Description

Discover why routers in the Juniper MX Series--with their advanced feature sets and record-breaking scale--are so popular among enterprises and network service providers. This revised and expanded edition shows you step-by-step how to implement high-density, high-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services, using advanced firewall filters, redundant inline services, powerful CoS tool sets, and many other Juniper MX features.

This second edition was written by a Senior NOC Engineer, whose vast experience with the MX Series is well documented. Each chapter covers a specific Juniper MX vertical and includes review questions to help you test what you've learned. This edition includes new chapters on load balancing and vMX--Juniper MX's virtual instance.

Discover Junos architecture, MX chassis, and Trio Linecards
Work with Juniper MX's bridging, VLAN VXLAN, and virtual switches
Create a firewall filter framework and discover the latest flexible filtering options
Secure your router and add an extra layer of security with Junos DDOS protection and SCFD feature
Discover the advantages of hierarchical scheduling, ingress queuing, and flexible remarking
Combine Juniper MX routers, using a virtual chassis or MC-LAG
Understand and use classical and advanced Trio Chipset's load balancing features
Dive into Trio inline services such as inline NAT, redundant logical tunnel, or filter-based GRE tunnel
Discover vMX internal architecture and explore the benefits and typical use case of a virtual router