:Juniper MX Series

On October 18, 2006, the MX Series was publicly announced. Before its release, Ethernet aggregation was a missing component of Juniper's edge network products, which was causing it to lose market-share to Alcatel. The MX Series was late to market, but it was well received by analysts and customers.{{cite news|title=Cisco Suddenly Lagging Juniper In Some Router Technology|first=Brian|last=Womack|date=August 28, 2008|newspaper=Investor's Business Daily}} It was part of a trend at-the-time to incorporate additional software features in routers and switches.{{cite journal | last=Lawton | first=George | title=Routing Faces Dramatic Changes | journal=Computer | publisher=Institute of Electrical | volume=42 | issue=9 | year=2009 | pages=15–17 | doi=10.1109/mc.2009.297 }}

The first product release of the MX series was the MX960, a 14-slot, 480 Gbit/s switch and router.{{cite news| last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper set to roll out Ethernet switches | newspaper=Network World | date=October 10, 2006 | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/833010/lan-wan-juniper-set-to-roll-out-ethernet-switches.html | access-date=September 22, 2015}}{{cite news| last=Wirbel | first=Loring | title=Juniper router handles IPTV | newspaper=Electronic Engineering Times | date=October 30, 2006 | url=http://www.embedded.com/electronics-news/4066353/NETWORKS--Juniper-router-handles-IPTV | access-date=September 23, 2015}}{{cite news | title=Juniper Preps Metro Ethernet Switch/Router | newspaper=eWeek | date=October 11, 2006 | url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Juniper-Preps-Metro-Ethernet-SwitchRouter | access-date=September 23, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In late 2006, Juniper introduced the MX240 and MX480, which are smaller versions of the 960.{{cite news| last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper extends Carrier Ethernet line; enterprise next? | newspaper=Network World | date=September 25, 2007 | url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2286070/lan-wan/juniper-extends-carrier-ethernet-line--enterprise-next-.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128103635/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2286070/lan-wan/juniper-extends-carrier-ethernet-line--enterprise-next-.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 28, 2016 | access-date=September 22, 2015}} They had a throughput of 240 Gbit/s and 480 Gbit/s respectively.{{cite web | title=Juniper Broadens Metro Ethernet Switch Line | website=eWeek.com | date=September 25, 2007 | url=http://www.eweek.com/news/Juniper-Broadens-Metro-Ethernet-Switch-Line | access-date=September 23, 2015}}{{cite web | title=Juniper takes its Ethernet gear to the edge. | newspaper=Telephony | date=September 25, 2007 | url=http://business.highbeam.com/437286/article-1G1-169104144/juniper-takes-its-ethernet-gear-edge | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204020132/https://business.highbeam.com/437286/article-1G1-169104144/juniper-takes-its-ethernet-gear-edge | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 4, 2016 | access-date=September 23, 2015}}

In 2009 a new line of MX "3D" products were introduced, using Juniper's programmable Trio chipset.{{cite news|title=Juniper Seeks Advantage Through Integration|first=Mike|last=Fratto|newspaper=InformationWeek|date=November 9, 2009}} Trio is a proprietary semiconductor technology with custom network instructions. It provides a cross between network processing units and ASICs.{{cite news | title=Juniper Processors Promise New Dimensions in Scalability | first=Ralph | last=Raiola | newspaper=Chip Design Magazine | date=September 14, 2015 | url=http://chipdesignmag.com/display.php?articleId=3776 | access-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-date=January 31, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131165853/http://chipdesignmag.com/display.php?articleId=3776 | url-status=dead }} IPv6 features were added{{cite news|title=Juniper defends poky pace on IPv6-enabling|first=Carolyn|last=Marsan|newspaper=Network World|date=November 16, 2010}} and the MX80, a smaller 80 Gbit/s router, was introduced the following year.{{cite web | last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper seeks to out-virtualize Cisco in data centers | website=Network World | date=May 20, 2010 | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/730354/lan-wan-juniper-seeks-to-out-virtualize-cisco-in-data-centers.html | access-date=September 24, 2015}}

In 2011 new switch fabric cards increased the capacity of MX 3D routers.{{cite web | last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper follows Cisco with edge upgrade | website=Network World | date=September 13, 2011 | url=http://www.networkworld.com/article/2181090/lan-wan/juniper-follows-cisco-with-edge-upgrade.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128113135/http://www.networkworld.com/article/2181090/lan-wan/juniper-follows-cisco-with-edge-upgrade.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 28, 2016 | access-date=September 22, 2015}} In May 2011 Juniper introduced several new products including the MX5, MX10 and MX40 3D routers, which have a throughput of 20, 40 and 60 Gbit/s respectively and can each be upgraded to an MX80.{{cite news| last=Berndtson | first=Chad | title=Juniper Adds Edge Routers With Focus On WAN Scalability | newspaper=CRN | date=May 2, 2011 | url=http://www.crn.com/news/networking/229402604/juniper-adds-edge-routers-with-focus-on-wan-scalability.htm | access-date=September 23, 2015}} A collection of features called MobileNext was introduced in 2011 at Mobile World Congress, then discontinued in August 2013. According to Network World, it allowed MX 3D products to serve as a mobile "gateway, an authentication and management control plan for 2G/3G and LTE mobile packet cores and as a policy manager for subscriber management systems."{{cite web | last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper kills MobileNext mobile packet product line | website=Network World | date=August 28, 2013 | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/678902/wireless-juniper-kills-mobilenext-mobile-packet-product-line.html | access-date=September 23, 2015}}

In October 2012, Juniper introduced the MX2020 and 2010 3D Universal Edge Routers, with throughputs of 80 Tbit/s and 40 Tbit/s respectively.{{cite web | last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper fortifies network edge with new routers | website=Network World | date=October 11, 2012 | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/664867/lan-wan-juniper-fortifies-network-edge-with-new-routers.html | access-date=September 22, 2015}} Juniper also released a video caching system for the MX family and a suite of software applications that include parental control, firewall and traffic monitoring. New "Virtual Chassis" features allowed network operators to manage multiple boxes as though they were a single router or switch.

In 2013, Juniper introduced new line cards for the MX series and a new switch fabric module, intended to upgrade the MX series' for higher bandwidth needs and for software-defined networking applications.{{cite web | title=Juniper Accelerates MX Routers for SDN | website=Enterprise Networking Planet | date=October 16, 2013 | url=http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/juniper-accelerates-mx-routers.html | access-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-date=April 19, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163940/https://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/juniper-accelerates-mx-routers.html | url-status=dead }} The capacity of the MX240, 480 and 960 were increased by double or more.{{cite web | last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper seeks edge router advantage over Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent | website=Network World | date=October 15, 2013 | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/681244/lan-wan-juniper-seeks-edge-router-advantage-over-cisco-alcatel-lucent.html | access-date=September 23, 2015}} A new Multiservice Modular Interface Card (MS-MIC) was incorporated that supports up to 9 Gbit/s for services like tunneling software.

In March 2013, Juniper released the EX9200 switch, which isn't part of the MX Series, but uses the same software and Trio chipset. A virtualized MX series 3D router, the vMX 3D, was introduced in November 2014.{{cite news | last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper virtualizes MX router to help companies more rapidly turn-up services | newspaper=Network World | date=November 6, 2014 | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/932396/juniper-virtualizes-mx-router-to-help-companies-more-rapidly-turn-up-services.html | access-date=September 24, 2015}} A suite of updates were announced in late 2015. New MPC line cards were introduced, which have a throughput of up to 1.6 Tbit/s. Simultaneously the Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) was announced.{{cite web | last=Duffy | first=Jim | title=Juniper Networks adds an edge to its router | website=Network World | date=December 8, 2015 | url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/946076/juniper-networks-adds-an-edge-to-its-router.html | access-date=December 8, 2015}} JET is a programming interface for integrating third-party applications that automate provisioning, maintenance and other tasks.{{cite web | title=Juniper Boosts Router Automation & Performance | website=Light Reading | date=January 1, 2010 | url=http://www.lightreading.com/ethernet-ip/new-ip/juniper-boosts-router-automation-and-performance-/d/d-id/719711 | access-date=December 8, 2015}} The Junos Telemetry Interface was also announced at the same time. It reports data to applications and other equipment to automate changes to the network in response to faults or in order optimize performance.

According to Juniper's website, Juniper's current MX Series products include the following:{{cite web | title=MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers – Technical Documentation – Support | website=Juniper Networks | url=https://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/release-independent/junos/information-products/pathway-pages/mx-series/index.html | access-date=September 24, 2015}}

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