<s>
The	O
Juniper	B-Protocol
MX	I-Protocol
Series	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
ethernet	B-Protocol
routers	I-Protocol
and	O
switches	B-Protocol
designed	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Juniper	O
Networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
generation	O
routers	B-Protocol
,	O
called	O
MX	O
"	O
3D	O
"	O
,	O
were	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
and	O
featured	O
a	O
new	O
Trio	O
chipset	O
and	O
IPv6	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
MX	O
routers	B-Protocol
were	O
improved	O
to	O
increase	O
their	O
bandwidth	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
virtualized	O
MX	O
3D	O
router	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
vMX	O
3D	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utilizing	O
the	O
Juniper	O
Extension	O
Toolkit	O
(	O
JET	O
)	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
software	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
routers	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Ethernet	O
aggregation	O
was	O
a	O
missing	O
component	O
of	O
Juniper	O
's	O
edge	B-Device
network	I-Device
products	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
causing	O
it	O
to	O
lose	O
market-share	O
to	O
Alcatel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
trend	O
at-the-time	O
to	O
incorporate	O
additional	O
software	O
features	O
in	O
routers	B-Protocol
and	O
switches	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
product	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
MX	O
series	O
was	O
the	O
MX960	O
,	O
a	O
14-slot	O
,	O
480	O
Gbit/s	O
switch	O
and	O
router	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
network	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
units	I-General_Concept
and	O
ASICs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPv6	B-Protocol
features	O
were	O
added	O
and	O
the	O
MX80	O
,	O
a	O
smaller	O
80Gbit/s	O
router	B-Protocol
,	O
was	O
introduced	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
new	O
switch	O
fabric	O
cards	O
increased	O
the	O
capacity	O
of	O
MX	O
3D	O
routers	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
Juniper	O
introduced	O
several	O
new	O
products	O
including	O
the	O
MX5	O
,	O
MX10	O
and	O
MX40	O
3D	O
routers	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
have	O
a	O
throughput	O
of	O
20	O
,	O
40	O
and	O
60	O
Gbit/s	O
respectively	O
and	O
can	O
each	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
an	O
MX80	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Juniper	O
introduced	O
the	O
MX2020	O
and	O
2010	O
3D	O
Universal	O
Edge	B-Protocol
Routers	I-Protocol
,	O
with	O
throughputs	O
of	O
80	O
Tbit/s	O
and	O
40	O
Tbit/s	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
"	O
Virtual	O
Chassis	O
"	O
features	O
allowed	O
network	O
operators	O
to	O
manage	O
multiple	O
boxes	O
as	O
though	O
they	O
were	O
a	O
single	O
router	B-Protocol
or	O
switch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
virtualized	O
MX	O
series	O
3D	O
router	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
vMX	O
3D	O
,	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
