Juniper QFX5100 User manual

QFX5100 Switch Hardware Guide

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Modified: 2016-12-16

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Table of Contents

About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Documentation and Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Requesting Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Self-Help Online Tools and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Opening a Case with JTAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

QFX5100 Device Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

QFX5100 Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

QFX5100 Device Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Field-Replaceable Units in a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Understanding Hardware Redundancy of QFX5100 Device Components and

Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Supported Environments for QFX Series Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Management Panel of a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Port Panel of a QFX5100-24Q Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

QFabric Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Channelizing Interfaces (Non-QFabric) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Virtual Chassis and Virtual Chassis Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Port Panel of a QFX5100-24Q-AA Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Port Panel of a QFX5100-48S Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Port Panel of a QFX5100-48T Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Port Panel of a QFX5100-96S Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Switch Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Channelizing Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Virtual Chassis and Virtual Chassis Fabric Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Expansion Modules for QFX5100 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

EX4600-EM-8F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

QFX-EM-4Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

QFX-PFA-4Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cooling System and Airflow in a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fan Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Do Not Install Components with Different Airflow or Wattage in the

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Fan Module Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

AC Power Supply for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

DC Power Supply in a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Grounding Cable and Lug Specifications for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 5 Viewing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chassis Status LEDs on a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Management Port LEDs on a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Access Port and Uplink Port LEDs on a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Fan Module LED on a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

AC Power Supply LEDs on a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

DC Power Supply LEDs on a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Site Preparation Checklist for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

General Site Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Site Electrical Wiring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Environmental Requirements and Specifications for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . 70

Chassis Physical Specifications for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Planning a Virtual Chassis Fabric Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Rack Requirements for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Cabinet Requirements for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for a QFX5100

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 7 Power Specifications and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

AC Power Specifications for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

AC Power Cord Specifications for a QFX Series Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

DC Power Specifications for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Chapter 8 Port and Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

USB Port Specifications for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Console Port Connector Pinouts for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Management Port Connector Pinouts for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Interface Support for the QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Interface Specifications for SFP, SFP+, and QSFP+ Transceivers for the QFX

Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Interface Specifications for SFP+ DAC Cables for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Interface Specifications for SFP+ and QSFP+ Active Optical Cables for the

QFX5100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

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Interface Specifications for QSFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Breakout Cables for

the QFX5100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Interface Specifications for QSFP+ DAC Breakout Cables for the QFX Series . . . 135

Interface Specifications for QSFP+ DAC Cables for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . 140

Chapter 9 Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Cable Specifications for QSFP+ and QSFP28 Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Cable Specifications for Console and Management Connections for the QFX

Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Understanding QFX Series Fiber-Optic Cable Signal Loss, Attenuation, and

Dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Signal Loss in Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cables . . . . . . . . . . 150

Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Calculating the Fiber-Optic Cable Power Budget for a QFX Series Device . . . . . . 151

Calculating the Fiber-Optic Cable Power Margin for a QFX Series Device . . . . . . 152

Copper Cable Specifications for QFX5100-48T Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 10 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Unpacking a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Chapter 11 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Installing and Connecting a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Mounting a QFX5100 Device in a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Before You Begin Rack Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Four-Post Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Two -Post Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Virtual Chassis Fabric Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Chapter 12 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Connecting Earth Ground to a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Connecting AC Power to a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Connecting DC Power to a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Chapter 13 Connecting the Switch to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Connecting a QFX Series Device to a Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Connecting a QFX5100 Device to a Network for Out-of-Band Management . . . 180

Connecting QFX Series and EX Series Switches in a QFX Virtual Chassis . . . . . . 181

Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Valid Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Cabling QFX3500 Switches in a QFX Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Cabling QFX3600 Switches in a QFX Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Cabling a Mixed QFX Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Connecting a QFX5100 Device in a Virtual Chassis Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Chapter 14 Performing Initial Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Configuring a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Part 4 Installing, Maintaining, and Replacing Components

Chapter 15 Removing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Powering Off a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Removing a QFX5100 Device from a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Chapter 16 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Installing a Fan Module in a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Removing a Fan Module from a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Chapter 17 Replacing Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Installing and Removing QFX5100 Device Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Installing a Power Supply in a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Removing a Power Supply from a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Chapter 18 Replacing Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Installing an Expansion Module in a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Removing an Expansion Module from a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Chapter 19 Replacing Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Removing a Transceiver from a QFX Series Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Installing a Transceiver in a QFX Series Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Chapter 20 Maintaining and Replacing Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Disconnecting a Fiber-Optic Cable from a QFX Series Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Connecting a Fiber-Optic Cable to a QFX Series Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Maintaining Fiber-Optic Cables in a QFX Series Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Chapter 21 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Returning a QFX5100 Device or Component for Repair or Replacement . . . . . . 223

Locating the Serial Number on a QFX5100 Device or Component . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Listing the Chassis and Component Details Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Locating the Chassis Serial Number ID Label on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . 225

Locating the Serial Number ID Labels on FRU Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Packing a QFX5100 Device or Component for Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Packing a QFX5100 Switch for Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Packing QFX5100 Switch Components for Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Contacting Customer Support to Obtain a Return Materials Authorization for a

QFX Series Device or Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Part 5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 22 Alarm Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Understanding Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Interface Alarm Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Chapter 23 Restoring Junos OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Creating an Emergency Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Performing a Recovery Installation Using an Emergency Boot Device . . . . . . . . . 237

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Chapter 24 Safety and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

General Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Definitions of Safety Warning Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Qualified Personnel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Warning Statement for Norway and Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Fire Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Fire Safety Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Radiation and Laser Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Radiation from Open Port Apertures Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings for the QFX Series . . . . . . . 245

Class 1M Laser Product Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Class 1M Laser Radiation Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Unterminated Fiber-Optic Cable Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Installation and Maintenance Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Installation Instructions Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Chassis Lifting Guidelines for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Restricted Access Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Ramp Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Rack-Mounting and Cabinet-Mounting Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Grounded Equipment Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Maintenance and Operational Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . 256

Battery Handling Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Jewelry Removal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Lightning Activity Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Operating Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Product Disposal Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Power and Electrical Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

General Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Prevention of Electrostatic Discharge Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

AC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

AC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

DC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines for Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

DC Power Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

DC Power Grounding Requirements and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

DC Power Wiring Sequence Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

DC Power Wiring Terminations Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Multiple Power Supplies Disconnection Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

TN Power Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Action to Take After an Electrical Accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Chapter 25 Agency Approvals and Compliance Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Agency Approvals for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Compliance Statements for EMC Requirements for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . 276

Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

European Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

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United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Nonregulatory Environmental Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

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Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 1: QFX5100-48S Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Figure 2: QFX5100-48T Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 3: QFX5100-24Q Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Figure 4: QFX-EM-4Q Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Figure 5: EX4600-EM-8F Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Figure 6: QFX5100-24Q-AA Port Panel with QFX-PFA-4Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Figure 7: QFX-PFA-4Q Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Figure 8: QFX5100-96S Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 9: QFX5100 Switch, FRU End 1 U Product SKUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 10: QFX5100-96S, FRU End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 11: Management Panel Components on 1 U QFX5100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 12: Management Panel Components on the QFX5100-96S . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 13: QFX5100-24Q Device Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 14: LEDs on the QSFP+ Uplink Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Figure 15: Port Panel of a QFX5100-24Q-AA Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 16: QFX5100-48S Switch Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 17: QFX5100-48T Switch Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Figure 18: QFX5100-96S Switch Port Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 19: EX4600-EM-8F Faceplate and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 20: QFX-EM-4Q Faceplate and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 21: QFX-PFA-4Q Faceplate and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 22: 1 U Fan Module Used in QFX5100 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 23: 2 U Fan Module Used in QFX5100-96S Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 24: Air In Airflow Through 1 U QFX5100 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 25: Air In Airflow Through 2 U QFX5100 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 26: Air Out Airflow Through 1 U QFX5100 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 27: Air Out Airflow Through 2 U QFX5100 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 28: 1 U AC Power Supply in QFX5100 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 29: 2 U AC Power Supply in a QFX5100-96S Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 30: Power Supply Handle Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Figure 31: DC Power Supply in QFX5100 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 32: DC Power Supply for QFX5100-96S Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 33: DC Power Supply Faceplate in QFX5100 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 5 Viewing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 34: Chassis Status LEDs on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 35: Management Port LEDs on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 36: Fan Module LED in a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 37: AC Power Supply LEDs on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 38: DC Power Supply Faceplate on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 39: Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for

a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chapter 8 Port and Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Figure 40: Port Panel QFX5100-96S Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 41: Port Panel QFX5100-48S Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 42: Port Panel QFX5100-48T Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 43: Port Panel QFX5100-24Q Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Figure 44: Port Panel QFX5100-24Q-AA Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Figure 45: Port Panel QFX5100-24Q-AA Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 11 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Figure 46: Attaching Mounting Rails to the QFX5100-24Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Figure 47: Attaching Mounting Rails to the QFX5100-48S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Figure 48: Attaching Mounting Rails to the QFX5100-96S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure 49: Attach 1 U Switch to Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Figure 50: Slide Mounting Rail onto the QFX5100-96S Rear Mounting Blade . . 163

Figure 51: Slide Mounting Blade into 1 U Mounting Rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure 52: Attaching a Two-Post Mounting Bracket to QFX5100-96S . . . . . . . . . 164

Figure 53: Mounting the Switch on Two Posts in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Chapter 12 Connecting the Switch to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Figure 54: Connecting a Grounding Cable to a 1 U QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Figure 55: Connecting a Grounding Cable to the 2 U QFX5100-96S Device . . . . . 171

Figure56: Connecting an AC Power Cord to anACPower Supply in a 1 U QFX5100

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Figure57:Connecting an ACPower Cordtoan AC Power Supply in a2 UQFX5100

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Figure 58: DC Power Supply Faceplate for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Figure 59: Securing Ring Lugs to the Terminals on the QFX5100 DC Power

Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Chapter 13 Connecting the Switch to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Figure 60: Connecting the QFX Series to a Management Console Through a

Console Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Figure 61: Connecting the QFX Series Directly to a Management Console . . . . . 180

Figure 62: Connecting a QFX5100 Switch to a Network for Out-of-Band

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Figure 63: QFX3500 Using the 40G Ports as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Figure 64: QFX3500 Using the 10G Ports as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Figure 65: QFX3600 Using the 40G Ports as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure 66: QFX3500 and QFX3600 Mixed Using the 40G Ports as the VCPs . . . 185

Figure 67: QFX3500 and QFX3600 Mixed Using Both 40G Ports and 10G Ports

as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Figure 68: QFX5100 Master Connecting QFX3600 and QFX3500 Using 40G

Ports as VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Figure 69: Two Spine Virtual Chassis Fabric with Six Leaf Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Part 4 Installing, Maintaining, and Replacing Components

Chapter 16 Replacing Cooling System Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Figure 70: Installing a Fan Module in a 1 U QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Figure 71: Installing a Fan Module in a 2 U QFX5100-96S Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Figure 72: Removing a Fan Module from a 1 U QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Figure 73: Removing a Fan Module from a 2 U QFX5100-96S Device . . . . . . . . . 200

Chapter 17 Replacing Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Figure 74: Installing a Power Supply in a 1 U QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Figure 75: Installing a Power Supply in a QFX5100-96S Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Figure 76: Removing a Power Supply from a 1 U QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Figure 77: Removing a Power Supply from a QFX5100-96S Device . . . . . . . . . . 205

Chapter 18 Replacing Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Figure 78: QFX-EM-4Q Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Figure 79: EX4600-EM-8S Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Figure 80: QFX-PFA-4Q Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Figure 81: Installing a QFX-EM-4Q Expansion Module in a QFX5100-24Q

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Figure 82: Installing a QFX-PFA-4Q Expansion Module in a QFX5100-24Q-AA

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Figure 83: Removing a QFX-EM-4Q Expansion Module from a QFX5100-24Q

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Figure84: Removinga QFX-PFA-4Q Expansion Module from a QFX5100-24Q-AA

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Chapter 19 Replacing Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Figure 85: Installing an SFP Transceiver in the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Figure 86: Installing a QSFP+ Transceiver in the QFX Series—Vertical

Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Figure 87: Installing a QSFP+ Transceiver in the QFX Series—Horizontal

Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Figure 88: Installing a QSFP+ Transceiver in a QFX5100-48T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Figure 89: Installing a QSFP28 Transceiver in a QFX10002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Chapter 21 Contacting Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or

Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Figure 90: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on a QFX5100-96S Switch . . 225

Figure 91: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on a QFX5100-48S Switch . . 225

Figure 92: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on a QFX5100-48T Switch . . 226

List of Figures

Figure 93: Location of the Serial Number ID Label on a QFX5100-24Q Switch . . 226

Part 5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 24 Safety and Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Figure 94: Placing a Component into an Antistatic Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

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About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Table 1: Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Part 1 Overview

Chapter 1 System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 3: QFX5100 Switch Product Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 4: FRUs in a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Table 5: Supported QFX and EX Series Switches Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2 Chassis Components and Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Table 6: Port LEDs on a QFX5100-24Q Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 7: EX4600-EM-8F Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 8: Expansion Module Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Table 9: QFX-PFA-4Q Status and FPGA LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 3 Cooling System and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table 10: Fan Modules in QFX5100 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table 11: Fan Module LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Chapter 4 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Table 12: Airflow Direction in QFX5100 AC Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Chapter 5 Viewing System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Table 13: Chassis Status LEDs on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Table 14: Management Port LEDs on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Table 15: QFX5100 Access Port and Uplink LED Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Table 16: Network Port LEDs on SFP+ Ports on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Table 17: Network Port LEDs on QSFP+ Ports on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . 60

Table 18: Fan Tray LED in a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 19: AC Power Supply LEDs on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Table 20: DC Power Supply LEDs on a QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications

Chapter 6 Preparation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 21: Site Preparation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 22: Site Electrical Wiring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Table 23: QFX5100 Switch Environmental Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Table 24: Physical Specifications for the QFX5100 Switch Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Table 25: Deployment Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Table 26: Rack Requirements for the QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Table 27: Cabinet Requirements for the QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 7 Power Specifications and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table 28: AC Power Specifications for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table 29: AC Power Cord Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table 30: DC Power Specifications for a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chapter 8 Port and Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Table 31: Console Port Connector Pinouts for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Table 32: RJ-45 Management Port Connector Pinouts for the QFX Series . . . . . . 85

Table 33: Supported Optical Transceivers for the QFX5100 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Table 34: Supported DAC and DAC Breakout Cables for the QFX5100 . . . . . . . . . 90

Table 35: Supported 10-Gigabit AOC on QFX5100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Table 36: Supported 40-Gigabit AOC and AOC Breakout on QFX5100 . . . . . . . . 93

Table 37: Copper Interface Support and Optical Interface Support for

Gigabit Ethernet SFP Transceivers for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Table 38: Optical Interface Support for 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ Transceivers

for the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Table 39: Interface Support for 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ Transceivers for the

QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Table 40: Third-Party SFP+ DAC Cable Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Table 41: SFP+ Passive Direct Attach Copper Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Table 42: SFP+ Active Direct Attach Copper Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Table 43: SFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Table 44: QSFP+ to QSFP+ Active Optical Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Table 45: QSFP+ to SFP+ Active Optical Breakout Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Table 46: Third-Party QSFP+ DAC Breakout Cable Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Table 47: QSFP+ DAC Passive Breakout Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Table 48: QSFP+ Active DAC Breakout Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Table 49: Third-Party QSFP+ DAC Cable Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Table 50: Interface Specifications for Passive Copper QSFP+ DAC Cables . . . . . 142

Table 51: Interface Specifications for Active Copper QSFP+ DAC Cables . . . . . . 144

Chapter 9 Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Table 52: QSFP+ MPO Cable Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Table 53: QSFP+ MPO Fiber-Optic Crossover Cable Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Table 54: Cable Specifications for Console and Management Connections for

the QFX Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Table 55: Estimated Values for Factors Causing Link Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Table 56: Cable Specification for 10GBASE-T Network Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration

Chapter 10 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Table 57: Inventory of Components Supplied with a QFX5100 Device . . . . . . . . 158

Part 5 Troubleshooting

Chapter 22 Alarm Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Table 58: Alarm Terms and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

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Italic text like this

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community name members [

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[edit]

routing-options {

static {

route default {

nexthop address;

retain;

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