• Unified ISSU reduces the risks associated with OS upgrades by

enabling upgrades between two different Junos OS releases

(major or minor) with no control plane disruption and minimal

traffic disruption on the forwarding plane.

Junos Telemetry Interface

The Junos Telemetry Interface feature streams component-level

data to monitoring, analytics, performance management, and

visualization tools as well as to Path Computation Elements such as

Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller. Analytics derived from this

streaming telemetry can identify current and trending congestion,

resource utilization, traffic volume, and buffer occupancy, which can

be used to make informed decisions on network design and

investments.

Integrated Timing

MX Series platforms support highly scalable and reliable hardware-

based 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.

Junos Fusion Provider Edge

Junos Fusion Provider Edge enables MX Series platforms to act as

aggregation devices for the Juniper Networks EX4300 Ethernet

Switch and QFX5100 line of data center switching platforms acting

as satellite devices while appearing to management as a single,

port-dense device managed by a single IP address. Junos Fusion

Provider Edge significantly expands the number of network

interfaces on the MX Series router while keeping operations simple.

Automated Support and Prevention

Juniper’s Automated Support and Prevention consists of an

ecosystem of tools, applications, and systems that simplify and

streamline operations, delivering operational efficiency, reducing

downtime, and increasing your network’s ROI running Junos OS.

Automated Support and Prevention brings operational efficiency by

automating several time-consuming tasks such as incident

management, inventory management, proactive bug notification,

and on-demand End-of-Life/End-of-Support/End-of-Engineering

(EOL/EOS/EOE) reports. The Junos Space® Service Now and

Service Insight service automation tools are standard entitlements

of all Juniper Care contracts.

Junos Automation Toolkit and Juniper Extension Toolkit

Included in Junos OS software, the Junos Automation Toolkit is a

suite of tools supported on all Juniper Networks switches, routers,

and security devices. These tools, which leverage the native XML

capabilities of Junos OS, include commit scripts, op scripts, event

policies and event scripts, and macros that help automate

operational and configuration tasks. Additionally, the platform-

independent Juniper Extension Toolkit provides a modern

programming tool kit that includes support for:

• OpenConfig/YANG

• gRPC, Thrift, NETCONF

• JSON/XML

• API support for all modern programming languages

• Rich on-box scripting support using Python

• REST APIs

Together, Junos OS automation and programmability features

simplify complex configurations and reduce the potential for

configuration errors. They also save time by automating operational

and configuration tasks, speed troubleshooting, and maximize

network uptime by warning operators of potential problems and

automatically responding to system events.

Security Intelligence for the Edge

The MX960, MX480, and MX240 can be used for advanced threat

prevention when deployed as edge routers, further extending

security coverage to applications and infrastructure.

Using Juniper’s SecIntel capabilities, these MX Series routers offer

another layer of network security by identifying and blocking

command and control traffic discovered by Juniper Threat Labs and

other industry-leading threat feeds, as well as by utilizing custom

blacklists and whitelists at a network hardware level. This feature

makes your MX Series router an information security enforcement

point without having to invest in additional hardware.

MX 204/240/480/960 Series Universal Routing Platforms Datasheet

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