Mx960 Application Services Modular Line Card Description; Mx960 As Mlc Function - Juniper MX960 Hardware Manual

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MX960 Application Services Modular Line Card Description

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. 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 5G Universal Routing Platforms.
The 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 24: Application Services Modular Line Card (AS MLC)

MX960 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, the AS MLC will run other Juniper Networks router services and applications,
and serve as a virtualized platform for third-party applications. The AS MLC provides Ethernet switching
and high-speed fabric interface to MX routers. Graceful Routing Engine switchover is also supported on
the AS MLC.
Integrated with application forwarding on MX Series routers, the AS MLC provides increased service
flexibility with reduced power and space requirements for the network infrastructure.