Juniper QFX Series Switches
Meet the performance, scale, and flexibility demands of AI and traditional data centers with a comprehensive portfolio of switches.
A switch to fit your needs
Built for modern networks, Juniper QFX Series Switches offer exceptional throughput at scale, an extensive routing stack, and open programmability, along with EVPN-VXLAN and IP fabric support and advanced services to support AI/ML workloads. The result is a versatile switching platform for both AI and traditional data center, campus, and interconnect architectures.
Future-ready performance that scales with you
Choose from port speeds up to 1.6 Tbps and a wide range of densities to grow your network over time—without costly rip-and-replace upgrades. Flexible design options help ensure consistent performance today and reduce risk in the future, so you can expand capacity as traffic and business needs increase.
Simplified operations
Use one operating system to run your network consistently and reduce day-to-day complexity. Built-in, AI-optimized Ethernet and proven data center capabilities (EVPN, multicast, QoS, and high availability) help prevent congestion, maintain low latency, and deliver reliable, high-performance services.
Actionable visibility
Gain real-time insight into application performance with detailed telemetry for planning, tuning, and faster issue resolution. Paired with a robust API for automation, you can shorten recovery times, streamline operations, and use operational data to prevent problems before they impact services.
Easier design and deployment
Rethink data center operations and fabric management with Apstra® Data Center Director in your Juniper QFX Series environment. Automate the entire network lifecycle to simplify design and deployment and provide closed-loop assurance.
Scale with confidence. Operate with certainty.
Juniper QFX Series Switches deliver the massive bandwidth and ultra-low latency modern data centers demand. Pair them with Apstra® Data Center Director to turn raw capacity into predictable performance.
Explore the Juniper QFX Series Switches portfolio
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QFX5250
High-performance liquid-cooled Ultra Ethernet Transport ready switch, built on Broadcom Tomahawk 6 with 102.4 Tbps bandwidth delivering unmatched performance, power-efficiency, and simplified operations for next-generation AI infrastructure.
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QFX5240
QFX5240 line of 800GbE switches is a next-generation, fixed-configuration platform designed for spine, leaf, and border switch roles. The switch provides flexible, cost effective, high-density 800GbE, 400GbE, 100GbE, and 50GbE interfaces for intra-IP fabric connectivity as well as higher density 200/400GbE NIC connectivity for AI/ML use cases.
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QFX5230
High-radix class switch dedicated for high bandwidth network switching devices supporting up to 64 × 400GbE, 128 × 200GbE, 256 × 100GbE, 64 × 40GbE, 256 × 25GbE, 256 × 10GbE ports in 2 U form factor. Optimal for AI data center deployments and spine and super-spine roles within IP and EVPN-VXLAN fabrics.
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QFX5220
Optimally suited for high-speed, high-density, spine-and-leaf IP fabrics. Supporting 400GbE, 200GbE, 100GbE, 50GbE, 40GbE, 25GbE, and 10GbE connections and offering an advanced L2, L3, and MPLS feature set.
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QFX5210
Next-generation, fixed configuration spine/leaf switch offering flexible, cost-effective, high-density 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE interfaces for IP fabric networks. High port density also contributes to simplified Clos architectures, eliminating network tiers while reducing complexity and cost.
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QFX5200
Next-generation, fixed configuration leaf/access switches offering flexible, cost-effective, high-density 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, 50GbE, and 100GbE interfaces for server and intra-fabric connectivity, providing deployment versatility, investment protection, and futureproofing for today's data centers.
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QFX5130
Offers a high-density, cost-optimized 1 U 400GbE where cloud services are being added. These services require higher network bandwidth per rack, as well as flexibility, making the 10/25/40/100/400GbE interface options ideal for server and intra-fabric connectivity.
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QFX5120
Versatile routing and switching platform addressing higher server access speed and campus distribution use cases while offering high-density 1GbE/10GbE/25GbE and 100GbE uplinks for collapsed spine data center or campus distribution deployments.
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QFX5110
Nimble access and aggregation switches delivering low latency, rich Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, VXLAN overlay deployments, and 100GbE uplinks.
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QFX5700
The QFX5700 and QFX5700E Switches—which are high-density, cost-optimized, 5 U 400GbE, 8 slot fabric-less modular platforms—are ideal for data centers and campus distribution/core networks where capacity and cloud services are being added as business needs grow. These services require higher network bandwidth per rack, as well as flexibility.
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QFX10000
Line of modular Ethernet switches delivering up to 96 Tbps of system throughput, scalable to over 200 Tbps in the future, to meet the rapid and ongoing traffic growth in the data center and campus deployments.
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QFX10002
Fixed configuration switches offer ing100GbE, 40GbE, and 10GbE options in a 2 U form factor. All switches support quad small form-factor pluggable plus transceiver (QSFP+) and QSFP28 ports for 40GbE and 100GbE speeds, respectively.
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FAQs
What are the features of Juniper QFX Series Switches?
Juniper QFX Series Switches deliver high performance, scalable switching for AI and traditional data centers, with support for EVPNVXLAN and IP fabrics, a rich Layer 2/3 feature set, flexible port speeds, and consistent operations using Junos OS.
What are the benefits of Juniper QFX Series Switches?
Juniper QFX Series Switches simplify data center operations for both traditional and AI environments. They reduce network complexity, scale easily as demands grow, and deliver low latency, high bandwidth performance. Automation and lifecycle management with Apstra Data Center Director to improve reliability, efficiency, and operational consistency.
How does Juniper QFX Series Switches compare with other switches out there?
Juniper QFX Series switches combine Junos OS with Tomahawk and Trident ASICs to support all of your traditional and AI data center switching needs. Coupled with Apstra Data Center Director and Data Center Assurance, the DC solution provide fabric management, automation and assurance capabilities covering the full life cycle from design to deployment and ongoing network and application assurance.
What is the warranty policy for Juniper QFX Series Switches?
QFX switches are covered under the Juniper Product Warranty detailed here https://support.juniper.net/support/warranty/.
Can Juniper QFX Series Switches be used for data center applications?
Yes, Juniper QFX Series switches are designed specifically for data center deployments with models suited for traditional data centers as well as models that deliver the bandwidth and low latency required in AI data centers.
What networking protocols do Juniper QFX Series Switches support?
The Juniper QFX switches support a wide range of both layer 2 and 3 networking protocols including, but not limited to RSTP, BPDU, LACP, LLDP, OSPF, BGP, IGMP, and many more including support for EVPN-VXLAN fabrics. Refer to the product data sheets for specific protocols supported by each switch.
Where can I buy Juniper QFX Series Switches?
Juniper QFX Series switches are available on hpe.com as well as from various resellers.