The EX4600 line of Ethernet switches delivers data center class scale, high availability, and high performance to campus distribution deployments. The EX4600 offers fixed 10 Gpbs and modular 10 Gpbs and 40 Gbps ports, giving it the flexibility to also be implemented in data center top-of-rack and service provider aggregation deployments.
The EX4600 is onboarded, provisioned, and managed in the Juniper Mist Cloud Architecture. Mist Wired Assurance delivers better experiences for connected devices through AI-powered automation and service levels.
Featuring up to 72 wire-speed 10GbE small form-factor pluggable and pluggable plus transceiver (SFP/SFP+) ports, and up to 12 wire-speed 40GbE quad SFP+ transceiver (QSFP+) ports in a compact one rack unit (1 U) platform, the Juniper Networks EX4600 Ethernet Switch delivers 1.44 Tbps of Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity to networked devices such as secure routers, servers, and other switches. The EX4600 base switch provides 24 fixed 1GbE SFP/10GbE SFP+ ports1 and 4 fixed 40GbE QSFP+ ports, providing the flexibility to support mixed 1GbE, 10GbE and 40GbE environments. A total of four models are available: two featuring AC power supplies and front-to-back or back-to-front airflow; and two featuring DC power supplies and front-to-back or back-to-front airflow. Each model includes dual power supplies.
SKU | Configuration | Power Consumption |
EX4600-40F-AFO | l Fixed 10GbE ports with 10G-USR optics, all ports forwarding (line rate), <10 m l 4 fixed 40GbE ports with 40G-SR4 optics l 14x40GbE QIC card with 4 40G-SR4 optics l 18x10GbE QIC card with 8 10G-USR optics, all ports forwarding (line rate), <10 m l Dual power supplies | 279 W |
EX4600-40F-AFI | 285 W | |
EX4600-40F-DC-AFO | 392 W | |
EX4600-40F-DC-AFI | 320 W |
Table 1. EX4600 Ethernet Switch Specifications
Product Number | Description |
Form factor | Fixed 1 U distribution/core |
Port density | 24 x 1/10GbE and 4 QSFP+ 40GbE (expansion slots) |
Wired Assurance | Yes |
Campus Fabrics | Virtual Chassis, MC-LAG, EVPN-VXLAN |
Cloud Managed | Yes |
Dimensions (W x H x D) | 17.4 x 1.7 x 20.5 in (44.2 x 4.3 x 52.1 cm) |
Backplane speed | 960 Gbps |
Data rate | 1.44 Tbps |
Throughput | 1.07 Bpps |
Resiliency | Redundant internal load-sharing power supplies; redundant variable-speed fans |
Traffic monitoring | sFlow |
Quality-of-service (QoS) queues/port | 8 |
MAC addresses | 288,000 |
Jumbo frames | 9216 bytes |
IPv4 unicast/multicast routes | 128,000/104,000 |
IPv6 unicast/multicast routes | 64,000/52,000 |
Number of VLANs | 4096 |
ARP entries | 48,000 |
Table 1. EX4600 Ethernet Switches Ordering Information
Product Number | Description |
Switch Hardware | |
EX4600-40F-AFO | 24 SFP+/SFP ports, 4 QSFP+ ports, 2 expansion slots, redundant fans, 2 AC power supplies, 2 power cords, 4-post rack mount kit, and front to back airflow |
EX4600-40F-AFI | 24 SFP+/SFP ports, 4 QSFP+ ports, 2 expansion slots, redundant fans, 2 AC power supplies, 2 power cords, 4-post rack mount kit, and back to front airflow |
EX4600-40F-DC-AFO | 24 SFP+/SFP ports, 4 QSFP+ ports, 2 expansion slots, redundant fans, 2 DC power supplies, 2 power cords, 4-post rack mount kit, and front to back airflow |
EX4600-40F-DC-AFI | 24 SFP+/SFP ports, 4 QSFP+ ports, 2 expansion slots, redundant fans, 2 DC power supplies, 2 power cords, 4-post rack mount kit, and back to front airflow |
Modules and Spares | |
QFX-EM-4Q | 4-port QSFP+ expansion module for EX4600 |
EX4600-EM-8F | 8-port SPF+/SFP expansion module for EX4600 |
JPSU-650W-AC-AFO | AC 650 W PSU, front-to-back airflow for EX4600-48S |
JPSU-650W-AC-AFI | AC 650 W PSU, back-to-front airflow for EX4600-48S |
JPSU-650W-DC-AFO | DC 650 W PSU, front-to-back airflow for EX4600-48S |
JPSU-650W-DC-AFI | DC 650 W PSU, back-to-front airflow for EX4600-48S |
QFX5100-FAN-AFI | Back-to-front airflow fan module for EX4600 |
QFX5100-FAN-AFO | Front-to-back airflow fan module for EX4600 |
QFX5100-EM-BLNK | Blank module for EX4600 |
Spare Chassis | |
EX4600-40F-S* | Spare chassis, 24 SFP+/SFP ports, 4 QSFP+ ports, 2 expansion slots, redundant fans, front-to-back airflow (optics, power supplies and fans not included and sold separately) |
Optics and Transceivers | |
EX-SFP-1GE-T | SFP 10/100/1000BASE-T Copper Transceiver Module for up to 100 m transmission on Cat5 |
EX-SFP-1GE-SX | SFP 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 850 nm for up to 550 m transmission on MMF |
EX-SFP-10GE-SR | SFP+ 10GBASE-SR 10-Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 850 nm for up to 300 m transmission on multimode fiberoptic (MMF) |
EX-SFP-10GE-LR | SFP+ 10GBASE-LR 10-Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 1310 nm for 10 km transmission on single-mode fiber-optic (SMF) |
QFX-SFP-10GE-USR | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Ultra Short Reach Optics, 850 nm for 10 m on OM1, 20 m on OM2, 100 m on OM3 multimode fiber (MMF) |
QFX-SFP-10GE-LR | SFP+ 10GBASE-LR 10 Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 1,310 nm for 10 km transmission on single mode fiber-optic (SMF) |
QFX-SFP-10GE-ER | SFP+ 10GBASE-ER 10 Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 1,550 nm for 40 km transmission on single-mode fiber (SMF) |
EX-SFP-10GE-ZR | SFP+ 10GBASE-ZR 10 Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 1,550 nm for 80 km transmission on single-mode fiber (SMF) |
QFX-SFP-DAC-1M | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 1 m |
QFX-SFP-DAC-3M | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 3 m |
QFX-SFP-DAC-5M | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 5 m |
QFX-SFP-DAC-1MA | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (active direct-attached copper cable) 1 m |
QFX-SFP-DAC-3MA | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (active direct-attached copper cable) 3 m |
QFX-SFP-DAC-5MA | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (active direct-attached copper cable) 5 m |
QFX-SFP-DAC-7MA | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (active direct-attached copper cable) 7 m |
QFX-SFP-DAC-10MA | SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (active direct-attached copper cable) 10 m |
QFX-QSFP-DAC-1M | QSFP+ to QSFP+ Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 1 m passive |
QFX-QSFP-DAC-3M | QSFP+ to QSFP+ Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 3 m passive |
JNP-QSFP-DAC-5M | QSFP+ to QSFP+ Ethernet Direct Attach Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 5 m passive |
QFX-QSFP-DACBO-1M | QSFP+ to SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Breakout Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 1 m |
QFX-QSFP-DACBO-3M | QSFP+ to SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Breakout Copper (direct-attached copper cable) 3 m |
QFX-QSFP-40G-SR4 | QSFP+ 40GBASE-SR4 40 Gigabit Optics, 850 nm for up to 150 m transmission on MMF |
QFX-QSFP-40G-ESR4 | QSFP+ 40GBASE-ESR4 40 Gigabit Optics, 300 m (400 m) with OM3 (OM4) MMF |
JNP-QSFP-40G-LR4 | QSFP+ 40GBASE-LR4 40 Gigabit Optics, 1,310 nm for up to 10 km transmission on SMF |
QFX-SFP-1GE-T | SFP 1000BASE-T Copper Transceiver Module for up to 100 m transmission on Cat5 |
QFX-SFP-1GE-SX | SFP 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 850 nm for up to 550 m transmission on MMF |
QFX-SFP-1GE-LX | SFP 1000BASE-LX Gigabit Ethernet Optics, 1,310 nm for 10 km transmission on SMF |
EX4600-AFL | EX4600 Advanced feature license for IS-IS, BGP, and MPLS |
EX-QFX-MACSEC-AGG | MACsec Software License for EX4600 as a campus aggregation switch |
