Product Description
The Juniper Networks Service Deployment System (SDX) software is a robust, customizable product that allows a service provider's customers to dynamically activate value-added Internet services in real time. Consequently, service providers can instantly realize gains in revenue without significant effort from sales, operations, and provisioning teams.
By using the SDX software, service providers can rapidly create and deploy many new value-added Internet services to hundreds of thousands of business and residential subscribers. These Internet services, such as video on demand, IP television, or integrated voice and data, are offered over a variety of broadband access technologies, such as wireless Internet service provider roaming (WISPr), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) 802.11, digital subscriber line (DSL), cable, Ethernet, asynchronous transport mode (ATM), Frame Relay, SONET, and fixed wireless.
The SDX software offers a service-optimized architecture, which ensures quick time to revenue, flexible subscriber service management, and reliable service delivery. The management products use a modular design, which gives service providers the ability to select the components that meet their network requirements and business needs.
The SDX software can manage policies on Juniper Networks routers and cable modem termination system (CMTS) devices and can activate policies on other systems to provide end-to-end service quality. Subscriber managers can activate service offerings as they need them and automatically provision the network to deliver those services.
When integrated with the Juniper Networks Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDP) system by using the SDX application library, an SDX-managed network can protect against malicious traffic that can affect overall network performance. When integrated with Juniper Networks Instant Virtual Extranet (IVE) Host Checker integration application, an SDX-managed network can verify that the subscriber systems used to connect to a service provider comply with a service provider's policies.
The SDX software is designed to simplify the three major steps in the IP service life-cycle process:
- Creating innovative, revenue-generating services
- Delivering numerous on-demand services to subscribers
- Tracking services with intelligent accounting applications
Figure 1 illustrates how the SDX software manages JUNOSe routers and JUNOS routing platforms in an SDX network, and shows the integration of IDP by using the SDX application library.
In addition, the SDX software can be used in a PacketCable MultiMedia (PCMM) environment to simplify other management tasks, such as:
- Creating end-to-end service quality for subscribers in a PCMM environment
- Marking traffic forwarded from specified systems, such as video servers
In general, service offerings supported by the SDX can be used in a cable environment.
Figure 2 illustrates how the SDX software can be used in a PCMM environment to manage JUNOSe routers, JUNOS routing platforms, and CMTS devices.
