Juniper PKG-PTX3000-S Routers

The PTX Series Packet Transport Routers bring physical and virtual innovations to the service provider core network that directly address concerns about operational expenditures while scaling organically to keep pace with growing traffic demands. In order for PTX Series routers to lower operational expenses, physical innovations at the core silicon are needed. PTX Series routers are powered by Juniper Networks ExpressPlus™ Silicon, building upon the Juniper Networks Junos Express silicon concepts of low consistent latency and wire-rate packet performance for both IP traffic and MPLS transport without sacrificing the optimized system power profile. All of these concepts are incorporated into the design along with full IP functionality, preserving the spirit of the original Junos Express chipset. The ExpressPlus Silicon is the first purpose-built telecommunication silicon to engineer a 3D memory architecture into the base design for over 1.6 billion filter operations per second, dynamic table memory allocation for mammoth IP routing scale, and enormous power efficiency gains. The ability to address service provider core networking requirements of performance, deployability, and SDN control begins with the silicon. The integration of optical transport with 100GbE coherent technology further improves the economics of both metro and core networks. With PTX Series routers powered by the Juniper ExpressPlus Silicon, service providers can now deploy a Converged Supercore architecture with the efficiency of a lean core deployment with Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller SDN control, a robust full-featured Internet backbone router, and a converged regional IP/MPLS core router with integrated 100GbE coherent transport for superior performance, elegant deployment, and SDN programmability. Performance is one of the guiding design principles for the PTX Series routers. This focus empowers service providers with superior scale to match increased traffic demands and simplified network engineering challenges with predictable system latency to improve the overall service experience and best in-class resiliency to ensure that service providers meet strict customer SLAs. Deployability is the other guiding design principle for the PTX Series routers that focuses on power, space, and weight— fundamental concerns that impact the service providers’ operational budget with respect to growing traffic demands. SDN programmability brings virtual innovations to the service provider core, while the Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller is an open, standards-based solution that optimizes both the IP layer and the transport layer with precise SDN control, allowing service providers to automate and scale operations. In many countries, as well as smaller central offices and lower bandwidth applications, the Juniper Networks PTX3000 Packet Transport Router is the perfect Converged Supercore router. The PTX3000 brings unprecedented capacity in a 22U package that supports 8 Tbps per chassis or 16 Tbps per one standard 19-inch telecommunications rack, all at wire-rate performance. Powered by custom Juniper ExpressPlus Silicon, the PTX3000, like the PTX5000, delivers predictable IP/MPLS packet performance and functionality, eliminating the complex sawtooth packet profile found in elaborate over-engineered NPUs deployed in other core routers. The PTX3000 is the only Converged Supercore platform that complies with 300 mm ETSI standards for both transport and space-constrained central office environments, making it the most globally deployable core router on the market. It supports up to 8 FPCs, each of which supports one PIC. The PTX3000 can support 80 x 100GbE interfaces in a single chassis, with support for gray and coherent optic technology. The PTX3000 enables service providers to build a Converged Supercore architecture that optimizes LSR, Internet backbone, peering, and optical convergence applications for smaller regional deployments. As such, for the first time, service providers can match traffic demand with optimized core router performance and flexible deployments. With its ultra-optimized form factor, the PTX3000 is ideally positioned for space-constrained colocation facilities such as optical transport environments, central office locations in emerging markets where space and power are at a premium, smaller service providers wanting Converged Supercore advantages, and next-generation metro regional networks.