Juniper Networks M-Series Network Router User Manual


 
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M-series Routing Platforms
Rich Packet Processing
A broad portfolio of services can be layered on top of VPNs for additional
revenue generation. A comprehensive suite of multicast capabilities, including
multicast over MPLS VPNs, enables efficient distribution of premium content.
Hardware-based IPv6 and a number of IPv6 migration tools such as IPv6 over
MPLS ease access to the benefits of this next-generation IP protocol without
performance compromise. NAT and stateful firewall can be configured per VRF
to enable network-based security for additional revenues and IPSec can be
used to support a premium security service for end users with high security
requirements. The M-series Service-Built Edge is continuously enhanced with
new packet processing capabilities to ensure maximum revenue generation
opportunities.
Highly Reliable
The M-series service-built architecture has been fundamentally constructed with
scale and stability in mind, including the modular and fault-protected design of
JUNOS software along with a rigorous system testing process. Furthermore, all
M-series routers offer redundant power and cooling and the M10i, M20, M40e,
M160, and M320 offer fully redundant hardware including redundant Routing
Engines and Switching/Forwarding Engine Boards. JUNOS software features
enhance this redundant architecture by enabling non-stop forwarding in the
event of a routing engine failure via a Hitless Switchover and when a minor
software upgrade is required by supporting In-service Software Upgrades. This
functionality augments other high availability capabilities that include graceful
protocol routing restart, MPLS fast reroute, VRRP, SONET APS, SDH MSP, BFD,
and LACP.
Robust Security
All M-series platforms support highly scalable J-Protect filtering capabilities,
unicast reverse path forwarding and high performance rate limiting for
industry-leading DOS attack protection. The J-Protect security capabilities of the
M-series platforms can be further enhanced with the Adaptive Services PIC that
accelerates, in hardware, additional network-based security services such as
high-speed NAT, stateful firewall with attack detection, and J-Flow accounting.
With the rich feature set of JUNOS software combined with industry-leading
ASIC technology, the M-series Service-built Edge provides a new level of reliable
and secure service delivery at the edge of service provider networks.
Advantage
Features Benefits Features Benefits
New Service
Models
Industry's most comprehensive VPN portfolio meets the largest
number of customer needs and maximizes provider revenues
Run Layer 2 Virtual Circuit, Layer 2 VPN, Layer 2.5
Interworking VPNs, Layer 3 2547 VPN, VPLS, IPSec, IP over
IP, GRE simultaneously
Highly scalable, supporting thousands of VPNs
Granular QoS with low latency and jitter performance to support
voice, video, and other real time applications
Per DLCI, per VP, per VC, per VLAN, per channel (DS0),
and per port QoS
Classification, rate limiting, shaping, weighted round robin
scheduling, strict priority scheduling, weighted random
early detection, random early detection, and packet
marking
Mapping Layer 2 (802.1p, CLP, DE) to Layer 3 QoS (IP
DSCP, MPLS EXP)
Hardware-based IPv6 performance, IPv6 over MPLS, IPv6 over
IPv4 GRE tunnels, and IPv6/IPv4 dual stack functionality
Robust multicast support including IGMP v1/v2/v3, PIM-SM, PIM-
DM, MLD, SSM, RP, MSDP, BSR, multicast in MPLS/BGP VPNs to
support resource-efficient delivery of high-value content
Network-based security services including NAT and stateful
firewall, and NAT and stateful firewall per VRF
MLPPP, MLFR .15 and MLFR .16, 802.3ad (including LACP) for
aggregated links
J-Flow accounting, source class usage, and destination class
usage for flexible billing on a per application or per CoS resource
usage basis and for distance-based billing.
Multivendor network management solution through partnerships
Industry-leading, XML-based JUNOScript API facilitates
third-party and in-house OSS development
Services
Everywhere
One feature-rich JUNOS image runs across all M-series
platforms, ensuring consistent services and enabling
providers to market all services to all users regardless of
connection or serving area density
From the smallest PoPs to the largest PoPs
Over virtually any access technology including ATM,
FR, Ethernet, and TDM connections
At any speed from DS0 to OC-192/STM-64
Lowers operational costs
Seamless migration to larger platforms to meet network
growth
More from
Less
Infrastructure
Service-built architecture provides clean separation between
control plane, forwarding plane, and services plane to
support multiple services on a single platform
Maximum revenue with the lowest possible capex and
opex
Consolidate functions previously performed by discrete
devices such as NAT, stateful firewall, IPSec, and QoS
into a single M-series platform
Multiple services on a single platform allows customers
to trial many different services without capital
investment and then to scale successful services to
large user populations
Robust Layer 2 VPNs, Layer 2.5 Interworking VPNs, and
Layer 2 to Layer 3 QoS mapping for transparently
consolidating multiple networks to a common IP/MPLS
infrastructure
Logical routers enables providers to segment a router into
multiple administrative and routing domains, so that two
completely different organization can share infrastructure