The M20 router’s compact D ATA S H E E T

design offers tremendous

performance and port M20 Internet Backbone Router
density. The M20 router has
a rich feature set that
includes numerous
advantages.
The M20™ Internet backbone router is a high- such as filtering, sampling, and rate limiting.
■ Route lookup rates in performance routing platform that is built for It runs the same JUNOS™ Internet software
excess of 40 Mpps for a variety of Internet applications, including and shares the same interfaces that are
wire-rate forwarding
high-speed access, public and private peering, supported by the M40™ Internet backbone
performance
hosting sites, and backbone core networks. router, providing a seamless upgrade path
■ Aggregate throughput that protects your investment. Moreover, its
capacity exceeding 20 Gbps The M20 router leverages proven M-series
compact design (14 in / 35.56 cm high)
ASIC technology to deliver wire-rate
■ Performance-based packet
delivers market-leading performance and port
performance and rich packet processing,
filtering, rate limiting, and density, while consuming minimal rack space.
sampling with the Internet
Processor II™ ASIC

■ Redundant System and

Switch Board and
redundant Routing Engine

■ Market-leading port
density and flexibility

■ Production-proven routing
software with Internet-
scale implementations of
BGP4, IS-IS, OSPF, MPLS
traffic engineering, class of The M20 router
service, and multicasting offers wire-rate
applications performance,
advanced features,
internal redundancy,
and scaleability in a
space-efficient
package.
 Advantages

Features Benefits

Architecture
Highly integrated ASIC forwarding ■ Oversized ASICs designed to perform lookups at a rate of
40 Mpps.
■ Half-duplex throughput rate of 20+ Gbps
■ Scales well with large, complex forwarding tables.
■ Full utilization of expensive circuits.
■ Packet size does not affect forwarding performance.
■ Rock solid system stability.
■ Lower part count for high reliability.
Routing and forwarding performance cleanly ■ Routing fluctuations and network instability do not impede
separated packet forwarding.
■ Rapid convergence.
■ Reliable and predictable performance for latency sensitive
“It [ JUNOS software]
dramatically increases our
Single-stage buffering ■
traffic, such as voice over IP and streaming video multicasting.
Eliminates head-of-line blocking.
confidence that we will have
access to technology to keep ■ Efficiently uses available interface bandwidth.
scaling along with what the ■ Optimal support for multicast traffic.
■ Reduces latency by requiring only one write to and one read
demands on the network are.
from shared memory.
We can keep running.
”
—Michael O’Dell,
Features are implemented in ASICs ■ Industry-leading performance with value-added services
enabled.
Chief Scientist, Redundant System and Switch Board (SSB) ■ Increases system availability.
UUNET ■ Ensures automatic failover to redundant SSB in case of failure.
Technologies, Inc.
Redundant Routing Engine ■ Increases system availability.
■ Decreases mean time to repair (MTTR).
Field Replaceable Flexible PIC Concentrators, ■ Increases system serviceability and availability.
SSBs, Routing Engines, and power supplies ■ Decreases MTTR.
JUNOS Internet software already deployed in ■ Proven per formance and reliability.
the largest and fastest growing networks

Interfaces
Market-leading port density ■ Efficient use of POP rack space.
■ Future growth not limited by space.
Fine granularity of interchangeable interfaces ■ Flexibly deployed in multiple environments, including core,
peering, high-speed access, and hosting.
■ Lowers the cost of entry configurations.

Environment
Maximum chassis power of 24 A at -48 VDC, ■ Efficient use of POP power (<1.7 Amp/rack inch).
or 12 A at 100 VAC, 6 A at 240 VAC ■ Lowers POP cooling requirements.
Maximum heat dissipation of 4,000 BTU ■ Protects against overheating.

Services
Flexible and comprehensive support packages ■ Increases network availability.
■ Eases network configuration and deployment.
■ Flexibility to fit your business model.
■ Worldwide 24x7x365 access.
Professional consulting ■ Eases network planning and configuration.
■ Adds expertise to on-site engineering team.
Product and technology training ■ Provides hands-on configuration experience.
■ Increases product and network design knowledge.
Architecture Leading-edge ASICs
The two key components of the M20 architecture are the The feature-rich M20 ASICs deliver a comprehensive
Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) and the Routing Engine, hardware-based system for packet processing, including
which are connected via a 100-Mbps link. Control traffic route lookups, filtering, sampling, rate limiting, load
passing through the 100-Mbps link is prioritized and rate balancing, buffer management, switching, encapsulation,
limited to help protect against denial-of-service attacks. and de-encapsulation functions. To ensure a non-blocking
forwarding path, all channels between the ASICs are
■ The PFE is responsible for packet forwarding performance. oversized, dedicated paths.
It consists of the Flexible PIC Concentrators (FPCs),
physical interface cards (PICs), System and Switch Board Internet Processor and Internet Processor II ASICs
(SSB), and state-of-the-art ASICs. The Internet Processor™ ASIC, which was originally deployed
with M20 routers, supports an aggregated lookup rate of over
■ The Routing Engine maintains the routing tables and 40 Mpps.
controls the routing protocols. It consists of an Intel-based
PCI platform running JUNOS software. An enhanced version, the Internet Processor II ASIC,
supports the same 40 Mpps lookup rate. With over one
The architecture ensures industry-leading service delivery by million gates, this ASIC delivers predictable, high-speed
cleanly separating the forwarding performance from the forwarding performance with service flexibility, including
routing performance. This separation ensures that stress filtering and sampling. The Internet Processor II ASIC is the
experienced by one component does not adversely affect the largest, fastest, and most advanced ASIC ever implemented
performance of the other since there is no overlap of required on a router platform and deployed in the Internet.
resources.
Distributed Buffer Manager ASICs
The Distributed Buffer Manager ASICs allocate incoming data
packets throughout shared memory on the FPCs. This single-
stage buffering improves performance by requiring only one
Logical View of M20 Architecture
write to and one read from shared memory. There are no
extraneous steps of copying packets from input buffers to
output buffers. The shared memory is completely
JUNOS Internet Software Routing Engine
nonblocking, which in turn, prevents head-of-line blocking.
I/O Manager ASICs
Each FPC is equipped with an I/O Manager ASIC that supports
Internet Processor II ASIC
wire-rate packet parsing, packet prioritizing, and queuing.
Each I/O Manager ASIC divides the packets, stores them in
System and Switch Board shared memory (managed by the Distributed Buffer Manager
ASICs), and re-assembles the packets for transmission.
Distributed Buffer Manager ASICs
Packet Media-specific ASICs
Forwarding
Engine
The media-specific ASICs perform physical layer functions,
Midplane
such as framing. Each PIC is equipped with an ASIC or
FPGA that performs control functions tailored to the PIC’s
Shared Memory Shared Memory media type.

I/O Manager I/O Manager

ASIC ASIC Packet Forwarding Engine
FPC (1 of 4) FPC (4 of 4) The PFE provides Layer 2 and Layer 3 packet switching, route
PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC PIC
lookups, and packet forwarding. The Internet Processor II
ASIC forwards an aggregate of up to 40 Mpps for all packet
sizes. The aggregate throughput is 20.6 Gbps half-duplex.

The PFE supports the same ASIC-based features supported

by all other M-series routers. For example, class-of-service
features include rate limiting, classification, priority queuing,
Random Early Detection and Weighted Round Robin to
increase bandwidth efficiency. Filtering and sampling are
 also available for restricting access, increasing security, and System and Switch Board
analyzing network traffic. The SSB performs route lookup, filtering, and sampling, as
well as provides switching to the destination FPC. Hosting
Finally, the PFE delivers maximum stability during both the Internet Processor II ASIC and the Distributed Buffer
exceptional conditions, while also providing a significantly Manager ASICs, the SSB makes forwarding decisions,
lower part count. This stability reduces power consumption distributes data cells throughout memory, processes exception
and increases mean time between failure. and control packets, monitors system components, and
Flexible PIC Concentrators controls FPC resets. You can have one or two SSBs, ensuring
The FPCs house PICs and connect them to the rest of the automatic failover to a redundant SSB in case of failure.
PFE. There is a dedicated, full-duplex, 3.2-Gbps channel
between each FPC and the core of the PFE.
Routing Engine
You can insert up to four FPCs in an M20 chassis. Each FPC The Routing Engine maintains the routing tables and controls
slot supports one FPC or one OC-48c/STM-16 PIC. Each FPC the routing protocols, as well as the JUNOS software
supports up to four of the other PICs in any combination, processes that control the router’s interfaces, the chassis
providing unparalleled interface density and configuration components, system management, and user access to the
flexibility. router. These routing and software processes run on top of a
kernel that interacts with the PFE.
Each FPC contains shared memory for storing data packets
received; the Distributed Buffer Manager ASICs on the SSB ■ The Routing Engine processes all routing protocol updates
manage this memory. In addition, the FPC houses the I/O from the network, so PFE performance is not affected.
Manager ASIC, which performs a variety of queue ■ The Routing Engine implements each routing protocol
management and class-of-service functions. with a complete set of Internet features and provides full
Physical Interface Cards flexibility for advertising, filtering, and modifying routes.
PICs provide a complete range of fiber optic and electrical Routing policies are set according to route parameters,
transmission interfaces to the network. The M20 router offers such as prefixes, prefix lengths, and BGP attributes.
flexibility and conserves rack space by supporting a wide
You can install a redundant Routing Engine to ensure
variety of PICs and port densities. All PICs occupy one of four
maximum system availability and to minimize MTTR in case
PIC spaces per FPC except for the OC-48c/STM-16 PIC, which
of failure.
occupies an entire FPC slot.
JUNOS Internet Software
An additional Tunnel Services PIC enables the M20 router to
JUNOS software is optimized to scale to large numbers of
function as the ingress or egress point of an IP-IP unicast network interfaces and routes. The software consists of a
tunnel, a Cisco generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel, or a series of system processes running in protected memory on
Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) tunnel. top of an independent operating system. The modular design
For a list of available PICs, see the M-series Internet Backbone improves reliability by protecting against system-wide failure
Routers Physical Interface Cards datasheet. since the failure of one software process does not affect
other processes.

M20 Router Front and Back Views

Front View
Fan Trays Cable Management System
Back View

System and Switch Boards

14 in Craft Interface with LEDs
35.56 cm
Flexible PIC Concentrators Routing
with Physical Interface Cards Engines

Dual Power
Supplies

21 in
53.34 cm
19 in
48.26 cm
Specifications

Specification Description

Physical Height 14 in / 35.56 cm

Width 19 in / 48.26 cm
Depth 21 in / 53.34 cm
Weight Maximum configuration 150 lbs / 60.04 kg
Mounting Front or center rack mount
FPC ■ 3.2-Gbps throughput (full duplex)
■ I/O Manager ASIC for wire-rate parsing, prioritizing, and queuing of packets
SSB ■ One Internet Processor or Internet Processor II ASIC for 40-Mpps packet lookup
■ Two Distributed Buffer Manager ASICs for coordinating pooled, single-stage buffering
■ PowerPC 603e processor running at 200 MHz for handling exception packets
■ 33-MHz PCI bus, which connects the PowerPC 603e processor and the Internet Processor or Internet Processor II ASIC
■ Four slots of 1-MB SSRAM
■ 64-MB DRAM
■ 512-KB boot flash EPROM (programmable on the board)
Routing Engine ■ Compact PCI industrial form factor
■ 333-MHz Intel Pentium II
■ 80-MB flash drive for primary storage
■ 6.4-GB hard drive for secondary storage
■ 110-MB flash PC card for tertiary storage
■ 10/100 Base-T auto-sensing RJ-45 Ethernet port for out-of-band management
■ Two RS-232 (DB9 connector) asynchronous serial ports for console and remote management
Power Requirements DC Maximum power 1,200 watts
Maximum current 24 A at -48 VDC
Input voltage -40.5 to -72 VDC operating range
AC Maximum power 1,200 watts
Maximum current 12 A at 100 VAC, 6 A at 240 VAC
Input voltage 100 V to 240 VAC rms
Environmental Temperature 32 to 104 degrees F / 0 to 40 degrees C
Maximum Altitude No per formance degradation to 10,000 ft / 3,048 m
Relative Humidity 5 to 90 percent noncondensing
Seismic / Designed to meet Bellcore Zone 4 earthquake requirements
Earthquake
Thermal Output 3,850 BTU/hour
Agency Approvals Safety ■ CSA C22.2 No. 950
■ * UL 1950
■ EN 60950, Safety of Information Technology Equipment
■ EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products - Par t 1: Equipment Classification, Requirements and
User’s Guide
■ EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products - Part 2: Safety of Optical Fibre Communication Systems
EMC ■ AS 3548 Class A (Australia)
■ EN 55022 Class A emissions (Europe)
■ FCC Class A (USA)
■ VCCI Class A (Japan)
Immunity ■ EN 61000-3-2 Power Line Harmonics
■ EN 61000-4-2 ESD
■ EN 61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity
■ EN 61000-4-4 EFT
■ EN 61000-4-5 Surge
■ EN 61000-4-6 Low Frequency Common Immunity
■ EN 61000-4-11 Voltage Dips and Sags
NEBS Designed to meet these standards
■ GR-63-Core: NEBS, Physical Protection
■ GR-1089-Core: EMC and Electrical Safety for Network Telecommunications Equipment

■ SR-3580 NEBS Criteria Levels (Level 3 Compliance)

ETSI ■ ETS-300386-2 Switching Equipment

Ordering Information

␣ Model Number Description

Router
M20BASE-DC M20 base unit: 4-slot chassis with cooling system, midplane, Routing Engine
w w w. j u n i p e r. n e t
(768-MB DRAM, 80-MB flash drive, 6.4-GB hard drive, 110-MB flash PC card),
two DC power supplies, complete documentation (CD ROM)
M20BASE-AC M20 base unit: 4-slot chassis with cooling system, midplane, Routing Engine
(768-MB DRAM, 80-MB flash drive, 6.4-GB hard drive, 110-MB flash PC card),
two AC power supplies (AC power cables are country specific and sold separately),
C O R P O R AT E
complete documentation (CD ROM)
HEADQUARTERS

Components Juniper Networks, Inc.

SSB-M20 System and Switch Board with Internet Processor ASIC 1194 North Mathilda Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
SSB-E-M20 Enhanced System and Switch Board with Internet Processor II ASIC
Phone 408 745 2000 or 888 JUNIPER
FPC Fax 408 745 2100

FPC Flexible PIC Concentrator

Juniper Networks, Inc. has sales offices
Power Cables worldwide.

CBL-PWR-10AC-AU M20 AC power cable, Australia (10A, 8.2 ft / 2.5 m) For contact information, refer to
CBL-PWR-10AC-EU M20 AC power cable, Europe (10A, 8.2 ft / 2.5 m) www.juniper.net/contactus.html.

CBL-PWR-10AC-IT M20 AC power cable, Italy (10A, 8.2 ft / 2.5 m)

CBL-PWR-10AC-JP M20 AC power cable, Japan (10A, 8.2 ft / 2.5 m)
CBL-PWR-10AC-UK M20 AC power cable, UK (10A, 8.2 ft / 2.5 m)
CBL-PWR-10AC-US M20 AC power cable, US (10A, 8.2 ft / 2.5 m)

Software
JUNOS JUNOS Internet software (flash PC card) for USA and Canada (not for export)
JUNOS-WW JUNOS Internet software (flash PC card) for all countries except the USA and Canada
(satisfies USA government requirements for the export of encryption technology)

Part Number 100009-003 09/00

Copyright © 2000, Juniper Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Juniper Networks is a registered trademark of Juniper Networks, Inc. Internet Processor,
Internet Processor II, JUNOS, M5, M10, M20, M40, and M160 are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered
trademarks, or registered service marks may be the property of their respective owners. All specifications are subject to change without notice.
Printed in USA.