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The ACX5000 line of Universal Metro Routers adds operational intelligence to metro environments, giving you the option to deploy packet optical, Metro Ethernet, and IP/MPLS infrastructure. The ACX5000 platforms address multiple service provider use cases, including cable distributed access architectures, residential fiber, and mobile backhaul, as well as enterprise applications for utilities, oil and gas, mining, transportation, defense, and public safety industries.

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The ACX5000 line of Universal Metro Routers adds operational intelligence to metro environments, giving you the option to deploy packet optical, Metro Ethernet, and IP/MPLS infrastructure. The ACX5000 platforms address multiple service provider use cases, including cable distributed access architectures, residential fiber, and mobile backhaul, as well as enterprise applications for utilities, oil and gas, mining, transportation, defense, and public safety industries.

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Many networks have seen benefits from convergence in the core and the edge, a similar transformation is clearly required in the access network. Universal Access is an architectural concept that achieves this objective by extending operational intelligence from the edge to access network. Juniper Networks ACX Series Universal Access Routers are purpose built to support adaptive services architecture, enabling rapid deployment of access services and transforming the network to create a seamless end-to-end service delivery platform. ACX series being a family of hardened universal access routers can be deployed in a variety of service provider use cases namely, mobile backhaul, residential and business access, as well as mission critical enterprise use cases demanding high availability operation in extreme environments such as power utilities, oil & gas, mining, transportation, defense and public safety industries.

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ACX Series Universal Access Routers bring operational intelligence to the access and aggregation layers, providing the option to deploy Ethernet or IP/MPLS infrastructure. High precision synchronization technology, industry-leading security, and high availability features enhance QoE, while extensive OAM, built-in advanced SLA management, and rapid deployment capabilities reduce TCO. ACX Series platforms address a variety of service provider use cases-including mobile backhaul, residential, business access,, and metro Ethernet aggregation-as well as enterprise use cases such as power utilities, oil and gas, mining, transportation, defense and public safety industries.

Product Description

Juniper Networks® ACX Series Universal Access Routers are Juniper's response to a shift in metro network architecture where the access and aggregation layer is extending the operational intelligence from the service provider edge to the access network. The ACX Series simplifies access and aggregation architectures by eliminating unnecessary layers and network overlays, dramatically reducing CapEx and OpEx. Based on architectural simplification and cost reduction, service providers and enterprises can adopt the true universal access paradigm enabled by the ACX Series.

ACX Series routers are optimized for converging mobile, business, and residential access services on a single platform. The ACX Series devices come in space-efficient 1 and 2.5 U chassis and support 6 to 2,560 Gbps of throughput, setting a new benchmark for port density in its product category. The ACX Series provides:

• Flexible deployment options over Ethernet or IP/MPLS infrastructure
• True pay-as-you-grow model for in-service upgrade from 1GbE to 10GbE interfaces
• High availability features such as multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG), unified in-service software upgrade (unified ISSU), and Virtual Chassis
• Environmental or temperature hardened designs (on most models) and low power consumption, enabling deployment in extreme temperature situations such as in outside cabinets and remote points of presence (POPs)
• Built-in service engine to enable SDN-based programmability such as advanced SLA management
• Inline advanced security services such as IPsec, Network Address Translation (NAT), Media Access Control Security (MACsec), and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) management on select models
• Highly scalable and reliable hardware-based timing technology based on Juniper's intellectual property, that meets the strictest LTE-A requirements for frequency and phase synchronization to enhance quality of experience (QoE) for mobile broadband (on most models)
• Rapid deployment capabilities via Juniper Networks Junos®Space Network Management Platform and zero touch provisioning (ZTP) solutions that minimize installation, provisioning, and network management costs

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The ACX5000 line of Universal Metro Routers adds operational intelligence to metro environments, giving you the option to deploy packet optical, Metro Ethernet, and IP/MPLS infrastructure. The ACX5000 platforms address multiple service provider use cases, including cable distributed access architectures, residential fiber, and mobile backhaul, as well as enterprise applications for utilities, oil and gas, mining, transportation, defense, and public safety industries.

ACX5000 Line Product Family

Juniper Networks ACX Series Universal Metro Routers offer a wide range of metro solutions, including the ACX500, ACX1000, ACX2000, ACX4000, ACX5000, and ACX6000 lines. The ACX5000 line includes five models.

ACX5048: The ACX5048 provides full duplex throughput of 1.44 Tbps in a 1 U platform. Built to handle 1GbE/10GbE capacity and density, it supports 48 1GbE/10GbE and six 40GbE interfaces, making it ideal for Metro Ethernet access and aggregation deployments with full support of E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, and E-Access, as well as IP/IP VPN services.

ACX5096: The ACX5096 provides full duplex throughput of 2.56 Tbps in a 2 U platform. It supports 48 x 1GbE, 96 x 10GbE, and 8 x 40GbE interfaces, making it ideal for metro aggregation deployments with full support of E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, and E-Access, as well as IP/IP VPN services.

ACX5448: The ACX5448 offers 48 1GbE/10GbE aggregation ports, four high-capacity 40GbE/100GbE uplink ports, and full Metro Ethernet and IP/ MPLS VPN services in a space- and cost-optimized platform, smoothing the transition from 10GbE to 100GbE for service providers preparing for the emerging 5G rollout.

ACX5448-D: The ACX5448-D supports 36 1GbE/10GbE, two 100GbE, and two 100G/200G dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) ports using CFP2-DCO. It is designed for packet-optical convergence to reduce TCO and to help service providers prepare for the emerging 5G rollout.

ACX5448-M: The ACX5448-M supports 44 1GbE/10GbE and six 100GbE ports, as well as advanced security capabilities such as Media Access Control Security (MACsec) on all 1GbE/10GbE ports.

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