[j-nsp] MX vs. M

[massimo magnani]

Hi list!

Moreover, juniper announced Service DPCs, that will make Mx able to do  
nat, stateful firewalling, j-flow, session border controller, ipsec  
and generally speaking, everything possible with a  M/t series ms-pic...

Max

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Il giorno 22/nov/08, alle ore 00:51, "Jose Sanchez" <jasjuniper at gmail.com 
 > ha scritto:

> Here is a recent announcement in the Juniper DPC datasheet:
> MX-FPC
> MX-FPCs occupy two slots and are designed to accept up to two
> physical interface cards (PIC) commonly used with the Juniper M-
> and T-series routers. These modules allow the MX-series to support
> non-ethernet interfaces and the PIC portability between M-, T-
> and MX-series platforms provide common sparing and
> investment protection.
>
> MXFPC-2
> PB-10C48-SON-B-SFP
> PB-40C3-10C12-SON2-SFP
> PB-40C3-40C12-SON-SFP
> PB-4CH012-STM4-IQE-SFP
> PB-1CHOC48-STM16-IQE-SFP
>
> MXFPC-3
> PC-10C192-SON-VSR
> PC-10C192-SON-XFP
> PC-40C48-SON-SFP
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net 
> >wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:02:51PM +0100, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>>>>> I have a hard time believing the MX isn't crippled in some way,
>>>>> because it seems to me that if it weren't, it would stand to
>>>>> cannibalize the M Series market.
>>>
>>> Not really. It's Ethernet only, and no service PICs or anything like
>>> that (so if you need RE-based sampled Netflow you're okay, but you
>>> can't do the sampling rates that an M/T could with a suitable PIC.
>>> Also, the 10Gig ports *will* handle WAN PHY (this is even  
>>> documented).
>>
>> Yes, excellent WAN PHY support, feels just like you've got a SONET
>> interface with complete and detailed alarms.
>>
>> One thing I forgot to mention, the only feature that should be  
>> there but
>> isn't is RE-based RPM support. Everything else is fully implemented  
>> as of
>> current code, including GRES, ISSU (well it works as well as on an
>> M-series at any rate), OAM, etc.
>>
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