Juniper MX960 – 14-Slot Modular Router

Guide price: Price range: £5,000.00 through £16,568.18 Ex. VAT

Product Overview

The Juniper MX960 Universal Routing Platform is a high-capacity, modular edge and core router designed for service provider, cloud and large enterprise networks that require extensive scale, performance and multiservice support. As part of the MX Series, it delivers up to 12 Tbps of system capacity in a 12-slot chassis, with programmable interfaces and flexible module options supporting high-density 10 GbE, 40 GbE, 100 GbE and 400 GbE connectivity.

Powered by Junos OS, the MX960 provides advanced Layer 2/Layer 3 routing, MPLS, EVPN-VXLAN, segment routing and rich timing and automation capabilities for demanding network environments.

Ideal deployment / environment:
The MX960 is well suited to high-capacity edge and core routing roles in large service provider, carrier and cloud networks that demand multi-terabit throughput, extensive interface density and rich protocol support. Its modular architecture and support for diverse interface speeds make it suitable for metro aggregation, IP/MPLS transport, broadband edge, peering and data-centre gateway applications. With advanced routing features and robust redundancy, MX960 delivers resilient, scalable service delivery for environments requiring high availability and flexible traffic engineering.

Key Features

  • System capacity: up to 12 Tbps forwarding throughput in a modular chassis.
  • Modular design: 12 MPC/DPC slots for flexible interface module population.
  • High-density interfaces: supports dense 10/40/100 GbE and optional 400 GbE ports via line cards and modular interface cards.
  • Routing & protocols: full IPv4/IPv6 routing with MPLS, segment routing, EVPN-VXLAN and advanced service chaining.
  • Inline MACsec: hardware-accelerated MACsec support on applicable interface rates.
  • Telephony & timing: robust timing support including Synchronous Ethernet and Precision Time Protocol for latency-sensitive services.
  • Telemetry & automation: rich Junos Telemetry Interface, sFlow/IPFIX and programmable APIs for network visibility and automation.
  • Redundancy: chassis-based redundant Routing Engines, SCBs, power supplies and fans for high availability.
  • Physical: 16 U equivalent (3 standard MX chassis per rack), front or centre-mounting with AC/DC power options.

Specification

Additional information

Compatible accessories for MX960
Power supplies
MX960-PSM-5K-AC-RIncludes: MX960 5000W AC power supply, redundant
MX960-PSM_5K-AC-SIncludes: MX960 5000W AC power supply, spare
MX960-PSM-HV-RIncludes: MX960 High Voltage Power, redundant
MX960-PSM-HV-SIncludes: MX960 High Voltage Power, spare
PWR-MX960-4100-AC-RIncludes: MX960 4100W AC power supply, redundant
PWR-MX960-4100-AC-SIncludes: MX960 4100W AC power supply, spare
PWR-MX960-4100-DC-RIncludes: MX960 4100W DC power supply, redundant
PWR-MX960-4100-DC-SIncludes: MX960 4100W DC power supply, spare
MPCs
MPC7E-MRATEIncludes: Fixed 12xQSFP line card bundle for the MPC7-MRATE only; all ports support 4x10GbE and 40GbE, and 4 ports support 100GbE (QSFP 28), with full-scale L2/L2.5 and reduced scale L3 features; optional license permits up to 32,000 queues with HQoS
Routing engines
RE-S-X6-64G-SIncludes: 6 Core 2.0 GHz CPU and 64 GB memory, spare
RE-S-X6-64G-RIncludes: 6 Core 2.0 GHz CPU and 64 GB memory, redundant
RE RE-S-X6-64G-LT-SIncludes: 6 Core 2.0 GHz CPU with 64 GB memory, limited encryption version, spare
RE-S-X6-64G-LT-RIncludes: 6 Core 2.0 GHz CPU with 64 GB memory, limited encryption version, redundant
RE-S-X6-128G-S-SIncludes: 6 Core 2.0 GHz CPU with 128 GB memory, spare
RE-S-X6-128G-S-RIncludes: 6 Core 2.0 GHz CPU with 128 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-1300-2048-RIncludes: 1.3 GHz CPU and 2 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-2000-4096-RIncludes: 2 GHz CPU and 4 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-1800X2-8G-RIncludes: Dual-core 1.8 GHz CPU and 8 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-1800X2-16G-RIncludes: Dual-core 1.8 GHz CPU and 16 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-1800X4-8G-RIncludes: Quad-core 1.8 GHz CPU and 8 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-1800X4-16G-RIncludes: Quad-core 1.8 GHz CPU and 16 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-1800X4-32G-RIncludes: Quad core 1.8 GHz CPU with 32 GB memory, redundant
RE-S-1800X4-32G-SIncludes: Quad core 1.8 GHz CPU with 32 GB memory, spare
RE-S-1800X4-32G-WSIncludes: Quad core 1.8 GHz CPU with 32 GB memory, worldwide version

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