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QFX3600 SWITCH
Product Overview
The Juniper Networks QFX3600
switch is a high-performance, low
latency, feature rich, 40GbE /10GbE
platform that delivers a fabricready edge solution for the Juniper
Networks QFabric System. Featuring
standards-based bridging, routing, and
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
capabilities in a compact 1 U form
factor, the QFX3600 is also a versatile
Layer 2 and Layer 3 standalone data
center top-of-rack switch.
Product Description
The Juniper Networks® QFX3600 Switch is the first 40GbE top-of-rack switch in the
Juniper Networks switching portfolio, providing a 40GbE/10GbE QFabric Node edge
solution for the Juniper Networks QFabric™ System. In standalone switch mode, the
QFX3600 addresses a wide range of deployment scenarios, including traditional data
centers, virtualized data centers, high-performance computing, network-attached storage,
converged server I/O, and cloud computing.
Featuring 16 quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP+) transceiver ports, the QFX3600
delivers feature rich Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity to networked devices such as rack
servers, blade servers, storage systems, and other switches in highly demanding, highperformance data center environments. When deployed with other components of the
Juniper Networks QFabric family, including the QFX3100 Director and the QFX3600-I
QFabric Interconnect (in a QFX3000-M QFabric System) or QFX3008-I QFabric
Interconnect (in a QFX3000-G QFabric System), the QFX3600 delivers a fabric-ready
QFabric Node edge solution that contributes to a high-performance, low latency, singletier data center fabric. A highly flexible device, the QFX3600 can also be deployed as part
of a Juniper Networks Virtual Chassis or Virtual Chassis Fabric configuration, or in open
fabric architectures such as MC-LAG.
For added configuration flexibility, when operating in standalone switch mode, QFX3600
ports can be used as 4x10GbE ports using QSFP+ to SFP+ direct attach copper (DAC) or
QSFP+ to SFP+ fiber splitter cables and optics. When operating as a QFabric Node in a
QFabric System, the QFX3600 becomes a 10GbE or 40GbE edge device.
Any port on the QFX3600 can be converted to a Virtual Chassis connection, enabling
users to leverage all the benefits of Juniper’s unique Virtual Chassis technology, including
high availability and simplified management and operations. When deployed as a
leaf node in Juniper’s new Virtual Chassis Fabric architecture, the QFX3600 offers
deterministic rack-to-rack throughput, high availability and a smooth transition from 1GbE
to 10/40GbE. The QFX3600 can participate in the same Virtual Chassis or Virtual Chassis
Fabric configuration with Juniper QFX3500, QFX5100 and EX4300 switches.
For converged server edge access environments, the QFX3600 is also a standards-based
FCoE transit switch, protecting investments in existing data center aggregation and Fibre
Channel storage area network (SAN) infrastructures.
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