Comparison between Juniper EX4300, EX4600 and EX4650 Switches
Today I am going to talk about the comparison between Juniper Access switches Juniper EX4300, EX4600 and EX4650 switches. Let’s start to talk about all these switches one by one.
About Juniper EX4300 Access Switch
Juniper EX4300 is a fixed configuration platform and can be used in the LAN network as standalone, virtual chassis, Virtual Chassis Fabric, or Junos Fusion switching architecture, satisfying a variety of high-performance campus and data center access needs.
The EX4300 can also be used in a QFX5100-based Virtual Chassis Fabric switching architecture, which permits up to 20 interconnected EX4300, QFX3500, QFX3600, and QFX5100 switches to activate as a low-latency, high-performance 1GbE/10GbE/40GbE data center fabric that is managed as a single device.
The EX4300 line features 24 and 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T models and a 32-port 100BASE-FX/1000BASE-X SFP model. On the fiber-based switches, four fixed front-panel uplink ports accommodate 1GbE or 10GbE optics for high-speed backbone or link aggregation connections.
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Fig 1.1- Juniper Network Topology
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About Juniper EX4600 Access Switch
EX4600 Ethernet Switch offers a compact, highly scalable, high-performance 10GbE solution for enterprise campus distribution deployments as well as low-density data center top-of-rack environments.
EX4600 provides deployment flexibility, high availability using unified in-service software upgrades (unified ISSU), and management simplification with support for Multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG).
The highly flexible, high-density EX4600 supports up to 40 1GbE ports, 72 10GbE ports, or 12 40GbE ports through installable modules, delivering 1.44 Tbps of Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity in a single rack unit.
About Juniper EX4650 Access Switch
Juniper EX4650 Ethernet Switch offers a compact, highly scalable, high-performance 10/25/100GbE solution for midsized to large enterprise campus distribution deployments.
EX4650 provides deployment flexibility, high availability, and management simplification with support for Ethernet VPN and Virtual Extensible LAN (EVPN/VXLAN) and Multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG).
EX4650 supports up to 48 10GbE ports, or 48 25GbE ports with 8 100GbE uplink ports, delivering 2 Tbps of Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity in a single rack unit.
Comparison between Juniper EX4300, EX4600 and EX4650 Switches
Let’s talk about the comparison between these switches. Below table shows the exact comparison between these switches with all the features.
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Fig 1.2- Comparison between Juniper EX4300, EX4600 and EX4650 Switches
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