Overview:
The service-centric MX10003 is a space- and power-optimized routing platform that helps service providers and cloud operators address long-term traffic, subscriber, and services growth. It provides ultra-high density and throughput in only three rack units (3 U).
With 4.8 Tbps of throughput, the MX10003 supports up to 144 10GbE interfaces, 36 40GbE interfaces, or 24 100GbE interfaces in a single chassis. Its high performance and density makes it ideal for a wide range of business and residential services, as well as mobile and cloud applications. The MX10003 can be deployed for business VPNs, next-generation broadband multiplay, high-volume Internet, Metro Ethernet services, and data center internetworking.
The MX10003 offers standards-based and hardware-accelerated CUPS user plane capabilities with 3GPP-Sx interoperability, delivering ultra-efficient mobile 5G performance at scale. Additionally, the MX10003 supports sophisticated timing, MACsec encryption, and advanced automation and telemetry capabilities that lay the groundwork for autonomous networks.
The MX10003 also delivers the highest levels of network availability with resiliency features that include control plane redundancy and N+1 power supply module redundancy. Additionally, Virtual Chassis technology supports chassis-level redundancy while allowing users to manage two routers as a single element.
Architecture and Key Components:
Routing Engine
Dual redundant Routing Engines (REs) on the MX10003 run the Junos OS, where they manage all routing protocol processes, router interface control, and control plane functions such as chassis component, system management, and user access to the router. These processes run on top of a kernel that interacts with the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) on Modular Port Concentrators (MPCs) via dedicated high-bandwidth management channels, providing a clean separation of the control and forwarding planes.
Modular Port Concentrators and Modular Interface Cards
Powered by the third-generation programmable Trio chipset, the MX10003 offers unprecedented bandwidth in a dense form factor. The MPCs provide broad routing, switching, inline services, subscriber management, and hierarchical quality of service (HQoS), among many other features. The MPCs also host Modular Interface Cards (MICs) that provide network connectivity and allow users to mix-and-match 100GbE, 40GbE, and 10GbE interfaces (using breakout cables) to flexibly and efficiently address their unique connectivity requirements.
Power
The MX10003 power and thermal subsystems use advanced technology to optimize power efficiency without sacrificing scale or features. The power subsystem is highly resilient, allowing full power supply and power cable feed redundancy. The MX10003 leads the industry in actual power consumption efficiency.
Junos Operating System
Junos OS is a reliable, high-performance, modular network operating system that is supported across all of Juniper’s physical and virtual routing, switching, and security platforms, reducing the cost, complexity, and resources required to implement and maintain a Juniper-based network. With secure programming interfaces, the Juniper® Extension Toolkit (JET), versatile scripting support, and integration with popular orchestration frameworks, Junos OS offers flexible options for continuous delivery and DevOps-style management, helping service providers unlock more value from the network.
Features and Benefits:
Industry-Leading Port Density
The MX10003 is a full-featured single-chassis edge router that offers high density in a compact form factor (see Table 1).
Table 1: MX10003 Maximum Line-Rate Port Density
| Interface |
Per MPC Port Density |
Per Chassis Port Density |
| 10GbE |
72 |
144 |
| 40GbE |
18 |
36 |
| 100GbE |
12 |
24 |
Unmatched Network Availability
A comprehensive set of hardware and software features enables the MX10003 to deliver the highest levels of network availability for a 3 U edge router. The MX10003 supports 1+1 control plane redundancy and N+1 power supply module redundancy.
From a software standpoint, Junos OS runs each program independently in its own protected memory space, ensuring that individual processes do not interfere with one another.
Excellent Power Design and Efficiency
The MX10003 offers excellent power design and efficiency, consuming just 0.9 W/Gb to ensure proper chassis operation under all conditions—critical when considering next-generation network elements. The MX10003 monitors power and temperature for each chassis component and shuts down interfaces and components when power or temperature thresholds are exceeded.
Junos Telemetry Interface
The programmable Junos Trio chipset provides the power to monitor and collect data at the component level. It uses the Junos Telemetry Interface to stream this data in a scalable manner to monitoring, analytics, and performance management applications, as well as to Path Computation Elements (PCEs) such as Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller. The derived telemetry information identifies current and trending congestion, resource utilization, traffic volume, latency, and delay, which helps service providers detect issues and make informed decisions on network design, optimization, and investment.
Integrated Timing
MX Series routers support highly scalable and reliable hardwarebased timing that meets the strictest LTE requirements, including Synchronous Ethernet for frequency and the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) for frequency and phase synchronization. Synchronous Ethernet and PTP can be combined in a “hybrid” mode to achieve the highest level of frequency (10 ppb) and phase (<1.5 uS) accuracy required for LTE-Advanced, eliminating the need for external clocks. The MX10003 supports advanced timing standards such as G.8275.1.
Junos Fusion Provider Edge
Junos Fusion Provider Edge enables MX Series routers to act as aggregation devices that provide cost-effective 1GbE support for Juniper Networks EX4300 Ethernet Switches and QFX5100 data center switching platforms acting as satellite devices. All aggregation and satellite devices appear as a single, port-dense platform managed by a single IP address, significantly expanding the number of network interfaces supported by an MX Series router while keeping operations simple with full feature support.
Junos Automation Toolkit
The Junos Automation Toolkit, included in the Junos OS software, offers a suite of tools supported on all Juniper Networks switches, routers, and security devices. These tools leverage the native XML capabilities of Junos OS, including commit scripts, op scripts, event policies and scripts, and macros that help automate operational and configuration tasks. Automation saves time by performing repetitive operational and configuration tasks, speeding troubleshooting, and maximizing network uptime by warning operators of potential problems and automatically responding to system events.
Specifications:
Physical Specifications
- Physical dimensions (HxDxW): 5.217 x 30 x 19 in (13.25 x 76.2 x 48.26 cm)
- Airflow: Front to back
- Operating temperature: 32° to 115° F (0° to 46° C) at sea level
- Number of fan trays: 4
- Maximum weight (approximate): 120 lbs (54.43 kg)
- System mounting: Four-post rack mounting
- Rack units: 3
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Documentation:
Download the Juniper Networks MX10003 Data Sheet (PDF).
