- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Juniper Networks, Inc
- Manufacturer Website Address
- http://www.juniper.net
- Brand Name
- Juniper
- Product Series
- QFX
- Product Type
- Ethernet Switch
The QFX5120 Ethernet Switch delivers rich, low latency Layer 2/Layer 3 (L2/L3) features and advanced EVPN-VXLAN capabilities, making it an ideal data center top-of-rack and aggregation switch for enterprise multicloud deployments. Featuring L3 gateway capabilities for routing between virtualized and bare-metal servers, the QFX5120 is designed for extremely agile data centers that require support for overlay/underlay network architectures. Native 25GbE with 100GbE uplink ports on the QFX5120-48Y, 10GbE copper with 100GbE uplink ports on the QFX5120-48T, and 32 100GbE ports on the QFX5120-32C make the QFX5120 family ideal for spineand- leaf network deployments.
Product Description
Featuring L3 gateway capabilities for routing between virtualized and bare-metal servers, the high-performance Juniper Networks® QFX5120 Ethernet Switch provides the ideal foundation for dynamic data centers. Native 25GbE fiber ports on the QFX5120-48Y and 10GbE copper ports on the QFX5120-48T satisfy the growing demand for server access speeds, while high-density fixed-configuration 100GbE ports on the QFX5120-32C satisfy the need for compact, lower power devices in the spine. The QFX5120 is packed with software features that support traditional fabric designs with multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG) or evolving SDN architectures with Ethernet VPN (EVPN)/Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) on IP fabric underlays.
Architecture and Key Components
The QFX5120, which includes rich L2, L3, EVPN, and MPLS features, runs the same reliable, high-performance Junos® operating system used by all Juniper Networks QFX Series and EX Series Ethernet Switches, Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways, and Juniper Networks routers, ensuring a consistent control plane feature implementation and user experience across the entire Juniper infrastructure.
Product Options
The QFX5120 switch family includes three compact, 1 U platforms that provide wire-speed packet performance, very low latency, and a rich set of Junos OS features:
- The QFX5120-48Y is a 25GbE/100GbE data center access switch offering 48 small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) transceiver ports and eight quad SFP (QSFP28/ QSFP+) ports that can be configured as 8x40GbE or 8x100GbE ports. For added flexibility, each QSFP28 port can also be configured as 4x25GbE ports using breakout cables, while each QSFP+ port can be configured as 4x10GbE ports using breakout cables, increasing the number of supported 25GbE and 10GbE ports per switch to 80.
- The QFX5120-48T is a 10GbE/100GbE data center access switch offering 48 10GbE RJ-45 copper ports and six 100GbE/40GbE QSFP28/QSFP+ uplink ports. With dualspeed (1GbE/10GbE) capabilities on all 48 host ports and 40GbE/100GbE on the uplink ports, the QFX5120-48T can be deployed as an access switch with a combination of 48 1GbE/10GbE ports for downlink servers and storage connectivity, and six 40GbE/100GbE ports for uplinks to spine switches.
- The QFX5120-32C is a compact 100GbE data center spine switch offering 32 QSFP28 or 32 quad SFP+ (QSFP+) ports. The 100GbE ports can also be configured as 4x25GbE ports using breakout cables, enabling the QFX5120-32C to be used as a high-density 25GbE top-of-rack switch.
- Warranty
- Limited Warranty
- 1 Year
- Interfaces/Ports
- Total Number of Network Ports
- 48
- Uplink Port
- Yes
- Modular
- Yes
- Port/Expansion Slot Details
- 48 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network
- 6 x 100 Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Slot
- 1 x Network
- Media & Performance
- Media Type Supported
- Twisted Pair
- Optical Fiber
- Ethernet Technology
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- Network Technology
- 10GBase-T
- 100GBase-X
- I/O Expansions
- Expansion Slot Type
- QSFP28
- Network & Communication
- Layer Supported
- 3
- Management & Protocols
- Manageable
- Yes
- Power Description
- Power Source
- Power Supply
- Redundant Power Supply Supported
- Yes
- Power Consumption
- 450 W
- Physical Characteristics
- Compatible Rack Unit
- 1U
- Form Factor
- Rack-mountable
- Height
- 1.7"
- Width
- 17.4"
- Depth
- 20.5"
- Weight (Approximate)
- 24.25 lb
- Miscellaneous
- TAA Compliant
- Yes
- Environmentally Friendly
- Yes
- Environmental Compliance
- Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)
- Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
- China Restriction of Hazardous Substances (China RoHS)