Juniper MX480 - MX480 Router Description; System Overview; Table 3: MX480 Router Capacity

CHAPTER 1
System Overview
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MX480 Router Description on page 3
MX480 Router Description
The MX480 3D Universal Edge Router is an Ethernet-optimized edge router that provides
both switching and carrier-class Ethernet routing. The MX480 router enables a wide
range of business and residential applications and services, including high-speed transport
and VPN services, next-generation broadband multiplay services, high-speed Internet
and data center internetworking.
The MX480 chassis provides redundancy and resiliency. The hardware system is fully
redundant, including power supplies, Routing Engines, and Switch Control Boards (SCBs).
The MX480 router is eight rack units (U) tall. Five routers can be stacked in a single
floor-to-ceiling rack, for increased port density per unit of floor space. The router provides
eight slots that can be populated with up to six Dense Port Concentrators (DPCs) or
Modular Port Concentrators (MPCs), three Flexible PIC Concentrators (FPCs), and two
SCBs. See Table 4 on page 4 for the supported SCBs. Each FPC holds up to two PICs
and each MPC holds up to two Modular Interface Cards (MICs).
Fully populated, the MX480 router provides an aggregate switch fabric capacity of up
to 5.76 Tbps and line-rate throughput for up to 240 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, or 24
100-Gigabit Ethernet, or 72 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Table 3 on page 3 lists the MX480 router capacity.
Table 3: MX480 Router Capacity
CapacityDescription
5.76 Tbps half duplexSystem capacity
480 GbpsSwitch fabric capacity per slot
6MPCs and DPCs per chassis
6Chassis per rack
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