JUNIPER PE-1GE-SFP-QPP

Juniper Networks has further enhanced its portfolio with the advent of Ethernet Intelligent Queuing (IQ) Physical Interface Cards (PICs). These advanced PICs are based on the Q Performance Processor (QPP), a custom high-performance ASIC designed to deliver granular per-VLAN quality-of-service (QoS) capabilities along with extensive instrumentation and diagnostics on a per-VLAN and per-MAC address basis.

Ethernet IQ PICs have been combined with the JUNOS virtual private LAN service (VPLS) capability to deliver a metro Ethernet service. VPLS enables service providers to deliver true multipoint-to-multipoint Ethernet services over their IP/MPLS networks across both single metropolitan and geographically disparate metro areas. This compelling new capability enables the provider edge (PE) routers to automatically build a full mesh of LSPs and to switch Ethernet frames based on MAC address into the appropriate LSP, thereby leveraging IP/MPLS to provide a new level of scalability and resiliency that was previously unavailable in purely switched metropolitan Ethernet infrastructures.