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What are the Juniper CTP150 and CTP2000 platforms?
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The Juniper CTP150 and CTP2000 are compact, carrier-grade traffic processing platforms designed for service providers. They deliver subscriber management, deep packet inspection, QoS enforcement, and dynamic policy control in a modular, high-availability chassis.
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What key features differentiate CTP150 from CTP2000?
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The CTP150 is a 1RU appliance optimized for entry-level to mid-scale deployments, while the CTP2000 is a 3RU chassis supporting higher port density, increased throughput and modular expansion slots for growth.
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Which use cases are ideal for CTP150 and CTP2000?
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Both platforms excel in broadband aggregation, mobile backhaul, Wi-Fi offload and enterprise VPN services. They provide subscriber policy enforcement, usage metering and real-time analytics for service monetization.
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What maximum throughput do these platforms support?
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CTP150 supports up to 40 Gbps of aggregate throughput; CTP2000 scales up to 200 Gbps. Throughput varies by module combination and feature activation.
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How many physical and virtual ports can I deploy?
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The CTP150 base offers up to eight 1/10GbE SFP+ ports. The CTP2000 chassis supports up to 24 line-card slots, accommodating up to 96 10GbE or 12 100GbE ports.
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Which routing and tunneling protocols are supported?
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Both platforms support IPv4/IPv6 routing (OSPF, BGP, IS-IS), MPLS L2/L3 VPNs, GRE/IPsec tunnels and advanced segment routing for flexible traffic engineering.
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What Quality of Service (QoS) features are available?
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CTP150 and CTP2000 provide hierarchical QoS, traffic shaping, policing, class-based forwarding, priority queuing and dynamic bandwidth allocation to ensure SLA compliance.
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How do I manage and automate Juniper CTP platforms?
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Management is via Junos OS with CLI, J-Web GUI and RESTful APIs. You can integrate with automation tools like Ansible, Puppet and Juniper’s NorthStar Controller for zero-touch provisioning.
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What security features are built in?
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Both platforms include hardware-based DDoS protection, deep packet inspection, stateful firewalling, MAC/IP filtering and role-based access control to secure the control and data planes.
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How scalable are the CTP150 and CTP2000?
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Scale from hundreds to millions of sessions using modular line cards, redundant fabrics and a distributed control plane. Add capacity non-disruptively to meet growing subscriber and traffic demands.
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What are the hardware redundancy options?
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CTP150 offers dual AC/DC power supplies and a hot-swappable fan tray. CTP2000 adds redundant management modules, fabric modules, power supplies and fans for carrier-grade availability.
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Which Junos OS version is supported?
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Both platforms run Junos OS with full feature parity for routing, security and policy services. Verify the hardware compatibility matrix for your Junos release to ensure module support.
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How is licensing structured for these platforms?
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Licenses are modular: you can activate subscriber sessions, deep packet inspection, DDoS protection or advanced analytics on demand. Licenses can be capacity-based or feature-based.
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Can I integrate CTP150/CTP2000 with existing Juniper infrastructure?
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Yes. They seamlessly integrate with Juniper MX, PTX and SRX series via standardized protocols, OpenConfig, NETCONF/YANG and Juniper NorthStar for unified network orchestration.
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What deployment best practices should I follow?
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Use redundant fabrics and power modules, deploy in N+1 or N+N modes, segregate control and data traffic, enable hot-swap features, and monitor with Juniper HealthBot for proactive maintenance.
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How do I troubleshoot performance issues?
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Leverage Junos CLI show and trace commands, J-Web dashboards, and analytics logs. Use Juniper Support’s proactive monitoring tools and real-time telemetry for root-cause analysis.
