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The Juniper Networks 8-port small form-factor pluggable transceiver (SFP) XPIM provides high-density Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for the Juniper Networks SRX550 and SRX650 Services Gateway products, increasing flexibility and operational ease.

Product Overview

QFX5110 access and aggregation switches deliver low latency, rich Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, VXLAN overlay deployments, and 100GbE uplinks, making it the industry's most nimble line of switches.

Featuring L3 gateway capabilities for bridging between virtualized and bare-metal servers, the QFX5110 is designed for extremely agile data centers that demand support for overlay/ underlay network architectures. The high-density 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE ports also make the QFX5110 ideally suited for use in spine and leaf topologies.

Product Description

Data centers are rapidly adopting cloud services, whether completely off-premise models or hybrid models with critical services offered through on-premise private clouds. The tremendous growth of off-premise cloud services, coupled with the widespread adoption of overlay technologies, has created a need for highly agile switching platforms that can satisfy the demands of these evolving data centers.

The high-performance Juniper Networks® QFX5110 line of Ethernet switches fit the bill, providing the foundation for dynamic data centers. As a critical enabler for IT transformation, the data center network supports cloud and SDN adoption, network virtualization, integrated/scale-out storage, and the rapid deployment and delivery of mission-critical applications that significantly increase east-west traffic within the data center. Furthermore, increasing demand for 100GbE spine ports is driving the need for 100GbE uplinks for all server access speeds, including 10GbE and 40GbE. The QFX5110 includes 100GbE uplinks, enabling it to support a diverse set of switching architectures, including fabric, Layer 3, and spine-and-leaf deployments, enabling users to easily adapt as requirements change over time.

Architecture and Key Components

The QFX5110 switches include 10GbE (fiber) and 40GbE or 100GbE fixedconfiguration options with rich Layer 2, Layer 3, and MPLS features. The QFX5110 switches run the same reliable, high-performance Juniper Networks Junos® operating system that is used by the Juniper Networks QFX5100 family of products, EX Series Ethernet Switches, Juniper Networks routers, and Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways, ensuring a consistent implementation and operation of control plane features across the entire Juniper infrastructure.

QFX5110 Switch Models

The QFX5110 switches are compact, 1 U platforms that provide wire-speed packet performance, very low latency, and a rich set of Junos OS features. In addition to a high-throughput Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE), the performance of the QFX5110 control plane is further enhanced with a powerful 1.8 GHz quad-core Intel CPU with 16 GB of memory and 64 GB SSD storage.

Two QFX5110 switch models are available:

• QFX5110-48S-A 10GbE/100GbE data center access switch, the QFX5110- 48S offers 48 small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) transceiver ports and four QSFP28 ports that can be configured as 4x40GbE or 4x100GbE ports, with an aggregate throughput of 1.76 Tbps or 1.32 Bpps per switch. For added flexibility, each QSFP28 port can also be configured as 4x10GbE ports using breakout cables, increasing the total number of supported 10GbE ports to 64 per switch.

Juniper Networks® SRX300 line of services gateways delivers a next-generation networking and security solution that supports the changing needs of cloud-enabled enterprise networks. Whether rolling out new services and applications across locations, connecting to the cloud, or trying to achieve operational efficiency, the SRX300 line helps organizations realize their business objectives while providing scalable, easy to manage, secure connectivity and advanced threat mitigation capabilities. Next-generation firewall and unified threat management (UTM) capabilities also make it easier to detect and proactively mitigate threats to improve the user and application experience.

The SRX300 line consists of four models:

SRX300: Securing small branch or retail offices, the SRX300 Services Gateway consolidates security, routing, switching, and WAN connectivity in a small desktop device. The SRX300 supports up to 1 Gbps firewall and 300 Mbps IPsec VPN in a single, consolidated, cost-effective networking and security platform.

SRX320: Securely connecting small distributed enterprise branch offices, the SRX320 Services Gateway consolidates security, routing, switching, and WAN connectivity in a small desktop device. The SRX320 supports up to 1 Gbps firewall and 300 Mbps IPsec VPN in a single, consolidated, cost-effective networking and security platform.

SRX340: Securely connecting midsize distributed enterprise branch offices, the SRX340 Services Gateway consolidates security, routing, switching, and WAN connectivity in a 1 U form factor. The SRX340 supports up to 3 Gbps firewall and 600 Mbps IPsec VPN in a single, consolidated, cost-effective networking and security platform.

SRX345: Best suited for midsize to large distributed enterprise branch offices, the SRX345 Services Gateway consolidates security, routing, switching, and WAN connectivity in a 1 U form factor. The SRX345 supports up to 5 Gbps firewall and 800 Mbps IPsec VPN in a single, consolidated, cost-effective networking and security platform.