Product Description - Juniper ACX Series Quick Start Manual

ACX Series Universal
Access Routers
Product Overview
ACX Series Universal Access
Routers bring operational
intelligence to the access and
aggregation layers, providing
the option to deploy Ethernet
or IP/MPLS infrastructure.
High precision synchronization
technology, industry-leading
security, and high availability
features enhance QoE, while
extensive OAM, built-in advanced
SLA management, and rapid
deployment capabilities reduce
TCO. ACX Series platforms
address a variety of service
provider use cases—including
mobile backhaul, residential,
business access,, and metro
Ethernet aggregation—as well
as enterprise use cases such as
power utilities, oil and gas, mining,
transportation, defense and
public safety industries.
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Product Description

Juniper Networks ACX Series Universal Access Routers are Juniper's response to a shift
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in metro network architecture where the access and aggregation layer is extending the
operational intelligence from the service provider edge to the access network. The ACX
Series simplifies access and aggregation architectures by eliminating unnecessary layers
and network overlays, dramatically reducing CapEx and OpEx. Based on architectural
simplification and cost reduction, service providers and enterprises can adopt the true
universal access paradigm enabled by the ACX Series.
ACX Series routers are optimized for converging mobile, business, and residential access
services on a single platform. The ACX Series devices come in space-efficient 1 and 2.5 U
chassis and support 6 to 2,560 Gbps of throughput, setting a new benchmark for port density
in its product category. The ACX Series provides:
• Flexible deployment options over Ethernet or IP/MPLS infrastructure
• True pay-as-you-grow model for in-service upgrade from 1GbE to 10GbE interfaces
• High availability features such as multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG), unified in-
service software upgrade (unified ISSU), and Virtual Chassis
• Environmental or temperature hardened designs (on most models) and low power
consumption, enabling deployment in extreme temperature situations such as in
outside cabinets and remote points of presence (POPs)
• Built-in service engine to enable SDN-based programmability such as advanced SLA
management
• Inline advanced security services such as IPsec, Network Address Translation (NAT),
Media Access Control Security (MACsec), and Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
management on select models
• Highly scalable and reliable hardware-based timing technology based on Juniper's
intellectual property, that meets the strictest LTE-A requirements for frequency and
phase synchronization to enhance quality of experience (QoE) for mobile broadband
(on most models)
• Rapid deployment capabilities via Juniper Networks Junos
Management Platform and zero touch provisioning (ZTP) solutions that minimize
installation, provisioning, and network management costs
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