1. A-2200
Carrier Ethernet Edge Switch
Nokia Siemens Networks A-2200 Carrier Ethernet Edge Switch is part of
the complete NSN end-to-end packet transport solution the comprises
access, aggregation core and management.
A-2200 support a diverse selection of services and applications which
include: Enterprise, Mobile Backhaul and Converged networks.
A-2200 is a ,modular multi-service switch, supporting both Ethernet and
legacy TDM applications.
This 1.5U MEF-certified device is equipped with two redundant hot-
swappable AC or DC power supplies, redundant fans and Dry Contact
alarm interface for alarm management.
A-2200 is full managed by the ASPEN management system offering
end-to-end management solution and enables efficient point & click
configuration, SLA measurement, traffic engineering and network
resource allocation.
Features:
• Carrier-class features such as
redundant power supplies, N+1 fan
redundancy and dry contact
• Multi-service enabled, including E-
Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, and CES
services, on a single device
• CES support including E1/T1, DS3,
OC3/STM-1 with 1+1 APS protection
• High Bandwidth & Capacity – 4x1G
uplink and up to 20x1G access ports
• Support for Hard QoS such as CIR,
EIR, H-QoS, Shaping and WRR
• Support for 50ms carrier-class
protection, Multi failure protection
and In-Service-SW-Upgrade (ISSU).
• High performance and very low
delay and jitter
• Standard OAM mechanism and
protocol support (IEEE802.1ag,
Y.1731)
With the rapid increase in the need
for high bandwidth, and the equally
impressive increase in the
performance of Ethernet within the
LAN environment, the demand for
metro network performance has
never been greater.
The biggest challenge for service
providers of all types is to deliver
not only cost-effective and scalable
performance, but also, and more
importantly, a Carrier Ethernet
solution that facilitates new
services, rapid and easy
provisioning and dramatically
reduced operational costs.
Rev 2.0

2. • Hard QoS supporting CIR, EIR
and priority with 64Kbps and
1Mbps granularity
• Traffic Shaping and
Connection Admission Control
(CAC), ensuring end-to-end
bandwidth guarantee
• SONET-like 50ms protection
using Fast Reroute protocol that
is much faster and more
scalable than Spanning Tree or
Rapid Spanning Tree protocol
• Strong and comprehensive
OAM functions including fast
and pinpoint fault detection,
alarm-service correlation,
Ethernet loop-backs, as well as
round-trip delay, jitter and
packet loss measurement
• Wire-speed performance
• Very low delay and jitter
• Flexible and intelligent
customer traffic mapping
mechanisms that allows multi-
services on one access
interface
• Up to 2,000 protected
connections per device
• Advanced synchronization
including ACR (Adaptive Clock
Recovery), Synchronous
Ethernet and IEEE1588V2
• Strong management
capability
Functions
Product Overview
Nokia Siemens Networks A-2200
complements the A-2000 series product
line by adding extended switching
capacity for the most mission critical
applications and for providing Ethernet
services from Carrier Central Offices,
PoPs and Collocation Cages. It is a one
and half rack-unit high, compact Carrier
Ethernet Edge Switch that
delivers cost-effective 10/100 Ethernet,
Gigabit Ethernet and CES/TDM access
interfaces for end customers. All the
access modules are hot swappable. It
has four Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SSF-
pluggable ports for connectivity to the
Carrier Ethernet core network.
Redundant load-sharing AC and DC
power are also hot swappable and field
Replaceable Fan Units.
The A-2200 can be deployed as high-
end CPE working with the Nokia
Siemens Networks A-4000 and A-8000
series of Carrier Ethernet Core
Switches and Nokia Siemens Networks’
ASPEN management system. In
addition, the A-2200 can be used as an
aggregation switch working together
with the A-210 or A-1180 demarcation
device to provide a very cost-effective
access solution. The A-2200 will also
be part of the NSN CET Next-
Generation solution and fully
interoperate with CET NG switches.
Using these products in conjunction,
carriers and service providers can
construct a powerful Metro
infrastructure with high performance
and efficiency, designed to quickly
deliver profitable communication
services.
The A-2200 features 8Gbps non-
blocking switching capacity. It offers up
to 2,000 protected simultaneous
connections supporting point-to-point,
point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-
multipoint services. Customer traffic can
be mapped to connections using
multiple and flexible rules from layer 1
(port-based) up to layer 3 (IP Address,
Protocol Type and DSCP bits).
End-to-End Carrier Ethernet Solution
ASPEN SERVICE MANAGEMENT
Demarc Edge Aggregation Core
A-2200
MX 480
MX 960
A-1180
A-2200
A-2200
A-2200
A-1200
Eth
BTS
NB
E1
A-2200
BSC
STM-1
RNC
Eth
A-210
A-210 IP/MPLS

3. Applications
MEF-Compliant Service Attributes
The A-2200 delivers flexible, affordable
Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet
access interfaces, supporting point-to-
point, point-to-multipoint and multipoint-
to-multipoint services. Customer traffic
can be mapped to connections using
any combination of rules from layer 1 to
layer 3.
The A-2200 fully supports SLAs defined
by MEF service definitions including:
• Committed Information Rate (CIR)
• Excess Information Rate (EIR)
• Priority for bounded delay and jitter
• Protection levels (sub-10sec or sub-
50ms)
In addition to pure Ethernet
connectivity, service providers can
migrate legacy TDM traffic onto their
Carrier Ethernet network using Nokia
Siemens Networks Circuit Emulation
Services modules that provide ITU-T
compliant E1/T1, E3/T3 and STM-
1/OC-3 interfaces.
Full Protection and Reliability
The A-2200 has been designed to
deliver the SONET-like reliability that
carriers demand, but with the price,
performance and scalability of Carrier
Ethernet. The protection mechanism of
the A-2200 is similar to MPLS Fast
Reroute, and thus can achieve sub-
50ms fail-over time.
It also offers an end-to-end protection
mechanism that protects against any
types of failure within sub-10seconds,
according to service profiles, and in
addition, Multi-Failure protection and In-
Service-SW-Upgrade
Industry-Leading Service Provisioning
and Management Solution Nokia
Siemens Networks Service Provisioning
for Ethernet
Nokia Siemens Networks’ ASPEN
solution is the industry’s simplest
network management and service
management platform for managing
Carrier Ethernet services. ASPEN
delivers enhanced service management
capabilities for rapid service
provisioning, comprehensive network
and element management,
performance and fault management,
and seamless integration with existing
OSS applications. ASPEN software
allows carriers and service providers to
reliably and cost-effectively manage all
elements of the network to deliver the
most reliable, scalable and cost-
effective Ethernet service offerings.
Using a multi-layered modular
architecture, ASPEN software supports
large, dynamic carrier-class networks
and is ideal for minimizing hardware
deployment time, service planning,
provisioning and monitoring.
Mobile Backhauling applications
A-2200 can be used as 2G/3G
aggregator in tail sites, as tail site
aggregator at Hub sites and as scalable
aggregator at MWR Edge sites.
The A-2200 as a MBH solutions offers:
•TDM and Ethernet interfaces
supporting 2/3G and future LTE.
•Support of E1, T1, DS-3, OC-3/STM-1
•Advanced synchronization
mechanisms (ACR, SyncE,
IEEE1588V2)
•QOS assurances for delay, jitter and
loss
•Shaping per port
•Standard OAM mechanisms and
protocols
•APS 1+1 protection of STM-1/OC-3
•ASPEN E2E Management
Multi-service CPE with High
Service Availability for Business
Customers
The A-2200 boasts a broad range of
intelligent network services, featuring
granular Quality of Service (QoS) and
sub-50ms protection that enable
service providers to rapidly provision
secure Ethernet access with fully MEF-
compliant Service Level Agreements
(SLAs).
• High revenues from multi-services
• Fast trouble-shooting with the help of
strong OAM functions
• Flexible customer traffic mapping
schemes
• Support for single-strand fiber,
reducing fiber cost
• Ease of management and service
provisioning
Multi-service Aggregator in Central
Office (CO)
Suitable for CO and street cabinet
deployment with Dry Contact alarm
interface, the A-2200 can be used in
the CO to aggregate multiple business
customers and deliver flexible,
affordable E-Line, E-LAN and E-Tree
Ethernet services as well as TDM
services.
• Rich set of interfaces with high port
density allows aggregating many
customers of various types
• A complete solution working with
A-1180 and A-210 demarcation
devices, providing end-to-end
management and OAM functions
• Single-strand fiber interfaces,
reducing fiber cost almost by half
• Support for TDM grooming functions
(T1/E1 to DS3 & OC-3/STM-1), helping
keep the existing TDM-based services
unchanged while providing new
Ethernet services.
Advanced QoS mechanisms
The A-2200 offers a variety of tools for
QoS and SLA:
• Hard QoS supporting CIR, EIR and
priority
• Traffic Shaping and Connection
Admission Control (CAC)
• WFQ with Strict priority
• Shaper per port and per service
• Policing and DiffServ.

4. Standards
• IETF Standards
• RFC 768 • RFC 1907
• RFC 783 • RFC 2030
• RFC 791 • RFC 2236
• RFC 792 • RFC 2863
• RFC 793 • RFC 2668
• RFC 826 • RFC 2737
• RFC 854 • RFC 2495
• RFC 1157 • RFC 4252
• RFC 1256 • RFC 4253
• IETF Standards:
MIB Support
• IanaifType • RFC 2737
• RFC 2096 • RFC 2863
• RFC 2668 • RFC 2495
• RFC 1213 • RFC 2558
• Metro Ethernet Forum
Standards
• MEF 9 • MEF 8
• MEF 14
• IEEE 802 Standards
• IEEE 802.3
• IEEE 802.3u
• IEEE 802.3z
• IEEE 802.3ad
• IEEE 802.1p
• IEEE 802.1D
• IEEE 802.1Q
• IEEE 802.1ad
• IEEE 802.1ag
• IEEE 802.1ah
• IEEE 802.1w/s
All specifications are subject to change.
Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-X ports, accommodating hot-
swappable SFP/SSF transceivers with digital diagnostic
monitoring (DDM) support, LC connector:
• 1000Base-SX Multi-mode (500m)
• 1000Base-LX Single-mode (10km)
• 1000Base-LH Single-mode (70km)
• 1000Base-LH Single-mode (120km)
• Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
interfaces (70km, 100km)
• Fast Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-TX ports, RJ-45
connectors
Gigabit Ethernet 100/1000Base-X ports, accommodating hot-
swappable SFP transceivers, SC connector:
• 1000Base-SX Multi-mode (500m)
• 1000Base-LX Single-mode (10km)
• 1000Base-LH Single-mode (70km)
• Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
interfaces (50km, 100km)
• E1/T1 ports, RJ-45 connectors
• DS3 ports, mini DIN connectors
• STM-1/OC-3 ports, accommodating SFP transceivers, LC
connectors:
– STM-1/OC-3 SFP Transceiver, 2km, 1310nm, MMF
– STM-1/OC-3 SFP Transceiver, 15km, 1310nm, SMF
– STM-1/OC-3 SFP Transceiver, 40km, 1310nm, SM
– STM-1/OC-3 SFP Transceiver, 80km, 1550nm, SMF
NEBS LEVEL 3 – In future release
[• GR-1089, GR-63 – in future release]
RoHS
EMC
• USA & Canada: FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B, Class B
• Europe: EN 300-386-2, Class B, EN 201 468,
EN 300 132-2, EN 300 132-3
• Japan: VCCI, Class B – In future release
• USA: UL 60950
• Europe: EN 60950
• ASPEN
• RS-232 Administration Console: Industry-standard
Command Line Interface (CLI )
• Out-of-band management via 10/100Base-TX port
• In-band management of entire network via Gigabit Ethernet
port
• Dedicated management VLAN
• Supports multiple NMS stations
• SNMP
• Telnet, Modem
• Security – RADIUS, SSH
A-2200 Specifications
Network Ports
Access ports - Ethernet
Access ports - TDM
Regulatory
Safety
Management
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
Rev 2.0
• 442 X 66.5 X 230 mm (WxHXD)Dimensions
• 10 Port 100/1000Base-FX SFP
• 8 Port 10/100/1000Base-TX copper
• 8 port T1/E1 CES
• 16 port T1/E1 CES
• 4 port DS3 Clear Channel [Future]
• 4 port OC-3/STM-1 [Future]
Access modules
• Chassis + Fan Tray – 51.5W
• 10 Port Base-FX SFP – 9.05W
• 8 Port Base-TX copper – 9.33W
• 16 port T1/E1 CES + TIC – 14W
• 4 port DS3 CES – 14W
• 4 port OC3 CES – 24W
Power Consumption