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What is the Juniper QFX5200 Series Switch and what are its key benefits?
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The Juniper QFX5200 Series Switch is a high-performance, low-latency data center switch offering flexible 10/25/100/400GbE port options, Junos OS automation, and EVPN-VXLAN support for scalable leaf-and-spine architectures.
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Which port speeds and densities are available on the QFX5200 Series?
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The QFX5200 Series supports up to 32×400GbE, 64×100GbE, 128×25GbE, or 256×10GbE ports in a compact 1U form factor, delivering industry-leading density for data center deployments.
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How does the QFX5200 Series improve data center performance?
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By combining cut-through architecture with ASIC-based forwarding, the QFX5200 delivers sub-microsecond latency, wire-speed throughput, and consistent performance at high port densities.
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What data center use cases are ideal for the QFX5200 Series?
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The QFX5200 excels as a leaf or spine switch in cloud, container, and HPC environments, supporting high-density east-west traffic, microservices, and multi-tenant virtualization.
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What software features does Junos OS provide on the QFX5200?
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Junos OS on QFX5200 offers unified management, zero-touch provisioning, automation with APIs (NETCONF, gRPC, PyEZ), advanced telemetry, and a modular, secure software architecture.
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How does the QFX5200 enable leaf-and-spine network architectures?
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With EVPN-VXLAN, MLAG, and BGP-EVPN control plane support, the QFX5200 provides scalable, loop-free, high-availability leaf-and-spine fabric for modern data centers.
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What virtualization and automation capabilities does the QFX5200 support?
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The QFX5200 supports EVPN-VXLAN overlays, SR-TE, container firewalls, and programmable interfaces for Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and native Juniper automation frameworks.
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How does the QFX5200 deliver low latency and high throughput?
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Leveraging Juniper’s Trio ASIC with cut-through switching delivers deterministic sub-microsecond latency and up to 51.2 Tbps of non-blocking throughput per device.
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What power and cooling options are offered on the QFX5200 Series?
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The QFX5200 features redundant, hot-swappable PSU and fan trays, supports front-to-back or back-to-front airflow, and offers AC or DC power supplies to match data center designs.
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How scalable is the QFX5200 Series for future growth?
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With flexible optics, modular traffic profiles, and EVPN-VXLAN fabric expansion, you can scale port count, speed, and virtualization layers without forklift upgrades.
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Can the QFX5200 support EVPN-VXLAN overlays?
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Yes, the QFX5200 fully supports EVPN-VXLAN as both leaf and spine, enabling multi-tenant segmentation, seamless VM mobility, and simplified east-west traffic routing.
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What management and monitoring tools integrate with QFX5200?
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The QFX5200 integrates with Juniper’s Junos Telemetry Interface, Junos Space, Contrail, AppFormix, and third-party tools via open APIs for real-time analytics and lifecycle management.
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How does the QFX5200 ensure high availability and redundancy?
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High availability is achieved through MLAG, active-active fabric roles, redundant power and fans, non-stop software upgrades, and stateful In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU).
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What security features are built into the QFX5200 Series?
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QFX5200 offers MACsec encryption, dynamic ACLs, DDoS protection, role-based access control, secure boot, and Junos OS kernel integrity checks for end-to-end data center security.
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How does Juniper support and warranty the QFX5200 Series?
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Juniper provides a 90-day software warranty, one-year hardware warranty, with options for Enhanced Care, Advanced Care, and Software Advantage to ensure rapid remediation and updates.
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What deployment considerations should be made for cloud environments?
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Plan for VXLAN overlay addressing, BGP-EVPN control plane, spine uplink oversubscription, power/cooling capacity, and integration with orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes or OpenStack.
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How does the QFX5200 compare to earlier QFX Series switches?
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Compared to prior QFX models, the QFX5200 offers higher port densities, native 400GbE support, improved latency, enhanced telemetry, and deeper automation integration for modern fabrics.
