Features And Benefits - Juniper MX Series Datasheet

Features and Benefits

MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers
Key components of each MX Series 3D Universal Edge Router are
the Dense Port Concentrators (DPCs), Modular Port Concentrators
(MPCs), the Routing Engine, and the Switch Control Board (SCB).
The DPCs are optimized for Ethernet density and are capable of
supporting up to 40 GbE or four 10GbE Ethernet ports. The DPC
assembly combines packet forwarding and Ethernet interfaces on
a single board, with 40 Gbps of packet forwarding capacity.
Designed for flexibility, MPCs leverage the Junos Trio chipset to
deliver the industry's highest density GbE and 10GbE, as well as
the flexibility of modular interfaces, across the MX Series portfolio.
These advanced capabilities allow customers to flexibly mix
and match interfaces to create service-specific and "pay as you
grow" configurations. The MPC houses the PFEs to deliver up to
120 Gbps of comprehensive Layer 3 routing (IPv4 and IPv6), and
Layer 2 switching. These MPCs also support inline services and
advanced Heirarchical QoS (H-QoS) per MX Series slot.
The RE provides control plane functions and runs Junos OS.
Software processes that run on the RE maintain the routing
tables, manage the routing protocols used on the router, control
the router interfaces, control some chassis components, and
provide the interface for system management and user access to
the router.
REs communicate with DPCs and MPCs via dedicated out-of-band
management channels, providing a clear distinction between the
control and forwarding planes.
Integrated into the SCB is the switch fabric, which interconnects
all of the DPCs and MPCs within the chassis. The RE installs
directly into the SCB.
Ethernet-based services present a significant new revenue
opportunity for service providers across all market segments.
These business, mobile and residential services include VPNs,
point-to-point connectivity, high-speed Internet access, and
video-based offerings. With continuous technology advances
and ongoing standards development, Ethernet is increasingly
the technology of choice at the service provider edge—and the
MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers are capable of supporting
all these services. As an example of Juniper's commitment to
delivering a Universal Edge solution to meet the needs of next-
generation networks and services, the MX Series offers unmatched
scalability, performance, reliability, and QoS for all types of
business, mobile and residential services. MX Series 3D routers
are the only high-density Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet platforms
designed with 3D scaling for deployment in a number of service
provider Ethernet edge scenarios.
Examples of the wide range of applications enabled by the
MX Series in the Universal Edge include:
• VPLS for multipoint connectivity—high scale BGP and LDP
support
• Virtual leased line for point-to-point services—native support
for point-to-point services
• RFC 2547.bis IP/MPLS VPN (L3VPN)—full support for MPLS
VPNs throughout the Ethernet network
• Video distribution for IPTV services with advanced capabilities
such as multicast MPLS VPNS
• Ethernet aggregation at the multiservice edge—supporting up
to 480 GbE ports or 176 10GbE ports in a single platform—for
maximum Ethernet density
• Residential multiplay services—with subscriber management
capabilities as well as high-density Ethernet aggregation, the MX
Series can fulfill multiple roles in the delivery of residential services
• Cloud computing—the MX Series provides the perfect platform
for connectivity to and between clouds
• Data center consolidation—with advanced multicasting and
unicast capabilities, the MX Series can provide data center
connectivity and server live-mirroring and migration
• VPLS and MPLS help enable multiple services thereby
improving network utilization.
• Mobile backhaul and aggregation—providing cost-effective
transport and backhaul of mobile data traffic
• Application monitoring—with integrated performance
monitoring systems such as StreamScope eRM and Telchemy
Embedded Performance Monitor (TePM), the MX Series can
provide advanced application layer diagnostics help service
providers deliver a superior user experience for voice, video and
other multimedia services
MPLS
MPLS has traditionally been deployed in network backbones, where
it provides traffic engineering and allows efficient transport of Layer 2
and Layer 3 traffic such as IP, Frame Relay and ATM. MPLS in Ethernet
networks provides complementary capabilities to help deal with
more traffic types, provide greater resiliency and QoS, restoration
techniques, Operations, Administration & Management (OA&M)
diagnostic capabilities. This further enables users to consolidate traffic
types on a single, common IP/MPLS network.
As an industry leader in the development and deployment of
MPLS, Juniper Networks leads the way in making it possible
for enterprises and service providers to implement network
architectures and services based on MPLS. The MX Series provides
a wide range of MPLS features and functionality powered by
Junos OS. The feature richness of Junos OS provides the MX
Series an advantage over other operating systems that are either
too immature to support the required MPLS feature breadth or
architected in a monolithic fashion, making them too complicated
or unwieldy to efficiently manage. Additionally, the MX Series is
designed to lead the industry in the following areas:
Interface Scalability—each MX Series chassis scales in size with
choices of 3, 6 or 12 slots that can be populated with line cards
for access or network interfaces. With up to 12 line card slots, the
MX960 3D Universal Edge Router supports up to 176 10GbE ports
or 480 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Advanced Packet Processing Performance—MX Series supports
up to 2.4 billion pps forwarding.
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