ACX1000 and ACX1100 Routers Quick Start Description

This Quick Start contains information you need to install and configure the router quickly. For complete installation instructions, see the ACX1000 and ACX1100 Universal Access Routers Hardware Guide at https://www.juniper.net/documentation/.

The ACX Universal Metro Router is principally designed for high-density access and pre-aggregation and is environmentally hardened. The router can be used as a cell site router or pre-aggregation device for mobile backhaul and a CPE for business or residential access.

The routers are single-board routers with a built-in Routing Engine and one Packet Forwarding Engine. The Packet Forwarding Engine has one “pseudo” Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC 0). Because there is no switching fabric, the single Packet Forwarding Engine takes care of packet forwarding.

The ACX Series router is powered by Junos OS, supporting extensive L2 and L3 features, IP/MPLS with traffic engineering, rich network management, fault management, service monitoring and Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities, and an open software development kit (SDK) system that allows providers to customize and integrate operations with their own management systems. For a list of related Junos OS documentation, see https://www.juniper.net/documentation/software/junos/.

As part of the mobile backhaul, the ACX Series router at the cell site and the MX Series router at the aggregation layer provide comprehensive end-to-end Ethernet, MPLS, and OAM features with the one Junos OS running on both platforms.

The compact routers are one rack unit (U; that is, 1.75 in., or 4.45 cm) tall. Several routers can be stacked in a single floor-to-ceiling rack for increased port density per unit of floor space.

The ACX1000 and ACX1100 routers contain twelve Gigabit Ethernet ports, eight of which are RJ-45 ports. The ports labeled COMBO PORTS provide an additional four RJ-45 ports or four Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports. You can only use one set of combination ports at a time.

The ACX1000 router also contains eight T1/E1 ports.

Figure 1 shows the front panel of the ACX1000 router. Figure 2 and Figure 3 show the front panel of the ACX1100 router.

Figure 1: Front Panel of the ACX1000 Router

1 — DC terminals	7 — ESD point
2 — Management Ethernet port	8 — Combination Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 and SFP ports
3 — Console or auxiliary port	9 — 1-PPS and 10-MHz GPS input and output
4 — Alarm input and output contacts	10 — System (SYS) LED
5 — T1/E1 ports	11 — USB port
6 — Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports	12 — Grounding terminals

Figure 2: Front Panel of the AC-Powered ACX1100 Router

1 — AC inlets	7 — Combination Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports
2 — Management Ethernet port	8 — 1-PPS and 10-MHz GPS input and output
3 — Alarm input and output contacts	9 — Console or auxiliary port
4 — Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports	10 — USB port
5 — Combination Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 ports	11 — System (SYS) LED
6 — ESD point

Figure 3: Front Panel of the DC-Powered ACX1100 Router

1 — DC terminals	7 — Combination Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports
2 — Management Ethernet port	8 — 1-PPS and 10-MHz input and output
3 — Alarm input and output contacts	9 — Console or auxiliary port
4 — Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports	10 — USB port
5 — Combination Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 ports	11 — System (SYS) LED
6 — ESD point	12 — Grounding terminals