New Juniper Networks Services Processing Card, SPC3—JNP-SPC3 / MX-SPC3

Overview

The MX-SPC3 Services Card is a Services Processing Card (SPC) that provides additional processing power to run Next Gen Services. The MX-SPC3 contains two Services Processing Units (SPUs) with 128 GB of memory per SPU. Line cards such as DPCs, MPCs, and MICs, intelligently distribute all traffic traversing the router to the SPUs to have services processing applied to it.Next Gen Services provide the best of both routing and security features on MX Series routers MX240, MX480, and MX960. All Next Gen Services are provided by the MX-SPC3 Services Card. Next Gen Services provide capabilities for manipulating traffic before it’s delivered to its destination.

The Juniper MX-SPC3 Services Card is a high-performance services card designed for the Juniper MX Series routers. The SPC3 provides scalable, hardware-accelerated support for services like stateful firewall, Network Address Translation (NAT), intrusion detection and prevention (IDP), and advanced threat protection. It is optimized for large-scale service provider and enterprise networks requiring robust security and network services.

The MX-SPC3 services card provides the performance, scalability, and advanced features required for modern networking environments with a focus on security, NAT, and VPN services.

Specifications

• Model: MX-SPC3
• Type: Services card for Juniper MX Series routers
• Function: Provides hardware-accelerated service features such as stateful firewall, NAT, IPsec, IDS/IPS, CGNAT, and more.
• Platform Compatibility: Compatible with various MX Series routers like MX240, MX480, MX960, and higher-end MX routers.
• 2. Performance
• Services Bandwidth: Up to 80 Gbps of service bandwidth per card.
• Sessions: Supports up to 10 million concurrent sessions.
• Scale: Capable of handling 100,000 flows per second and up to 3 million NAT translations.
• Multi-core Processing: The card uses multi-core processors to distribute workload and provide high performance for services like firewall and IPsec.
• 3. Supported Services
• Firewall: Stateful firewall services for network protection.
• NAT: Full support for Network Address Translation (NAT44, NAT64, CGNAT).
• IPsec VPN: Supports hardware-accelerated IPsec VPN services for secure site-to-site communication.
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP): Detects and mitigates security threats in real time.
• Advanced DDoS Protection: Defends against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
• Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT): Handles large-scale NAT deployments for service providers.
• 4. High Availability and Redundancy
• Redundancy: Can be deployed in redundant configurations for high availability, ensuring service continuity during failure.
• Hot-Swappable: The card is hot-swappable, allowing for replacement without disrupting the system.
• Chassis Support: The SPC3 card is compatible with MX chassis that have multiple slots for service cards, supporting high-availability deployments.
• 5. Security Features
• Encryption: Provides hardware-accelerated encryption and decryption for secure communications.
• IPsec: Supports up to 100,000 tunnels per card, enabling secure site-to-site and remote access VPNs.
• Threat Detection: Integrated with Juniper’s security services to provide real-time threat detection and mitigation.
• 6. Power and Environmental
• Power Consumption: Around 400 watts per card, depending on services and traffic.
• Cooling: The card relies on the chassis cooling system with front-to-back airflow.
• 7. Chassis Compatibility
• Compatible with MX Series chassis:
• MX240
• MX480
• MX960
• MX2000 series (MX2020, MX2010)
• 8. Licensing and Software
• Licenses: Requires software licenses for specific services such as IPsec VPN, CGNAT, and others, depending on deployment needs.
• Operating System: Works with Juniper Junos software, providing integrated management and control.
• 9. Use Cases
• Service Providers: Ideal for large-scale service providers needing scalable firewall and NAT services.
• Enterprise: Suitable for enterprises requiring high-performance security services, including firewall and VPN services.
• Cloud Networks: Can be deployed in cloud data centers to provide security services in virtualized environments.