ACX7020 Cloud Metro Routers Datasheet

ACX7020, from the ACX7000 family, is a compact, fixed, 1-U (23.5 cm deep), high-performance multiservice router.

Designed for cloud metro deployments in industrial temperature environments, it incorporates integrated fans (N+1 redundancy) for side-to-side airflow. It comes with 2x fixed AC or dual input DC power supplies. Cost-effective and efficient thermal design, which includes optional conformal coating, enables the usage of high-power SFP28 and SFP+ transceivers on all supporting ports. It incorporates precision-timing capabilities, including advanced Class C timing for low-latency 5G services and EMI/RFI shield with the optional conformal coating for best-in-class network experience. It supports next-generation protocols, including segment routing, SRv6, MPLS, and Ethernet VPN (EVPN), as well as any overlay, underlay, or service. The AXC7020 delivers service-assured network slicing, network intelligence, and Juniper Paragon Automation for network efficiency and operational simplicity.

ACX7020 is an industrial-rated (I-Temp) multiservice router. Next-generation silicon delivers 100 Gbps of throughput, a comprehensive feature set, and the scale needed to support today and tomorrow’s performance and bandwidth requirements. The ACX7020 router’s fixed ports include four multi-rate (SFP28) ports (each configurable as 1GbE, 10GbE, and 25GbE) and 16 multi-rate (SFP+) ports (each configurable as 1GbE or 10GbE) enabling operators to perform today’s most common upgrades on a port-by-port basis. The four SFP28 ports can be used as 25GbE uplinks are available to support scale.

The cloud metro ready ACX7020 is engineered for sustainability. It addresses the challenges of evolving service requirements and relentless traffic growth imposed by 4G/5G, IoT, and cloud applications, turning them into opportunities for operators to thrive.

A key differentiator and operator benefit of the ACX7000 family of cloud metro routers is that all platforms in the portfolio share the same feature set with a few limited, hardware-driven exceptions. Refer to the ACX7000 Family of Cloud Metro Routers Datasheet and Table 2 below for a list of ACX7000 family features and platform-specific exceptions.

This section lists basic specifications for the ACX7020 line of routers. For further details, please refer to the hardware installation manuals at www.juniper.net/techpubs.

A recurring cloud metro theme highlights the many benefits operators experience by designing their brownfield or greenfield IP service fabric around the ACX7000 family portfolio. Benefits include common features and protocols, synchronized software updates, leading-edge performance and sustainability, network as a sensor (Active Assurance), embedded Zero Trust security, secure zero touch provisioning (sZTP), Junos OS Evolved, Juniper Paragon Automation, and more. The application of common software license options across the entire portfolio is another example of operator convenience, flexibility, and simplicity. Refer to Table 3 in the ACX7000 Family of Cloud Metro Routers Datasheet for a complete list of build-as-you-grow software license options.

The ACX7000 family supports varying port speeds with different transceiver options of direct attach copper (DAC) and active optical cable (AOC). The most recent information on supported optics can be found at https://apps.juniper.net/home/.

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