Juniper M10i Base Unit M10IBASE-AC Data Sheet

Product codes
M10IBASE-AC
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Architecture and Key Components
Juniper Networks service-built M Series Multiservice Edge 
Routers are deployed in the world’s largest networks, delivering 
advanced IP/MPLS edge routing services at scale and helping 
service providers transform their businesses. Constructed with 
clean separation between the control plane, forwarding plane 
and services plane, the M Series support multiple services 
without compromise on a single platform to maximize revenue 
and minimize operational and capital costs. Services supported 
include a broad array of VPNs, network-based security, real-time 
voice and video, bandwidth on demand, rich multicast of premium 
content, IPv6 services, granular accounting and much more. This 
IP/MPLS edge routing service portfolio continues to grow with 
every release of Junos OS, leveraging the tremendous flexibility 
and performance headroom of the service-built architecture.
Applications
The versatile M Series routers can be deployed in both the service 
provider environment and in high-end enterprise environments.
Figure 1:  Service provider environment
In service provider environments, the M Series is deployed 
predominantly as a multiservice edge router but can also be 
deployed in small and medium cores, peering, route reflector, 
multicast, mobile and data center applications.
Figure 2:  Enterprise environment
Large enterprises typically deploy M7i or M10i in a number of 
different locations, including Internet gateway router, WAN router, 
campus core router, regional backbone and data center.
Enhanced for the Edge
The versatile IP/MPLS M Series routers can be deployed at the 
edge of provider networks, in small and medium cores, and in 
peering, route reflector and data center applications. Recent M 
Series innovations have dramatically expanded edge capabilities 
by leveraging the highly programmable Internet Processor II 
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and the IP/MPLS-rich 
Junos OS. M Series routers are now deployed and scaling services at 
the edge of some of the world’s largest production networks.
Consistent Services to All Customers
The M Series spans from over 7 to 320 Gbps of throughput, 
including the M7i, M10i, M40e, M120 and M320 Multiservice 
Edge Routers. The same scalable and production-hardened 
Junos OS runs on all IP/MPLS M Series, making a consistent set 
of capabilities available at all network locations regardless of 
customer connection or serving area density.
Access-Agnostic with Leading Densities
With its broad interface portfolio, a single M Series router can 
provide a single point of edge aggregation for thousands of 
customers over any access type—including ATM, Frame Relay, 
Ethernet and time-division multiplexing (TDM)–and at any 
speed from DS0 up to OC-192/STM-64 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet. 
Leveraging dense Ethernet and highly channelized interfaces, the 
M Series boast leading densities.
Most Comprehensive VPN Portfolio
The M Series routers also support the industry’s most 
comprehensive VPN portfolio with the ability to simultaneously 
run and scale Layer 2 virtual circuits, Layer 2 VPNs, Layer 2.5 
Interworking VPNs, Layer 3 2547 VPNs, virtual private LAN service 
(VPLS), IPsec, generic routing encapsulation (GRE), IP over IP and 
other tunneling mechanisms—with no performance compromise. 
This broad set of VPNs meets the needs of the widest possible 
set of customers, maximizing the service provider’s revenue while 
minimizing required infrastructure. For example, a provider can use 
Layer 3 VPNs to deliver an outsourced routing service and can also 
use Layer 2 VPNs to provide a point-to-point ATM service over a 
common IP/MPLS infrastructure.
Granular QoS and Statistics
Rich packet processing enables the M Series routers to support 
multiple levels of granular QoS per port, per logical circuit (DLCI, 
VC/VP, VLAN), and per channel (to DS0) for traffic prioritization. 
These comprehensive QoS functions include classification, rate 
limiting, shaping, weighted round-robin scheduling, strict priority 
queuing, weighted random early detection, random early detection 
and packet marking. For network convergence applications, Layer 
2 class of service (CoS) can be mapped to Layer 3 CoS on a per 
DLCI, per VP/VC or per-VLAN basis. Simultaneously, extensive 
statistics can be collected and diagnostics performed at this same 
level of granularity to enable flexible billing, traffic planning and 
rapid troubleshooting.
Multiservice
Edge
FR/ATM
FR/ATM
Nx. T1/E1. DS3/E3
SONET/SDH
Ethernet
Mobile
Hosting
Peering
Route Reflector 
Rendezvous Point
SMALL/MEDIUM
CORE
M7i
M7i
M7i
M7i
Internet Gateway
M10i
Real Time IP-Enabled Branch Offices
Converged Backbone
CAMPUS
CORE
BRANCH
AGGREGATION
DATA
CENTER
PROVIDER A
PROVIDER B