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EX4500 Switch Hardware Guide
Modified: 2017-07-05
Copyright © 2017, Juniper Networks, Inc.
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EX4500 Switch Hardware Guide
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Table of Contents
About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Documentation and Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Supported Platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Requesting Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Self-Help Online Tools and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Opening a Case with JTAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Part 1 Overview
Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
EX4500 Switches Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
EX4500 Switches First View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Intraconnect Module and Virtual Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Uplink Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EX4500 Switch Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Identifying EX4500 Switch Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
EX4500 Switch Hardware and CLI Terminology Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chassis Physical Specifications for EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Field-Replaceable Units in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Front Panel of an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rear Panel of an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LCD Panel in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
LCD Panel Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
LCD Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Uplink Modules in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Intraconnect Module in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Virtual Chassis Module in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chassis Status LEDs in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Management Port LEDs in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Network Port and Uplink Module Port LEDs in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cooling System and Airflow in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Fan Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Airfow Direction in EX4500 Switch Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Front-to-Back Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Back-to-Front Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
AC Power Supply in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
AC Power Supply LEDs in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
DC Power Supply in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
DC Power Supply LEDs in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 5 Viewing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dashboard for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Graphical Chassis Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
System Information Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Health Status Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Capacity Utilization Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Alarms Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
File System Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chassis Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications
Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Site Preparation Checklist for EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Environmental Requirements and Specifications for EX Series Switches . . . . . . 68
General Site Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Site Electrical Wiring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chassis Physical Specifications for EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Rack Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cabinet Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for EX4500
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 7 Power Specifications and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
AC Power Supply Specifications for EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
AC Power Cord Specifications for an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
DC Power Specifications for EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Grounding Cable and Lug Specifications for EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Calculating the EX Series Switch Fiber-Optic Cable Power Budget . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Calculating the EX Series Switch Fiber-Optic Cable Power Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 8 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Pluggable Transceivers Supported on EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Pluggable Transceivers Supported on EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Standards Supported by These Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Management Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Understanding EX Series Switches Fiber-Optic Cable Signal Loss, Attenuation,
and Dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Signal Loss in Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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Chapter 9 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Console Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
USB Port Specifications for an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
RJ-45 Management Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
RJ-45 Port, QSFP+ Port, SFP+ Port, and SFP Port Connector Pinout
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
RJ-45 to DB-9 Serial Port Adapter Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Virtual Chassis Ports Connector Pinout Information for EX4500 Switches . . . . 109
Chapter 10 Planning the Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Understanding EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550 Virtual Chassis Hardware
Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Ports Used to Interconnect Virtual Chassis Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Number of Switches, Required Software Releases, and Member Roles That
You Configure in the Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Virtual Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Switch Role and Member ID on the LCD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Planning EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550 Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration
Chapter 11 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Unpacking an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parts Inventory (Packing List) for an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Registering Products—Mandatory for Validating SLAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 12 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Installing and Connecting an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Mounting an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Mounting an EX4500 Switch on Two Posts in a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Mounting an EX4500 Switch on Four Posts in a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Mounting an EX4500 Switch in a Recessed Position in a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . 132
Installing and Removing EX4500 Switch Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Chapter 13 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Connecting Earth Ground to an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Parts and Tools Required for Connecting an EX Series Switch to Earth
Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Special Instructions to Follow Before Connecting Earth Ground to a
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Connecting Earth Ground to an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Connecting AC Power to an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Connecting DC Power to an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Chapter 14 Connecting the Switch to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Connecting a Device to a Network for Out-of-Band Management . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Connecting a Device to a Management Console by Using an RJ-45
Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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Chapter 15 Performing Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
EX4500 Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Connecting and Configuring an EX Series Switch (CLI Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Connecting and Configuring an EX Series Switch (J-Web Procedure) . . . . . . . . . 162
Configuring the LCD Panel on EX Series Switches (CLI Procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Disabling or Enabling Menus and Menu Options on the LCD Panel . . . . . . . 166
Configuring a Custom Display Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Part 4 Installing, Maintaining, and Replacing Components
Chapter 16 Removing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Powering Off an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Removing an EX4500 Switch from a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Chapter 17 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Installing a Fan Tray in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Removing a Fan Tray from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Chapter 18 Replacing Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Replacing Redundant AC Power Supplies in an EX4500 Switch Without
Disrupting Switch Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Replacing the Power Supply in the Top Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Replacing the Power Supply in the Bottom Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Installing an AC Power Supply in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Removing an AC Power Supply from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Installing a DC Power Supply in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Removing a DC Power Supply from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Chapter 19 Replacing Uplink Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Installing an Uplink Module in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Removing an Uplink Module from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Chapter 20 Replacing Interconnect Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Installing an Intraconnect Module in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Removing an Intraconnect Module from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Chapter 21 Replacing Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Installing a Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Removing a Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Chapter 22 Maintaining and Replacing Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Disconnecting a Fiber-Optic Cable from a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Maintaining Fiber-Optic Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Chapter 23 Replacing Virtual Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Installing a Virtual Chassis Module in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Removing a Virtual Chassis Module from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Chapter 24 Maintaining and Replacing Virtual Chassis Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Connecting a Virtual Chassis Cable to an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Disconnecting a Virtual Chassis Cable from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
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Chapter 25 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Returning an EX4500 Switch or Component for Repair or Replacement . . . . . . 223
Locating the Serial Number on an EX4500 Switch or Component . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Listing the Switch and Components Details with the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Locating the Chassis Serial Number ID Label on an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . 225
Locating the Serial Number ID Labels on FRUs in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . 225
Contacting Customer Support to Obtain Return Material Authorization . . . . . . . 227
Packing an EX4500 Switch or Component for Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Packing an EX4500 Switch for Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Packing EX4500 Switch Components for Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Part 5 Troubleshooting
Chapter 26 Troubleshooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Troubleshooting the Boot Process on EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Chapter 27 Alarms and Syslog Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Understanding Alarm Types and Severity Levels on EX Series Switches . . . . . . 235
Chassis Component Alarm Conditions on EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Checking Active Alarms with the J-Web Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Monitoring System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Part 6 Safety and Compliance Information
Chapter 28 General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Definitions of Safety Warning Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Qualified Personnel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Warning Statement for Norway and Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Chapter 29 Fire Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Fire Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Chapter 30 Installation Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Installation Instructions Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Chassis Lifting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Restricted Access Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Ramp Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Rack-Mounting and Cabinet-Mounting Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Grounded Equipment Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Chapter 31 Radiation and Laser Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
General Laser Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Class 1 Laser Product Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Class 1 LED Product Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Laser Beam Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Radiation from Open Port Apertures Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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Chapter 32 Maintenance and Operational Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Maintenance and Operational Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Battery Handling Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Jewelry Removal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Lightning Activity Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Operating Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Product Disposal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Chapter 33 Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
General Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Action to Take After an Electrical Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Prevention of Electrostatic Discharge Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
AC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
AC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
DC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines for Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
DC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
DC Power Grounding Requirements and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
DC Power Wiring Sequence Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
DC Power Wiring Terminations Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Multiple Power Supplies Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
TN Power Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Chapter 34 Agency Approvals and Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Agency Approvals for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Compliance Statements for EMC Requirements for EX Series Switches . . . . . . 296
Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
European Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
FCC Part 15 Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Nonregulatory Environmental Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Compliance Statements for Acoustic Noise for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . 300
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Part 1 Overview
Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1: EX4500 Switch Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 2: EX4500 Switch Rear with Intraconnect Module Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 3: EX4500 Switch Rear with Virtual Chassis Module Installed . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 4: EX4500 Switch Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 5: Label Identifying EX4500 Switches that Support DCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 6: EX4500 Switch Rear Panel with an Intraconnect Module Installed . . . . 19
Figure 7: EX4500 Switch Rear Panel with a Virtual Chassis Module Installed . . . . 19
Figure 8: LCD Panel in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 9: Uplink Module Slots in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 10: SFP+ Uplink Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 11: Intraconnect Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 12: Virtual Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 13: Virtual Chassis Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 14: Chassis Status LEDs in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 15: LEDs on the Management Port on an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 16: Network Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 17: Uplink Module Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 18: Fan Tray Used in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 19: Front-to-Back Airflow Through the EX4500 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 20: Back-to-Front Airflow Through the EX4500 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 21: AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 22: Power Cord Retainer for an AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 23: AC Power Supply LEDs in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 24: DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 25: DC Power Supply LED in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications
Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 26: Front-to-Back Airflow Through the EX4500-40F-FB Switch
Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 27: Back-to-Front Airflow Through the EX4500-40F-BF Switch
Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Figure 28: Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for
an EX4500 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 8 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 29: SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . 91
Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration
Chapter 12 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 30: Attaching the Mounting Bracket Along the Front of the Switch . . . . . . 127
Figure 31: Mounting the Switch on Two Posts in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Figure 32: Attaching the Front-Mounting Bracket to the Switch Chassis . . . . . . . 130
Figure 33: Mounting the Switch on the Front Posts in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Figure 34: Sliding the Rear Mounting-Blades to the Rear of a Four-Post Rack . . . 131
Chapter 13 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Figure 35: Connecting the Grounding Lug to a Switch Mounted on Four Posts of
a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Figure 36: Connecting a Grounding Cable to an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Figure 37: Power Cord Retainer in an AC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 38: Connecting the Power Supply Cord to an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 39: Remove Plastic Cover from Terminal Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Figure 40: Connecting the Power Supply Cables to an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . 146
Figure 41: Install Plastic Cover on Terminal Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 14 Connecting the Switch to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Figure 42: RJ-45 Connector on an Ethernet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Figure 43: Connecting a Device to a Network for Out-of-Band Management . . . 150
Figure 44: RJ-45 Connector on an Ethernet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Figure 45: Connecting a Device to a Management Console Through a Console
Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Figure 46: Connecting a Device Directly to a Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Figure 47: Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to an Optical Transceiver Installed in
a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Chapter 15 Performing Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Figure 48: LCD Panel in an EX3200, EX4200, EX4500, EX4550, or EX8200
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Figure 49: LCD Panel in an EX4300 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Part 4 Installing, Maintaining, and Replacing Components
Chapter 17 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Figure 50: Installing a Fan Tray in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Figure 51: Removing a Fan Tray from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Chapter 18 Replacing Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Figure 52: Verify Green Power Supply LEDs for Normal Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Figure 53: Removing an AC Power Supply from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Figure 54: Sliding a Replacement Power Supply into the EX4500 Switch . . . . . 182
Figure 55: Connecting the Replacement Power Supply Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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Figure 56: Installing a Power Supply in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Figure 57: Removing a Power Supply from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Figure 58: Installing a DC Power Supply in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Figure 59: Removing a DC Power Supply from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Chapter 19 Replacing Uplink Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Figure 60: Uplink Module Slots in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Figure 61: Installing an Uplink Module in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Figure 62: Removing an Uplink Module from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Chapter 20 Replacing Interconnect Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Figure 63: Installing an Intraconnect Module in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Figure 64: Removing an Intraconnect Module from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 21 Replacing Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Figure 65: Installing a Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Figure 66: Removing an SFP, SFP+, XFP, or a QSFP+ Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Chapter 22 Maintaining and Replacing Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Figure 67: Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to an Optical Transceiver Installed in
a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Chapter 23 Replacing Virtual Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Figure 68: Installing the Virtual Chassis Module in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . 215
Figure 69: Removing the Virtual Chassis Module from an EX4500 Switch . . . . . 218
Chapter 24 Maintaining and Replacing Virtual Chassis Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Figure 70: Connecting a Virtual Chassis Cable to a Dedicated VCP on a Virtual
Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Figure 71: Disconnecting a Virtual Chassis Cable from a Dedicated VCP on a
Virtual Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Chapter 25 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or
Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Figure 72: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . 225
Figure 73: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on an AC Power Supply Used
in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Figure 74: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on the Fan Tray Used in an
EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Figure 75: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on the Virtual Chassis Module
Used in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Part 6 Safety and Compliance Information
Chapter 33 Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Figure 76: Placing a Component into an Antistatic Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
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About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Table 1: Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Part 1 Overview
Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 3: EX4500 Switch Models, Components, and Supported Junos OS
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 4: CLI Equivalents of Terms Used in Documentation for EX4500
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 5: Physical Specifications of the EX4500 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 6: LCD Panel Menu Options in EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 7: Uplink Module Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 8: Intraconnect Module Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 9: Virtual Chassis Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 10: Chassis Status LEDs in an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 11: Link/Activity LED on the Management Port on an EX4500 Switch . . . . . 31
Table 12: Status LED on the Management Port on an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 13: Link/Activity LED on Network Ports and Uplink Module Ports in EX4500
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 14: Status LED on Network Ports and Uplink Module Ports in EX4500
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 15: Airflow Direction in EX4500 Switch Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 16: Power Supply LED on EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Table 17: DC Power Supply LED on EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 5 Viewing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Table 18: Details of a Virtual Chassis Member Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Table 19: Status of a Member Switch in a Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 20: System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 21: Health Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 22: Capacity Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 23: Chassis Viewer for EX2200 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 24: Chassis Viewer for EX2200-C Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 25: Chassis Viewer for EX3200, EX3300, and EX4200 Switches . . . . . . . . 53
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Table 26: Chassis Viewer for EX4300 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Table 27: Chassis Viewer for EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Table 28: Chassis Viewer for EX4550 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Table 29: Chassis Viewer for EX4600 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 30: Chassis Viewer for EX6210 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Table 31: Chassis Viewer for EX8208 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 32: Chassis Viewer for EX8216 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 33: Chassis Viewer for XRE200 External Routing Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications
Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 34: Site Preparation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 35: EX Series Switch Environmental Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 36: Site Electrical Wiring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Table 37: Physical Specifications of the EX4500 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Table 38: Rack Requirements and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Table 39: Cabinet Requirements and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 7 Power Specifications and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 40: AC Power Supply Specifications for an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 41: AC Power Cord Specifications for an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Table 42: Power Specifications for the DC Power Supply Used in an EX4500
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table 43: Estimated Values for Factors Causing Link Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 8 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Table 44: Software Support for SFP+ Passive Direct Attach Copper Cables for
EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Table 45: SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 46: Specifications of Cables to Connect to Management Devices . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 9 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Table 47: Console Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Table 48: RJ-45 Management Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Table 49: 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Network Port Connector Pinout
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Table 50: SFP Network Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Table 51: SFP+ Network Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Table 52: QSFP+ Network Port Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Table 53: RJ-45 to DB-9 Serial Port Adapter Pinout Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Table 54: Virtual Chassis Ports (VCPs) Connector Pinout Information . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter 10 Planning the Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Table 55: Number of Switches and Switch Roles for an EX4200 Virtual Chassis,
per Junos OS Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Table 56: Number of Switches and Switch Roles for an EX4500 Virtual Chassis,
per Junos OS Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Table 57: Number of Switches and Switch Roles for an EX4550 Virtual Chassis,
per Junos OS Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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Table 58: Number of Switches and Switch Roles for a Mixed EX4200, EX4500,
and EX4550 Virtual Chassis, per Junos OS Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Table 59: Virtual Chassis Components to Consider When Planning an EX4200,
EX4500, and EX4550 Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Table 60: Cabling Requirements for a Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration
Chapter 11 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Table 61: Inventory of Components Provided with an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . 122
Chapter 13 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Table 62: Parts and Tools Required for Connecting an EX Series Switch to Earth
Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Table 63: Special Instructions to Follow Before Connecting Earth Ground to a
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Part 5 Troubleshooting
Chapter 27 Alarms and Syslog Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Table 64: Alarm Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Table 65: Chassis Component Alarm Conditions on EX4500 Switches . . . . . . . 237
Table 66: Summary of Key Alarm Output Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Table 67: Filtering System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Table 68: Viewing System Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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Table 1: Notice Icons
DescriptionMeaningIcon
Indicates important features or instructions.Informational note
Indicates a situation that might result in loss of data or hardware damage.Caution
Alerts you to the risk of personal injury or death.Warning
Alerts you to the risk of personal injury from a laser.Laser warning
Indicates helpful information.Tip
Alerts you to a recommended use or implementation.Best practice
Table 2 on page xviii defines the text and syntax conventions used in this guide.
Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions
ExamplesDescriptionConvention
To enter configuration mode, type the
configure command:
user@host> configure
Represents text that you type.Bold text like this
user@host> show chassis alarms
No alarms currently active
Represents output that appears on the
terminal screen.
Fixed-width text like this
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A policy term is a named structure
that defines match conditions and
actions.
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Junos OS CLI User Guide
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RFC 1997, BGP Communities Attribute
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Introduces or emphasizes important
new terms.
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Identifies guide names.
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Identifies RFC and Internet draft titles.
Italic text like this
Configure the machine’s domain name:
[edit]
root@# set system domain-name
domain-name
Represents variables (options for which
you substitute a value) in commands or
configuration statements.
Italic text like this
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ExamplesDescriptionConvention
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To configure a stub area, include the
stub statement at the [edit protocols
ospf area area-id] hierarchy level.
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The console port is labeled CONSOLE.
Represents names of configuration
statements, commands, files, and
directories; configuration hierarchy levels;
or labels on routing platform
components.
Text like this
stub <default-metric metric>;Encloses optional keywords or variables.< > (angle brackets)
broadcast | multicast
(string1 | string2 | string3)
Indicates a choice between the mutually
exclusive keywords or variables on either
side of the symbol. The set of choices is
often enclosed in parentheses for clarity.
| (pipe symbol)
rsvp { # Required for dynamic MPLS onlyIndicates a comment specified on the
same line as the configuration statement
to which it applies.
# (pound sign)
community name members [
community-ids ]
Encloses a variable for which you can
substitute one or more values.
[ ] (square brackets)
[edit]
routing-options {
static {
route default {
nexthop address;
retain;
}
}
}
Identifies a level in the configuration
hierarchy.
Indention and braces ( { } )
Identifies a leaf statement at a
configuration hierarchy level.
; (semicolon)
GUI Conventions
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In the Logical Interfaces box, select
All Interfaces.
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To cancel the configuration, click
Cancel.
Represents graphical user interface (GUI)
items you click or select.
Bold text like this
In the configuration editor hierarchy,
select Protocols>Ospf.
Separates levels in a hierarchy of menu
selections.
> (bold right angle bracket)
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