Description
The Tellabs FlexSym® BOLT Optical Line Terminal (FlexSym BOLT) is a multipurpose Optical Line Terminal (OLT) enabling open, simple, and scalable connectivity for wired and wireless access over fiber. It supports multiple technologies, massive bandwidth, and in a compact form factor, enabling flexible design options for both fixed and mobile connectivity. FlexSym BOLT has distributed optical endpoints called ONTs that can be 2.5 gigabit GPON, or symmetrical 10 gigabit XGS-PON. With Uplink interfaces at 10G, 40G, and 100G Ethernet. ONT UNI Ethernet ports support 1G, 2.5G, 5G, and 10G, depending on ONT type. It’s an open OLT switching platform offering any management, any speed, across extended reach, using any technology in an all-optical architecture.
Features

The BOLT OLT supports the following features:
- 16x PON Ports 16 interfaces can be 2.5G G-PON, symmetrical 10G XGS-PON, or, in the future, Active Ethernet
- Uplink Ports
- 4x10G SFP+
- SFP1-1-1 thru SFP1-1-4
- 4x40G QSFP+
- QSFP1-2-1 thru QSFP1-2-4
- 2x100G QSFP28
- QSFP28 QSFP1-2-5 and QSFP1-2-6
- 4x10G SFP+
- Serial Port
- CLI for management of all services
- SDN - NETCONF over SSHv2
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Software Defined Networking with open APIs, configurable via NetConf over sshv2, or via TLS in the future.
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ZTP- Zero Touch Provisioning
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Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) speeds installation, allowing touchless install for properly configured networks. Rack and stack without ever logging in.
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Stacking of OLT Power Systems
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Utilize a single pair of power supplies to power a total of 4x BOLTs in a stack and save on power supply costs.
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- Open Architecture
- FlexSym BOLT has a high-performance Intel processor that allows for the support of future technologies. It is delivered with an 8-core processor enabling more cost-effective solutions today, and supports a path to 16 cores for future proofing and investment protection (e.g. future routing, firewall, and SDN capabilities).
- Simplified Management
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FlexSym BOLT offers all the management options that IT staff expect. It has integrated management with client-based, web-based and industry-accepted CLI options via Panorama EMS. It has open APIs and standards-based SDN, including NetConf API interfaces. The Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) function allows for faster provisioning and recovery.
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- Greater Scalability
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There are four QSFP+ interfaces that support 40 gigabits and two QSFP28 interfaces supporting 100G. The FlexSym BOLT is also equipped with four SFP+ slots, allowing the use of 10G or 1G modules.
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The PON modules can be configured for a 2.5G G-PON, or a symmetrical 10G XGS-PON on a per port basis. FlexSym BOLT provides massive uplink bandwidth to aggregate other OLTs in the stack, and also to aggregate other networks with up to 300 gigabits of non-blocking sustained switching capacity.
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Specifications
Physical
- Depth – 16.9 in / 43 cm
- Width – 17.5 in / 44.5 cm
- Height – 1.73 in / 4.4 cm
- Weight – 15 lb / 6.8 kg
Management
- ITU-T G.984.4 and G.988 ONT management via OMCI
- Remote firmware upgrade and automatic rollback of software and database
- Ability to perform configuration rollbacks to any previous committed configuration
- Via Panorama EMS, NETCONF API, CLI, ZTP
- SIP configuration from EMS TConfig
Passive Optical Network
- 512 UNIs/Managed Ethernet Ports per PON port, 8192 per OLT.
- Map GEM ports and T-CONT with priority scheduling supporting CoS and QoS
- ONT Activation with automatic serial number discovery with password
- Forward Error Correction (FEC) to lower error rates and improve reach
- IP DSCP to 802.1p mapping for L3 to L2 QoS mapping
- Support for multicast GEM port
- PON Protection Groups (PPG) with PON Path Protection
ITU-T G.9807 10G XGS-PON
- Compliant to ITU-T, G.9807 standard
- XGS Wavelengths – 1580 nm downstream, 1280 nm upstream
- 9.95328 Gbps burst mode upstream
- 9.95328 Gbps downstream continuous
- Maximum split ratio – 1:64 (reach 6.2 miles/10 km)
- Maximum reach – 18.5 miles/30 km (split ratio 1:16)
- Optical budget – 28 dB (N1)
- AES-128 bidirectional encryption with 3 sec key churning
- Selectable on a per port basis
ITU-T G.984 GPON
- ITU-T G.984 2.5G/1.5G PON
- Wavelength – 1490 nm downstream, 1310 nm upstream
- Maximum split ratio – 1:64 (reach 6.2 miles/10 km)
- Maximum reach – 18.5 miles/30 km (split ratio 1:16)
- Optical budget: – 28 dB (Class B+)
- AES-128 downstream encryption with 60 sec key churning
- Select GPON or XGS-PON a per-port basis
IP/Ethernet Network
- Total MACs: 250,000
- Active Multicast Channels: 1,024
- Total VLANs: 4,096
- Ethernet IEEE 802.3, Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3z and 10Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3ae
- NAC appliance integration and COA support for ForeScout CounterACT, Juniper Unified Access Control (UAC), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), HP/Aruba ClearPass Policy Management and Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS)
- Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
- DHCP Snooping
- Private VLAN support
- Access Control Lists (ACL)
- SNMP Agent
- IPv4 and IPv6
- Syslog – RFC 5426
- Priority Queuing: RFC 1048
- IGMPv3 Snooping and Proxy: RFC 3378 and RFC 2238
- Flow Control: IEEE 802.3x Pause Frames
- Port Authentication Entity: IEEE 802.1X
- MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB)
- Virtual LANs – IEEE 802.1Q and Q-in-Q
- Traffic Classification – IEEE 802.1p
- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) – IEEE 802.1s
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP): – IEEE 802.1D
- Link Aggregation Protocol – IEEE 802.3ax
- LLDP/LLDP-MED – IEEE 802.1AB
- Sticky MAC
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GPON Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) – 9216 bytes
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XGS-PON Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) – 1546 bytes
Compliance
- CE and RoHS 6 of 6
- UL/EN/IEC-62368
- FCC/ICES-003 Class A
- EN55035:2017+A11 –2020
Interfaces
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1 x Serial port
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1 x Ethernet out-of-band management port
- Sixteen (16) G-PON, XGS-PON port
- 2 x QSFP28 supporting – 1 x 100G, 2 x 50G, 2 x 40G, 4 x 25G, 4 x 10G
- 4 x QSFP+ supporting – 1 x 40G, 4 x 10G (future)
- 4 x SFP+ supporting – 10G or 1G optical modules
Power
- Support for DC or AC power inputs
- Max draw for front-panel DC input: 5.8 A @ 48VDC
- Max draw for 100/240 VAC input: 310 Watts/OLT
- Power cords (C15)
- 2nd power supply required for redundancy
Cooling
- 5x Fans Supported
- Fans are hot swappable in the field
- Fan Alarm and Temperature Alarm
- Airflow is Front to Back
Installation
- Mounting – 19" or 23" options
Software Support
- Minimum base software SR34.0 and higher [LA – Limited Availablity]
- Holds two versions of software with image integrity checking and automatic rollback of load if corrupted
LED Indicators
- Status LED
- 4x Link/Activity LEDs for each QSFP28 and QSFP+ Port
- 1x Link/Activity LEDs for each SFP+ Port
- 1x Speed LED for each SFP+ Port
- 1x Link LEDs for each SFP+ PON Port
- 1x Low Sig LEDs for each SFP+ PON Port
- 1x Link/Activity LED for the OOB Management Port
- 1x Speed LED for the OOB Management Port
- 4x LED Link/Act LEDs for each QSFP Port
LED Behavior
| LED | Indications | Comments | |
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| QSFP+ / QSFP28 – Each QSFP utilizes a single LED when in 40G or 100G mode. The leftmost LED indicates the status of the entire link. All 4 LEDs are used when the QSFP is in 4x Split mode to give the state of each link. | Dark | The corresponding link/lane of the four QSFP lanes is not linked up. | |
| Green Solid |
The corresponding link/lane of the four QSFP lanes is linked up to the far end. |
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| Green Blink |
The Port/Lane is linked and passing traffic. |
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| STAT - Board Status LED | Green Solid | The board is operational and in service. | |
| Green Blink Fast | (Initializing) – The LED blinks at a ½-second (½ second on, ½ second off) duty cycle to indicate the card is currently in the process of initializing. | ||
| Green Blink Slow | (Downloading) – ED blinks on a 1-second duty cycle (1 second on, 1 second off). The LED blinks slowly to indicate a software download in progress. | ||
| Red Solid | The board has failed the power-up self test or has detected a hardware fault and must be replaced. | ||
| PON Low Sig – Indicates the optical status of uplink ethernet ports. |
Green Solid |
All ranged ONT serial numbers are above the SD threshold. This LED does not indicate the state of any missing or unexpected ONTs. The intent of this state is to indicate that the optical quality is good for all ranged ONTs. |
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| Amber Solid |
One or more Ranged ONT serial numbers have crossed the SD BER threshold. This state indicates that for the ranged ONTs, maintenance is required on the PON. |
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| Red Solid |
All provisioned ONTs are below SF. This can be measured by all being in a failed/LOPL-LOS state. The intent is that this LED goes red when there is no received signal on the PON or all receive signals are below SF. |
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| Dark | There are no configured ONTs on the PON or the PON is disabled. | ||
| PON Link – Indicates the connection status of uplink ethernet ports. |
Green Solid |
All provisioned ONT serial numbers are ranged on the PON and there are no unexpected ONTs. The state of the PON is good. |
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| Yellow Solid |
At least one provisioned serial number exists and is failed |
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| Red Solid | All configured ONTs have failed. | ||
| SFP+ Link – Indicates the optical status of uplink ethernet ports. | Green Solid | When the SFP+ Link LED indication is solid green, the port is linked up and no data is detected on the port. | |
| Green Blink | When the SFP+ Link LED indication is green, the port is linked and is passing traffic. | ||
| Dark (Off) | When the SFP+ Link LED indication is dark (Off), the port is unconfigured, or the port is failed. | ||
| SFP+ Low Signal – Indicates the power status of uplink ethernet ports. | Dark (Off) | When the SFP+ Low Signal LED indication is dark (Off), the port is disabled or the laser is receiving light and the signal level is above the LOS threshold. | |
| Amber Solid | When the SFP+ Low Signal LED indication is amber, the received laser signal is below the LOS threshold. | ||
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