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ACX7020 Cloud Metro Router
Mobile network cell sites require best-in-class access performance. The ACX7000 family of sustainable routers delivers the low-latency connectivity, leading capacity, and reliability necessary for optimal 4G and 5G-and-beyond communications.
The ACX7020 is an environmentally rated, high-performance platform that delivers 100 Gbps throughput in a 1-U form factor. It offers four multirate 1/10/25GbE ports and 16 1/10GbE ports designed to scale cloud metro services.
The ACX7020 is MEF 3.0-certified and ideal for metro access applications that are based on passive optical networking (PON) and related technologies. Powered by Junos® OS Evolved and Juniper Paragon™ Automation, it delivers advanced features, such as segment routing (SR), SRv6, MPLS, EVPN, and advanced programmability, network slicing, and telemetry.
Key Features
Form factor
Compact 1 U
23.5-cm depth
Throughput
100 Gbps
Port density
4 x 1/10/25GbE + 16 x 1/10GbE
Features + Benefits
Compact but powerful
With 100 Gbps throughput and an efficient cooling design in a 1-U footprint, the router allows you to reduce space and power requirements. The ACX7020 is industrial-rated for temperature resilience.
Multiservice platform
Exceed 5G, IoT, and cloud requirements in a unified platform that connects your residential, enterprise, wholesale, and 4G/5G customers directly to your converged and automated Juniper Cloud Metro architecture.
Investment protection
Flexible support for 1/10/25GbE ports guarantees built-in service migration and growth scalability.
One Junos experience
Junos OS Evolved delivers the same stability, ease of operation, and advanced programmability across the entire ACX7000 family of cloud metro routers, accelerating deployments and simplifying operations.
Cloud Metro as experience sensor
With Paragon Active Assurance agents embedded into every Juniper ACX7000 platform, your Juniper Cloud Metro network effectively becomes a sensor that automatically monitors and measures customers’ end-to-end service experiences.
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ACX7020
Part of the ACX7000 family, this cloud metro router provides leading access performance in an industrial-rated 1-U footprint. Ideal for service providers, enterprises, and wholesale environments, it delivers premium customer and user experiences.
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| Form factor | Compact 1 U |
| Throughput | 100 Gbps |
| Port density | 4 x 1/10/25GbE + 16 x 1/10GbE |
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The ACX710 1U router is a hardened multiservice solution that delivers the performance, capacity, and features needed to provide universal metro access and aggregation services. It offers a high-density, cost-optimized metro solution in a compact footprint.
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ACX7332 and ACX7348
Part of the ACX7300 line, the ACX7332 and ACX7348 are compact, environmentally rated routers designed for multiservice applications. They combine a fixed, redundant platform with three bays of modularity for customization, scalability, high availability, and exceptional performance.
| Technical Features | |
| Form factor | Compact 3 U 29-cm depth |
| Throughput | 2.4 Tbps |
| Port density | ACX7332 – Fixed: 32 x 1/10/25GbE, 8 x 100GbE ACX7348 – Fixed: 48 x 1/10/25GbE, 8 x 100GbE |
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ACX7020 Cloud Metro Router FAQs
What is the Juniper Networks ACX7020 Cloud Metro Router?
Optimized for multiservice access use cases, the ACX7020 is part of Juniper's ACX7000 family of cloud metro routers. It has been purpose-built for the IP service fabric underlay of a Juniper Cloud Metro network. The router comprehensively addresses all metro use cases and a variety of enterprise applications. They are specifically designed to support sustainable business growth and the evolving requirements of the “new edge,” where connectivity, cloud, and customer experiences converge.
What are some notable characteristics of the ACX7020?
MEF 3.0-certified, the ACX7024 and ACX7024X support all metro access service requirements, including 4G/5G mobility, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity, and passive optical networking (PON). It delivers 100 Gbps of throughput in an industrial-rated 1-U fixed form factor with high precision timing capabilities. The routers support four multispeed 1/10/25GbE ports and 16 1/10GbE ports.
Most ACX7000 family platforms support all overlay and underlay protocols, enabling operators to evolve to successive protocol generations at their own pace. Powered by Junos® OS Evolved and Juniper Paragon™ Automation, the entire ACX7000 family offers advanced features such as embedded active service assurance, Zero Trust security, segment routing (SR), SRv6, MPLS, EVPN-VXLAN, advanced programmability, network slicing, and telemetry.
Who should deploy the ACX7020 Cloud Metro Router?
The ACX7020 is designed with the needs of service providers, content service providers, and enterprise network operators in mind. For example:
Network service and content service providers seeking to expand support of existing services, scale with demand, and deploy new services while delivering exceptional user experiences. Use cases include mobile operators supporting 4G and/or expanding to 5G services, cable/multiservice operators (MSOs) migrating to remote-PHY (R-PHY) architectures, and internet providers expanding to FTTx services.
Enterprises seeking a smooth and nondisruptive transition to a flexible, scalable, and resilient modern network architecture. Use cases include access, campus, branch, and WAN edge.
Where do I deploy the ACX7020?
The ACX7020 is designed for access networks that require highly flexible, compact, multiservice devices in industrial-temperature environments.
What use cases are supported by the ACX7020 Cloud Metro Router?
An ideal choice for service provider, enterprise, and residential access use cases. The ACX7020 supports Juniper Unified PON smart-pluggable optical line terminals (OLTs) and IoT and 4G/5G mobile applications. Deep buffers provide end-to-end service delivery assurance and precision timing capabilities such as synchronous Ethernet, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), and advanced Class C timing for latency-optimized 4G/5G service experiences. The routers also support grandmaster clock support via external Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers for network synchronization.
What are some of the design benefits of the ACX7020 router?
Built on the latest silicon and engineered for sustainability, the ACX7020 is designed to optimize space, power, and security. It addresses the increasingly complex service requirements and relentless traffic growth imposed by 5G, IoT, and cloud-based applications with the following capabilities:
- Industry-rated (I-Temp) on the ACX7020 for temperature resilience
- Utilizes a conformal coating variant and removable air filter for harsh environmental conditions
- 1-U (24-cm-deep) form factor for compact yet high performance multiservice routing
- Support for IP over DWDM (IPoDWDM) in the access network and reducing the cost and complexity of IP-optical convergence
- Flexible port density with four multispeed 1/10/25GbE ports and 16 1/10GbE ports
- Comprehensive protocol support that enables protocol evolution at the operator’s pace. Operators aren’t stuck with legacy technologies or forced into next-generation upgrades
- Embedded Paragon Active Assurance agents that automate testing processes and help you gain the continuous service quality insights you need to enhance the customer experience proactively
- Juniper Unified PON support, which enables operators to deploy OLTs on a port-by-port basis and simplify FTTx service delivery
- Embedded Zero Trust security, including TPM 2.0 chip technology, which creates a unique, cryptographically bound device identity that can’t be spoofed
What software licenses are required to use the ACX7020 Cloud Metro Router?
The ACX7020 supports Juniper’s Flex software licensing program. The program offers perpetual and subscription licenses for one, three, and five years.
How can I buy the ACX7020 Cloud Metro Router?
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