Juniper QFX10002-60C - 60 × 100GbE QSFP28, Fixed 2U Data Centre Spine/Leaf Switch, AC/DC Options

Juniper QFX10002-60C is a high-density, fixed-configuration data centre switch designed to address the most demanding enterprise, service provider, and cloud environments. Offering 60 × 100GbE QSFP28 ports in a compact 2U form factor, it provides the scalability and throughput required for large-scale leaf-and-spine architectures. Powered by the Juniper Q5 ASIC, this switch delivers wire-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 performance with ultra-low latency, making it well-suited for applications ranging from cloud-native workloads to high-frequency trading and AI/ML clusters.

Built on Juniper’s robust Junos® OS, the QFX10002-60C supports EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, and segment routing, ensuring seamless fabric deployments across modern multi-tenant environments. Redundant hot-swappable AC/DC power supplies, fan trays, and flexible airflow options ensure enterprise-grade resiliency. Compared to traditional chassis-based systems and alternatives such as HPE switches, the QFX10002-60C provides greater density in a compact 2U form factor, simplifying operations while lowering power and cooling costs. This makes it a future-ready platform for hybrid and hyperscale data centres.

KEY FEATURES: 

• Total Ports: 60 x 100GbE QSFP28 ports
• Port Flexibility: Supports 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE speeds on the same platform
• Switching Capacity: Up to 12 Tbps (bidirectional)
• Forwarding Rate: Up to 4 billion packets per second (Bpps)
• CPU: Intel Ivy Bridge 4C/ 2.3GHz processor
• System Memory: 16 GB DDR4
• Onboard Storage: 120 GB SSD
• Packet Buffer: 24GB 
• MAC Address Table: Up to 1 million entries
• VLAN Support: Up to 4,000 VLANs
• Jumbo Frames: Supports frames up to 9,216 bytes
• Latency: As low as 2.5 microseconds within a PFE, as low as 5.5 microseconds across PFEs
• High Availability: Supports four redundant 1600 W AC/DC power supplies and three user-replaceable fan trays for cooling
• Airflow Options: Front-to-back (AFO) 
• Advanced Features: EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, Segment Routing, MACsec AES-256 encryption, automation frameworks, and streaming telemetry

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High-Performance Cloud-Scale Architecture:

The QFX10002-60C is designed as a high-density, high-throughput data centre switch, purpose-built for cloud providers, hyperscale operators, and large enterprises. With 60 native 100GbE QSFP28 ports that can be flexibly configured into 50GbE, 40GbE, 25GbE, or 10GbE breakout interfaces, it enables organisations to scale their networks without compromise. Its deep packet buffer design combined with a powerful switching fabric ensures consistent low-latency forwarding, even in environments with bursty traffic or heavy east-west communication patterns. This makes the switch particularly well-suited for high-performance computing (HPC), AI/ML clusters, and latency-sensitive financial applications.

VXLAN and EVPN for Scalable Network Virtualisation:

To address the challenges of modern data centre fabrics, the QFX10002-60C supports Ethernet VPN (EVPN) combined with VXLAN overlays. These technologies allow operators to extend Layer 2 services across Layer 3 underlays, supporting workload mobility, multi-tenancy, and large-scale virtualised environments. By integrating EVPN control-plane signalling with VXLAN data-plane encapsulation, the switch simplifies network segmentation, eliminates flooding and learning issues, and ensures highly efficient resource utilisation for cloud and enterprise data centres.

Advanced MPLS and Segment Routing Capabilities:

The QFX10002-60C extends its use case beyond the data centre into service provider environments with robust MPLS and Segment Routing (SR) support. These capabilities allow network operators to engineer traffic flows with precision, optimising bandwidth usage and guaranteeing service levels for different types of applications. Segment Routing simplifies operations by eliminating the need for complex label distribution, while enabling flexible service chaining and seamless integration with software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) and cloud-based architectures.

Robust Security with MACsec Encryption:

Security is built into the hardware of the QFX10002-60C through full MACsec AES-256 encryption support. This ensures that all traffic, whether east-west inside the data centre or north-south connecting to external networks, is encrypted to maintain confidentiality and integrity. By preventing unauthorised access and man-in-the-middle attacks, MACsec helps organisations meet strict regulatory and compliance standards, particularly in financial, government, and healthcare environments where secure data handling is paramount.

Automation, Orchestration, and Operational Agility:

In large-scale environments, manual configuration is no longer practical. The QFX10002-60C embraces automation at its core, offering Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP), Python scripting, and compatibility with widely used orchestration frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. These capabilities enable rapid deployment, consistent policy enforcement, and simplified lifecycle management. In addition, its support for gRPC-based streaming telemetry and the Junos Telemetry Interface (JTI) provides granular, real-time insight into network state, allowing operators to proactively identify anomalies, optimise traffic flows, and predict potential failures before they occur.

Powered by Junos OS Evolved:

The QFX10002-60C runs on Junos OS Evolved, Juniper’s modernised, microservices-based operating system. This platform offers increased resiliency by isolating critical processes, ensuring that failures in one subsystem do not impact the entire switch. It supports in-service software upgrades (ISSU) and hitless patching, reducing downtime in production environments. With its modular design and consistency across Juniper’s switching and routing portfolio, Junos OS Evolved allows enterprises to standardise their operational workflows, reducing complexity and operational costs.

High Availability and Service Continuity:

The QFX10002-60C is designed with redundancy in mind. It supports dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and multiple fan trays with redundant airflow patterns (front-to-back or back-to-front). These features ensure uninterrupted operations in the event of hardware component failures. Additionally, Junos features like Nonstop Routing (NSR) and Graceful Restart (GR) maintain control-plane stability during restarts or software upgrades, making the switch ideal for mission-critical applications.

Flexible Deployment for Diverse Environments:

With its compact 2U form factor, the QFX10002-60C offers one of the industry’s highest port densities in a fixed configuration chassis. This allows operators to consolidate network infrastructure, reducing rack space consumption and power usage while still achieving hyperscale performance. Flexible airflow configurations (AFO and AFI) ensure compatibility with diverse data centre cooling designs, while AC and DC power options provide adaptability for enterprise, service provider, and cloud deployments.

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