Juniper Networks ACX710
Universal Metro Router

Architecture and Key Components:

Powered by Junos OS, the ACX710 complements the Juniper Networks MX Series 5G Universal Routing Platforms through a flexible and scalable service provider and enterprise branch routing portfolio optimized for rapidly growing mobile, video, and cloud computing applications. The ACX Series extends Juniper’s proven IP/MPLS leadership in the core and edge to the access and aggregation layers. Maintaining relative simplicity in the metro network, the ACX Series supports a rich suite of L2, L3, and IP/MPLS functionality, enabling large-scale seamless MPLS networks with simplified service provisioning and operations.

• Universal Access/Aggregation: The ACX710 supports both Ethernet bridging and MPLS. Growing demands for bandwidth are accompanied by network growth in terms of numbers of nodes. In some cases, users demand the ability to scale their networks to tens of thousands of nodes. A seamless MPLS architecture enables scale and service flexibility by decoupling physical topology from transport and service layers. This allows service providers to leverage their existing MPLS investments in the core and edge to extend operational benefits to the access and aggregation layers. It also ensures greater network service flexibility and higher scaling parameters for the metro area network (MAN), where metro Ethernet services can span multiple network segments and be seamlessly terminated at any point.
  
  
• Junos OS: A reliable, high-performance, modular network operating system, Junos OS is supported across all of Juniper’s physical and virtual routing, switching, and security platforms. Junos OS improves network operations and increases service availability, performance, and security with features like low-latency multicast, comprehensive quality of service (QoS), in-service software updates, and Junos Continuity, which eliminates the risk and complexity of OS upgrades. Junos OS comes with embedded scripting tools and APIs, enabling the automation of many routine tasks and practical integration with any operator’s backend management tools. With secure programming interfaces, versatile scripting support, and integration with popular orchestration frameworks, Junos OS offers flexible options for DevOps-style management that can unlock value from the network.
  
  
• Automation: With Juniper, your networking solution extends well beyond the platform with customizable tools to monitor, analyze, and automate network operations and performance. The element management system (EMS) provides operators with GUI-based configuration, management, and compliance features designed to simplify operations while providing visibility into device inventory and performance. Automation, however, requires actionable network insight. HealthBot combines the power of telemetry, programmability, advanced algorithms, and machine learning to correlate multiple data sources for highly automated diagnostics-critical to intent-based networking. HealthBot insights can trigger dashboards, user-defined workflows, or playbooks. When traffic needs to be redirected, HealthBot can engage with a Path Computation Element (PCE) controller to calculate new SLA-compliant paths through the network. Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller is the industry’s leading WAN controller and PCE that closes the loop on your network automation, pushing new state information down into the network to optimize performance and quality of experience (QoE). Juniper’s comprehensive portfolio of automation tools has been engineered to deliver the end-to-end network slicing required in today’s agile and dynamic service delivery architectures.

Features and Benefits:

The ACX710 delivers optimal levels of programmability, reliability, scalability, and security to both service provider and enterprise networks. The ACX Series portfolio improves customer satisfaction while lowering the total cost of operating, maintaining, and updating the network infrastructure.

• Stringent Mobile Backhaul Requirements: The ACX710 provides high 10GbE density with 100GbE support and 320 Gbps switching capacity in a compact and hardened 1 U form factor, lowering OpEx (including footprint rental costs).
• Precision Timing and Synchronization: Revenue generating services like VoLTE and LTE broadcast require precise synchronization. ACX710 synchronization is validated for LTE deployments.
• Automation and Programmability: The ACX710 provides application-aware traffic engineering with open and standardized interfaces, including the ability to tailor services for optimal agility.
• Investment and Operational Value: Engineered for value, the ACX710 is designed around merchant silicon, making it a compelling investment. Operational benefits include a Junos OS foundation, service flexibility, a hardened and compact form factor, and filterless design, eliminating the need for costly, recurring truck rolls to inspect air filters.

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Documentation:

Download the Juniper Networks ACX710 Universal Metro Router Data Sheet (PDF).