MX Series

MX80 3D Universal Edge Router
MX80 3D Universal Edge Router

The MX80 3D Universal Edge Router integrates carrier Ethernet capabilities and a modular port concentrator (MPC) design to create a cost-effective Ethernet service solution ideal for environments with severely limited space.

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MX240 3D Universal Edge Router
MX240 3D Universal Edge Router

The MX240 3D Universal Edge Router delivers increased port density over traditional carrier Ethernet platforms as well as performance of 200+ Gbps throughput, scalability, and reliability in a space-efficient package.

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MX480 3D Universal Edge Router
MX480 3D Universal Edge Router

The MX480 3D Universal Edge Router provides a dense, highly redundant Ethernet platform primarily targeted for dense dedicated access aggregation and provider edge services in medium-size and large Points of Presence (POPs).

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MX960 3D Universal Edge Router
MX960 3D Universal Edge Router

The MX960 3D Universal Edge Router is a high-density Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet platform for several service provider Ethernet edge scenarios. This enterprise Ethernet service provider router provides a range of Ethernet services, including VPLS services for multi-point connectivity.

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Advantage Features Benefits
High Availability
  • Fully redundant hardware (cooling, power supplies, Routing Engines, Switch Control Boards)
  • Modular operating system
  • Separate data and control planes
  • Graceful restart
  • Non-stop routing
  • MPLS FRR
  • VPLS multihoming
 The MX Series provides the highest level of redundancy and resiliency. Critical services and customers stay connected, and service providers can maximize revenue and ensure customer satisfaction.
High Performance
  • Next-generation I-chip ASIC
  • Enhanced QoS capabilities
  • Additional packet processing flexibility
  • Scaling enhancements, including route lookup, next hop, IFL scaling, and interface accounting
  • Additional microcode capacity that can accommodate the next three to five years of Junos software features
  • Enhanced multicast performance
 The MX Series meets the needs of critical applications at the edge, including voice, video, and data.
Service Flexibility Simultaneous support for Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services: VPLS, RFC 2547bis IP/MPLS VPNs, Triple Play services Providing enterprise and residential services increases service breadth and optimizes OpEx and CapEx.
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MX Series 3D: Pushing New Boundaries with the Junos Trio Chipset — EANTC Independent Validation

“The capabilities enabled by the Junos Trio chipset showed very impressive results. We see Juniper pushing new boundaries concurrently for Ethernet density, services, and subscriber scale, as well as for power efficiency.”

Carsten Rossenhöevel
Managing Director, EANTC

EANTC Testing The independent performance verification conducted by the European Advanced Network Test Center (EANTC) was commissioned by Juniper Networks to confirm the breakthrough capabilities of the new Junos Trio-based MX80 3D Universal Edge Router and new 16x10GbE line cards.

The EANTC validation report [PDF 449 KB] demonstrates that network operators, service providers, and enterprises can transform quality of experience and business economics with Junos Trio-based products.

Tested to have three-dimensional (3D) bandwidth, subscribers, and services scale, the MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers enable innovative services with premium user experience for a new breed of media-rich, high-performance applications.

EANTC “3D” Validation Highlights


Density, Throughput, Scale

  • 1.440 Tbit/s measured in 1/6th of a rack (8.64 Tbit/s rack equivalent, extrapolated)
  • 96 10GbE ports in 1/6th of a rack (528/rack equivalent, extrapolated)
  • 240 Gbit/s unidirectional throughput per MX Series 3D slot
  • 1+ billion packets per second for IPv4, IPv6, unicast and multicast
  • 0% packet loss under all test conditions

Services Scale

  • Virtual private LAN service (VPLS) and IP/MPLS VPN (L3VPN)
    • 6,000 concurrent active VPLS service instances at scale
    • 6,000 concurrent active L3VPN service instances at scale
    • 2.4 million unique active VPN routes
  • Media-rich and transactional services
    • 60,000 multicast groups
    • 3,300 replications per content stream
    • 660,000 receivers per line card

Power Efficiency and Carbon Footprint

  • 25.34 watts per 10GbE with fully loaded chassis at 100% load
  • 2,433 watts per MX480 3D chassis at 100% load
  • 3.38 watts per gigabit of throughput

Rich Application Support

  • Functional validation of the MX80 and Junos Universal Edge services as applicable to telcos, cable companies, enterprises, ASPs, CDNs, and beyond.

Additional Information

The rigorous tests were conducted in September 2009 by EANTC, with support from Juniper using Ixia IxNetwork testing solutions.