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General Availability Data Sheet
ETX-203AX-T
Carrier Ethernet Services Delivery over LTE
and BB
• Optional integrated LTE (CAT4 or CAT6) modem with global
• Rapid site commissioning and extension of Ethernet
coverage and automatic fallback from 4G to 3G
services to new, out-of-reach locations, over LTE or
• Obtains initial IP from the network using DHCP or PPP support
Broadband (BB) secured access, for reduced time-to-
revenue • QoS to give precedence to preferred services when going to
the LTE/BB network
• Cost-effective, BB- or LTE-based backup for improved • PPPoE protocol for DSL Broadband modem connection
service reliability and remote troubleshooting, and • MEF CE2.0-compliant service attributes
reduced truck rolls and time-to-repair. • Data and management protection with automatic switchover
• Cost optimization by splitting traffic between service- and switchback
assured VPN and Best-Effort LTE or BB services • Advanced management capabilities, fully compatible with the
ETX-2 family
• Full suite of MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 capabilities
• Full Zero Touch Provisioning to reduce OPEX
enabling SLA monitoring, diagnostics, and fault
detection. • Front access standard SIM card protected slot
• Radio Signal Strength front panel indication
• Flexible and cost-effective Ethernet service delivery over
• Integrated wide-range AC/DC power supply
LTE or BB Internet
• Compact half 19” 1RU form factor, metal enclosure, fanless
As business requirements for global connectivity continue to
increase, service providers are looking for effective solutions to CARRIER GRADE SERVICES
quickly expand network coverage for Carrier Ethernet based VPN
services. ETX-203AX-T incorporates a complete set of CE 2.0-certified
Ethernet service tools. It supports advanced scheduling, WRED
ETX-203AX-T, an important addition to the RAD ETX-2 family of
per CoS, shaping per EVC and port, with flexible classification
Ethernet demarcation devices, enables service providers to
rules and access lists.
rapidly roll out Ethernet services using LTE or Broadband access.
It enables extending Ethernet services over LTE in locations ETX-203AX-T delivers the following MEF services: E-Line (EVL,
where fixed-line access is not available. Alternatively, LTE or EVPL), E-LAN (EPLAN, EVPLAN), E-Tree (EP-TREE, EVP-TREE), and
Broadband access may be used as backup for an optical primary E-Access services.
connection, increasing service reliability. (See the dedicated
ETX-2 datasheet for details on ETX-203AM, ETX-203AX, SDN READY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
ETX-205A, and ETX-220A – members of the ETX-2 Carrier
ETX-203AX-T leverages RAD’s field-proven, carrier grade
Ethernet Demarcation device family.)
operating system – integrated in the entire ETX-2 family – to
This unique device provides the complete set of ETX-2 family provide a familiar and uniform interface for provisioning,
MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 features, enabling delivery of service administration, and maintenance operations.
assured VPN services. At the same time, it enables secure
ETX-203AX-T can be managed using RADview, RAD’s carrier-class
tunneling of Ethernet EVCs over public Internet, or over a third-
NMS, or any SNMP-based management system. The device
party IP network, with the ability to choose from an optional
supports a variety of access protocols, including CLI over Telnet,
integrated LTE modem or go directly to the Broadband
SNMPv3, and TFTP, with a comprehensive security suite.
CPE/modem.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
• Secure tunneling of Ethernet services (EVCs) over public
Internet, using L2oGRE or L2TPv3 with optional IPsec
encapsulation
• IPv4 fragmentation to overcome LTE/BB max MTU limitation
Data Sheet
ETX-203AX-T
Carrier Ethernet Services Delivery over LTE and BB
Specifications DATA RATES (MAXIMUM SPEEDS)
CAT4
ETHERNET INTERFACES
LTE LTE FDD: 150Mbps (DL)/50Mbps (UL)
Ports Five GbE ports (orderable as SFP or UTP)
LTE TDD: 130Mbps (DL)/35Mbps (UL)
UMTS DC-HSDPA: 42Mbps (DL)
INTEGRATED LTE MODEM OPTIONS
HSUPA: 5.76Mbps (UL)
LTE CAT4 WCDMA: 384kbps (DL)/384kbps (UL)
L1 LTE FDD: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20 GSM EDGE: 296kbps (DL)/236.8kbps (UL)
EMEA, Korea, LTE TDD: 130Mbps (DL) / 35Mbps (UL) GPRS: 107kbps (DL)/85.6kbps (UL)
Thailand
WCDMA: B1, B5, B8
CAT6
GSM: B3, B8
L3 LTE FDD: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B28 LTE LTE FDD: 300Mbps (DL)/50Mbps (UL)
Australia, New LTE TDD: B40 LTE TDD: 226Mbps (DL)/28Mbps (UL)
Zealand, Taiwan, UMTS DC-HSDPA+: 42Mbps (DL)/5.76Mbps (UL)
Brazil WCDMA: B1, B2, B5, B8
WCDMA: 384kbps (DL)/384kbps (UL)
GSM: B2, B3, B5, B8
BRIDGING
L4 LTE FDD: B2, B4, B5, B12, B13, B14, B66,
Compliance IEEE 802.1D, 802.1Q, 802.1ad
North America B71
Max. Frame Size 9600 bytes
WCDMA: B2, B4, B5
Operation Mode VLAN-aware, VLAN-unaware
LTE CAT6 VLAN Editing Inner/outer VLAN editing per VLAN and
p-bit values
L61 LTE FDD: B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20, B28, B32
EMEA, APAC, Brazil LTE TDD: B38, B40, B41
WCDMA: B1, B3, B5, B8
RESILIENCY
L63 LTE FDD: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B28 Dual Homing Dual homed link redundancy
Japan LTE TDD: B40 Ethernet Path G.8031 for linear 1:1 protection
WCDMA: B1, B2, B5, B8 Protection Automatic fallback from 4G to 3G on the
LTE modem
Ethernet Ring G.8032v2 rings with sub 50 ms protection
L64 LTE FDD: B2, B4, B5, B7, B12, B13, B25,
for Ethernet traffic
North America B26, B29, B30, B66
Link IEEE 802.1ax (802.3ad) 1:1 LAG with LACP
LTE TDD: B41
Aggregation for pairs of network or user Ethernet
WCDMA: B2, B4, B5 ports
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Data Sheet
ETX-203AX-T
Carrier Ethernet Services Delivery over LTE and BB
POWER NETWORKING CAPABILITIES
Power Supply Wide-range AC/DC power supply Services Ethernet E-LAN, E-Line, E-Tree
with auto detection MEF CE2.0 compliant
AC: 100 to 240 VAC (-10%, +6%), Layer-2 services with available
50/60 Hz bandwidth
DC: 48 VDC (40 to 72 VDC)
Layer-2 Forwarding Jumbo frame support
Power Consumption 23W maximum
Flow Classification Outer VLAN or outer + inner VLAN
Rules PCP
DIAGNOSTICS
TOS/DSCP
Connectivity Fault Per IEEE 802.1ag EtherType
Management (CFM)
IP/MAC source/destination address
EFM Link-fault OAM Per IEEE 802.3ah
Policing Color aware/unaware dual token
Counters RMON2 port-level counters bucket with user-configurable
Delay and Loss Per MEF 36 CIR + CBS and EIR + EBS
Measurements 2-rate/3-color policing per EVC.CoS
ICMP Echo Over L2 and L3 services Hierarchical envelope policer per
Tests IP connectivity (PING) MEF 10.3
KPI Measurements Accurate one-way KPI measurements Scheduling 8 × CoS per EVC scheduling elements
Link-level OAM Per IEEE 802.3-2005 Strict Priority (SP) and Weighted Fair
Limiting Multicast DHCP and MLDv2 snooping Queue (WFQ)
Traffic Flooding Shaping Per EVC
Loop Prevention Using MSTP and RSTP Per EVC.CoS
Loopback Tests Non-disruptive loopback per flow, EVC Tunneling over IP Ethernet encapsulation: L2oGRE and
with MAC/IP address swap Networks L2TPv3
Loopbacks at Ethernet port level Optional encryption using IPsec
On-demand Layer-2 and 3 loopbacks
LLDP Discovery Per IEEE 802.1AB ENVIRONMENTAL
Service Activation RFC-2544: Eight built-in wirespeed Storage Temperature -40 to 85°C (-40 to 185°F)
Tests testers Operating Temperature 0 to 50°C (32 to 122°F), fanless
ITU-T Y.1564: Eight built-in Humidity 5% to 90%, non-condensing
wirespeed testers
Service Utilization and Per ITU-T Y.1731.2012, including PHYSICAL
Performance synthetic loss measurement
Height 43.7 mm (1.7 in)
Monitoring
Width 215.5 mm (8.5 in)
TWAMP TWAMP light generator and Depth 301 mm (11.9 in)
responder (SW license) Weight 2.12 kg (4.7 lb)
ITU-T Y.1731 PM (SLM; DM)
RFC 5618 TWAMP responder and
receiver
TWAMP sender
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Data Sheet
ETX-203AX-T
Carrier Ethernet Services Delivery over LTE and BB
MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY STANDARDS COMPLIANCE
Protocols and Security SSH (Secure CLI) CE CE 2.0
Telnet MEF MEF 2.0, MEF 3.0, MEF 9, MEF10, MEF 14,
SNMPv3 MEF 20, MEF 36, MEF 46
SFTP MEF 6:
E-Line: EPL and EVPL
Dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 routing E-LAN: EPLAN and EVPLAN
IP forwarding IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.1D, 802.1Q, 802.1p,
Static routing 802.3ad, 802.3-2005, 802.1ax, 802.1ag
Password-protected access ITU-T Y.1731, G.8031, G.8032v2, G.8262, G.8265,
Authorization levels RFC-2544, Y.1564
RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication
Access Control List (ACL)
Large Deployments Plug and play zero touch provisioning
(DHCP, PPPoE, XML configuration files
download via TFTP/SCP)
Configuration backup and restore
Management Options Local management via LAN port or
serial port
Remote management via inband VLAN
Remote management over Internet
using secure tunneling
Control Port
Interface V.24/RS-232 DCE
Connector RJ-45
Format Asynchronous
Data Rate 9.6, 19.2, or 115.2 kbps
Ethernet Management Port
Type 10/100/1000BASE-T
Connector RJ-45
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Data Sheet
ETX-203AX-T
Carrier Ethernet Services Delivery over LTE and BB
Interface type L1 LTE CAT4 modem for EMEA,
Korea, Thailand
Ordering L2 LTE CAT4 modem for North
America AT&T
The information below represents examples of supported L3 LTE CAT4 modem for Australia,
configurations. For additional configuration options, please New Zealand, Taiwan, Brazil
contact your local RAD partner. L4 LTE CAT4 modem for North
America, Verizon wireless + AT&T
ETX-2 SOFTWARE L61 LTE CAT6 modem for EMEA,
APAC, Brazil
ETX-2-SW TWAMP L63 LTE CAT6 modem for Japan
License to activate and operate TWAMP related functionalities in L64 LTE CAT6 modem for North
ETX-203AX-T. America
Platform Default No LTE modem
LTE Integrated LTE
ETX-203AX-T HARDWARE Software package Default FE ports
(See Ordering Options below for options explanations.) GE 1 Gbps per port
GE30 1 Gbps per port, 30 shaped EVCs
ETX-203AX-T/LTE/2SFP/3UTP/L1 Temperature H Temperature hardened
ETX-203AX-T/LTE/2SFP/3UTP/L3 range
ETX-203AX-T/LTE/2SFP/3UTP/L4
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
ETX-203AX-T/LTE/2SFP/3UTP/L61
ETX-203AX-T/LTE/2SFP/3UTP/L63 AC power cord
ETX-203AX-T/LTE/2SFP/3UTP/L64 Two cellular antennas for /LTE option
ETX-203AX-T/2SFP/3UTP
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
ORDERING OPTIONS CBL-RJ45/D9/F/6FT
Control port cable with male RJ-45 and female DB-9 connector
Some options are not supported by all models. Some option
combinations are invalid or may require a minimum order. To RM-35/P1
determine the BOM for your application, please contact your Mounting kit for mounting one unit in a 19-inch rack
local RAD partner. RM-35/P2
Ethernet Network 2SFP 2 SFP Ethernet ports Mounting kit for mounting two units in a 19-inch rack
or User port WM-35
Ethernet User 3UTP 3 10/100/1000BaseT UTP ports Mounting kit for mounting one unit on the wall
port
ETX-ANT4G/2M
Outdoor cellular antenna with 2m connecting cable kit
ETX-ANT4G/5M
Outdoor cellular antenna with 5m connecting cable kit
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