ACX7024 Cloud Metro Router

Optimized for multiservice access use cases, the ACX7024 is part of Juniper's ACX7000 family of Cloud Metro Routers, purpose-built for the IP service fabric underlay of a Juniper Cloud Metro. The ACX7000 portfolio provides comprehensive coverage of all metro use cases and a variety of enterprise  applications and is specifically designed to deliver sustainable business growth for the evolving requirements of the “new edge,” where connectivity, cloud, and customer experiences converge—the Cloud Metro.

MEF 3.0 certified, the ACX7024 supports all metro access service requirements, including 4G/5G mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), and passive optical networks (PON). It delivers 360 Gbps of throughput in an industrial-rated (I-Temp), 1 U (24 cm depth), fixed form factor with high-precision timing capabilities, and 24 multispeed 1/10/25GbE ports and 4 100GbE (ZR/ZR+ compatible) ports to support all cloud metro services. 

All ACX7000 platforms support all overlay and underlay protocols, enabling operators to evolve across protocol generations at their own pace. Powered by Junos® OS Evolved  and Juniper Paragon™ Automation, the entire ACX7000 family offers advanced features such as embedded active service assurance and zero trust security, segment routing (SR), SRv6, MPLS, EVPN-VXLAN, advanced programmability, network slicing, and telemetry.

The ACX7024 is designed for access use cases requiring a highly flexible, compact, multiservice, and temperature-hardened solution. As part of a multivendor architecture, the ACX7024 brings leading-edge performance, scale, and capability to any deployment. When it’s part of a comprehensive ACX7000 Cloud Metro architecture, new dimensions of end-to-end operational capability, performance, and simplicity are realized.

An ideal choice for service provider, enterprise, and residential access and aggregation use cases, the ACX7024 supports Juniper Unified PON Solution, IoT, and 4G/5G mobile applications. Deep buffers provide end-to-end service delivery assurance and precision timing capabilities such as Synchronous Ethernet, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), and advanced Class C timing for latency-optimized 4G/5G service experiences, as well as GNSS/GPS (grandmaster clock support via external GNSS receiver) network synchronization.

Built on the latest silicon and engineered to be sustainable, the rugged ACX7024 is designed to optimize space, power, and security and address increasingly complex service requirements and relentless traffic growth imposed by 5G, IoT, and cloud-based applications, turning challenges into opportunities to thrive. The ACX7024 delivers the following benefits:

• Industry rated (I-Temp), 1 U (24 cm deep) high-performance multiservice router 
• Four 100GbE ports supporting ZR/ZR+, enabling IPoDWDM in the access reducing the cost and complexity of IP-optical convergence
• Large fanout provides flexible port density with 24 multispeed ports facilitating 1/10/25GbE port-by-port configuration as services grow 
• Comprehensive protocol support enables evolution across protocol generations at the operator’s pace—neither trapped in legacy nor forced into next-gen technologies  
• Embedded Paragon Active Assurance: Automate turn-up testing processes and gain continuous end-to-end service quality insights to proactively enhance customer experience
• Juniper Unified PON enables operators to deploy OLTs on a port-by-port basis, simplifying fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) service delivery 
• Embedded zero trust security: All ACX7000 platforms feature TPM 2.0 chip technology, creating a unique, cryptographically bound device identity that can’t be spoofed by hackers. 

The ACX7024 Cloud Metro Router is designed with the needs of service providers and enterprise network operators in mind. This includes:

• Service providers/content service providers seeking to expand their ability to support existing services, scale with demand, offer new services, or all the above to deliver exceptional user experience. Use cases include mobile operators supporting 4G and/or expanding to 5G services, cable/MSO operators migrating to Remote-PHY architectures, and Internet providers expanding to FTTx services.  
• Enterprises seeking a smooth and nondisruptive transition to a flexible, scalable, and resilient modern network architecture. Use cases include campus and branch applications, WAN edge, colocation, and data center border leaf. 

The ACX7024 supports Juniper’s Flex software licensing program. This includes perpetual and subscription licenses for one, three, and five years.  

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