What's New
This section describes new features and enhancements to existing features in Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D230 for vSRX.
New Features for Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D230
There are no new features introduced in Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D230 for vSRX.
vSRX Architecture Illustration
vSRX Architecture
Figure 1 is a high-level illustration of the vSRX architecture for Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D230.

Supported Features
Starting in Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D15 for vSRX, Juniper Networks changed the name of the virtual security product to vSRX.
For details about Junos OS features supported on vSRX, see Feature Explorer: vSRX.
Note that All commands in the Junos OS Release 15.1 code that do not apply to vSRX will be removed from the command-line interface (CLI) of the vSRX software images.
Supported Features References
Table 1 lists documentation references to Junos OS features that are supported starting from Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D70 for vSRX.
Some vSRX features require a license. See vSRX Feature Licenses Overview for more details.
Table 1: Documentation References for Junos OS Features Supported on vSRX
Feature | Feature Documentation | vSRX Platform |
---|---|---|
Application Firewall (AppFW) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Application Identification (AppID) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Application Layer Gateways (ALGs) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Application Quality of Service (AppQoS) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Attack Detection and Prevention (ADP) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Chassis cluster support for Virtio driver | KVM | |
Chassis cluster support for VMXNET3 driver | VMware | |
Chassis cluster support for Windows Hyper-V Server 2016 Note: Starting in Junos OS Release 15.1X49-D100 for vSRX, support for chassis clustering to provide network node redundancy is only available on Windows Hyper-V Server 2016. | Hyper-V | |
Class of service (CoS) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Flow and packet processing | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
IPsec VPN | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Multicast | VMware, KVM, and Contrail | |
Network Address Translation (NAT) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Routing protocols | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Security building blocks | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
Transparent mode | VMware, KVM, and Contrail | |
Unified Threat Management (UTM) | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V | |
User authentication | VMware, KVM, Contrail, AWS, Azure, and Hyper-V |
Unsupported Features
While vSRX supports many of the Junos OS features supported on other SRX Series devices, not all features are supported. For information about Junos OS features that are not supported on vSRX, see Known Behavior and SRX Series Features Not Supported on vSRX for specific support limitations.