QFX3008-I QFabric Interconnect0 pages
DATASHEET
QFX3008-I QFabric
Interconnect
Product Overview
The Juniper Networks QFabric System
is composed of three separate
but integrated components—the
QFX3500/QFX3600 QFabric Nodes,
the QFX3600-I/QFX3008-I QFabric
Interconnect, and the QFX3100
QFabric Director. These components
work together to create a single, highperformance QFabric architecture
for the next generation cloud-ready
data center. The QFX3008-I provides
the high-speed transport that serves
as the backplane of the QFabric
System, enabling the data center
network to operate and be managed
as a single, logical device that lowers
capital, management, and operational
expenses.
Product Description
Juniper Networks® QFX3008-I QFabric™ Interconnect acts as the backplane of Juniper
Networks QFX3000-G QFabric System, connecting all QFabric Node edge devices in a flat,
any-to-any topology.
Each QFX3008-I QFabric Interconnect chassis provides full redundancy with dual control
boards, eight fabric modules, and redundant power supply modules. Featuring a switching
capacity of 10.24 Tbps, the QFX3008-I Interconnect offers eight I/O slots for hosting 16port 40 Gbps modules, providing data plane connectivity for the Nodes. Each QFabric Node
connects to the Interconnect via two or four 40 Gbps interfaces operating over standard
OM4 multimode fiber optics. Similar to the fabric inside a chassis-based switch, there are
no connections between the Interconnect chassis in the data center; the Interconnect only
provides transport between Node devices. Four fully populated Interconnect systems can
scale the QFabric architecture to 6,000 customer-facing ports, with an aggregate capacity
of 40 Tbps.
The QFX3008-I runs the same Juniper Networks Junos® operating system as other Juniper
Networks switches, routers, and security devices. All provisioning and management is
conducted via the Juniper Networks QFX3100 QFabric Director.
QFabric Architecture
QFabric technology represents the “1” in Juniper’s 3-2-1 architecture, dramatically reducing
complexity in the data center by delivering any-to-any connectivity while lowering
capital, management, and operational expenses. Juniper Networks QFabric architecture
helps organizations realize the full benefit of their investments in server consolidation,
virtualization, service-oriented architecture (SOA), distributed application architectures,
and other technologies. The high-performance, non-blocking, and lossless QFabric
architecture delivers much lower latency than traditional network architectures—crucial
for the high-speed communications that define the modern data center. Rather than
fragment network and server capacity like traditional data center networks, QFabric
technology implements a single, flexible architecture that enables organizations to
achieve cloud-like efficiencies and create a more agile environment.
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