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Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Scope
- Design Considerations—Connectivity at the Branch Office
- Branch-Office Connectivity over IPsec VPN
- Design Recommendations
- Routing Information Protocol
- Traffic Load Balancing for Type B and Type C Branch Deployments
- Using Border Gateway Protocol for Large Networks
- Using OSPF for Small Number of Branch Offices
- Using Auto Connect VPN to Create Branch-to-Branch IPsec Tunnels
- High Availability for the Branch Office
- High Availability Requirement Levels (Link, Device, Device, and Link Levels)
- High Availability Functionalities
- High Availability for Branch Office Type A
- VPN Security Zone Configuration for Type A
- High Availability for Branch Office Type B
- Using Secure Services Gateway for Type B
- High Availabilty for Branch Office Type C
- Connectivity at the Data Center
- Implementing a High Availability Enterprise Network at the Data Center
- Quality of Service Design Requirements
- WX Design Requirements
- Summary
- Appendix A Related Documents
- Appendix B Naming Conventions
- Appendix C Products
- About Juniper Networks
- Figure 1: Connecting branch offices, campus locations, and data centers over a single converged network
- Figure 2: Branch office reference architecture
- Figure 3: Multi-tiered/layered network architecture
- Figure 4: Two-tier network design for data centers
- Figure 5: Branch with dual internet connections (load balancing using ECMP)
- Figure 6: BGP routing design
- Figure 7: Star topology – connecting branches to central hub
- Figure 8: AC VPN provisioned tunnels between branches in the same region
- Figure 9: Multi-tier topology
- Figure 10: HA configuration for Type A
- Figure 11: VPN security zone configuration for Type A
- Figure 12: Type B optimized – HA configuration
- Figure 13: Type B – security zones
- Figure 14: Type C – HA configuration
- Figure 15: Intra-branch using OSPF
- Figure 16: Branch Type C – security zones
- Figure 17: Enterprise network for the data center
- Figure 18: M Series Multiservice Edge Routers
- Figure 19: Internet firewalls
- Figure 20: VPN firewalls
- Figure 21: VPN firewall IPS policy
- Figure 2: Branch office reference architecture

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APPLICATION NOTE - Branch Office Connectivity Guide
VPN Firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Shared Services Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
High Availability Design of Firewalls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Quality of Service Design Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
WX Series Design Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Appendix A Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Appendix B Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
M Series and J Series Interface Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
M Series Interface Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Logical Part of an Interface Name (M Series Multiservice Edge Routers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
J Series Interface Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SSG Series and ISG Series Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Appendix C Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Product Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Product Recommendation Based On Branch Office Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Partner Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Symantec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Kaspersky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SurfControl and Websense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Avaya IG550 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
About Juniper Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35