Mx-Spc3 Services Card - Juniper MX960 Hardware Manual

MS-MPC: MX-MPC3E-3D, MPC5E-40G10G, MPC5E-100G10G, MPC5EQ-40G10G, MPC5EQ-100G10G
NOTE: The compatibility with these services cards is end-to-end. You cannot run these services
cards in the same chassis as the MX-SPC3.
Table 62 on page 124 shows the SPC and its first supported Junos OS release on MX240, MX480, and
MX960, routers.
Table 62: MX-SPC3 Supported by MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers
SPC Name
"MX-SPC3 Services Card" on
page 124
SEE ALSO
Protocols and Applications Supported by MX-SPC3 Services Card

MX-SPC3 Services Card

The MX-SPC3 Services Card is supported on MX240, MX480, and MX960 routers. It provides additional
processing power to run the Next Gen Services.
It contains two Services Processing Units (SPUs) with 128 GB of memory per SPU. Line cards such as
DPCs, MICs, and MPCs intelligently distribute all traffic traversing the router to the SPUs to have services
processing applied to it (see
You can install the MX-SPC3 in any of the slots that are not reserved for Switch Control Board (SCB). If a
slot is not occupied by a card, you must install a blank panel to shield the empty slot and to allow cooling
air to circulate properly through the device.
Figure 31: MX-SPC3 Services Card
JNP-SPC3
Software release
SPC Model Number
JNP-SPC3
Figure 31 on page 124).
Junos OS Release 19.3R2 and later
First Junos OS Release on MX240, MX480,
and MX960 Routers
19.3R2
124