D ATA S H E E T

5131

Ciena’s 5131 is a hardened, weatherproof router Features and Benefits

purpose-built to address the needs of Multiple System • Environmentally-hardened and

physically secure enclosure
Operators (MSOs), Mobile Network Operators (MNOs),
• L1/L2/L3 low-latency switching
and wholesalers to expand in the most challenging • Service isolation using FlexE
outdoor and uncontrolled environments. • Flexible mounting, including
poles, strands, and wall-mount
Building out the service edge—anywhere options
Network operators are looking to expand into new rural territories and densify their edge
• 12 x 1/10/25GbE, 2 x 100GbE
networks by adding needed capacity in dense urban locations. As the edge network
fixed ports
advances, the right hub site may not exist. Moreover, there are challenges associated
with rolling out new hubs on a vast scale, such as varying mechanical installations, • IP routing, SR-MPLS, Carrier

regulatory concerns, mounting rights, and the desire for unobtrusive aesthetics. Ethernet, and SRv6 ready

• Routing and switching OAM

The 5131 Router’s ruggedized design enables network operators to accelerate scaled to deliver 100GbE
permitting, avoid deployment delays, and reduce costly site infrastructure. services with guaranteed
The 5131 is engineered to accommodate direct outdoor SLA differentiation
deployment and avoid the associated costs of street
• SZTP for rapid, secure, and error-
cabinets. Mountable on a pole, strand, wall, or H-frame,
free turn-up of services
the flexibility of the 5131 ensures it can be deployed
where it is needed. And redundant AC, DC, and cable AC • Advanced synchronization,
field-replaceable power modules ensure high reliability. including built-in GNSS receiver

• SDN-ready next-generation
Ciena’s 5131 is weatherproof and temperature- controlled
management including support for
with multiple certifications, including GR-3108 Class 4
NETCONF/ YANG and gNMI/gRPC
for unprotected environments, keeping it within strict
specifications to protect against wind, dust, rain, and • Ciena’s MCP multi-layer
Figure 1. Pole-mount option
other outdoor contaminants. (others available)
support for end-to-end network
management control and planning

Dense, compact, form-factor platform • Redundant and hot-swappable

The 5131 brings clear demarcation and higher capacity closer to the edge. With AC, DC, or cable AC power
12 x 1/10/25GbE—supporting eCPRI and micro-Optical Line Terminal (uOLT)
pluggables—and 2 x 100GbE coherent ports, the 5131 enables concurrent enterprise,
mobility, and residential services. These services can be delivered over dedicated
and shared fiber on the same cost-effective, coherent-enabled platform with improved customer satisfaction, choice, and
router where they are needed—without sacrificing leading-edge business value control, as shown in Figure 3.
aggregation functionality, shown in Figure 2.
xHaul-based fronthaul with eCPRI and
FlexEthernet (FlexE)
1/10/25G/eCPRI
As MNOs upgrade to 5G New Radio (NR), enhanced Common
MCP
1/10/25G/eCPRI
Packet Radio Interface (eCPRI) will be used to increase fronthaul
100GbE efficiency to support higher bandwidth with fewer fibers than
100GbE Aggregation
1/10/25GbE network 3G/4G/LTE CPRI fronthaul interfaces. High-priority traffic can be
5131
greatly improved using eCPRI, as baseband functions are moved
Up to 2 x 100Gb/s from the baseband unit to the Remote Radio Unit (RRU).
1/10/25GbE

Up to 12 x 1/10/25Gb/s To simplify fronthaul deployments even further, the Open-

Figure 2. Ciena’s 5131 router outside service and aggregation Radio Access Network (O-RAN) alliance specified an eCPRI-
based 7.2x open interface between the Radio Unit (O-RU) and
Pushing DAA further Distributed Unit (O-DU), enabling flexible radio vendor selection
Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) pushes distributed by MNOs. To date, there are eight known O-RAN models to split
nodes and fiber-deep infrastructures further. The the RAN, options 7 and 8 being fronthaul focused.
weatherproof, temperature-controlled design of the 5131
Ciena’s 5131 eCPRI-capable interfaces support both option 7
allows high-capacity Remote PHY Devices (RPD), Remote
and option 8 RAN split groups. The 5131 eCPRI-based 7.2 split
MAC/PHY Devices (RPDs/R-MAC/PHY), and Remote Optical
is optimal for 4G and 5G, while split 8 addresses 2G and 3G
Line Terminal (rOLT) at the outdoor edge. Instead of building
existing radios. Both split options run over 7.2 O-RAN radios.
siloed, standalone architectures to support different types of
services, MSOs and wholesale operators can now bring more
In addition to openness, another aspect of the fronthaul is low-
value to their networks by supporting concurrent Passive
latency switching. FlexE technology on the 5131 can be applied
Optical Network (PON), IP, and Ethernet services on the same
to mitigate latency and jitter impacts on fronthaul traffic when
RPD|RMD combined with other traffic. FlexE is standardized in the Optical
Internetworking Forum (OIF), supporting channelization as one of
10GbE its use cases. Figure 4 shows how fronthaul and other traffic can
be transported using FlexE channels over a 100 Gb/s FlexE link.
10G PON 100G λ Primary
Access
hub site Ciena’s 5131 future-proofs the edge—opening the fronthaul
5131
network
with O-RAN mapping and providing deterministic low-latency
transport wave service with FlexE. This use case is equally
1/10/25GbE
applicable to wholesalers selling multi-tenant open transport
infrastructure to MNOs, shown in Figure 4.
Figure 3. DAA outdoor aggregation and convergence

Outdoor C-RAN
site hub
eCPRI
1x100GE FlexE

Ethernet 5131 2x25GbE

5164
vDU
vCU

Guaranteed latency Channelized 50G Deterministic transport of low-latency fronthaul

and service isolation 100GbE 25G Separate FlexE channels to carry other
with FlexE traffic (e.g. wireline services)
25G

Figure 4. 5131 O-RAN–based fronthaul with eCPRI and FlexE

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Versatile for wholesalers and utilities The 5131 operates as a full-featured IP router, supporting
The interfaces and weatherproof capabilities of the 5131 make NETCONF/YANG to easily integrate into an open Software-
it versatile and applicable to many other wholesale and utility Defined Networking (SDN) environment with visibility via
use cases that require reliable service delivery in outside plants streaming telemetry, as well as automated provisioning
with no cabinet or rural buildouts. using open APIs.

Synchronization and timing Differentiation through accelerated service velocity

The need for more cost-efficient synchronization solutions The 5131 implements Ciena’s unique Secure Zero-Touch
is being driven by 5G network densification and other time- Provisioning (SZTP) capabilities, allowing operators to deploy
sensitive applications. The transport network will use various new services rapidly and securely in a fully automated manner.
synchronization technologies to deliver increased timing By reducing or eliminating costly and time-consuming manual
accuracy and scale to meet the clocking requirements of intervention, provisioning errors are eliminated via SZTP. Most
emerging 5G and other applications. The reliability of traditional importantly, SZTP improves service deployment velocity and
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) at cell sites is provides a significant competitive advantage.
becoming more problematic due to periodic—and in some
cases even more frequent—outages and impairments. Operational discipline with fine-grained SLA
monitoring and enforcement
The 5131 provides an integrated GNSS receiver, Synchronous As network operators and their customers increasingly rely on
Ethernet (SyncE), and 1588v2 (G.8275.1) on all ports, which new networks, providers must maintain guaranteed service
enable edge network-based timing use cases to improve levels. Networks must support a broad array of routing and
with increased 5G network densification. The 5131 G.8275.1 switching Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Assisted Full Timing Support (AFTS) capability enables the capabilities to ensure that operators can proactively and
redundancy of GNSS at cell sites by using the G.8275.1 network reactively maintain and report on the ongoing health of their
as a backup. networks and delivered services. The 5131 also supports a
comprehensive set of OAM capabilities, and is architected to
With OIF FlexE transport capabilities, the 5131 enables 1588v2
provide Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics and OAM at a
and SyncE synchronization over a performance-optimized
high scale. This enables operators to take full advantage of the
transport infrastructure, enabling FlexE wave services.
port density and 360 Gb/s fabric for delivering the maximum
number of services at the lowest cost.
The 5131 is designed to meet the synchronization and
transport demands of the next-generation transport network.
Single multi-layer management and control
Advanced multi-layer service demarcation and Ciena’s 5131 is managed by Ciena’s Manage, Control and
protocol support Plan (MCP) domain controller, which offers a unique and
comprehensive solution for the administration of networks
The 5131 supports a comprehensive selection of demarcation
that span access, metro, and core domains, and provides
and service offerings inside its weatherproof casing, including
unprecedented multi-layer visibility from the photonic to the
L2 and L3 services over a carrier-class, connection-oriented
data layers. With this innovative management approach, MCP
infrastructure using MPLS and Segment Routing. The platform
supports a programmable and automatable solution that
supports a rich suite of L2/L3 features with Ethernet, MPLS,
provides a fully open approach to installing, manipulating, and
Seamless MPLS, OAM, Sync, ACL, QoS, Network Slicing, IGP
monitoring service behaviors in an SDN environment.
(IS-IS, OSPFv2), BGP/MP-BGP, LAG, FRR, and TI-LFA.

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Technical Information

Interfaces Networking Protocols RFC5398 Autonomous System (AS) Number

Ethernet Ports ISO10598 IS-IS intra-domain routing protocol Reservation for Documentation Use
12 x 1GbE/10GbE/25GbE SFP28 ports IS-IS Multi-instance RFC5492 Capabilities Advertise with BGP-4
2 x 100GbE QSFP28 / QSFP-DD ports RFC5561 LDP Capabilities
RFC1195 Use of OSI IS-IS for Routing in
OIF FlexEthernet (Flex) Implementation
TCP/IP and Dual Environments RFC5654 Requirements of an MPLS Transport
Agreement v1.1 and v2.0
RFC1997 BGP Communities Attribute Profile (MPLS-TP)
PON SFP+ support
RFC2328 OSPF Version 2 RFC5668 4-Octet AS Specific BGP Extended
Other
Community
1 x USB-A Off-switch memory OSPF Segment Routing extension
1 x USB-A Console RFC5880 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
OSPF TI-LFA Topology Independent Fast
1 x RJ45 Management (MGMT) Reroute using Segment Routing RFC5881 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
1 x RJ45 G.703 Phase I/O and Time-of-Day (ToD) (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)
RFC2865 Remote Authentication Dial in User
1 x SMB Frequency I/O (10/2.048MHz in/out) RFC 5883 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Service (RADIUS)
1 x SMB TNC GNSS antenna (BFD) for Multihop Paths
RFC3031 Multiprotocol Label Switching
Ethernet Architecture RFC5884 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges (BFD) for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
RFC3032 MPLS label stack encoding
IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (CoS) RFC6073 Segmented Pseudowire (static PW
RFC3107 Carry Label Information in BGP-4
prioritization IEEE 802.1Q VLANs to static PW stitching)
RFC4115 Differentiated Service Two-Rate,
IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridging (Q-in-Q) VLAN RFC6310 Pseudowire (PW) Operations,
Three-Color Marker with Efficient Handling of
full S-VLAN range Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
in-Profile Traffic
Message Mapping
VLAN tunneling (Q-in-Q) for Transparent LAN RFC4271 Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Services (TLS) RFC6391 Flow-Aware Transport of Pseudowires
RFC4360 BGP Extended Communities Attribute over an MPLS Packet Switched Network
Layer 2 Control Frame Tunneling
RFC4364 BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private RFC6478 Pseudowire Status for Static
IEEE 802.1ax Link Aggregation (LAG): Networks (VPNs) Pseudowires
Active/Active; Active/Standby
BGP Prefix Independent Convergence RFC6793 BGP Support for Four-Octet
IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control
BGP GR helper Autonomous System (AS) Number Space
Protocol (LACP)
RFC4448 Encapsulation Methods for RFC7023 MPLS and Ethernet Operations,
Jumbo frames up to 9216 bytes
Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
IEEE 802.3-2018 IEEE Standard for Ethernet (PW over MPLS) Interworking
and supporting following rates
RFC4456 BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative RFC7432 EVPN VPWS
- IEEE 802.3z-1998 Gigabit Ethernet
to Full Mesh Internal BGP (iBGP) RFC7769 Media Access Control (MAC)
- IEEE 802.3ae-2002 10 Gb/s
- IEEE 802.3ba-2010 100 Gb/s RFC 4577 OSPF as the Provider/Customer Address Withdrawal over Static Pseudowire
- IEEE 802.3by-2016 25 Gb/s Edge Protocol for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private RFC7911 Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP
- IEEE 802.3bs-2017 200Gb/s Networks
RFC8029: Detecting Multiprotocol Label
RFC4632 Classless Inter-domain Routing Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures
Carrier Ethernet OAM (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and
RFC8214 Virtual Private Wire Service Support
IEEE 802.1ab-2006 Link Layer Discovery Aggregation Plan
in Ethernet VPN
Protocol (LLDP) RFC4664 Framework for L2 Virtual Private
RFC8469 Recommendation to Use the
IEEE 802.1ag-2007 Connectivity Fault Networks (VPLS/VPWS)
Ethernet Control Word
Management (CFM) RFC4665 Service Requirement for Layer 2
EVPN FXC draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-fxc-03.txt
IEEE 802.3ah-2004 EFM Link-fault OAM ITU-T Provider-Provisioned VPNs
Y.1731 Performance Monitoring SR-MPLS TI-LFA Topology Independent Fast
RFC4760 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Reroute using Segment Routing draft-ietf-
TWAMP – IPv4 reflector RFC4762 Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) rtgwg-segment-routing-ti-lfa-03
Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Synchronization Signaling (HVPLS) Network Management
Integrated GNSS receiver RFC5036 LDP Specification Alarm Management and Monitoring Configuration
External timing interfaces: RFC5037 Experience with the Label Event and Alarm Notification/Generation
- ITU-T mini-SMB G.703 Frequency in or out Distribution Protocol
(10/2.048 MHz) Comprehensive Management
RFC5301 Dynamic Hostname Exchange Via CLI Management
- ITU-T RJ45 G.703 1pps in and out
Mechanism for IS-IS
ITU-T G.8262 and G.8264 Enhanced Via Netconf/YANG Models
RFC5302 Domain-Wide Prefix Distribution
Synchronous Ethernet RFC6241 Network Configuration Protocol
with Two-Level IS-IS
- EEC option 1 and 2 (NETCONF)
RFC5303 Three-Way Handshake for IS-IS
ITU-T G.8275.1 T-GM, T-BC, T-TSC with gRPC-based Streaming telemetry
Point-to-Point Adjacencies
Assisted Full Timing Support (AFTS)
RFC5309 Point-to-Point Operation over LAN IPv4 and IPv6 Management Support
ITU-T G.8275.2 T-GM
in Link State Routing Protocols IPv4 Management ACL (in-band)
ITU-T G.8273.2 T-BC Class C T-BC/T-T-TSC
RFC5396 Textual Representation of IPv6 Management ACL (in-band)
ITU-T G.8272 Class A T-GM Autonomous System (AS) Numbers RADIUS, AAA
Stratum 3E oscillator

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Technical Information continued

RFC 2131 DHCP Client Power Power

RFC 3046 DHCP Relay DC input: -48Vdc Nominal ETSI EN 300 132-2
AC input: 100VAC, 240 Vdc (nominal) ETSI EN 300 132-3
RFC 3315 DHCPv6 Client
RFC 5425 Syslog over TLS Environmental
Standards Compliance IP68
RFC 5905 NTP Client
Emissions RoHS2 Directive (2011/65/EU)
RFC 6614 RadSec Client CISPR 32 Class A EN 300 386
WEEE 2012/19/EU
SNMPv2 Trap EN 55032
FCC Part 15 Subpart B, Class B GR-3108 OSP Class 4
SNMPv2 GET
GR-1089 Issue 7 Environmental
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
Industry Canada ICES-003 Class B GR-3108 Issue 2 Network Equipment in the
Secure Shell (SSHv2) VCCI Class B Outside Plant (OSP) Class 4
RFC 8572 Secure Zero-Touch Provisioning Safety RoHS2 Directive (2011/65/EU) WEEE 2002/96/EC
(SZTP) Immunity (EMC)
Software upgrade via FTP, SFTP GR-1089 Issue 7 Operating Temperature
Syslog Accounting CISPR 35
• -40°F to +115°F with solar load (-40°C to
EN 55035
TACACS + AAA +46°C with solar load)
Network Equipment-Building System (NEBS)
Web GUI or
LEVEL 3 certification
Service Security GR-63 Issue 5 • -40°F to +140°F (-40°C to +60°C)
Broadcast Containment Egress Port GR-1089 Issue 7
Restriction Hardware-based DOS Attack Safety Storage Temperature
Prevention Layer 2, 3, 4 Protocol Filtering ANSI/UL 60950-1 2nd edition, A1:2011 and • -40°F to +158°F (-40°C to +70°C)
User Access Rights Local user authorization A2:2014
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-07, Amd 1:2011,
Humidity
Physical Characteristics Amd 2:2014
EN 60950-1:2006/A11:2009/A1:2010/ • 5% to 100%
Dimensions
A12:2011/A2:2013
17"(W) x 11"(D) x 7.5"(H)
EN 62368-1:2014+A11:2017
432mm (W) x 277mm (D) x 191mm (H)
CSA/UL 62368-1:2014
Weight Visit the Ciena Community
IEC 60825-1 3rd edition (2014)
AC variant: 40 lbs; 18 kg IEC 60825-2 3rd edition (2004) Answer your questions
DC variant: 40 lbs; 18 kg

Ordering Information (SAOS 10.x) - Router Configuration

Part Number Description
170-5131-900 5131,(12)25/10/1G SFP28,(2)100G QSFP28, EXT. TEMP,(2) SLOTS AC OR DC PLUG POWER SUPPLY
170-0357-900 5131,DC PLUGGABLE POWER SUPPLY 48V
170-0358-900 5131,AC PLUGGABLE POWER SUPPLY, WIDE RANGE 120/240V
170-0359-900 5131,CABLE AC PLUGGABLE POWER SUPPLY
170-0360-900 5131, POWER FILLER MODULE
170-0361-900 5131, FIBER CABLE KIT
170-0362-900 5131, AC POWER CABLE KIT
170-0363-900 5131, POLEMOUNT KIT
170-0364-900 5131, STRANDMOUNT KIT
170-0395-900 5131, WALL MOUNT
170-0396-900 5131, H-FRAME MOUNT
170-0397-900 5131, SQUARE POLE MOUNT
170-0375-900 5131 DC POWER CABLE KIT
170-0376-900 5131 CATV POWER CABLE KIT
Required OS Base System Perpetual Software Licenses
S75-LIC-5131EO-P SAOS BASE OS, ETHERNET & OAM, FLEXE, SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR 5131, PERPETUAL
Optional OS Applications
S75-LIC-5131MPLS-P SAOS ROUTING AND MPLS SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR 5131, PERPETUAL
S75-LIC-5131SYNC-P SAOS SYNCHRONIZATION SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR 5131, PERPETUAL
S75-LIC-5131SEC-P SAOS SECURITY SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR 5131, PERPETUAL
S75-LIC-5131100G-P SAOS 100G SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR 5131, PERPETUAL
S75-LIC-5131EVPN-P SAOS EVPN SOFTWARE LICENSE FOR 5131, PERPETUAL
S75-LIC-5131BNDL01-P SAOS AE-OAM,MPLS,SYNCH, SECURITY, FLEXE, 100G LICENSE FOR 5131, PERPETUAL

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