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Juniper Session Smart Router

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Juniper Session Smart Router (SSR) Series: Tunnel-free, application-aware SD-WAN solution with Zero Trust security. Delivers agile, secure WAN connectivity, 30–50% bandwidth savings, and AI-driven insights via Mist WAN Assurance. Scalable for SD-WAN, SD-Branch, multicloud, and IoT, it supports physical (NFX, white-box), virtual (VMware, KVM, AWS, Azure), and cloud deployments with Junos OS and advanced security (URL filtering, IDS/IPS).

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Juniper Session Smart Router (SSR) Series

The Session Smart Router is a software-based router that enables tunnel-free, application-aware, and Zero Trust secure networks, ideal for modern digital businesses requiring agile and resilient SD-WAN connectivity. It combines a service-centric control plane with a session-aware data plane to provide IP routing, feature-rich policy management, advanced data collection, and analytics, alongside high-speed packet forwarding, classification, and security functions. The SSR scales from small branch offices to high-capacity edge routers and hyperscale, software-defined data centers, supporting use cases like SD-WAN, SD-Branch, multicloud, and IoT.

Key Features and Benefits

  • Tunnel-Free Architecture: Utilizes Secure Vector Routing (SVR) to reduce bandwidth usage by 30–50%, improving application performance and reducing costs compared to traditional tunnel-based solutions. Eliminates double encryption overhead for enhanced efficiency.
  • Application Awareness: Supports load balancing and traffic steering based on session policies and network status, ensuring optimal performance for critical applications. Provides granular insights into user experiences, anomalies, and root causes via Juniper Mist WAN Assurance and Mist AI™.
  • Zero Trust Security: Inherent deny-by-default access control, directionality, and segmentation policies ensure robust security without sacrificing performance. The Advanced Security Pack adds URL filtering and Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDS/IPS) for protection against advanced threats.
  • Scalability and Flexibility: Scales to thousands of sites with centralized orchestration via the Juniper Session Smart Conductor or Juniper Mist Cloud. Supports deployment on customer premises equipment (CPE), data center servers, white-box platforms, or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Simplified Management: Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), automated templating, and AI-driven insights simplify deployment and management, reducing deployment times from days to minutes.
  • Advanced Security Pack: Integrates URL filtering to block specific sites and an IDS/IPS with an extensive signature database to protect against vulnerabilities. Can be deployed standalone or alongside SRX Series Firewalls and supports SASE integration with Juniper Secure Edge.
  • Virtual Network Function (VNF) Support: Runs as a VNF on Juniper NFX150, NFX250, and NFX350 platforms using VirtIO and SRIOV technologies, or as instances on AWS and Azure.   

Deployment Options

  • Physical: Certified white-box platforms or Juniper NFX Series platforms.
  • Virtual: Runs on VMware, KVM, or public clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • Management Platforms: Juniper Mist Cloud or Session Smart Conductor, creating a distributed control plane and session-aware data plane for centralized management and full-stack visibility.

Use Cases

  • SD-WAN and SD-Branch: Delivers cost-effective, high-performance connectivity for branch offices.
  • Multicloud: Connects cloud environments with secure, scalable routing.
  • IoT: Supports IoT deployments with robust security and application-aware routing.
  • Data Center Edge: Scales to high-capacity edge routing for software-defined data centers.

Operating System

  • Junos OS, with integration into Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform for AIOps, Mist AI, and comprehensive network management.

SSR120

  • Form Factor: Desktop, fixed configuration
  • Port Configuration: 6x 1GbE RJ-45, 1x 1GbE SFP, 1x MGMT port (RJ-45); LTE variants (SSR120-AA, SSR120-AE) include antenna connectors for 4G/LTE
  • Throughput: Not specified (optimized for small branch SD-WAN)
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Storage: 120 GB enterprise-grade SSD
  • Processor: Not specified
  • Features: Secure Vector Routing (SVR), Zero Trust Security (ZTS), adaptive encryption (avoids double encryption for HTTPS/IPsec), multipath routing, stateful firewall (L2-L5), DoS/DDoS protection, NAT, VPN, traffic filtering, Mist WAN Assurance, ZTP
  • Power Consumption: ~30W (single AC PSU)
  • Cooling: Fanless
  • Operating System: Juniper SSR software (e.g., v6.3.1), Junos OS integration
  • Use Case: Small branch offices

SSR130

  • Form Factor: Desktop, fixed configuration
  • Port Configuration: 6x 1GbE RJ-45, 1x 1GbE SFP, 1x MGMT port (RJ-45); LTE variants (SSR130-AA, SSR130-AE) include antenna connectors for 4G/LTE
  • Throughput: Not specified (optimized for small to medium branch SD-WAN)
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Storage: 120 GB enterprise-grade SSD
  • Processor: Not specified
  • Features: Secure Vector Routing (SVR), Zero Trust Security (ZTS), adaptive encryption, multipath routing, stateful firewall (L2-L5), DoS/DDoS protection, NAT, VPN, traffic filtering, Mist WAN Assurance, ZTP, 4G/LTE support
  • Power Consumption: ~30W (single AC PSU)
  • Cooling: Fanless
  • Operating System: Juniper SSR software (e.g., v6.3.1), Junos OS integration
  • Use Case: Small to medium branch offices

SSR1200

  • Form Factor: 1U, fixed configuration
  • Port Configuration: 7x 1GbE RJ-45, 4x 1/10GbE SFP+, 1x MGMT port (RJ-45)
  • Throughput: Not specified (optimized for large branch/small data center SD-WAN)
  • Memory: 64 GB
  • Storage: 256 GB enterprise-grade SSD
  • Processor: Not specified
  • Features: Secure Vector Routing (SVR), Zero Trust Security (ZTS), adaptive encryption, multipath routing, stateful firewall (L2-L5), DoS/DDoS protection, NAT, VPN, traffic filtering, Mist WAN Assurance, ZTP
  • Power Consumption: Not specified (dual AC PSU, pre-installed)
  • Cooling: Redundant fans
  • Operating System: Juniper SSR software (e.g., v6.3.1), Junos OS integration
  • Use Case: Large branch, small data center/campus deployments

SSR1300

  • Form Factor: 1U, fixed configuration
  • Port Configuration: 4x 1GbE RJ-45, 4x 1/10GbE SFP+, 4x 10GbE SFP+, 1x MGMT port (RJ-45)
  • Throughput: Not specified (optimized for medium data center/campus SD-WAN)
  • Memory: 128 GB
  • Storage: 256 GB enterprise-grade SSD
  • Processor: Not specified
  • Features: Secure Vector Routing (SVR), Zero Trust Security (ZTS), adaptive encryption, multipath routing, stateful firewall (L2-L5), DoS/DDoS protection, NAT, VPN, traffic filtering, Mist WAN Assurance, ZTP
  • Power Consumption: Not specified (dual AC PSU, pre-installed)
  • Cooling: Four redundant fans
  • Operating System: Juniper SSR software (e.g., v6.3.1), Junos OS integration
  • Use Case: Medium data center/campus deployments

SSR1400

  • Form Factor: 1U, fixed configuration
  • Port Configuration: Not specified (supports high-speed connectivity, likely similar to SSR1300 with 1/10GbE SFP+ ports), 1x MGMT port (RJ-45)
  • Throughput: Not specified (optimized for large data center/campus SD-WAN)
  • Memory: Not specified (enterprise-grade, likely ≥128 GB)
  • Storage: Enterprise-grade SSD (capacity not specified, likely ≥256 GB)
  • Processor: Not specified
  • Features: Secure Vector Routing (SVR), Zero Trust Security (ZTS), adaptive encryption, multipath routing, stateful firewall (L2-L5), DoS/DDoS protection, NAT, VPN, traffic filtering, Mist WAN Assurance, ZTP
  • Power Consumption: Not specified (dual AC PSU, pre-installed)
  • Cooling: Four redundant fans
  • Operating System: Juniper SSR software (e.g., v6.3.1), Junos OS integration
  • Use Case: Large data center/campus deployments

SSR1500

  • Form Factor: 1U, fixed configuration
  • Port Configuration: Not specified (supports high-speed connectivity, likely includes 1/10GbE SFP+ ports), 1x MGMT port (RJ-45)
  • Throughput: Not specified (optimized for extra-large data center/campus SD-WAN)
  • Memory: Not specified (enterprise-grade, likely ≥128 GB)
  • Storage: Enterprise-grade SSD (capacity not specified, likely ≥256 GB)
  • Processor: Not specified
  • Features: Secure Vector Routing (SVR), Zero Trust Security (ZTS), adaptive encryption, multipath routing, stateful firewall (L2-L5), DoS/DDoS protection, NAT, VPN, traffic filtering, Mist WAN Assurance, ZTP
  • Power Consumption: Not specified (dual AC PSU, pre-installed)
  • Cooling: Redundant fans
  • Operating System: Juniper SSR software (e.g., v6.3.1), Junos OS integration
  • Use Case: Extra-large data center/campus deployments

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