MX10000 Modular Universal Routing Platforms Datasheet

The MX10000 line of modular routers features a number of architectural elements. Dual redundant Routing Engines (REs) run Junos OS, where they manage all routing protocol processes, router interface control, and control plane functions such as chassis components, system management, and user access to the router. These processes run on top of a kernel that interacts with the PFE on the line cards via dedicated high-bandwidth management channels, providing a clean separation of the control and forwarding planes.

The MX10000 modular line cards currently support 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE, and 400GbE interfaces, and are designed to support 800GbE interfaces in the future. The line cards are oriented horizontally in the front of the chassis, connecting directly to the vertical switch fabric cards in the rear of the chassis via orthogonal interconnects without requiring a midplane. This provides unparalleled investment protection by ensuring a smooth upgrade path to higher speed switch fabric cards as they become available. The midplane-less design also improves airflow with a front-to-back design.

To maintain uninterrupted operation, modular fan trays cool the line cards and REs with redundant, variable-speed fans. In addition, all MX10000 modular components are hot-swappable, and all central functions are available in redundant configurations, providing high operational availability by allowing continuous system operation during maintenance or repairs. The chassis’ universal design also allows them to be used independently for core, edge, or switching configurations.

The line cards for the MX10000 line of modular platforms are based on highly scalable, custom Juniper Trio 6 silicon, making it the industry’s leading router for data center edge, core, peering, and aggregation applications. Each slot on the MX10004 and MX10008 supports 9.6 Tbps, while the line cards support multi-rate 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, 100GbE, and 400GbE interfaces.

The modular design of the MX10004 and MX10008 routers provides investment protection by allowing future upgrades. The LC480 line card leverages Trio 4 chips to achieve 480 Gbps total throughput. The LC4800 line card leverage Trio 6 chips to achieve 4.8 Tbps total throughput. The LC9600 line card leverages Trio 6 chips to achieve 9.6 Tbps total throughput.

The PFEs provide ingress queuing with loopback stream optimization to avoid reading and writing packet tails when packets are sent to and received back from a loopback stream. The line cards also provide Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) support with per-port Ethernet OAM counters, as well as packet memory, which uses Hybrid Memory Cube DRAM technology to reduce power usage, increase speed, and improve system density.

The MX10004 and MX10008 RE features a 10-core 2.2 GHz Intel processor with 64/128 GB memory and 2x200 GB solidstate drive (SSD) storage.

The MX10004 contains three power supply slots and the MX10008 contains six power supply slots  to provide complete flexibility for provisioning and redundancy.

The first generation of AC power supplies on the MX10008 accepts 200 to 240 volts alternating current (VAC) input, delivering 2700 watts of power to the chassis. The DC power supplies accept -40 to -72 volts direct current (VDC) input, delivering 2500 watts of power to the chassis. Each AC and DC power supply has two inputs for feed redundancy.

The second generation of AC/DC power supplies on the MX10004 and MX10008 delivers up to 5500 W per unit to the chassis, enabling dense 400GbE with optional lower-power settings. For more information on the MX10000 line power supplies, please visit https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/hardware/mx10008/topics/topic-map/mx10008-16-power-system.html.

The MX10000 line of modular chassis supports front-to-back cooling with air drawn in through perforations on the REs and the line cards in the front of the platform, while hot air exits through the rear of the chassis. The modular fan trays are accessible from the rear of the chassis.

The MX10000 modular line delivers powerful Junos OS chassis management that allows environmental monitoring and field-replaceable unit (FRU) control. Chassis management provides a faster primary switchover, enhanced power budgeting with modular power management, reduced power consumption for partially populated systems, granular control over FRU power-on, single zone cooling with better fan speed control for reduced noise, and CPU leveling during monitoring intervals.

The MX10000 modular line simplifies management based on the elegance and simplicity of Junos OS. Management applications can receive streaming telemetry data to provide robust protocol analytics for an SDN environment. Junos OS also supports OpenConfig, which today is a YANG-based data model that supports a variety of operator use cases.

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