Huawei NetEngine 5000E‑40 (NE5000E‑40) Carrier‑Grade Cluster Core Router Full Product Description

1. Short Overview

Naming & Variant Breakdown

• NE5000E‑40: High‑density CLC chassis with 40 LPU service slots, supports 1.6 Tbps‑rate line‑cards, works standalone or as line chassis in multi‑chassis cluster system.
• NE5000E‑20: 20‑slot CLC chassis with lower port density for medium‑scale backbone deployment.
• NE5000E‑X16/X16A: Legacy 16‑slot earlier‑generation chassis.
• NE40E series: High‑end service routers for metro aggregation and edge‑core scenarios.

Difference vs other models: Compared with NE5000E‑20, NE5000E‑40 doubles service‑slot quantity to 40, providing much higher port density for scenarios requiring massive high‑speed interfaces. It inherits the same CCC‑based multi‑cluster architecture and is backward‑compatible with 1.6 Tbps line‑cards. Differing from NE40E/NE20E mid‑range routers, it targets petabit‑grade national backbone and super‑large‑scale DCI instead of metro or enterprise aggregation layer.

Core Differentiators

1. Large integrated cabinet‑style chassis. Key components including MPU main‑control, SFU switch fabric, LPU line‑cards, power supplies and fan trays support hot‑swap. Supports ISHE (In‑Service Hardware Expansion), enabling non‑interruptive cluster capacity expansion without service downtimeHuawei Car....
2. Single chassis provides40 LPU service slots, each slot supports up to 1.6 Tbps line‑cards, supporting high‑density 100GE/400G/800G Ethernet and OTN interfaces. When combined with CCC central chassis for multi‑chassis cluster, the whole system can scale to petabit‑level total switching capacity to cope with explosive growth of 5G, cloud, and ultra‑high‑definition video servicesHuawei Car....
3. Comprehensive full‑feature service stack: IPv4/IPv6 dual‑stack, SR‑MPLS, SRv6, EVPN/VXLAN, MPLS‑TP, L3VPN, VPLS/VLL, large‑scale multicast, meeting requirements for backbone, DCI and cloud‑peering services.
4. Carrier‑grade high‑availability: 1+1 redundant main‑control, N+1 redundant switch fabric, N+N power supply, N+1 fan tray; supports ISSU in‑service upgrade, NSR non‑stop routing, hardware‑accelerated BFD, IP/MPLS/VPN FRR to realize sub‑50 ms fast convergence for mission‑critical backbone services.
5. Intelligent O&M capability: Telemetry real‑time streaming monitoring, NETCONF/YANG open interface, cooperating with iMaster NCE to realize automatic service deployment, visualized SLA monitoring, intelligent traffic scheduling and proactive fault location for ultra‑large‑scale backbone networks.

2. Hardware Interface & Physical Specifications

Core Hardware Performance

• LPU Service Slots:40 slots (CLC chassis)
• Per‑slot capacity: Up to 1.6 Tbps
• Redundancy: 1+1 MPU main‑control; N+1 SFU switch fabric; N+N power supply; N+1 fan tray; all boards hot‑swappable
• Cluster mode: Supports standalone single‑chassis deployment; can form multi‑chassis cluster together with CCC central chassis for petabit‑level system capacity

Mechanical Parameters

• Dimensions (W × D × H):600 mm × 1200 mm × 2200 mm(integrated cabinet‑style chassis)
• Installation: Indoor standard equipment‑room deployment
• Operating environment
  • Operating temperature: 5 °C ~ +40 °C
  • Storage temperature: −40 °C ~ +70 °C
  • Relative humidity: 5%‑85% non‑condensing

Supported Interfaces (via LPU line‑cards)

• High‑speed Ethernet: 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, 100GE, 400G, 800G
• OTN: OTU2, OTU4, OTUCn
• Legacy WAN: POS STM‑16/64/256
• Management interfaces: RJ45 CON/AUX console, out‑of‑band GE management Ethernet port, USB 2.0 Host port, clock synchronization interfaces (1588v2 PTP, SyncE)

3. Software Feature Suite (VRP Platform)

Routing & WAN Connectivity

• IPv4 / IPv6 dual‑stack: Static route, RIP, OSPFv2/v3, IS‑IS, BGP4/BGP4+, policy‑based routing(PBR), ECMP load‑balance
• MPLS: LDP, RSVP‑TE, SR‑MPLS, SRv6, MPLS‑TP, L3VPN, VPLS/VLL, EVPN/VXLAN
• Multicast: PIM‑SM/PIM‑SSM, MSDP, MBGP, MVPN
• Access features: GRE, IPsec VPN

Slicing & Protection

• Protection suite: IP FRR, MPLS FRR, VPN FRR, hardware‑accelerated BFD, VRRP, ISSU, NSR, ISHE in‑service cluster expansion
• L2 features: STP/RSTP/MSTP, QinQ, VLAN stacking, Ethernet OAM Y.1731

QoS & Clock Synchronization

• QoS: Hierarchical QoS, traffic policing & shaping, multi‑level queue scheduling, WRED congestion avoidance, DSCP/802.1p marking
• Clock: 1588v2 PTP, Synchronous Ethernet

Security Features

• ACL, URPF, anti‑DoS attack defense
• AAA authentication: RADIUS, HWTACACS+
• Route‑policy security filtering

Management & O&M

• Local management: CLI over CON/AUX console
• Remote management: SSHv2, HTTPS, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, Syslog, NTP, NETCONF/YANG, Telemetry streaming telemetry
• Intelligent O&M: NCE‑driven SDN orchestration, visualized SLA monitoring, NQA network‑quality detection, intelligent traffic‑analysis

4. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Carrier‑Grade National / Large‑provincial IP Backbone Core Node: Super‑large‑capacity backbone node for telecom operators, bearing massive Internet, 5G bearer and large‑scale private‑line services.
2. Super‑large Metro Network Core Node: High‑density core for mega‑city metropolitan area networks, aggregating massive metro service traffic.
3. Large‑Scale DCI & Cloud Peering Node: Interconnection among multiple super‑large‑scale data centers and cloud‑platform peering for cloud‑service providers.
4. Ultra‑large Enterprise & Government Backbone Core Node: Core router for ultra‑large‑scale private networks of energy, government and other industries.

5. Standard Package Contents of NE5000E‑40

Note: Main‑control boards, switch‑fabric boards, LPU line‑cards, optical transceivers and advanced‑feature licenses are sold separately according to project requirements.

Software Licensing Information

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