Software release

• Junos OS Release 5.3 and later

Description

• Power requirement: 0.17 A/48 V= 8 W
• Available versions:
  • 4 multilink bundles
  • 32 multilink bundles
  • 128 multilink bundless
• Can be used as a discrete connection or as a channel

Note: If you configure a unit number larger than the allowable limit on the 4-bundle or 32-bundle Multilink Services PIC, an error will be logged in /var/log/messages and the configuration will fail.

Hardware features

• Supports up to eight links per multilink bundle
• Bonding T1 links enable service ranging from 1.5 Mbps through 12 Mbps
• Bonding E1 links enable service ranging from 2 Mbps through 16 Mbps

Software features

• Full configuration flexibility
• Bundles can be built from any interface within the chassis
• Enables providers to offer a scalable multimegabit access service based on T1 or E1 links
• Protocol support:
  • Multilink PPP—MLPPP (RFC 1990) for T1 and E1 bonding
  • Multilink Frame Relay—MLFR (FRF.15) for T1 and E1 bonding

Note: This PIC does not support graceful switchover. Graceful switchover can not be configured on routers that this PIC is installed in.

Cables and connectors

• None

LEDs

One bicolor:

• Off—PIC is offline
• Green—PIC is online and at least one configured bundle is operating
• Yellow—PIC is online, but no configured bundles are operating