Predictika · Nokia IP routing quotes

An AI sales agent's routing quote, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares a quote for Nokia 7750 SR-s and 7250 IXR-e IP routers with line cards, fabric cards, 100G and 400G optics (including coherent ZR and ZR+), a license tier and a support tier, in euros. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the product and quoting rules, compares the total the quote states with the computed one, and returns every finding together with the line-item quote. This is an illustrative model built from Nokia's public product information with fictional prices; it is not Nokia's internal rule set.

Scope: quotes for Nokia 7750 SR-s and 7250 IXR-e IP routing platforms with line cards, fabric, optics, licenses and support. See everything this validator covers

This validator models one product line: Nokia's 7750 SR-s and 7250 IXR-e IP routing platforms, specifically the 7750 SR-2s, SR-7s and SR-14s and the 7250 IXR-6e and IXR-10e chassis. It handles any quote involving these chassis and their line cards, fabric cards, 100G and 400G optics, license tiers and support tiers, not only the scenarios shown on this page. It does not cover Nokia's optical transport, mobile network or fixed-access product lines.

  • Covered: chassis and cards — five chassis with their slot counts, fabric cards, power shelves and lead times, and five line cards (12x100G, 36x100G and 12x400G for the SR-s family; 36x100G and 14x400G for the IXR-e family). Cards must belong to the chassis family and fit its slots.
  • Covered: fabric and ports — per-slot fabric capacity from the number of fabric cards installed, the requirement that a redundant fabric has all of its fabric cards, 100G and 400G port counts, breakout of spare 400G ports into 100G, and a headroom review above 90 percent port use.
  • Covered: optics — 400G-DR4, 400G-LR4, 400ZR and 400ZR+, including whether the line card supports coherent optics, the reach against the link distance and the longer lead time of ZR+. 100G ports are priced with LR4 optics.
  • Covered: license, power, delivery and commercial terms — SRv6 needing the Premium license and MACsec needing Advanced or Premium, license price per 100G-equivalent port, support as a percentage of hardware, power draw against the power shelf, delivery date against lead time, discount authority by number of routers, the line-item quote and the total the agent states.
  • Not covered — other 7750 and 7250 variants, other Nokia product lines, cabling and optics for 10G and 25G ports, rack and cooling planning, and real Nokia prices or discount schedules. Other areas can be added.
  • Labeled as assumptions — prices, power figures, lead times, support percentages and the 30, 45 and 55 percent discount limits are invented illustrative values, not Nokia data.
The AI sales agentBuilds the Nokia routing quote from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

7 scenarios in 4 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
Port accounting across two line-card types, with breakoutOnly with workarounds
Counting 100G and 400G ports across card types, crediting spare 400G ports as four 100G ports each, and comparing both with what the design needs is cross-line arithmetic. Rules-based CPQ turns it into custom validation code that has to be rewritten for each card combination.		Ports provided by every card, breakout credit and the required counts are computed together on each call, so a shortfall in either speed comes back with the exact numbers.
Per-slot fabric capacity that depends on the fabric cards installedOnly with workarounds
A line card needs a certain bandwidth per slot, and the fabric delivers it only with enough fabric cards; redundancy then needs all of them. It is a chain of numbers across lines, not an option exclusion, and is usually checked in code or by a person.		Slot capacity is computed from the fabric cards on the quote and compared with the fastest card; a 400G card on three fabric cards and the redundancy requirement are both reported.
License tier forced by the features requestedOnly with care
SRv6 needs the Premium license and MACsec needs Advanced or Premium. A rule can say so, but each new feature needs its own rule, and the license price per 100G-equivalent port has to follow the tier.		Feature, tier and per-port price are checked and priced together on every call.
Discount authority that scales with the number of routersOnly with care
Approval limits that change with deal size need a threshold per size band and an approval path for the band above the rep limit. They work, but several together are easy to leave out of step.		The rep limit and the maximum for the deal size are checked on every call: 40 percent blocks on 3 routers and goes to approval on 6.
A stated total that does not match the computed priceOnly with workarounds
A validation rule can compare a stated total with a calculated field, but only if the stated total is a field on the quote, which it rarely is.		The stated total travels with the quote and is compared with the computed one on every call.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
116 x 400G ports are required; the cards provide 14.
23 line cards do not fit the 2 slots of the 7750 SR-2s.
340 x 100G ports are required; 36 are available including breakout.
4400ZR coherent optics need a 400G line card that supports coherent pluggables.
5400ZR reaches 120 km but the link runs 200 km.
6A discount of 40 percent is above the 30 percent an account manager may give alone.
7A discount of 40 percent is above the 30 percent maximum for a deal of 3 routers.
8A line card is from a different platform family than the 7750 SR-7s; 7750 SR-s and 7250 IXR-e cards are not interchangeable.
9A line card needs 4800 Gbps per slot but the fabric delivers 3600 Gbps with 3 fabric cards.
10MACsec needs the Advanced or Premium license; the quote has the Basic license.
11Redundant fabric needs all 4 fabric cards of the 7750 SR-7s; the quote has 3.
12SRv6 needs the Premium license; the quote has the Advanced license.
13Stated total does not match: the agent stated €3,017,400.00; the validator computes €2,932,400.00.
14The configuration draws 6550 W; the 7750 SR-2s power shelf supports 6000 W.
15The lead time is about 24 weeks; the customer needs the routers in 12 weeks.
16The required ports use more than 90 percent of the installed port capacity; network design must confirm growth headroom.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Cards and chassis: IXR line cards in an SR-7s

    
The agent's request. Please quote 6 7750 SR-7s routers for Brightwave Telecom, each with 4 fabric cards in a redundant fabric and 2 7250 IXR-e IMM 36x100G line cards, 60 100G ports with LR4 optics, the Advanced license and Advanced support for 3 years, delivery within 12 weeks and a 20 percent discount. The quote states a total of €3,278,400.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Line cards do not fit this router family. A line card is from a different platform family than the 7750 SR-7s; 7750 SR-s and 7250 IXR-e cards are not interchangeable.
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2. Cards and chassis: SR line cards in the SR-7s

    
The agent's request. Please quote 6 7750 SR-7s routers for Brightwave Telecom, each with 4 fabric cards in a redundant fabric and 2 7750 XMA 36x100G line cards, 60 100G ports with LR4 optics, the Advanced license and Advanced support for 3 years, delivery within 12 weeks and a 20 percent discount. The quote states a total of €3,737,760.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. Total €3,737,760.00: chassis €1,260,000.00; fabric cards €384,000.00; line cards €1,140,000.00; optics €252,000.00; license €216,000.00; support €1,092,960.00.
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3. Fabric, optics and license: Fabric, SRv6 and ZR+ lead time

    
The agent's request. Please quote 4 7750 SR-7s routers for Halden Carrier, each with 3 fabric cards in a redundant fabric, one 7750 XMA 36x100G and one 7750 XMA 12x400G line card, 30 100G ports and 8 400G ports with 400ZR+ optics on a 500 km link. SRv6 on the Advanced license, Advanced support for 3 years, delivery within 12 weeks and a 25 percent discount. The quote states a total of €3,674,160.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Fabric too slow for the line card. A line card needs 4800 Gbps per slot but the fabric delivers 3600 Gbps with 3 fabric cards.
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  • Redundant fabric needs every fabric card. Redundant fabric needs all 4 fabric cards of the 7750 SR-7s; the quote has 3.
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  • SRv6 needs the Premium license. SRv6 needs the Premium license; the quote has the Advanced license.
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  • Cannot deliver in time. The lead time is about 24 weeks; the customer needs the routers in 12 weeks.
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4. Fabric, optics and license: Four fabric cards, Premium license, 24 weeks

    
The agent's request. Please quote 4 7750 SR-7s routers for Halden Carrier, each with 4 fabric cards in a redundant fabric, one 7750 XMA 36x100G and one 7750 XMA 12x400G line card, 30 100G ports and 8 400G ports with 400ZR+ optics on a 500 km link. SRv6 on the Premium license, Advanced support for 3 years, delivery within 24 weeks and a 25 percent discount. The quote states a total of €3,844,400.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Quote summary. Total €3,844,400.00: chassis €840,000.00; fabric cards €256,000.00; line cards €380,000.00; line cards €720,000.00; optics €84,000.00; optics €960,000.00; license €248,000.00; support €1,166,400.00.
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5. Discount authority: Three routers at 40 percent

    
The agent's request. Please quote 3 7750 SR-7s routers for Ridgeline Networks, each with 4 fabric cards in a redundant fabric, two 7750 XMA 36x100G and one 7750 XMA 12x400G line card, 60 100G ports and 8 400G ports with 400ZR optics on an 80 km link. MACsec on the Advanced license, Advanced support for 3 years, delivery within 16 weeks and a 40 percent discount. The quote states a total of €2,648,160.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Discount above the maximum. A discount of 40 percent is above the 30 percent maximum for a deal of 3 routers.
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6. Discount authority: Six routers at 40 percent

    
The agent's request. Please quote 6 7750 SR-7s routers for Ridgeline Networks, each with 4 fabric cards in a redundant fabric, two 7750 XMA 36x100G and one 7750 XMA 12x400G line card, 60 100G ports and 8 400G ports with 400ZR optics on an 80 km link. MACsec on the Advanced license, Advanced support for 3 years, delivery within 16 weeks and a 40 percent discount. The quote states a total of €5,296,320.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Needs approval.

    
    
      
  • Discount needs approval. A discount of 40 percent is above the 30 percent an account manager may give alone.
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  • Quote summary. Total €5,296,320.00: chassis €1,260,000.00; fabric cards €384,000.00; line cards €1,140,000.00; line cards €1,080,000.00; optics €252,000.00; optics €1,056,000.00; license €331,200.00; support €1,861,920.00.
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7. Stated total: Ten routers with a stated total

    
The agent's request. Please quote 10 7250 IXR-6e routers for Stonebridge Metro, each with 6 fabric cards in a redundant fabric and 2 7250 IXR-e IMM 36x100G line cards, 50 100G ports with LR4 optics, the Basic license and Standard support for 3 years, delivery within 12 weeks and a 30 percent discount. The quote states a total of €3,017,400.00. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Stated total does not match. Stated total does not match: the agent stated €3,017,400.00; the validator computes €2,932,400.00.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent prepares a quote for Nokia 7750 SR-s and 7250 IXR-e IP routers with line cards, fabric cards. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the product and quoting rules, compares the total the quote states with the computed one, and returns every finding together with the line-item quote. This is an illustrative model built from Nokia's public product information with fictional prices; it is not Nokia's internal rule set.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please quote 6 7750 SR-7s routers for Brightwave Telecom, each with 4 fabric cards in a redundant fabric and 2 7250 IXR-e IMM 36x100G line cards. The quote states a total of €3,278,400.00. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with one finding, all in one answer. A line card is from a different platform family than the 7750 SR-7s; 7750 SR-s and 7250 IXR-e cards are not interchangeable.
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  6. The validator returned one blocking finding in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for port accounting across two line-card types, with breakout, a rules-based CPQ can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the line card A to 7750 XMA 36x100G and the stated total to 3,737,760 EUR.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. The validator also returns the line-item quote. It starts with 7750 SR-7s and 7750 SR-7s fabric card; the other five lines are on screen.
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  13. The earlier finding is cleared, and the validator's total, €3,737,760.00, matches the quote.
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  14. One problem caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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