Juniper EX4500 Series User manual

EX4500 Switch Hardware Guide

Modified: 2017-07-05

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

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

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

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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About the Documentation

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Documentation and Release Notes on page xvii

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Supported Platforms on page xvii

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Documentation Conventions on page xvii

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Documentation Feedback on page xix

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Requesting Technical Support on page xx

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Documentation Conventions

Table 1 on page xviii defines notice icons used in this guide.

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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Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions (continued)

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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