7250 Interconnect Router for data center fabrics
Deploy high-density, high-capacity data center switches for an open, leaf-spine architecture
Nokia 7250 Interconnect Routers for data center fabrics are high-capacity platforms in a modular or fixed form factor that allow you to deploy an open leaf-spine architecture using modern data center switches.
A key part of our Data Center Fabric solution, these next-generation platforms are designed to deliver the massive scale, reliability and investment protection that communications service providers (CSPs), enterprises and webscale companies demand. They implement a system capacity of up to 460.8 Tb/s with 800GE,400GE, 100GE, 40GE, 25GE and 10GE interfaces for intra-fabric and server connectivity.
Features and benefits
The modular 7250 IXR-6e/10e/18e and the fixed 7250 IXR-X1b/X3b platforms let you combine massive-scale interconnectivity with an open, extensible and resilient network operating system (NOS) and an operations toolkit that enables you to automate every phase of your data center fabric operations.
Versatile, scalable platforms
With two fixed form-factor and three modular platform variants, the 7250 IXR series delivers massive scalability, very high throughput, and flexibility enabling rapid deployment and easy adaptation for evolving data center, cloud and WAN environments and for supporting the demanding needs of AI and HPC workloads. The modular platforms offer:
- A high-quality, midplane-less, orthogonal direct cross-connect design, a critical design element to successfully move to future faster SERDES speeds
- An architecture without re-timers across multiple generations of ASICs driving low power and ultra-high reliability due to a component minimizing design
- A power- and cooling-optimized design
- Support for 800GE and 400GE coherent optics with support for 400GE ZR+ optics in all pluggable optics positions
A modern, open NOS
The 7250 IXR-6e/10e/18e platforms implement our SR Linux NOS, a unique, ground-up architecture built around modular model-driven management. With SR Linux, you can:
- Bring simplified operations and integrations, ultimate visibility and unmatched flexibility to your data centers
- Evolve your data center networks using essential enhanced IP routing features such as MP-BGP, EVPN and VXLAN
- Give your NetOps teams and application developers the confidence to fine-tune and customize the data center leaf-spine platforms and NOS to meet their needs
Predictable, consumable and adaptable operations
The 7250 IXR for data center fabrics are managed by our Event-Driven Automation (EDA) platform for highly reliable, simplified, and adaptable data center networks. EDA leverages Kubernetes foundation to lower risks and barriers to entry. With EDA, you can:
- Reduce network disruptions and service downtime by driving human error in network operations to zero.
- Decrease operational effort up to 40% by simplifying data center life cycle operations.
- Easily integrate with a wide range of tools, IT service management systems, event notification systems, and cloud management platforms.
Resources
AI and ML in Network Operations Applications
NFD33: Nokia SR Linux and Generative AI Combine for Network AIOps
NFD33: Configure Devices and Stream Telemetry with Nokia and Open-Source gNMIc
NFD33: Lab as Code with Nokia Containerlab
Packet Pushers Video Byte: Nokia SR Linux AI Assistant
OpenColo driving data center innovation
Data Center Network Operations (NetOps) Reimagined
Moor Insights: Nokia Data Center Fabric solution - Benefits of a digital twin
Moor Insights: Nokia Data Center Fabric solution - Leveraging proven foundations
Moor Insights: Nokia Data Center Fabric solution - What’s different?
Moor Insights: Nokia Data Center Fabric solution - Your network automation journey
Nokia Data Center Fabric solution - Evolution of network automation
Nokia TechTalks in 10 - EVPN Multi-homing
Nokia TechTalks in 10 - EVPN Route Types
Nokia TechTalks in 10 - Network Telemetry
BCA Motivations and approach review
7220 IXR-D series and IXR-H series fixed configuration data center hardware platforms
7250 IXR-6e and 7250 IXR-10e data center hardware platforms
IDC: How Datacenter Network Automation Drives Digital Business
TechTalks in 10 - Technology – EVPN
Analyst reports
Articles
- Gestalt IT-Implementing NetDevOps in Datacenter Fabric Operations with Nokia
- Gestalt IT: Nokia introduces SR-Linux as its modular, open and extensible Network Operating System
- SDxCentral: Nokia wants to conquer the data center market - Can genAI help?
- SR Linux GPT blog on learn.srlinux.dev (Includes app installation process)
- The NextPlatform: Making data center networking as consumable as compute
- The Register: Operating your network isn’t enough. You need to develop (for) it
- The Register: Why can't a switch be like a server? Nokia says it can
- VMBlog: Prediction series-2022-Jan-Why 2022 is the year of consumable data center networks
Blogs
- Building a new webscale management architecture for data center switching
- Building your business case for a new data center switching fabric
- Enabling automated EVPN connectivity for data center fabrics
- Powering the new NetOps era with Containerlab
- SR Linux and ChatGPT combine for network AIOps
- Take charge of your data center switching infrastructure
- The consumable data center network – bon appétit!
- Ushering in a new era of data center switching
Podcasts
- Develop Custom Network Apps With Nokia’s SR Linux NDK
- Enhancing CI/CD Pipelines With Nokia’s Digital Sandbox
- Heavy Networking 653: Design, Deploy, And Operate With Nokia Data Center Fabric Solution
- Maximize Network Data With Nokia’s Streaming Telemetry
- Nokia Fabric Services System Streamlines Network Automation For Application Stacks
- Nokia’s ChatGPT App Lets Engineers Query The Network
- Packet Pushers-Configure devices, stream telemetry with Nokia's free open-source gNMIc
- Packet Pushers-Event-Driven Automation With Nokia’s SR Linux Event Handler Framework
- Packet Pushers: Containerlab makes container and VM networking Labs easy
- Packet Pushers: How Nokia's Digital Sandbox Enhances Intent-Based Automation
- Packet Pushers: Network Apps for smarter network Ops
- Packet Pushers: Operationalizing EVPN for data center networks
- Running An Open, Automated Data Center Fabric With Nokia
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