The QFX5230 Switch offers up to 400GbE interfaces to support high-speed, high-density, spine-and-leaf IP fabrics. Prime use cases include AI data center networks with AI/ML workloads where scalability, performance, and low latency are critical.
Use Cases: Data center fabric spine, super spine (including AI data center networking), IP storage networking, and edge/data center interconnect (DCI)
Port density:
- 64 ports of QSFP56-DD 400GbE. Can use breakout for 128 × 200GbE, 256 × 100GbE, 64 × 40GbE, 256 × 25GbE, or 256 × 10GbE
Throughput: Up to 25.6 Tbps (bidirectional)
The QFX5230 Switch supports high-speed, high-density, spine-and-leaf IP fabrics. Use cases include AI data center networking deployments with AI/ML workloads where scalability, performance, and low latency are critical.
The switch offers 400GbE, 200GbE, 100GbE, 50GbE, 40GbE, 25GbE, and 10GbE connections and features such as advanced Layer2/Layer 3 capabilities and secure zero-touch provisioning. The QFX5230 enables network operators to build large, next-generation IP fabrics based on a proven, Internet-scale software suite with best-in-class automation capabilities.
Features and Benefits:
- High Throughput - Up to 25.6 Tbps of bidirectional, line-rate, low-latency switching supports data center and AI data center fabrics built on proven, scalable technology standards
- 400G Ethernet - The QFX5230 switch offers 64 x 400GbE ports with a wide range of QSFP56-DD transceiver options
- Junos OS Evolved Capabilities - The QFX5230 supports the advanced networking features of Juniper’s Junos OS Evolved operating system, such as BGP Additional Paths, RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCEv2), and multicast
- Network Automation - Intent-based automation, Terraform, Python, Puppet, Ansible, and zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) address growing network complexity in Day 0 to Day 2+ operations
- Fabric Management - Juniper Apstra intent-based networking software provides full Day 0 through Day 2+ lifecycle management capabilities for IP/EVPN fabrics with closed-loop assurance in the data center
