Overview; Mx480 Router Description; Benefits Of The Mx480 Router - Juniper MX480 Hardware Manual

CHAPTER 1

Overview

MX480 Router Description

Benefits of the MX480 Router

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MX480 Router Description on page 29
MX480 Chassis on page 32
MX480 Cooling System on page 41
MX480 Power System Description on page 44
MX480 AC Power System on page 45
MX480 DC Power System on page 53
MX480 Host Subsystem on page 58
MX480 Interface Modules—DPCs on page 90
MX480 Interface Modules—FPCs and PICs on page 98
MX480 Interface Modules—MPCs and MICs on page 104
MX-Series Switch Control Board (SCB) Overview on page 135
The MX480 Universal Routing Platform is an Ethernet-optimized edge router that provides
both switching and carrier-class Ethernet routing. The MX480 router enables a wide
range of business and residential applications and services, including high-speed transport
and VPN services, next-generation broadband multiplay services, high-speed Internet
and data center internetworking.
Benefits of the MX480 Router on page 29
MX480 Hardware Overview on page 30
System Capacity—MX480 provides 9 Tbps of system capacity for a wide range of
cloud, campus, enterprise, data center, service provider, cable, and mobile service core
applications.
Always-on Infrastructure Base—MX Series routers ensure network and service
availability with a broad set of multilayered physical, logical, and protocol-level resiliency
aspects. Junos OS Virtual Chassis technology on MX Series routers supports
chassis-level redundancy and enables you to manage two routers as a single element.
Multichassis link aggregation group (MC-LAG) implementation supports stateful
chassis, card, and port redundancy.
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