M5   M10   M20   M40

 M5 - M10   Internet Backbone Routers

The M5™ and M10™ Internet backbone routers deliver high-performance and highly flexible interfaces in a space- and power-efficient design. These routers are designed using the same architecture, ASICs, and JUNOS™ Internet software as the already proven M-series Internet backbone routers. This Internet-tested core technology is now available at your network edge, along with value-added services, such as packet filtering and sampling.

The oversized forwarding performance of the Internet Processor II™ ASIC provides wire-speed forwarding with plenty of headroom. In fact, the M5 and M10 routers forward packets at an aggregate throughput rate of 5+ Gbps and 10+ Gbps, respectively.

The M5 and M10 platforms are ideal for a wide range of applications, such as high-speed access, peering, hosting, and high-end customer premise equipment (CPE) environments. The ability to connect a wide range of high-performance interfaces from T1 and E1 through OC-48c/STM-16 ensures you can easily and cost efficiently scale the network. Additionally, the ASIC-based rate limiting, filtering, and sampling features enable you to easily scale value-added services, providing a full set of tools with which to manage larger networks at higher bandwidths. Whats more, the M5 and M10 pack all of this performance with features in three rack units (5.25 in / 13.33 cm).

The M5 and M10 compact design offers tremendous performance and port density where space and power are a premium. ASIC-based packet processing and forwarding across all interfaces enable you to successfully expand networks while offering new, differentiated services. Their proven software and services are common across all other Juniper Networks® M-series routers. M5 and M10 advantages are many.

• High port density and flexibility
• Wire-rate raw forwarding performance
• Rich, predictable ASIC-based packet processing, including filtering, sampling, and rate limiting on all inbound and outbound interfaces
• Compact design with minimal power consumption
• Robust, Internet-scale BGP support
• Flexible JUNOS policy language
• Reliable, performance-based 802.1Q VLAN and VRRP support

       Internet Backbone Routers

Foundation for the New IP Infrastructure The M20™ Internet backbone router is designed specifically for the specialized needs of high-growth Internet backbone providers. It features market-leading packet-forwarding performance, unparalleled port density and flexibility, and best-in-class Internet software. The router delivers the bandwidth required to grow backbones to OC-48/STM-16 speeds, while also providing flexible MPLS traffic engineering tools to ensure greater control over traffic and to
increase bandwidth efficiency.

The M20 router supports 4 FPC slots that can accommodate up to 16 PICs. The M20 also includes a System and Switch Board (SSB) that houses the Internet Processor ASIC, an Intel-based Routing Engine (including a fixed flash drive, an IDE hard drive, and a removable PC flash card drive), redundant cooling fans, and two, redundant, load-sharing AC or DC power supplies. It ships with full documentation (CD-ROM).

      Internet Backbone Routers  

Foundation for the New M40 IP Infrastructure
Internet backbone router is designed specifically for the specialized needs of high-growth Internet backbone providers. It features market-leading packet-forwarding performance, unparalleled port density and flexibility, and best-in-class Internet software. The router delivers the bandwidth required to grow backbones to OC-48/STM-16 speeds, while also providing flexible MPLS traffic engineering tools to ensure greater control over traffic and to increase bandwidth efficiency.

The M40 router supports 8 FPC slots that can accommodate up to 32 PICs. The M40 also includes a System Control Board (SCB) that houses the Internet Processor ASIC, an Intel-based Routing Engine (including a fixed flash drive, an IDE hard drive, and a removable LS 120 floppy drive), redundant cooling fans, and two, redundant, load-sharing AC or DC power supplies. It ships with full documentation (CD-ROM).

The JUNOS policy language provides a rich set of route filtering tools for flexible and accurate configurations. It is easily adaptable to many applications since it is simple, consistent, and highly structured. You can test the policy configurations before committing them to a live network, thereby avoiding costly design and configuration errors. Once you commit the configuration, the JUNOS operating system updates only those prefixes and neighbors that are affected. In case a configuration is unstable, the JUNOS software supports the ability to roll back to a previous, stable configuration.

 

Performance and Reliability		Forwards packets at wire rate independently of packet size. Performance scales well with large, complex forwarding tables. Availability and high performance under all network conditions, including denial-of-service attacks. Performance maintained with value-added services, such as CoS.
Scalability		Efficiently performs route calculations in large-scale environments with numerous routing neighbors. Scales to support large numbers of routing table entries or MPLS labels without adversely affecting forwarding performance. OSPF and IS-IS IGP designed to scale networks to meet explosive demands. For MPLS, provides rapid signaling rates for optimal setup and recovery following a failure. Offers a fine level of control over the paths that traffic takes through the network.
Control		Uses MPLS for traffic engineering and multiservice integration for a service-enabled backbone. JUNOS BGP4 and policy implementations provide extensive flexibility and control over peering and route advertisements.
Density		Market-leading port density and flexibility. Performs at wire-rate speed for DS-3 up to OC-48/STM-16 circuits.

Enhanced VRRP monitors WAN circuits connected to the default WAN router and switches to a backup router in case of failure. This ability to have more than a single path to the outside world is particularly beneficial for hosting sites.