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1. Platform Overview

The RtBrick FullStack (RBFS) software runs as a LXC container on a Linux host operating system in the Edgecore switches, which are capable of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching. Multiple switches can be combined to support several subscribers using a leaf and spine architecture or deployed as a standalone using the consolidated BNG approach. Additionally, the ZTP (Zero-Touch-Provisioning) and REST-based APIs that expose the state of the system are also supported.

The image below shows a high-level overview of the platform architecture.

platform overview

The platform consists of hardware based on forwarding ASIC and host operating system based on Open Network Linux (ONL). An RBFS container that resides on top of this software includes all necessary packages to deliver access and routing protocols.

This guide looks at the platform features, the different supported hardware platforms, and features that are supported on each hardware platform.

1.1. Supported Platforms

RtBrick’s software has been validated on the following hardware platforms.

  • Edgecore AS7316-26XB

  • Edgecore AS5916-54XKS

  • Delta AGCVA48S

  • UfiSpace S9500-22XST

  • UfiSpace S9600-32X

  • UfiSpace S9600-72XC

1.2. Brick Daemon (BD)

RBFS runs multiple Brick Daemons (BD). Every application that runs within RBFS is fundamentally a brick daemon. For example, forwarding daemon (fibd), configuration daemon (confd), BGP (bgp.iod or bgp.appd), or interface management daemon (ifmd).

1.2.1. Brick Daemon (BD) Restartability

If a brick daemon fails (for a limited number of times), RBFS will restart it automatically. If the automatic restart does not succeed, you can use the Ubuntu system control to start a daemon.

For more information about troubleshooting the Brick Daemons, see section "2.2. Brick Daemons" of the RBFS NOC Troubleshooting Guide.

2. RBFS on UfiSpace S9600-72XC

RtBricks' open BNG software running as a spine-leaf architecture that provides full BNG functionality on an Ufispace S9600-72XC based on a Broadcom Q2C chip. RtBrick supports leaf image for the S9600-72XC platform.

The Ufispace S9600-72XC is based on Broadcom StrataDNX Qumran 2C switch silicon, capable of line-rate 2.4 Tbps Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching.

2.1. Switch Silicon: Broadcom Qumran-2C

The UfiSpace S9600-72XC switch is based on Broadcom’s Qumran-2C BCM88820 chip.

2.2. Hardware Specification

Table 1. UfiSpace S9600-72XC Hardware Specification

Model

UfiSpace S9600-72XC

Form-factor

2RU, 436W x 87.7H x 609.6D mm (17.17"x3.45"x24")

Switch Silicon

Broadcom Qumran-2C BCM88820

CPU

Intel Skylake-D D-2145NT 8 Cores @1.9GHz

System Memory

2x 16GB DDR4 R-DIMM with ECC

Configuration

  • 64 x 25GE SFP28 ports

  • 8 x 100GE QSFP28 ports

  • 2 x 10GE SFP+ management ports

  • 1 x RJ45 serial console port

2.3. Supported Features

The table below lists the features that are supported by RBFS on UfiSpace S9600-72XC platform.

Supported Unsupported

Routing Protocols:
BGP, Policy

Forwarding:
OAM, LLDP, L2X (Local & Remote),
HQoS,
Accounting,
Inband Management,
Mirroring

Multicast:
IGMPv2/v3, PIM

Subscriber Management:
PPPoE, L2TPv2, IPoE,
RADIUS Services,
Dual Stack, IPTV Service,
L2BSA

Infrastructure:
Logging, NTP,
LED Control

Security:
Securing the Management Plane,
Local User Management

Telemetry:
Resmon, TSDB

Routing Protocols:
IS-IS, OSPFv2

Forwarding:
LAG

Subscriber Management:
LI

Security:
Securing the Control Plane

3. RBFS on UfiSpace S9600-32X

RtBricks' open BNG software running as a spine-leaf architecture that provides full BNG functionality on an Ufispace S9600-32X based on a Broadcom Q2C chip. RtBrick supports spine image for the S9600-32X platform.

The Ufispace S9600-32X is based on Broadcom StrataDNX Qumran 2C switch silicon, capable of line-rate 2.4 Tbps Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching.

3.1. Switch Silicon: Broadcom Qumran-2C

The UfiSpace S9600-32X switch is based on Broadcom’s Qumran-2C BCM88820 chip.

3.2. Hardware Specification

Table 2. UfiSpace S9600-32X Hardware Specification

Model

UfiSpace S9600-32X

Form-factor

2RU, 436W x 87.8H x 762D mm (17.17"x3.46"x30")

Switch Silicon

Broadcom Qumran-2C BCM88820

CPU

Intel Skylake-D D-2145NT 8 Core @1.9GHz

System Memory

32GB DDR4 with ECC

Configuration

  • 32 x 40GE/100GE QSFP28 ports

  • 4 x 1GE/10GE/25GE SFP28 ports (break out from Port 0)

  • 1 x RJ45 serial console port

3.3. Supported Features

The table below lists the features that are supported by RBFS on UfiSpace S9600-32X platform.

Supported Unsupported

Routing Protocols:
BGP, IS-IS, OSPFv2, Policy

Forwarding:
HQoS, OAM, LLDP, L2X,
Inband Management,
Mirroring

Multicast:
PIM

Infrastructure:
Logging, NTP

Security:
Securing the Management Plane,
Local User Management

Telemetry:
Resmon, TSDB

Forwarding:
LAG

Multicast:
IGMPv2/v3

Infrastructure:
LED Control

Security:
Securing the Control Plane

4. RBFS on Delta AGCVA48S Platform

RtBricks' open BNG software running as spine-leaf architecture provides full BNG functionality on an Delta AGCVA48S based on a Broadcom-Q2C chip. RtBrick supports access-leaf images for the Delta AGCVA48S platform.

4.1. Switch Silicon: Broadcom Qumran-2C

The Delta AGCVA48S switch is based on Broadcom’s Qumran-2C with a form-factor of 2RU, 19 Inch, Rack-Mountable equipment.

4.2. Hardware Specification

Table 3. Delta AGCVA48S Hardware Specification

Model

Delta AGCVA48S

Form-factor

2RU, 19 Inch, Rack-Mountable

Switch Silicon

Broadcom Qumran-2C BCM88820

CPU

Intel Xeon Broadwell-DE D1548 8-Cores 2.0 GHz

System Memory

2x16GB SO-DIMM

Configuration

  • 4 x 10GbE SFP+

  • 48 x 25GbE SFP28

  • 10 x 100GbE QSFP28

4.3. Supported Features

The table below lists the features that are supported by RBFS on Delta AGCVA48S platform.

Supported Unsupported

Routing Protocols:
BGP, IS-IS, OSPFv2, Policy

Forwarding:
HQoS, Accounting,
Inband Management,
OAM, L2X, LLDP,
Mirroring

Multicast:
IGMPv2/v3, PIM

Subscriber Management:
PPPoE, L2TPv2, IPoE,
RADIUS Services,
Dual Stack, IPTV Service,
L2BSA

Infrastructure:
Logging, NTP
LED Control

Security
Securing the Management Plane,
Local User Management

Forwarding:
LAG

Subscriber Management:
LI

Security
Securing the Control Plane

Telemetry:
Resmon, TSDB

5. RBFS on UfiSpace S9500-22XST

RtBricks' open BNG software running as Consolidated BNG architecture provides full BNG functionality on UfiSpace S9500-22XST that is based on Broadcom-QAX chip. RtBrick supports Consolidated BNG for the UfiSpace S9500-22XST.

5.1. Switch Silicon: Broadcom Qumran-AX

The UfiSpace S9500-22XST switch is based on Broadcom-QAX BCM88470 chip.

5.2. Hardware Specification

Table 4. UfiSpace S9500-22XST Hardware Specification

Model

UfiSpace S9500-22XST

Form-factor

1RU, 440w x 43.5h x 302d mm (17.32" x 1.713" x 11.89")

Switch Silicon

Broadcom Qumran-AX BCM88470

CPU

Intel Broadwell-DE D1519 4 Cores @1.5GHz

System Memory

1 x 8 GB

Configuration

  • 2 x 100GE QSFP28 port

  • 8 x 25GE SFP28 ports

  • 8 x 10GE SFP+ ports

  • 4 x 1GE RJ45 ports

5.3. Supported Features

The table below lists the features that are supported by RBFS on UfiSpace S9500-22XST platform.

Supported Unsupported

Routing Protocols:
BGP, IS-IS, OSPFv2, Policy

Forwarding:
HQoS, OAM, L2X,
Inband Management,
LLDP, Firewall filter,
LAG, Mirroring

Multicast:
IGMPv2/v3, PIM

Subscriber Management:
PPPoE, L2TPv2,
RADIUS Services,
Dual Stack, IPTV Service, Accounting,
DHCP Relay, L2BSA

Infrastructure:
Logging, LED Control, NTP

Security:
Securing the Management Plane
Securing the Control Plane,
Local User Management

Telemetry:
Resmon, TSDB

Forwarding:
Multifield (MF) Classifier

Subscriber Management:
LI

6. RBFS on Edgecore AS7316-26XB Platform

RtBricks' open BNG software running as a Consolidated BNG, that provides full BNG functionality on an EdgeCore AS7316-26XB based on a Broadcom QAX chip, which is suitable for deployments in low-density areas and hardened platforms at cell-sites.

The Edgecore AS7316-26XB is an open design cell site gateway platform that provides a combination of 1/10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, and 100 Gbps interfaces, utilizing merchant silicon and an x86 processor with optimized performance for service provider access and aggregation networks.

6.1. Switch Silicon: Broadcom Qumran-AX BCM88470

Broadcom Qumran-AX BCM88470 platform which is delivered on a single 1RU device provides a Consolidated BNG. The QAX platform has a lower form factor chipset from Broadcom Jericho-1 family.

6.2. Hardware Specification

Table 5. Edgecore AS7316-26XB Hardware Specification

Model

Edgecore AS7316-26XB

Form-factor

1RU, 19 Inch, Rack-Mountable

Switch Silicon

Broadcom Qumran-AX BCM88470

CPU

Intel Broadwell-DE D-1519 1.5G 4C

System Memory

DDR4 SO-DIMM 2x 8GB SDRAM with ECC support

Configuration

  • 16 x SFP+ (each supporting 10 GbE or 1 GbE)

  • 8 x SFP28 (each supporting 10 GbE or 25 GbE)

  • 2 x 100G QSFP28 (each supporting 1 x 40/100 GbE or 4 x 10/25 GbE or 2 x 50 GbE)

6.3. Supported Features

The table below lists the features that are supported by RBFS on Edgecore AS7316-26XB Platform.

Supported Unsupported

Routing Protocols:
BGP, IS-IS, OSPFv2, Policy

Forwarding:
HQoS, OAM, L2X,
Inband Management,
LLDP, Firewall filter,
LAG + Mirroring

Multicast:
IGMPv2/v3, PIM

Subscriber Management:
PPPoE, L2TPv2,
RADIUS Services,
Dual Stack, IPTV Service, Accounting,
DHCP Relay, L2BSA

Infrastructure:
Logging, LED Control, NTP

Security:
Securing the Management Plane,
Securing the Control Plane,
Local User Management

Telemetry:
Resmon, TSDB

Forwarding:
Multifield (MF) Classifier

Subscriber Management:
LI

7. RBFS on Edgecore AS5916-54XKS Platform

RtBricks' open BNG software running as a spine-leaf architecture, that provides full BNG functionality on an EdgeCore AS5916-54XKS based on a Broadcom QMX chip. RtBrick supports spine as well access-leaf images for the AS5916-54XKS platform.

The Edgecore AS5916-54XKS is based on Broadcom StrataDNX Qumran MX switch silicon, capable of line-rate 800 Gbps Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching. The switch can be deployed either as a top-of-rack switch in a data center, or as a carrier access/aggregation switch, and edge router.

7.1. Switch Silicon: Broadcom Qumran-MX BCM88375

Broadcom Qumran-MX BCM88375 platform can help build fixed form factor, feature-rich, deep-buffered switches to enable cloud-scale networking and Carrier network applications. The BCM88375 device processes up to 800 Gbps traffic, supporting up to six 100G full-duplex ports at Layer 2 through Layer 4 with integrated deep-buffer traffic management capabilities, and a fabric interface.

7.2. Hardware Specification

Table 6. Edgecore AS5916-54XKS Hardware Specification

Model

Edgecore AS5916-54XKS

Form-factor

1RU

Switch Silicon

Broadcom Qumran-MX BCM88375

CPU

Intel Xeon D-1548 processor 8 cores 2.0 GHz

System Memory

DDR4 SO-DIMM 16 GB x 2

Configuration

  • 48 x SFP+ each supporting 10 GbE or 1 GbE

  • 6 x 100G QSFP28 each supporting 1 x 40/100 GbE

7.3. Supported Features

The table below lists the features that are supported by RBFS on Edgecore AS5916-54XKS Platform.

Supported Unsupported

Routing Protocols:
BGP, IS-IS, OSPFv2, Policy

Forwarding:
HQoS, L2X, OAM, LLDP
Mirroring

Multicast:
IGMPv2/v3, PIM

Subscriber Management:
PPPoE, L2TPv2, RADIUS Services, LI,
DHCP Relay

Infrastructure:
Logging, LED Control, NTP

Security:
Securing the Management Plane,
Securing the Control Plane,
Local User Management

Telemetry:
Resmon, TSDB

Forwarding:
LAG


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