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Services Processing Card—MX-SPC3 Services Card

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MX-SPC3 Services Card Overview and Support on MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers

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.

Note:

The only services card that supports Next Gen Services is the MX-SPC3.

Table 1 shows the SPC and its first supported Junos OS release on MX240, MX480, and MX960, routers.

Table 1: MX-SPC3 Supported by MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers

SPC Name

SPC Model Number

First Junos OS Release on MX240, MX480, and MX960 Routers

MX-SPC3 Services Card

JNP-SPC3

19.3R2

The MX-SPC3 services card is compatible end-to-end with the MX Series Switch Fabrics, Routing Engines and MPC line cards for MX240, MX480, and MX960 routers. See Table 2.

Note: Routing Engines use the following naming conventions:

  • BB: You cannot order Routing Engines suffixed with BB separately. They come with the chassis.

  • R: You can order Routing Engines suffixed with R when you want a redundant Routing Engine.

  • S: You can order Routing Engines suffixed with S when you want a spare Routing Engine. This Routing Engine can be used as a spare or when updating a non-redundant system to make it redundant.

Table 2: MX-SPC3 Services Card Compatibility with MX Series Switch Fabrics, Routing Engines and MPC Line Cards

Switch Fabric

Route Engine

MPC Line Cards

SCBE

RE-S-1800X4-16G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-UPG-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-S

RE-S-1800X4-16G-R

RE-S-1800X4-32G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-UB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-S

RE-S-1800X4-32G-R

MPC2E-3D

MPC2-3D-NG

MPC3E and MPC3E-3D-NG

MPC4E-3D

MPC-3D-16XGE

SCBE2

RE-S-1800X4-16G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-UPG-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-S

RE-S-1800X4-16G-R

RE-S-1800X4-32G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-UB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-S

RE-S-1800X4-32G-R

RE-S-X6-64G-UB

RE-S-X6-64G-S

RE-S-X6-64G-R

RE-S-X6-64G-BB

RE-S-X6-128G-S-S

RE-S-X6-128G-S-R

RE-S-X6-128G-S-BB

MPC2E-3D

MPC2-3D-NG

MPC3E and MPC3E-3D-NG

MPC4E-3D

MPC5E and MPC5EQ

MPC7E and MPC7EQ

MPC-3D-16XGE

SCBE3

RE-S-1800X4-16G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-UPG-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-S

RE-S-1800X4-16G-R

RE-S-1800X4-32G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-UB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-S

RE-S-1800X4-32G-R

RE-S-X6-64G-BB

RE-S-X6-64G-UB

RE-S-X6-64G-S

RE-S-X6-64G-R

RE-S-X6-128G-S-BB

RE-S-X6-128G-S-S

RE-S-X6-128G-S-R

MPC2-3D-NG

MPC4E-3D

MPC5E and MPC5EQ

MPC7E and MPC7EQ

MPC-3D-16XGE

MPC10E-10C

MPC10E-15C

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MX-SPC3 Services Card

The MX-SPC3 Services Card is supported on MX240, MX480, and MX960 routers. It provides additional processing power to run the Next Gen Services. It contains two Services Processing Units (SPUs) with 128 GB of memory per SPU. Line cards such as DPCs, MICs, and MPCs intelligently distribute all traffic traversing the router to the SPUs to have services processing applied to it (see Figure 1).

You can install the MX-SPC3 in any of the slots that are not reserved for Switch Control Board (SCB). If a slot is not occupied by a card, you must install a blank panel to shield the empty slot and to allow cooling air to circulate properly through the device.

Figure 1: MX-SPC3 Services CardMX-SPC3 Services Card

Software release

  • Junos OS Release 19.3R2 and later

Description

Services Processing Card (SPC) with two SPUs of 256 GB memory.

  • Power requirement: 650 W maximum

  • Weight: Approximately 18 lb (8.3 kg)

Hardware features

  • Two 10–Gigabit Ethernet small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) chassis cluster control ports for connecting multiple devices into a redundant chassis cluster.

  • Fabric interfaces

  • One Gigabit Ethernet switch that provides control connectivity to the Routing Engine.

  • Two interfaces from the SCBs that enable the boards to be powered on and controlled.

  • Physical SPC connectors

  • Midplane connectors and power circuitry

  • Each SPU includes:

    • Two 2.3-GHz CPUs

    • One Crypto Engine

    • 128 GB memory

  • Two 128 GB solid state-drives (SSDs).

  • LEDs on the faceplate that indicate the SPC and SPU status.

Supported Slots

  • MX240–Any slot, except the bottom slot 0 () which is reserved for SCB/RE.

  • MX480–Any slot, except the bottom slots 0 () or 1 () which are reserved for SCB/RE.

  • MX960–Any slot, except slot 11 () , and slots 0 () or 1 () which are reserved for SCB/RE.

Compatibility

The MX-SPC3 services card is compatible end-to-end with the MX Series Switch Fabrics, Routing Engines and MPC line cards. See Table 3:

LEDs

OK/FAIL LED, one bicolor:

  • Steady green–The SPC is operating normally.

  • Red–The SPC has failed and is not operating normally.

  • Off–The SPC is powered down.

STATUS LED, one tricolor for each SPU SPU 0 and SPU 1:

  • Off–The SPU is offline.

  • Blinking Amber–The SPU is initializing.

  • Green–The SPU initialization is done and it is operating normally.

  • Red–The SPU has encountered an error or a failure.

SERVICE LED, one tricolor for each SPU SPU 0 and SPU 1:

  • Off–The SPU is offline.

  • Blinking Red–The SPU initialization is done.

  • Blinking Amber–Service is initializing on the SPU.

  • Green–Service is running on the SPU under acceptable load.

  • Solid Red–Service encountered an error or a failure.

HA LED, one tricolor:

  • Green–Clustering is operating normally. All cluster members and monitored links are available, and no error conditions are detected.

  • Red–A critical alarm is present on clustering. A cluster member is missing or unreachable, or the other node is no longer part of a cluster because it has been disabled by the dual membership and detection recovery process in reaction to a control-link or fabric-link failure.

  • Amber–All cluster members are present, but an error condition has compromised the performance and resiliency of the cluster. The reduced bandwidth could cause packets to be dropped or could result in reduced resiliency because a single point of failure might exist. The error condition might be caused by:

    • The loss of chassis cluster links which causes an interface monitoring failure.

    • An error in an SPU or NPU.

    • Failure of the spu-monitoring or cold-sync-monitoring processes.

    • A chassis cluster IP monitoring failure.

  • Off–The node is not configured for clustering or it has been disabled by the dual membership and detection recovery process in reaction to a control link or fabric link failure.

LINK/ACT LED, one for each of the two ports CHASSIS CLUSTER CONTROL 0 and CHASSIS CLUSTER CONTROL 1:

  • Green–Chassis cluster control port link is active.

  • Off–No link.

Table 3: MX-SPC3 Services Card Compatibility with MX Series Switch Fabrics, Routing Engines and MPC Line Cards

Switch Fabric

Route Engine

MPC Line Cards

SCBE

RE-S-1800X4-16G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-UPG-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-S

RE-S-1800X4-16G-R

RE-S-1800X4-32G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-UB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-S

RE-S-1800X4-32G-R

MPC2E-3D

MPC2-3D-NG

MPC3E and MPC3E-3D-NG

MPC4E-3D

MPC-3D-16XGE

SCBE2

RE-S-1800X4-16G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-UPG-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-S

RE-S-1800X4-16G-R

RE-S-1800X4-32G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-UB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-S

RE-S-1800X4-32G-R

RE-S-X6-64G-UB

RE-S-X6-64G-S

RE-S-X6-64G-R

RE-S-X6-64G-BB

RE-S-X6-128G-S-S

RE-S-X6-128G-S-R

RE-S-X6-128G-S-BB

MPC2E-3D

MPC2-3D-NG

MPC3E and MPC3E-3D-NG

MPC4E-3D

MPC5E and MPC5EQ

MPC7E and MPC7EQ

MPC-3D-16XGE

SCBE3

RE-S-1800X4-16G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-UPG-BB

RE-S-1800X4-16G-S

RE-S-1800X4-16G-R

RE-S-1800X4-32G-BB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-UB

RE-S-1800X4-32G-S

RE-S-1800X4-32G-R

RE-S-X6-64G-BB

RE-S-X6-64G-UB

RE-S-X6-64G-S

RE-S-X6-64G-R

RE-S-X6-128G-S-BB

RE-S-X6-128G-S-S

RE-S-X6-128G-S-R

MPC2-3D-NG

MPC4E-3D

MPC5E and MPC5EQ

MPC7E and MPC7EQ

MPC-3D-16XGE

MPC10E-10C

MPC10E-15C

Table 4 provides a summary of Next Gen Services supported by MX-SPC3.

Table 4: Next Gen Services Supported by MX-SPC3 Services Card
Feature Category / Feature First Supported Junos OS Release

Carrier Grade NAT

Basic-NAT44

19.3R2

Basic-NAT66

19.3R2

Dynamic-NAT44

19.3R2

Static Destination NAT

19.3R2

Basic-NAT-PT

19.3R2

NAPT-PT

19.3R2

NAPT44

19.3R2

NAPT66

19.3R2

Port Block Allocation

19.3R2

Deterministic-nat44 and nat64

19.3R2

End Point Independent Mapping (EIM)/End Point

19.3R2

Independent Filtering (EIF)

19.3R2

Persistent NAT – Application Pool Pairing (APP)

19.3R2

Twice-NAT44 – Basic, Dynamic and NAPT

19.3R2

NAT64

19.3R2

XLAT-464

19.3R2

NPTv6

19.3R2

Port Control Protocol (PCP) – v1 and v2

20.1R1

DS-Lite

20.2R1

NAT46

20.2R1

Stateful Firewall Services

 

19.3R2

Intrusion Detection Services (IDS)

  

19.3R2

Traffic Load Balancer

  

19.3R2

DNS Request Filtering

 

19.3R2

Aggregated Multiservices Interfaces

  

19.3R2

Inter-chassis High Availability

CGNAT, Stateful Firewall, and IDS Flows

19.3R2

URL Filtering

  

20.1R1

HTTP Content Manager (HCM)

  

20.2R1

IPsec  

21.1R1

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