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ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router
Traffic growth and new cloud service models are changing metro network requirements. The ACX7300 line from Juniper’s ACX7000 Family of sustainable routers sets new standards for capacity, density, cost efficiency, and latency to meet them.
The ACX7348, part of the ACX7300 line, is an industrial-rated router designed for multiservice applications. It combines the value of a fixed redundant platform with three bays of modularity that deliver customizable, build-as-you-grow scalability, high availability, and exceptional performance.
The router provides 1GbE-to-400GbE port flexibility, unrestricted high-power ZR/ZR+ transceiver support, and massive forwarding capacity in a compact, power-efficient footprint. Powered by Junos® OS Evolved and Juniper Paragon™ Automation, it supports advanced features, such as Segment Routing (SR), SRv6, MPLS, EVPN-VXLAN, advanced programmability, network slicing, and telemetry.
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Compact and Industrial-rated
Reduce operational costs and space requirements with an environmentally hardened, compact, and efficient cooling design that addresses a broad range of industrial applications.
Scalable, Reliable Throughput
The ACX7348 delivers massive fixed throughput and three I/O bays for pluggable modules that provide additional capacity for scale. Dual redundant route engines provide network-level reliability for uninterrupted service delivery.
Multiservice Platform
Address 5G, IoT, and cloud requirements with an integrated platform that connects your residential, enterprise, wholesale, and 4G/5G customers directly to a converged and automated Juniper Cloud Metro architecture.
One Junos Experience
Built on Junos OS Evolved, the ACX7348 delivers the same stability, ease of operation, and advanced programmability found across the entire ACX7000 family routing portfolio. The cloud-optimized, microservices-based OS synchronizes updates, accelerates deployments, and simplifies operations.
Cloud Metro as Experience Sensor
With Paragon Active Assurance agents embedded into every Juniper ACX7000 platform, your Juniper Cloud Metro effectively becomes a sensor that monitors and measures customers’ end-to-end service experiences.
Most Innovative Routing and Switching Solution
Juniper Networks Cloud Metro earns the "Editor's Choice" Leading Lights Awards 2022, enabling service providers to build a sustainable future.
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ACX7348 Line of Cloud Metro Routers FAQs
What is the Juniper Networks ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router?
Optimized for multiservice access and aggregation use cases, the ACX7348 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 is designed to deliver sustainable business growth for the evolving service delivery requirements of the “new edge,” where connectivity, cloud, and customer experiences converge—the Cloud Metro.
The ACX7348 is a rugged, industrial-rated (I-Temp) router designed for multiservice applications that combines the value of a fixed, redundant platform with three bays of modularity that deliver customizable, build-as-you-grow, high availability (HA), and exceptional performance. It provides 1GbE-to-400GbE port flexibility, unrestricted high-power ZR/ZR+ transceiver support, and massive forwarding capacity in a compact power-efficient footprint.
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.
Where do I deploy the ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router in my network?
The ACX7348 is for use cases requiring a robust, highly flexible, compact, multiservice, and temperature-hardened solution. Dual redundant route engines provide network-level reliability for uninterrupted service delivery. As part of a multivendor architecture, the ACX7348 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.
What use cases are supported by the ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router?
The ACX7348 addresses 5G, IoT, and cloud requirements with an integrated platform that connects residential, enterprise, wholesale, and 4G/5G customers directly to a converged and automated Juniper Cloud Metro architecture.
What are the benefits of the ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router?
Built on the latest silicon and engineered to be sustainable, the ACX7348 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 ACX7348 delivers the following benefits:
- Industrial rated (I-Temp) multiservice solution that combines the value of a fixed redundant platform with three bays of customizable modularity
- 1GbE-to-400GbE port flexibility and massive forwarding capacity in a compact, power-efficient footprint, enabling today’s most common service migrations without a forklift
- 100/400GbE unrestricted high-power ZR/ZR+ technology support, extending IPoDWDM in access and aggregation to reduce the cost and complexity of IP-optical convergence
- 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 the customer experience
- 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
Who should deploy the ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router?
The ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router is designed with the needs of service providers, enterprise, and wholesale providers 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 of 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 fiber-to-the-x (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, and colocation.
- Wholesale providers building a converged multiservice transport architecture that is flexible, scalable, and sustainable while providing build-as-you-grow operational simplicity to support the requirements of a dynamic resource-leasing market.
What software licenses are required to use the ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router?
ACX7348 Routers support Juniper’s Flex software licensing program. This includes perpetual and subscription licenses for one, three, and five years.
How can I buy the ACX7348 Cloud Metro Router?
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