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Description
| Hardware |
Switching capacity: 720 Gbps (unidirectional)/1.44 Tbps (bidirectional) Layer 2/Layer 3 throughput (maximum with 64 byte packets): 1,071 Mpps (wire speed) Weight: 21.7 lb (9.84 kg) with PSUs and fans installed Dimensions (HxWxD): 1.72 x17.36 x 20.48 in (4.37 x 44.09 x 52.02 cm) Switching mode: Cut-through and store-and-forward Front-to-back or back-to-front airflow (for hot aisle/cold aisle deployment) Management and rear console port connections Predicted mean time between failures (MTBF): 150,000 hours Predicted FIT rate: 4,987 |
| Interface Options |
1GbE SFP: 24(40) (with 10GbE expansion modules) 10GbE SFP+: 24(40/72) (with 10GbE expansion modules/with fixed 40GbE ports using breakout cables) 40GbE QSFP+: 4(12) (with expansion modules) Each fixed QSFP+ port can be configured as a 4x10GbE interface Each QSFP+ port can be configured as a 40 Gbps port USB port Console port 2 management ports: 1 RJ-45 and 1 SFP Supported transceiver and direct attach cable SFP+ 10GbE optical modules SFP+ DAC cables: 1/3/5 m direct-attached copper and 1/3/5/7/10 m active direct-attached copper SFP GbE optical and copper module QSFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE direct attach break-out copper (1/3 m direct-attached copper cable) |
| Rack Installation Kit | Versatile four post mounting options for 19-in server rack or datacom rack |
| Airflow |
Front-to-back and back-to-front cooling Redundant variable-speed fans to reduce power draw |
| Power Supply and Fan Modules |
Dual redundant (1+1) and hot-pluggable power supplies 110-240 V single phase AC power -36 to -72 V DC power Redundant (N+1) and hot-pluggable fan modules for front-to-back and back-to-front airflow |
| Performance Scale (Unidimensional) |
MAC addresses per system: 288,000* VLAN IDs: 4,091 Number of ports per LAG: 32 FCoE scale: Number of FCoE VLANs/FC virtual fabrics: 4,095 Firewall filters: 4,000 IPv4 unicast routes: 128,000 prefixes; 208,000 host routes IPv4 multicast routes: 104,000 IPv6 multicast routes: 52,000 IPv6 unicast routes: 64,000 prefixes Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries: 48,000 Jumbo frame: 9,216 bytes * MAC address table uses a hash-based scheme to program entries; therefore, some entries may not be programmed due to hash index collision. |
| Access Control Lists (ACLs) |
Port-based ACL (PACL): Ingress and egress VLAN-based ACL (VACL): Ingress and egress Router-based ACL (RACL): Ingress and egress ACL entries (ACE) in hardware per system: Ingress ACL: 1,536 Egress ACL: 1,024 ACL counter for denied packets ACL counter for permitted packets Ability to add/remove/change ACL entries in middle of list (ACL editing) L2-L4 ACL IPv6 ACL Firewall filter on loopback interface Firewall filter on management interface |
| Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) |
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) instances: 64 VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP) instances: 253 |
| Traffic Mirroring |
Mirroring destination ports per switch: 4 Maximum number of mirroring sessions: 4 Mirroring destination VLANs per switch: 4 |
| Layer 2 Features |
STP—IEEE 802.1D (802.1D-2004) Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) (IEEE 802.1w); MSTP (IEEE 802.1s) Bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) protect Loop protect Root protect RSTP and VSTP running concurrently VLAN—IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking Routed VLAN interface (RVI) Port-based VLAN MAC address filtering GRE tunneling QinQ VLAN translation Static MAC address assignment for interface Per VLAN MAC learning (limit) MAC learning deactivate Link Aggregation and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) (IEEE 802.3ad) IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) MAC notification MAC address aging configuration MAC address filtering Persistent MAC (sticky MAC) |
| Link Aggregation |
Multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG) - Layer 2, Layer 3, VRRP, STP Redundant trunk group (RTG) LAG load sharing algorithm—bridged or routed (unicast or multicast) traffic: IP: SIP, Dynamic Internet Protocol (DIP), TCP/UDP source port, TCP/UDP destination port Layer 2 and non-IP: MAC SA, MAC DA, Ethertype, VLAN ID, source port FCoE packet: Source ID (SID), destination ID (DID), originator exchange ID (OXID), source port |
| Layer 3 Features (IPv4) |
Static routing Routing policy Routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MBGP) Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol Virtual router Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) |
| Multicast Features |
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP): v1, v2, v3 IGMP snooping: v1, v2, v3 IGMP filter PIM-SM Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) |
| Security and Filters |
Secure interface login and password RADIUS TACACS+ Ingress and egress filters: Allow and deny, port filters, VLAN filters, and routed filters, including management port filters Filter actions: Logging, system logging, reject, mirror to an interface, counters, assign forwarding class, permit, drop, police, mark SSH v1, v2 Static ARP support Storm control, port error deactivate, and autorecovery Control plane denial-of-service (DoS) protection Dynamic ARP inspection (DAI) Sticky MAC address DHCP snooping Filter based forwarding IP directed broadcast traffic forwarding IPv4 over GRE (encap and decap) |
| Layer 3 Features (IPv6) |
Static routing Routing protocols (RIPng, OSPF v3, IS-IS v6, BGP v6) Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP v3) IPv6 CoS (BA, MF classification and rewrite, scheduling based on TC) IPv6 over MPLS LSPs (6PE) IPv6 ping IPv6 traceroute Neighbor discovery protocol Path MTU discovery SNMP, NTP, DNS, RADIUS, TACACS+, AAA Virtual router support for IPv6 unicast |
| Quality of Service (QoS) |
L2 and L3 QoS: Classification, rewrite, queuing Rate limiting: Ingress policing: 1 rate 2 color, 2 rate 3 color Egress policing: Policer, policer mark down action Egress shaping: Per queue, per port 12 hardware queues per port (8 unicast and 4 multicast) Strict priority queuing (LLQ), smoothed deficit weighted round-robin (SDWRR), weighted random early detection (WRED), weighted tail drop 802.1p remarking L2 classification criteria: Interface, MAC address, Ethertype, 802.1p, VLAN Congestion avoidance capabilities: WRED Trust IEEE 802.1p (ingress) Remarking of bridged packets Priority-based flow control (PFC)—IEEE 802.1Qbb Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBX), DCBx FCoE, and iSCSI type, length, and value (TLVs) |
| Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) |
FCoE transit switch (FIP snooping ACL installation) Virtual fiber channel gateway FCoE session path learning FCoE session health monitoring Graceful restart for FIP snooping FC-BB-6 VN2VN snooping |
| Virtual Chassis |
40GbE and 10GbE as Virtual Chassis port Virtual Chassis Routing Engine (RE) election Virtual Chassis pre-provisioning (plug and play) Auto-LAG formation of Virtual Chassis ports Mixed Virtual Chassis support between EX4300-EX4600 (in data center only) FCoE transit across Virtual Chassis members QoS on Virtual Chassis ports Local designated forwarding Graceful RE switchover (GRES) Nonstop routing (NSR) Nonstop bridging (NSB) Monitor distributed aggregate interface Control plane protection for virtual RE |
| High Availability |
ISSU (in standalone and MC-LAG configuration) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Uplink failure detection (UFD) Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) in Virtual Chassis configuration Non-stop bridging (NSB) in Virtual Chassis configuration Non-stop routing (NSR) in Virtual Chassis configuration Non-stop software upgrade (NSSU) in Virtual Chassis configuration |
| MPLS |
VRF-Lite 2-label stack Static label-switched paths (LSPs) RSVP-based signaling of LSPs LDP-based signaling of LSPs LDP tunneling (LDP over RSVP) MPLS class of service (CoS) MPLS access control list (ACL)/policers MPLS LSR support Push, swap, pop, IP lookup IPv6 tunneling (6PE) (via IPv4 MPLS backbone) |
| Management and Analytics Platforms |
Juniper Mist Wired Assurance for Campus Junos Space Network Director for Campus Junos Space® Management |
| Device Management and Operations |
Junos Web Software (J-Web) Role-based CLI management and access CLI via console, telnet, or SSH Extended ping and traceroute Junos OS configuration rescue and rollback Image rollback SNMP v1/v2/v3 Junos XML management protocol sFlow v5 DHCP server DHCP relay on L2 VLAN & L3 interfaces (with option 82) DHCP local server support High frequency statistics collection Beacon LED for port and system |
| Automation and Orchestration |
Zero touch provisioning (ZTP) OpenStack Neutron Plug-in Puppet Chef Junos OS event, commit, and operations scripts Ability to execute scripts written in Python/TCL/Perl |
| Traffic Mirroring |
Port-based LAG port VLAN-based Filter-based Mirror to local Local/L2 remote analyzer (SPAN, RSPAN for IPv4 and IPv6 frames) Mirror to remote destinations (L2 over VLAN) Insight Technology (microburst monitoring and statistics reporting) |
| Standards Compliance |
IEEE Standards IEEE 802.1D IEEE 802.1w IEEE 802.1 IEEE 802.1Q IEEE 802.1p IEEE 802.1ad IEEE 802.3ad IEEE 802.1AB IEEE 802.3x IEEE 802.1Qbb IEEE 802.1Qaz |
| Supported RFCs |
RFC 768 UDP RFC 783 Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) RFC 791 IP RFC 792 ICMP RFC 793 TCP RFC 826 ARP RFC 854 Telnet client and server RFC 894 IP over Ethernet RFC 903 RARP RFC 906 TFTP Bootstrap RFC 951 1542 BootP RFC 1058 Routing Information Protocol RFC 1112 IGMP v1 RFC 1122 Host requirements RFC 1142 OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing Protocol RFC 1256 IPv4 ICMP Router Discovery (IRDP) RFC 1492 TACACS+ RFC 1519 Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) RFC 1587 OSPF not-so-stubby area (NSSA) Option RFC 1591 Domain Name System (DNS) RFC 1745 BGP4/IDRP for IP—OSPF Interaction RFC 1772 Application of the Border Gateway Protocol in the Internet RFC 1812 Requirements for IP Version 4 routers RFC 1997 BGP Communities Attribute RFC 2030 SNTP, Simple Network Time Protocol RFC 2068 HTTP server RFC 2131 BOOTP/DHCP relay agent and Dynamic Host RFC 2138 RADIUS Authentication RFC 2139 RADIUS Accounting RFC 2154 OSPF w/Digital Signatures (Password, MD-5) RFC 2236 IGMP v2 RFC 2267 Network ingress filtering RFC 2328 OSPF v2 (edge mode) RFC 2338 VRRP RFC 2362 PIM-SM (edge mode) RFC 2370 OSPF Opaque link-state advertisement (LSA) Option RFC 2385 Protection of BGP Sessions via the TCP Message Digest 5 (MD5) Signature Option RFC 2439 BGP Route Flap Damping RFC 2453 RIP v2 RFC 2474 Definition of the Differentiated Services Field in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers RFC 2597 Assured Forwarding PHB (per-hop behavior) Group RFC 2598 An Expedited Forwarding PHB RFC 2697 A Single Rate Three Color Marker RFC 2698 A Two Rate Three Color Marker RFC 2796 BGP Route Reflection—An Alternative to Full Mesh IBGP RFC 2918 Route Refresh Capability for BGP RFC 3065 Autonomous System Confederations for BGP RFC 3376 IGMP v3 (source-specific multicast include mode only) RFC 3392 Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4 RFC 3446 Anycast RP RFC 3569 SSM RFC 3618 MSDP RFC 3623 Graceful OSPF Restart RFC 4271 Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4) RFC 4360 BGP Extended Communities Attribute RFC 4456 BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP) RFC 4486 Subcodes for BGP Cease Notification Message RFC 4724 Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP RFC 4812 OSPF Restart Signaling RFC 4893 BGP Support for Four-octet AS Number Space RFC 5176 Dynamic Authorization Extensions to RADIUS RFC 5396 Textual Representation of Autonomous System (AS) Numbers RFC 5668 4-Octet AS Specific BGP Extended Community RFC 5880 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) |
| Supported MIBs |
RFC 1155 SMI RFC 1157 SNMPv1 RFC 1212, RFC 1213, RFC 1215 MIB-II, Ethernet-Like MIB, and TRAPs RFC 1850 OSPFv2 MIB RFC 1901 Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2 RFC 2011 SNMPv2 for Internet protocol using SMIv2 RFC 2012 SNMPv2 for transmission control protocol using SMIv2 RFC 2013 SNMPv2 for user datagram protocol using SMIv2 RFC 2233, The Interfaces Group MIB using SMIv2 RFC 2287 System Application Packages MIB RFC 2570 Introduction to Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework RFC 2571 An Architecture for describing SNMP Management Frameworks (read-only access) RFC 2572 Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMP (read-only access) RFC 2576 Coexistence between SNMP Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 RFC 2578 SNMP Structure of Management Information MIB RFC 2579 SNMP Textual Conventions for SMIv2 RFC 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2 RFC 2665 Ethernet-like interface MIB RFC 2787 VRRP MIB RFC 2790 Host Resources MIB RFC 2819 RMON MIB RFC 2863 Interface Group MIB RFC 2932 IPv4 Multicast MIB RFC 3410 Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework RFC 3411 An architecture for describing SNMP Management Frameworks RFC 3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for the SNMP RFC 3413 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (all MIBs are supported except the Proxy MIB) RFC 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of SNMPv3 RFC 3415 View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the SNMP RFC 3416 Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the SNMP RFC 3417 Transport Mappings for the SNMP RFC 3418 Management Information Base (MIB) for the SNMP RFC 3584 Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework RFC 3826 The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP User-based Security Model RFC 4188 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges RFC 4318 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol RFC 4363b Q-Bridge VLAN MIB |
| Approvals |
Safety: CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1 (2007) Information Technology Equipment—Safety UL 60950-1 (2nd Ed.) Information Technology Equipment—Safety EN 60950-1 (2005) Information Technology Equipment—Safety IEC 60950-1 (2005) Information Technology Equipment—Safety (All country deviations): CB Scheme report. EN 60825-1 +A1+A2 (1994) Safety of Laser Products—Part 1: Equipment Classification GR-63-Core (2006) Network Equipment, Building Systems (NEBS) Physical Protection GR-1089-Core (2006) EMC and Electrical Safety for Network Telecommunications Equipment SR-3580 (1995) NEBS Criteria Levels (Level 3) EMC: FCC 47CFR, Part 15 Class A (2009) USA Radiated Emissions EN 55022 Class A (2006)+ A1 2007 European Radiated Emissions VCCI Class A (2007) Japanese Radiated Emissions BSMI CNS 13438 and NCC C6357 Taiwan Radiated Emissions AS/NZS CISPR22:2009 |
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