M5 and M10 Internet Router Overview
NOTE: See the End-of-life (EOL) and End-of-sale (EOS) Notification Policy
and Procedures for the M5 and M10 routers and products at
https://www.juniper.net/support/eol/. End of life (EOL) indicates that the
product has been removed from the price list and is no longer available for
purchase. End of support (EOS) indicates that no new support contracts are
available on these products and the last contract will expire on the EOS date
associated with each product. For more information about EOS or EOL
products, see the product support notification (PSN) hardware end-of-life
announcements. For PSN details for the M5 and M10 router, see
PSN-2004-07-019.
The M5 and M10 Internet routers provide edge and core applications for small IP networks
where space and power are at a premium. The routers support the Junos OS, which
provides router configuration and monitoring. (See Figure 1 on page 4.)
Figure 1: M5 and M10 Routers
The M5 and M10 routers include the router-specific Forwarding Engine Board (FEB)
component that provides route lookup, filtering, and sampling, as well as switching to
the destination PIC. The FEB performs the function of the Flexible PIC Concentrators
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