Mx240 Application Services Modular Line Card Description; Mx240 As Mlc Function; Figure 28: Application Services Modular Line Card (As Mlc) - Juniper mx240 Hardware Manual

MX240 Application Services Modular Line Card Description

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MIC/MPC Compatibility on page 61
MX Series MIC Overview
MICs Supported by MX Series Routers on page 67
The Application Services Modular Line Card (AS MLC) is an X86-based card for MX960,
MX480, and MX240 routers to deliver integrated application service solutions. See
Figure 28 on page 79. The first application that network operators can take advantage
of is the Junos Content Encore system, a high-throughput, solid state storage platform
for media rich content delivery. Additionally, the AS MLC can serve as the platform for
Juniper Networks JunosV App Engine, powering a host of network applications directly
embedded into your MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers.
AS MLC is modular and decouples CPU and storage in individual field-upgradeable units.
The AS MLCs are designed to enable application throughput up to 50 Gbps and a storage
capacity of 400 gigabytes (GB) of NAND Flash.

Figure 28: Application Services Modular Line Card (AS MLC)

MX240 AS MLC Function

The AS MLC provides modular processing and modular storage. Installed on the AS MLC,
the Junos Content Encore system operates as a caching application, in either HTTP
reverse proxy mode or HTTP transparent proxy mode, to manage client requests for
content and the distribution of the content to clients from origin servers. In the future,
AS MLC will run other Juniper Networks router services and applications as well as serve
as a virtualized platform for third-party applications. AS MLC provides Ethernet switching
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