Juniper QFX10002-36Q QFX Series 36-Port x 40Gigabit QSFP+ Managed Rack-Mountable Switch

The QFX10000 line of high performance fixed core and spine switches delivers industry-leading scalability, density, and flexibility, helping cloud and data center operators build an automated data center networks that provide superior long-term investment protection. Designed for a diverse set of deployment options, the QFX10000 switches allow data center operators to build cloud networks that best suit their deployment needs and easily evolve as requirements change over time.

Product Description

Juniper Networks QFX10002 line of fixed-configuration switches offer 72-port and 36-port 40GbE options in a 2 U form factor, with support for 10GbE and 100GbE. Both switches support quad small form-factor pluggable plus transceiver (QSFP+) and QSFP28 ports for 40GbE and 100GbE speeds, respectively. With support for 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE in a single platform, the QFX10002 switches provide the foundation for today’s data center, delivering long-term investment protection for current and emerging requirements.

Built on custom, Juniper-designed Q5 ASICs, the high-performance, highly versatile QFX10002 switches scale from 2.88 Tbps to 5.76 Tbps of throughput. Additionally, by offering the industry’s highest 100GbE port density—up to 24 in a 2 U fixed form factor— the QFX10002 enables a simple, consolidated network design and allows customers to seamlessly evolve data center networks from existing 10GbE and 40GbE architectures to 100GbE to keep pace with evolving needs.

The QFX10002 is a member of the QFX10000 line of Ethernet switches, which can be deployed in a number of different networks designs and fabrics, including Layer 3 fabric and multi-chassis link aggregation (MC-LAG) for Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks, giving customers complete architectural flexibility. Additionally, the open architecture ensures that customers can innovate on top of Juniper Networks Junos® operating system to accelerate their pace of innovation.

QFX10000 switches are also a key component of Juniper Networks MetaFabric Architecture, which provides a simple, open, and a smart approach to building data center networks. Additionally, the QFX10000 switches support Data Center Interconnect (DCI), critical to workload mobility and application availability.

For networks evolving to SDN, the QFX10000 switches can integrate with OpenContrail and VMware NSX SDN controllers, giving users options for SDN systems. The QFX10000 performs both Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) L2 and L3 gateway functionality; the open, standards-based platform also interoperates with Open vSwitch Database (OVSDB) to support automated management and control capabilities.

Highlights

• Up to 72 40GbE ports in a 2 U form factor
• Up to 5.76 Tbps Layer 2 and Layer 3 performance
• Unparalleled investment protection with support for 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE in the same platform
• Highest logical L2/L3 scale—up to 512,000 media access control (MAC) addresses, 2 million host routes, and 2 million forwarding information base forwarding tables
• Deep buffers with up to 100 ms packet buffering per port
• No head-of-line blocking with Virtual Output Queue (VOQ)-based architecture
• Flexible network architectures including L3 fabric and Juniper’s MC-LAG for L2 and L3 networks
• Juniper virtualized open network operating system framework for programmability through APIs
• Advanced Junos OS features such as BGP add-path, VXLAN routing, MPLS, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• Rich automation capabilities with Python, Chef Puppet, and zero-touch provisioning (ZTP)