ACX5000 System Software Overview

ACX5000 routers use the Junos operating system (OS), which provides Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching, routing, and security services. Junos OS is installed on an ACX5000 router’s 32-gigabyte (GB) internal solid state flash drive. The same Junos OS code base that runs on an ACX5000 routers also runs on all Juniper Networks QFX and EX Series switches, and J Series, M Series, MX Series, ACX Series and T Series routers.

For more information about which features are supported on an ACX5000 routers, see Protocols and Applications Supported by ACX Series Routers.

You manage the router using the Junos OS command-line interface (CLI), accessible through the console and out-of-band management ports on the router.