This post will look at the various juniper hardware platforms and summarise on each. The information presented is taken directly from the juniper product-services page. As there are comparisions of each platform this post will be table heavy.
- EX Switches
- QFX Switches
- MX Routers
- PTX Routers
- ACX Routers
- CTP Routers
- T4000 Routers
- SRX series firewalls
The EX series of swithces are junipers widest and most varied range. They cover from the lowest end fixed access switches to core aggregation chassis based switches.
| Hardware Model |
EX2200-24p |
EX2200-48p |
EX2200-C |
| Form Factor |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
| Resilency |
no seconday psu |
no seconday psu |
no seconday psu |
| System Throughput |
56 Gbps |
104 Gbps |
28 Gbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
42 Mpps (wire speed) |
77 Mpps (wire speed) |
21 Mpps |
| Addition PIC slots |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Ipv4 Unicast/Mcast |
6500/1000 |
6500/1000 |
6500/1000 |
| Ipv6 unicast/Mcast routes |
n/a |
n/a |
2048 / 1024 |
| VLAN count |
1,024 |
1,024 |
1,024 |
| ARP Entries |
2000 |
2,000 |
2,000 |
| Hardware Model |
EX2300-24p |
EX2300-48p |
EX2300M-24p |
EX2300M-48p |
EX2300-C |
| Form Factor |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
1 Node (4 VC Members) |
| Resilency |
no seconday psu |
no seconday psu |
no seconday psu |
no seconday psu |
no seconday psu |
| System Throughput |
128 Gbps |
176 Gbps |
208 Gbps |
264 Gbps |
64Gbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
95 Mpps (ws) |
130 Mpps (ws) |
154 Mpps (ws) |
196 Mpps (ws) |
47 Mpps |
| Addition PIC Slots |
n/a |
n/a |
4x 10GBASE-X |
6x 10GBASE-X |
n/a |
| Ipv4 Unicast/Mcast Routes |
4096 / 2048 |
4096 / 2048 |
4096 / 2048 |
4096 / 2048 |
4096 / 2048 |
| Ipv6 unicast/Mcast Routes |
2048 / 1024 |
2048 / 1024 |
2048 / 1024 |
2048 / 1024 |
2048 / 1024 |
| VLAN count |
4093 |
4093 |
4093 |
4093 |
4093 |
| ARP Entries |
1500 |
1500 |
5000 |
5000 |
1500 |
| Hardware Model |
EX3300-24p |
EX3300-48p |
EX3400-24P |
EX3400-48P |
| Form Factor |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
| Resilency |
n/a |
n/a |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
| System Throughput |
128 Gbps |
176 Gbps |
288 Gbps |
336 Gbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
95 Mpps (ws) |
130 Mpps (ws) |
214 Mpps (ws) |
250 Mpps (ws) |
| Additional PIC slots |
n/a |
n/a |
2x QSFP+ |
2x QSFP+ |
| Ipv4 Unicast/Mcast Routes |
8000/4000 |
8000/4000 |
36,000/4,000 |
36,000/4,000 |
| Ipv6 unicast/Mcast routes |
N/A |
N/A |
18,000/2,000 |
18,000/2,000 |
| VLAN count |
4096 |
4096 |
4093 |
4093 |
| ARP Entries |
4000 |
4000 |
16000 |
16000 |
| Hardware Model |
EX4200-24P |
EX4200-48P |
EX4300-24P |
EX4300-48P |
EX4300-32P |
| Form Factor |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
| Resilency |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
| System Throughput |
88 Gbps |
136 Gbps |
448 Gbps |
496 Gbps |
464 Gbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
65 Mpps (wire speed) |
101 Mpps (wire speed) |
333 Mpps (wire speed) |
369 Mpps (wire speed) |
345 Mpps (wire speed) |
| Addition PIC slots |
1 uplink module (built-in) |
1 uplink module (slot) |
1 uplink module (slot) |
1 uplink module (slot) |
1 uplink module (slot) |
| Ipv4 Unicast/Mcast Routes |
16,000/8000 |
16,000/8000 |
32,000/8000 |
32,000/8000 |
32,000/8000 |
| Ipv6 unicast/Mcast routes |
4000/2000 |
4000/2000 |
18,000/4000 |
18,000/4000 |
18,000/4000 |
| VLAN count |
4096 |
4096 |
4093 |
4093 |
4093 |
| ARP Entries |
16000 |
16000 |
64000 |
64000 |
64000 |
| Hardware Model |
EX4300M |
EX4550 |
EX4600 |
EX4650 |
| Form Factor |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node (10 VC) |
1 node |
| Resilency |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
redundanct replaceable PSU |
| System Throughput |
n/a? |
960 Gbps (full duplex) |
960 Gbps |
2 Tbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
n/a? |
714 Mpps |
1.07 Bpps |
1.59 Bpps |
| Addition PIC slots |
1 uplink module (built in) |
2 modules slots |
2 modules slots |
1 uplink module (built in) |
| Ipv4 Unicast/Mcast Routes |
n/a? |
14,000* / 4000 |
128,000/104,000 |
360,000/104,000 |
| Ipv6 unicast/Mcast routes |
n/a? |
3400* / 1000 |
64,000/52,000 |
256,000/52,000 |
| VLAN count |
4093 |
4096 |
4096 |
4093 |
| ARP Entries |
64000 |
8000 |
48000 |
48000 |
| Hardware Model |
EX9204 |
EX9208 |
EX9214 |
EX9251 |
EX9253 |
| Form Factor |
4 Slot modular Chassis |
8 Slot modular Chassis |
16 Slot modular Chassis |
1 node |
2 slot modular chassis |
| Resilency |
4 psu bays |
4 psu bays |
4 psu bays |
Dual psu bays |
6 psu bays |
| System Throughput |
240 Gbps per slot |
240 Gbps per slot |
240 Gbps per slot |
800 Gbps |
4.8 Tbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
Up to 240 Gbps |
Up to 240 Gbps |
Up to 240 Gbps |
400 Gbps |
2.4 Tbps |
| Addition PIC slots |
45/28/48 4qs line cards |
45/28/48 4qs line cards |
45/28/48 4qs line cards |
n/a |
n/a |
| Ipv4 Unicast/Mcast Routes |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
| Ipv6 unicast/Mcast routes |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
| VLAN count |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
32000 |
| ARP Entries |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
512,000 |
512,000 |
Overview of QFX Switch Series:
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The QFX series was launched in 2013 and is targeted at data center networks. The platform uses the Broadcom Trident II chipset which is regarded as a low latency chip, however it is not the lowest. A paid for study (By Mellanox) showed that the Mellanox SX performaed the Trident II on the latency front, in addition to this the more recent AMD tomahawk is touted a having lower port-to-port latency.
QFX supports various control plane stacking technologies. Virtual Chassis (VC) is also found on the EX platform but QFX adds, Virtual Chassis Fabric and QFabric.
| Hardware Model |
QFX5100-48S |
QFX5100-48T |
QFX5100-24Q |
QFX5100-24Q-AA |
QFX5100-96S |
| Form Factor |
Single node |
Single node |
Single node |
Single node |
Single node |
| System Throughput |
1.44 Tbps |
1.44 Tbps |
2.56 Tbps |
2.56 Tbps |
2.56 Tbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
1.08 Bpps |
1.08 Bpps |
1.44 Bpps |
1.44 Bpps |
1.44 Bpps |
| Addition PIC slots |
6 40GbE (built in) |
6 40GbE (built in) |
2 expansion slots for 4 x 40 |
2 expansion slots for 4 x 40 or 1 double-wide slot for FPGA-based module |
8 40GbE |
| Ipv4 Unicast Routes |
144,000 |
144,000 |
144,000 |
144,000 |
144,000 |
| Ipv6 unicast routes |
104,000 |
104,000 |
104,000 |
104,000 |
104,000 |
| VLAN count |
4,096 |
4,096 |
4,096 |
4,096 |
4,096 |
| ARP Entries |
48,000 |
48,000 |
48,000 |
48,000 |
48,000 |
| Hardware Model |
QFX5110-48S |
QFX5110-32Q |
QFX5200 |
| Form Factor |
Single node |
Single node |
Single node |
| System Throughput |
1.76 Tbps |
2.56 Tbps |
Up to 3.2 Tbps |
| Data Rate (pps) |
1.32 Bpps |
1.44 Bpps |
Up to 2.4 Bpps |
| Addition PIC slots |
4 40GbE; 4 100GbE (built in?) |
104 10GbE (with breakout cable); 32 40GbE; 20 40GbE with 4 100GbE? |
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| Ipv4 Unicast Routes |
144,000 |
144,000 |
104,000 |
| Ipv6 unicast routes |
104,000 |
104,000 |
98,000 |
| VLAN count |
4,096 |
4,096 |
4,096 |
| ARP Entries |
48,000 |
48,000 |
32,000 |
| Hardware Model |
QFX10002-36Q |
QFX10002-72Q |
QFX10008 |
QFX100016 |
| Form Factor |
single node |
single node |
Modular – 8 nodes |
Modular – 16 nodes |
| System Throughput |
2.88 Tbps |
5.76 Tbps |
48 Tbps (6 Tbps/slot) |
96 Tbps (6 Tbps/slot) |
| Data Rate (pps) |
Up to 2 Bpps |
Up to 1 Bpps |
Up to 16 Bpps |
Up to 32 Bpps |
| Ipv4 Unicast Routes |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
| Ipv6 unicast routes |
128,000 |
128,000 |
128,000 |
128,000 |
| VLAN count |
16,000 |
16,000 |
16,000 |
16,000 |
| ARP Entries |
144,000 |
256,000 |
256,000 |
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TBD