Juniper MX960 Hardware Manual page 30

Several types of DPCs are available. Each DPC includes either two or four Packet Forwarding Engines
(PFE). Each PFE enables a throughput of 10 Gbps.
Up to two PICs can be installed in each FPC. Fully populated, the MX960 supports up to 12 PICs.
Up to two Modular Interface Cards (MICs) can be installed in each MPC. Fully populated, the MX960
supports up to 24 MICs.
MPCs support fixed interfaces or up to two Modular Interface Cards (MICs) that can be installed in each
MPC. Fully populated, the MX960 supports up to 22 MICs.
For a list of the supported DPCs, FPCs, MPCs, MICs, PICs, and SCBs, see the
Reference.
Table 4 on page 4 compares the switch fabric bandwidth capacities.
Table 4: Switch Control Board Capacities for MX Series 5G Universal Routing Platforms (Full-Duplex)
Description Fabric Bandwidth Per Slot
Enhanced MX Switch Up to 1.5 Tbps (non-redundant
Control Board (model fabric configuration with
SCBE3-MX) MPC10E line cards); 1 Tbps
(redundant fabric configuration
with MPC10E line cards)
Enhanced MX Switch Up to 480 Gbps
Control Board (non-redundant fabric
(SCBE2-MX) configuration); 340 Gbps
(redundant fabric configuration)
Enhanced MX Switch Up to 240 Gbps
Control Board (non-redundant fabric
(SCBE-MX) configuration); 160 Gbps
(redundant fabric configuration)
Switch Control Board Up to 240 Gbps
(SCB-MX) (non-redundant fabric
configuration); 120 Gbps
(redundant fabric configuration)
The connections between interface cards and SCBs are organized in three groups:
Switch fabric—Connects the interface cards and provides for packet transport between DPCs, FPCs,
and MPCs. Two SCBs provide one non-redundant fabric. Three SCBs are required for a redundant fabric
configuration.
MX240 Fabric MX480 Fabric
Bandwidth Bandwidth
Up to 6 Tbps Up to 18 Tbps
Up to 1.92 Tbps Up to 5.76 Tbps
Up to 930 Gbps Up to 2.79 Tbps
Up to 465 Gbps Up to 1.39 Tbps
MX Series Interface Module
MX960 Fabric
Bandwidth
Up to 33 Tbps
Up to 10.56 Tbps
Up to 5.25 Tbps
Up to 2.6 Tbps
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