Spec Sheet
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Data SheetQFX5100 Ethernet Switch
• Each QSFP+ port can be configured as a 4 x 10GbE
interface
• Each QSFP+ port can be configured as a 40 Gbps port
• USB port
• Console port
• 2 management ports: 1 RJ-45 and 1 SFP
• Supported transceiver and direct attach cable
• SFP+ 10GbE optical modules
• SFP+ DAC cables: 1/3/5 m twinax copper and 1/3/5/7/10 m
active twinax copper
• SFP GbE optical and copper module
• QSFP+ to SFP+ 10GbE direct attach break-out copper
(1/3 m twinax copper cable)
Rack Installation Kit
• Versatile four post mounting options for 19-in server rack or
datacom rack
Airflow
• Front-to-back and back-to-front cooling
• Redundant variable-speed fans to reduce power draw
Power Supply and Fan Modules
• Dual redundant (1+1) and hot-pluggable power supplies
• 110-240 V single phase AC power
• -36 to -72 V DC power
• Redundant (N+1) and hot-pluggable fan modules for front-
to-back and back-to-front airflow
Performance Scale (Unidimensional)
• MAC addresses per system: 288,000
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• VLAN IDs: 4,096
• Number of link aggregation groups (LAGs): 128
• Number of ports per LAG: 32
• Number of FCoE VLANs/FC Virtual Fabrics: 4,095
• Firewall filters: 4000
• IPv4 unicast routes: 128,000 prefixes; 208,000 host routes;
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ECMP paths
• IPv4 multicast routes: 104,000
• IPv6 multicast routes: 52,000
• IPv6 unicast routes: 64,000 prefixes
• ARP entries: 48,000
• Jumbo frame: 9,216 bytes
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) instances: 64
- VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP) instances: 253
• Traffic mirroring
- Mirroring destination ports per switch: 4
- Maximum number of mirroring sessions: 4
- Mirroring destination VLANs per switch: 4
Layer 2 Features
• STP—IEEE 802.1D (802.1D-2004)
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) (IEEE 802.1w); MSTP
(IEEE 802.1s)
• Bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) protect
• Loop protect
• Root protect
• RSTP and VSTP running concurrently
• VLAN—IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking
• Routed VLAN Interface (RVI)
• Port-based VLAN
• MAC address filtering
• Private VLAN (PVLAN)
• QinQ
• VLAN Translation
• Static MAC address assignment for interface
• Per VLAN MAC learning (limit)
• MAC learning disable
• Link Aggregation and Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) (IEEE 802.3ad)
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Link Aggregation
• Multi-chassis link aggregation (MC-LAG)
• Redundant Trunk Group (RTG)
• LAG load sharing algorithm—bridged or routed (unicast or
multicast) traffic:
- IP: SIP, Dynamic Internet Protocol (DIP), TCP/UDP source
port, TCP/UDP destination port
- Layer 2 and non-IP: MAC SA, MAC DA, Ethertype, VLAN ID,
source port
- FCoE packet: Source ID (SID), Destination ID (DID),
Originator exchange ID (OXID), source port
Layer 3 Features (IPv4)
• Static routing
• Routing policy
• Routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol
• Virtual router
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay
• Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Multicast Features
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP): v1, v2 , V3
• IGMP snooping: v1, v2, v3
• IGMP Filter
• PIM-SM
• Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
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MAC address table uses a hash-based scheme to program entries; therefore, some entries
may not be programmed due to hash index collision.
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USR optics and QFSP+ SR4 optics