AXOS E9-2 Intelligent Access System
The revolutionary AXOS E9-2 delivers unconstrained scale and bandwidth for providers to converge mobile, business and residential service networks
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Overview
Building a successful broadband network to grow your business
The revolutionary E9-2 Intelligent Access system is designed to deliver flexibility, unconstrained scale, and capacity—enabling service providers to consolidate and converge mobile, business, and residential service networks.
Product details
AXOS E9-2: Bring scale, resiliency, and efficiency to your network
- Integrated OLT
- Distributed OLTs
E9-2 SERVICE AGGREGATION WITH INTEGRATED OLT
CLX3001, ASM5001
Simplify your network by consolidating service routing, subscriber management, service aggregation, and integrated access networks.
- Resilient, modular, stackable form factor
- Distributed subscriber management
- Simplified subscriber services
- Common services provisioning
- Intelligence closer to the subscriber edge
- Reduction of TCO
E9-2 with the distributed OLTs and DSLAM
ASM3001, ASM5001
Simplify your network by bringing Layer 3 service aggregation to your distributed Layer 2 access network.
- Aggregation services manager
- Integrated subscriber management
- MPLS LSR/LER
- Access edge routing
- Simplified network operations
- Reduction of TCO
Awards and recognition
Industry awards and recognition
Leading Lights Award
Intelligent Access won the Light Reading Leading Lights award for "Most Innovative Broadband Solution" due to its innovative software-defined access operating system (AXOS), which helps BSPs deliver services faster at a lower TCO.
Lightwave Innovation Reviews Award
Lightwave, who has been bringing trusted technical insights to optical communications professionals for decades has honored Calix in the annual Lightwave Innovation Reviews in the FTTx Systems category.
Sustainability and climate protection
American Business Awards gives the Calix Broadband Platform a Stevie award for sustainability and climate protection.
Comparably Best Engineering Teams
With 110 patents for industry-leading technologies, Calix is relentlessly focused on innovating for its broadband service provider customers and attracting top engineering talent—resulting in this award.
TMCnet Tech Culture Award
Calix focuses heavily on building a strong culture and it shows—with a 4.9/5-star rating, 98 percent overall approval and 100 percent CEO approval on Glassdoor, and with employees routinely sharing “Why I Love Calix” posts on social media.
American Business Stevie Award for Calix Engagement Cloud
In 2024, Calix took home a gold medal for Best Marketing Campaign of the Year, silver medals for Marketing Disruptor of the Year and Best Use of Data to Drive Brand Strategy, and a bronze medal for Best Cloud Platform.
- Leading Lights
- Lightwave
- Bronze Stevie sustainability 2024
- Comparably best engineering teams
- TMCnet Tech Culture
- American Business
Benefits and Features
Aggregate the access network with the E9-2 Intelligent Access System
Gain the benefits of an intelligent network.
Reduce network total cost of ownership and time-to-market.
Automate and simplify subscriber and service workflows.
Technical specifications
E9-2 technical specifications
System aggregation and control cards | Uplink ports/aggregation ports | Interconnect interfaces | Datasheet (login required) |
ASM5001 | 32 x 10 / 25 / 100G, 100G/200G/400G QSFP-DD ports | N/A | |
CLX3001 | 2 QSFP-28 (40G/100G), 8 SFP+ (1G, 10G), 2 SFP (1G) | 4 Interconnect Interfaces 400G -> 4*100G | |
ASM3001 | 32 x 1G / 10G SFP+ ports, 4 x 40G/100G/200G QSFP-DD ports | N/A |
Chassis specifications
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System innovation
- Resilient, modular, stackable form factor that scales to support 16 high-density PON line cards when using the CLX3001 Control or the ASM5001 Aggregation Service Manager card
- Aggregate services from existing Layer 2 access networks utilizing the ASM3001 and ASM5001 Aggregation Services Manager
- Flexible architecture enables system growth without replacement
Fiber innovation
- GPON, XGS-PON, NG-PON2 scaling from 16 to 512 Ports in a single managed system
- Full non-blocking, redundant uplink options
AXOS Software Module supported
- RPm, ARm, SMm on either the CLX3001 or ASM3001 or ASM5001
- Consolidate and move the functions of subscriber management, edge routing w/ MPLS, aggregation, and OLT closer to the subscriber based on selected modules
Modularity extends beyond hardware
The modularity of the system extends beyond hardware. Powered by AXOS, the E9-2 Intelligent Access System delivers on the promise of Software Defined Access. The fast, always-on, and simple network provides a stateful system that allows incremental enhancements or feature additions.
The AXOS componentized nature ensures the E9-2 is ideally suited for virtualized functions in a complex network environment. The E9-2 with AXOS can accelerate network transformation by seamlessly coexisting with virtualized architectures, ultimately driving operational complexity and cost out of networks.
Fast. Always on. Simple
With AXOS, back office integration has never been easier. Use AXOS Sandbox to build a virtual edge-to-edge Software Defined Access network that speeds OSS integration and software certification with dramatic economic results.
News and insights
Routing at the Network Edge
As networks continue to grow, operators face a variety of architectural challenges leveraging the best of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking.
Learn how service providers are taking advantage of techniques including Layer 2 VPNs and MPLS, VRRP, and ECMP to move network routing closer to the subscriber edge.
Case studies
Customer Stories
Silver Star Communications
Open access network models improve end user experience and provide a profitable opportunity.
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