Juniper Networks EX3400-24P
24-port PoE+ Ethernet Switch with 4 SFP+ and 2 QSFP+ Uplink Ports

Architecture and Key Components:

Junos Fusion Enterprise Technology

Junos Fusion Enterprise technology provides automated network configuration and simplifies scalability for medium to large enterprise networks. Using Juniper Networks EX9200 programmable switches as aggregation devices and switches as satellite nodes, Junos Fusion Enterprise technology can be deployed across a building (or multiple buildings) to connect large numbers of switches in a fabric that can be managed as a single device.

With Junos Fusion technology, enterprises can reduce network complexity and operational costs by collapsing underlying network elements into a single logical point of control from Junos OSbased Juniper routing and switching platforms. It is designed for customers who need to cost-effectively deploy numerous switch ports throughout their enterprise campus network and manage them all from a central device. The EX3400 switches can be easily added to a Junos Fusion Enterprise architecture with a simple software upgrade, offering full investment protection.

In Junos Fusion Enterprise deployments, satellite devices are not required to be individually connected to aggregation devices. Up to 10 satellite devices can be interconnected via standard 10GbE/40GbE interfaces to form a “cluster,” which in turn can be connected to the aggregation device(s) over a pair of fiber uplinks. Satellite devices or clusters can also be dual-homed or single- homed to the aggregation devices.

In Junos Fusion Enterprise deployments, satellite devices forward all traffic to the aggregation device, enabling network administrators to monitor and manage the entire enterprise campus building from a single device. Features such as PoE/PoE+, LLDP-MED, and 802.1x are also supported in Junos Fusion Enterprise architectures to help meet enterprise campus requirements.

EX3400 Junos Fusion Enterprise deployment

Simplified Management and Operations

Junos Fusion Enterprise technology dramatically simplifies EX3400 management by enabling a large number of the switches to be managed from a single interface when deployed as satellite devices. With features such as plug-and-play deployment and rolling software upgrades, Junos Fusion Enterprise eliminates the need to individually manage every access switch in the enterprise environment, leading to lower operational costs and overall lower TCO.

Virtual Chassis technology simplifies network management for smaller deployments. Up to 10 interconnected EX3400 switches can be managed as a single device utilizing a single Junos OS image and a single configuration file, reducing the overall number of units to monitor and manage. When the Junos OS is upgraded on the master switch in an EX3400 Virtual Chassis configuration, the software is automatically upgraded on all other member switches at the same time.

In addition, a feature called system snapshot makes a copy of all software files used to run the switch, including the Junos operating system, the active configuration, and the rescue configuration. These copies can be used to reboot the switch the next time it is powered up or as a backup boot option. The Junos OS software can also be preinstalled on a flash drive and used to boot the EX3400 at any time.

Another feature, called automatic software download, enables network administrators to easily upgrade the EX3400 using the DHCP message exchange process to download and install software packages. Users simply configure the automatic software download feature on EX3400 switches acting as DHCP clients and establish a path to the server where the software package file is installed. The server then communicates the path to the software package file through DHCP server messages.

A zero touch provisioning (ZTP) feature allows a DHCP server to push configuration details and software images to multiple switches at boot-up time.

Three system management options are available for the EX3400 line. The standard Junos OS CLI management interface offers the same granular capabilities and scripting parameters found in any router powered by the Junos operating system. The EX3400 also includes the integrated J-Web interface, an embedded Webbased device manager that allows users to configure, monitor, troubleshoot, and perform system maintenance on individual switches via a browser-based graphical interface.

Juniper Networks Junos Space Network Director software can be used to manage the EX3400, both as a standalone device and as satellite devices in a Junos Fusion Enterprise deployment.

Finally, EX3400 fault, configuration, and performance data can also be exported to leading third-party management systems such as HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli, and Computer Associates Unicenter software, providing a complete, consolidated view of network operations.

Virtual Chassis Technology:

The EX3400 supports Juniper Networks Virtual Chassis technology, allowing up to 10 switches to be interconnected over uplink ports and managed as a single logical device, delivering a scalable, payas-you-grow solution for expanding network environments.

When deployed in a Virtual Chassis configuration, the EX3400 switches elect a primary and backup switch based on a set of criteria or preconfigured policies. The master switch automatically creates and updates the switching and optional routing tables on all switches in the Virtual Chassis configuration. Virtual Chassis technology allows switches to be added or removed without service disruption. An EX3400 Virtual Chassis configuration operates as a highly resilient unified system, providing simplified management using a single IP address, single telnet session, single command-line interface (CLI), automatic version checking, and automatic configuration. The EX3400 switches are also capable of local switching, so that packets coming into a port destined for another port on the same switch do not have to traverse the Virtual Chassis, increasing the forwarding capacity of the switch.

The EX3400 implements the same slot/module/port numbering schema as other Juniper Networks chassis-based products when numbering Virtual Chassis ports, providing true chassis-like operations. By using a consistent operating system and a single configuration file, all switches in a Virtual Chassis configuration are treated as a single device, simplifying overall system maintenance and management.

The two QSFP+ ports on the EX3400 switch can be configured as Virtual Chassis ports or as uplinks to aggregation devices.

EX3400 Virtual Chassis deployments

Features and Benefits:

Power

The EX3400 supports the 802.3af Class 3 Power over Ethernet (PoE) and 802.3at PoE+ standards for supporting networked devices such as telephones, video cameras, IEEE 802.11ac WLAN access points, and videophones in converged networks. While EX3400 switches ship with a single power supply by default, they can support redundant 600W or 920W power supplies that provide PoE (15.4W) or PoE+ (30W) power to all ports in the switch. Spare power supplies can be ordered as needed.

There are two PoE power mode settings on the EX3400 switches:

• Static mode allows customers to specify the maximum PoE power setting on an individual port.
• Class mode allows end devices to specify PoE class and negotiate whether the switch can provide PoE power to the device.

The EX3400 also supports the industry-standard Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP-Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED), which enable the switches to automatically discover Ethernet-enabled devices, determine their power requirements, and assign virtual LAN (VLAN) parameters. LLDPMED-based granular PoE management allows the EX3400 to negotiate PoE usage down to a fraction of a watt on powered devices, enabling more efficient PoE utilization across the switch.

The EX3400 supports the IEEE 802.3az standard for Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) functionality, reducing power consumption of copper physical layers during periods of low link utilization.

In addition, the EX3400 supports rich quality-of-service (QoS) functionality for prioritizing data, voice, and video traffic. The switches support 12 QoS queues (8 unicast and 4 multicast) on every port, enabling them to maintain multilevel, end-to-end traffic prioritization. The EX3400 also supports a wide range of scheduling options, such as priority and shaped-deficit weighted round-robin (SDWRR) scheduling.

Security

The EX3400 switches fully interoperate with Juniper Networks Access Policy Infrastructure, which consolidates all aspects of a user's identity, device, and location, enabling administrators to enforce access control and security down to the individual port or user levels. Working as an enforcement point in the Access Policy Infrastructure, the EX3400 provides both standardsbased 802.1X port-level access control and Layer 2-4 policy enforcement based on user identity, location, device, or a combination of these. A user's identity, device type, machine posture check, and location can be used to not only grant or deny access but also to determine the duration of access. If access is granted, the switch assigns the user to a specific VLAN based on authorization levels. The switch can also apply QoS policies or mirror user traffic to a central location for logging, monitoring, or threat detection by an intrusion prevention system (IPS).

The EX3400 also provides a full complement of port security features, including Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping, dynamic ARP inspection (DAI), and media access control (MAC) limiting to defend against internal and external spoofing, man-in-the-middle, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

MACsec

EX3400 switches support IEEE 802.1ae MACsec, providing support for link-layer data confidentiality, data integrity, and data origin authentication. The MACsec feature enables the EX3400 to support 88 Gbps of near line-rate hardware-based traffic encryption on all GbE and 10GbE ports.

Defined by IEEE 802.1AE, MACsec provides secure, encrypted communication at the link layer that is capable of identifying and preventing threats from DoS and intrusion attacks, as well as man-in-the-middle, masquerading, passive wiretapping, and playback attacks launched from behind the firewall. When MACsec is deployed on switch ports, all traffic is encrypted on the wire but traffic inside the switch is not. This allows the switch to apply all network policies such as QoS, deep packet inspection, and sFlow to each packet without compromising the security of packets on the wire.

Hop-by-hop encryption enables MACsec to secure communications while maintaining network intelligence. In addition, Ethernet-based WAN networks can use MACsec to provide link security over long-haul connections. MACsec is transparent to Layer 3 and higher-layer protocols and is not limited to IP traffic-it works with any type of wired or wireless traffic carried over Ethernet links.

Junos Operating System

The EX3400 switches run the same Junos OS that is used by other Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches, QFX Series Switches, Juniper Routers, Juniper SRX Firewalls, and the Juniper NFX Series Network Services Platform. By utilizing a common operating system, Juniper delivers a consistent implementation and operation of control plane features across all products. To maintain that consistency, Junos OS adheres to a highly disciplined development process that uses a single source code and employs a highly available modular architecture that prevents isolated failures from bringing an entire system down.

These attributes are fundamental to the core value of the software, enabling all Junos OS-powered products to be updated simultaneously with the same software release. All features are fully regression tested, making each new release a true superset of the previous version. Customers can deploy the software with complete confidence that all existing capabilities are maintained and operate in the same way.

Converged Environments

The EX3400 switches provide a flexible solution for demanding converged data, voice, and video environments. The EX3400- 24P and EX3400-48P support PoE+, delivering up to 30 watts of power per port to support networked devices such as telephones, video cameras, IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN (WLAN) access points, and videophones. The PoE+ standard provides nearly double the 15.4 watts per port available with the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard.

High Availability

The EX3400 line of Ethernet switches is designed to support many of the same failover capabilities and high availability (HA) functionality as other Juniper EX access switches with Virtual Chassis technology. Each EX3400 switch is capable of functioning as a Routing Engine (RE) when deployed in a Virtual Chassis configuration. When two or more EX3400 switches are interconnected in a Virtual Chassis configuration, all member switches share a single control plane. Junos OS automatically initiates an election process to assign a primary (active) and backup (hot-standby) Routing Engine. An integrated Layer 2 and Layer 3 graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) feature maintains uninterrupted access to applications, services, and IP communications in the unlikely event of a master Routing Engine failure.

When more than two switches are interconnected in a Virtual Chassis configuration, the remaining switch elements act as line cards and are available to take on the backup Routing Engine position should the designated master fail. Master, backup, and line card priority status can be assigned by the network operations team to dictate the order of ascension. This N+1 Routing Engine redundancy-coupled with GRES, the nonstop routing (NSR), and, in the future, the nonstop bridging (NSB) capabilities of Junos OS-ensures a smooth transfer of control plane functions following unexpected failures.

The EX3400 also supports the following HA features:

• Redundant trunk group-To avoid the complexities of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) without sacrificing network resiliency, the EX3400 employs redundant trunk groups to provide the necessary port redundancy and simplify switch configuration.
• Cross-member link aggregation-Cross-member link aggregation allows redundant link aggregation connections between devices in a single Virtual Chassis configuration, providing an additional level of reliability and availability.
• Nonstop bridging (NSB) and nonstop active routing (NSR)-NSB and NSR on the EX3400 switch ensure control plane protocols, states, and tables are synchronized between master and backup REs to prevent protocol flaps or convergence issues following a Routing Engine failover. • Nonstop software upgrade (NSSU)-With NSSU, all members of an EX3400 Virtual Chassis configuration can be upgraded with a single command. Mission-critical traffic can be configured as a link aggregate across multiple Virtual Chassis switch members, ensuring minimal disruption during the upgrade process.

Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty

The EX3400 includes an enhanced limited lifetime hardware warranty that provides return-to-factory switch replacement for as long as the original purchaser owns the product. The warranty includes lifetime software updates, advanced shipping of spares within one business day, and 24x7 Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center (JTAC) support for 90 days after the purchase date. Power supplies and fan trays are covered for a period of five years.

Junos Space:

Juniper also offers a comprehensive suite of network management tools that provide a smart, simple, and open approach for automating the deployment and operation of a Juniper infrastructure.

These tools are based on a single network application platform called Juniper Networks Junos Space, an open, programmable application platform for hosting network infrastructure and operational applications across the entire management life cycle of the network. Explicitly designed to allow partners and customers to build and deploy smart, simple, and easy-touse applications, Junos Space provides multiple management and infrastructure applications for managing Juniper resources and assets, including inventory management, device and interface configuration, automated software management and deployment, and event-driven fault management. These platform applications are embedded within the core product, allowing users to control any part of their environment when used in conjunction with multiple add-on applications. Junos Space supports a full portfolio of applications for automating network infrastructure and operations covering the campus LAN and data center network environments.

Designed to automate the configuration, visualization, monitoring, and administration of large switch and router networks, these Junos Space applications offer predefined automation schemes and best practice templates to enable rapid and accurate deployments. When managing a group of EX2300 switches, the Junos Space platform and associated applications provide network-level management across all Juniper Networks switches from a single console.

Network Director can manage the EX3400 as standalone switches as well as satellite devices in a Junos Fusion Enterprise fabric.

Specifications:

Additional Feature Specifications:

*Each switch comes with RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial port adapter, 19'' rack mount kit and connector retainer. Each system also ships with a power cord for the country for which it is shipped.

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Documentation:

Download the Juniper Networks EX3400 Series Data Sheet (PDF).