Juniper MX240-3DChassis & Line Cards

High-Density 3D Routing Power Built for Scalable Edge and Metro Networks

The Juniper MX240-3D Universal Routing Platform is a high-performance, scalable edge router designed for enterprise, service provider, and data center networks. Powered by Juniper Trio 3D silicon, the MX240-3D delivers exceptional throughput, advanced IP/MPLS services, and predictable performance in a compact 5RU chassis.

Built for high-density routing and flexible service expansion, the MX240-3D supports a wide range of 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE interfaces, making it ideal for metro edge, data center interconnect (DCI), and aggregation deployments.

Key Specifications

System Overview

• Form Factor: 5RU chassis

• Forwarding Architecture: Juniper Trio 3D silicon

• Routing Capacity: Up to 3 Tbps (with MPCs)

• Slot Capacity:

  • 3× MPC slots

  • 1× Routing Engine slot

• Redundancy: Redundant REs, power supplies, and cooling

Performance & Capabilities

• Supports IP, MPLS, Segment Routing, and EVPN

• Advanced QoS, traffic engineering, and virtualization

• Line-rate performance with low latency

• High-scale routing tables and service processing

• Runs Juniper Junos OS for consistent operations

Interface Support

• 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE line cards

• Flexible interface combinations for future scalability

• Optimized for high-density Ethernet aggregation

Ideal Use Cases

• Service provider edge routing

• Enterprise core and aggregation layers

• Metro Ethernet networks

• Data center interconnect (DCI)

• Cloud and virtualization environments