JUNIPER AND PARTNER CONFIDENTIAL

EX SERIES AND QFX SERIES SWITCHING PRODUCT COMPARISON MATRIX

EX2200 / 2200C EX3300 EX4300 EX4550 QFX5100
EX2200-24T/ 24P EX3300-24T/ 24P EX4300-24T/ 24P QFX5100-48S
EX4550-32T
Models EX2200-48T/ 48P EX3300-48T/ 48P EX4300-48T/ 48P / 48T-AFI QFX5100-96S
EX4550-32F
EX2200C- 12T/12P EX3300-48T-BF EX4300-32F QFX5100-24Q
Entry-level enterprise switch for: Premium enterprise switch for: Premium enterprise switch for:
Enterprise access switch for: Premium fixed 10GbE/40GbE switch for:
1. Branch/campus access 1. Campus wiring closet 1. Low density 10GbE/40GbE
Positioning / designed 1. Branch/campus wiring 1. Data center server access ToR
2. Open office installation 2. Data center server access campus aggregation
for closet 2. Data center aggregation/ spine
3. Class/ conference/ hotel room 3. Campus aggregation/ core 2. Space/power constrained
2. Data center server access (QFX5100-24Q)
deployments (EX4300-32F) aggregation/core deployments
24/48 GbE copper or PoE+ 24/48 GbE copper or PoE+ 32 GbE/ 10GbE copper 48/96 GbE/10GbE fiber
Interfaces 24/48 GbE copper or PoE+
12 GbE copper or PoE+ 32 GbE fiber 32 GbE/ 10GbE fiber 24 40 GbE fiber
16x 10GbE Copper/ 48S: 6x 40 GbE
4x GbE (EX2200)
Uplinks Fixed 4x GbE/ 10GbE Modular 4x 10GbE 16x 10GbE Fiber/ 96S: 8x 40 GbE
2x Dual-purpose (EX2200C)
4x 40GbE Fiber 24Q: 8x 40 GbE
24T/24P: 56 Gbps 24T/24P: 128 Gbps 24T/24P: 448 Gbps 48S: 1.44 Tbps
Switching capacity 48T/48P: 104 Gbps 48T/48P: 176 Gbps 48T/48P: 496Gbps 32T /32F: 320Gbps 96S: 2.56 Tbps
12T/12P: 28Gbps 32F: 464 Gbps 24Q: 2.56 Tbps
Max MAC address 16,000 16,000 64,000 32,000 288,000
IPv6 support Management only Management & routing protocols
Max IPv4/ IPv6 routes 6,500 8,000 32,000 / 18,000 14,000 / 3,400 208,000 / 104,000
Virtual Chassis member 4 10
Max VLAN IDs / VLANs 4,096 / 1,024 4,096 / 4,096
24P: 405W 24P: 405W 24P: 550W
Power budget N/A N/A
48P: 405W 48P: 740W 48P: 900W / (1440W, w/ dual P/S)
IPv4 routing Static, RIP, OSPF, PIM Static, RIP, OSPF v2, PIM, BGP v4, PIM Static, RIP, OSPF v2, BGP v4, PIM, IS-IS, MPLS
IPv6 routing Static, RIPng Static, RIPng, OSPF v3, BGP v6, VRRP v6, PIM v6
Max ACLs 1,000 1,500 3,500 1,500 4,000
Modular, redundant
No Yes
power supply & fans?
Side-to-back (EX2200)
Airflow Front-to-back & back-to-front
Fanless (EX2200C)
MACSec? No Yes No
Warranty Enhanced limited lifetime warranty
- Cisco 2960C, 3560C, 2960S, - Cisco 2960S and 2960X, - Cisco 2960XR, 3560X, 3650, - Cisco 4500X, 3750X/ 3850
- Nexus 3000, 6000, 5000
2960X, 3560v2, 3750v2 2960XR, 3560X 3750X, 3850 (Fiber models)
Competes with - Arista 7050X, Brocade 6740,
- HP2920, Brocade 6430/6430C, - HP 5120, Brocade 6450, - HP 3800, Brocade 6610, Dell - Brocade 6740, Dell N4000,
- Dell S5000, S6000, Extreme X670
Dell N2000, Extreme X440 Dell N3000, Extreme X460 N3000, Extreme, X480 Extreme X670
Long distance (up to 80KM) Virtual Chassis, Virtual Chassis with standard 1GbE, 10GbE or 40GbE optics, Stacking / Virtual Chassis included with the switch; no module to buy
Virtual Chassis high availability with non-stop routing, non-stop bridging, graceful route engine restart and non-stop software upgrade
Higher MAC & routing scale
Supports MPLS and offers architectural flexibility
Juniper advantages
Virtual Chassis Fabric (VCF)
architecture for management simplicity,
Topology independent in service
software upgrade, Analytics with Insight
Technology & VMWare NSX Gateway
ACL: Access Control List; RIP: Routing Information Protocol; OSPF: Open Shortest Path First; BGP: Border Gateway Protocol; PIM: Protocol Independent Multicast; MPLS: Multi Protocol Label Switching