Huawei OLT comparison: MA5603T vs MA5683T

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One of my German customer asked me a question: Is Huawei’s 10G EPON card XEBD compatible with MA5603T?

 

He mentioned that he asked Huawei engineers and learned that XEBD only supports the following frames:

MA5680T ETSI frame: slots 1 to 8, 11 to 18

MA5680T IEC frame: slots 1 to 6, 9 to 16

MA5683T frame: slots 0 to 5

MA5608T Frame: Slots 0, 1

 

However, he also read the boards that could be added to the MA5603T through the command line and found that XEBD was included. He was so confused, then came to us to ask why.

 

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MA5603T(config)#board add 0/1 ?

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Command of config Mode:

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ADI 32-channel ADSL2+ over ISDN service board

ADK 64-channel ADSL2+ over ISDN service board

ADL 32-channel ADSL2+ over POTS service board

ADP 64-channel ADSL2+ over POTS service board

ADQ 64-channel ADSL2+ over ISDN service board

ASP 64-channel VoIP POTS service board

ATR ATR series VoIP board

H801AIUG 4-port STM-1 ATM interface board

H801ASRB 32-channel VoIP POTS service board

H801BIUA BITS interface unit

H801CGBD 8-port 10G GPON and GPON combo interface board

H801CITD Universal interface board

H801CSPA SATop TDM service processing board

H801EDTB 16-channel E1 interface board

H801EPBA 4-port EPON interface board

H801ETHA Ethernet subtending board

H801ETHB Ethernet upstream and subtending board

H801GICF 2-port GE optical interface board

H801GICG 2-port GE electrical interface board

H801GICK 2-port GE optical/electrical interface board

H801GPBC 4-port GPON interface board

H801GPND 8-port GPON interface board

H801OPFA 16-port FE optical service board

H801PRTA DC Power Interface board

H801PRTE DC Power Interface board

H801PRTG DC Power Interface board

H801SPUA High-performance service processing board

H801SPUB MPLS service processing board

H801SPUC High-performance service processing board

H801SPUF L3 transmit interface board

H801TOPA TDM service board

H801TOPB TDM service board

H801VRGA Virtual Route Gateway

H801X1CA 1-port 10GE optical interface board

H801X2CA 2-port 10GE optical interface board

H801X2CK 2-port 10GE optical interface board

H801X2CS 2-port 10GE optical interface board

H801XEBD 8-port 10G EPON interface board

H801XEUD 8-port 10G EPON interface board

H801XGBD 8-port 10G GPON interface board

H801XP1A 1-port GPON/XG-PON/XGS-PON interface board

H801XSBD 8-port 10GS-PON interface board

H802DSRD 32-channel VoIP ISDN (2B1Q) service board

H802DSRE 32-channel VoIP ISDN (4B3T) service board

H802EDTB 16-channel E1, 16-channel SHDSL interface board

H802EPBC 4-port EPON interface board

H802EPBD 8-port EPON interface board

H802EPFD 16-port EPON interface board

H802GICK 2-port GE optical/electrical interface board

H802GPBD 8-port GPON interface board

H802GPFD 16-port GPON interface board

H802OPGD 48-port GE optical service board

H802OPGE 48-port GE optical service board

H802P2CA 2-port PON interface board

H802SHLB 16-channel SHDSL service board

H802X2CS 2-port 10GE optical interface board

H802XEBD 8-port 10G EPON interface board

H802XGBC 4-port 10G GPON interface board

H803EPFD 16-port EPON interface board

H803GPFD 16-port GPON interface board

H805GPBD 8-port GPON interface board

H805GPFD 16-port GPON interface board

H806CAME 48-channel combined service board with POTS and ADSL2+

H806CCPE 64-channel VDSL2+ and POTS(combo) service board

H806EPBD 8-port EPON interface board

H806GPBD 8-port GPON interface board

H806GPBH 8-port GPON interface board

H806GPFD 16-port GPON interface board

H807EPBD 8-port EPON interface board

H807GPBD 8-port GPON interface board

H807GPBH 8-port GPON interface board

H808EPSD 8-port EPON interface board

H809EPBD 8-port EPON interface board

H80ASHLM 16-channel SHDSL service board

H80BCAME 48-channel combined service board with POTS and ADSL2+

H80BCVME 48-channel VDSL2+ and POTS(combo) service board

H80DCCPE 64-channel VDSL2+ and POTS(combo) service board

H80DCSPE 64-channel VDSL2+ and POTS(combo) service board, supports super vectoring feature

H85BCVME 48-channel VDSL2+ and POTS(combo) service board

SDM 48-channel VDSL2 service board, supports super vectoring feature

SDP 64-channel VDSL2 service board, supports super vectoring feature

SHG 32-channel SHDSL service board

VCM 48-channel VDSL2 service board, supports vectoring feature

VCP 64-channel VDSL2 service board, supports vectoring feature

VDJ 48-channel VDSL2 service board

VDM 48-channel VDSL2 over POTS service board

VDN 48-channel VDSL2 over ISDN service board

VDP 64-channel VDSL2 over POTS service board

VDQ 64-channel VDSL2 over POTS service board

VDR 24-channel VDSL2 over POTS service board

VDS 24-channel VDSL2 over POTS service board

VDT 24-channel VDSL2 over ISDN service board

 

After understanding the situation, I learned that the reason was that Huawei did not clearly explain the difference between MA5603T and MA5683T.

Huawei MA5683T

Huawei MA5683T chassis with 5U height 6 service slots, 2xSCUN main control board, 2xPRTE DC power board, support EPON, GPON, 10G PON, P2P service
PN/SKU: 8527

What’s the difference between the MA5683T and MA5603T?

MA5603T and MA5683T are the same model. The difference lies in the services they offer:

MA5603T is multi service based while MA5683T is just OLT, MA5603T can support service like ADSL, VDSL, GPON etc. MA5683T only supports GPON, P2P etc.

MA5683T can also provide ADSL and VDSL services by loading the firmware of MA5603T.

 

After I explain the difference between these two machines, I believe you have the answer to the question asked by the customer. To make you better understand this question, here’s a comparison sheet of Huawei MA5600 series OLT:

Huawei OLT comparison MA5603T vs MA5683T

 

As you can see, the only difference between MA5683T and MA5603T is whether they support multiple services. The same goes for MA5600T and MA5680T.

 

So if you only need to use GPON serivces, you can choose MA5683T/MA5680T. If you need to provide multil services, such as DSLAM and GPON, then MA5603T/MA5600T will be the best choice for you.

 

Another thing is that since China has rarely deployed DSLAM services, the number of corresponding business boards is very small. If you still have any related needs, please feel free to contact: csd@telecomate.com.