict demand needed for carrier-grade platforms, including high availability, resiliency (sub 50ms protection), redundancy, reliability and security
• Meeting the industry standards for quality of service helps service providers differentiate and add more value to their service portfolio as well as guarantees different service level agreements (SLA) per customer