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The Juniper QFX10008 is an 8-slot 13U modular core and spine chassis switch engineered for large enterprise datacenters and cloud providers. Accommodating eight line card slots, six switch fabric modules, and dual redundant routing engines, the QFX10008 delivers up to 48 Tbps of system switching capacity. Powered by custom Q5 ASICs with deep buffers, the chassis supports dense 10GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE, and 400GbE line cards, providing long-term investment protection and zero-loss packet forwarding.

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Specifications

Brandjuniper
FamilyQFX Series
Form factormodular chassis
ReleasedJun 2015
Slots8 payload line card slots, 6 switch fabric modules, 2 redundant routing engines
Height13U modular rack enclosure with front-to-back cooling
System capacityUp to 48 Tbps switching capacity / 16 Bpps throughput
BufferingDeep packet buffering per port to eliminate drops during high-volume bursts
Line cardsInterchangeable line cards supporting 10G, 40G, 100G, and 400G interfaces

Works together

How the juniper QFX Series QFX10008 connects to servers, storage and the network: 4 ways, with the parts and products on each path.

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over EthernetFile storage (NFS and SMB)Hyperconverged clusterGPU cluster fabric

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet

Keep the speed the same at all three points: a 25GbE server, a 25GbE switch port and a 25GbE array port. Mixed speeds work but the slowest link sets the pace.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet: how it fits together

File storage (NFS and SMB)

Front-end ports face the clients; back-end ports (on scale-out systems) connect the nodes to each other and need their own switch pair.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

File storage (NFS and SMB): how it fits together

Hyperconverged cluster

Plan at least two 25GbE ports per node to two switches; all-NVMe clusters often move to 100GbE.

HCI nodes

Adapters for the server

Optics

Hyperconverged cluster: how it fits together

GPU cluster fabric

InfiniBand adapters and switches must match the generation: HDR is 200Gb, NDR is 400Gb. VPI adapters such as ConnectX-6 and ConnectX-7 can run either InfiniBand or Ethernet.

Servers

GPUs

Adapters for the server

GPU cluster fabric: how it fits together

Plan and size it

Check compatibility with Juniper

Before you buy, confirm the exact configuration against the vendor's own lists: firmware levels, operating systems, adapters and optics that Juniper has tested with the juniper QFX Series QFX10008.

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FAQ

Are line cards shared between the QFX10008 and PTX10008?

Certain optical and routing line cards can be shared across the flexible modular chassis families.

How many 100GbE ports does a fully loaded QFX10008 support?

With 30-port 100GbE line cards in all eight slots, it supports up to 240 wire-speed 100GbE ports.

Buying or selling QFX10008?

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