Juniper QFX10000 Series

Juniper QFX10000 Series

by Douglas Richard Hanks
Released August 2016
Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9781491922255

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Book description

Like the popular guides The MX Series and Juniper QFX5100 Series, this practical book—written by the same author—introduces new QFX10000 concepts in switching and virtualization, specifically in the core of the data center network. The Juniper QFX10000 Series from Juniper Networks is a game-changer. This new book by Douglas Hanks is the authoritative guide.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
    1. No Apologies
    2. What’s in This Book?
    3. Conventions Used in This Book
    4. Comments and Questions
    5. Safari® Books Online
  2. 1. Juniper QFX10000 Hardware Architecture
    1. Network Processors
    2. The Juniper Q5 Processor
      1. Front Panel Ports
      2. Packet Processing
      3. Fabric Interfaces
    3. The Juniper QFX10000 Series
      1. Juniper QFX10K Features
      2. Juniper QFX10K Scale
      3. Juniper QFX10002-36Q
      4. Juniper QFX10002-72Q
      5. Juniper QFX10008
      6. Juniper QFX10016
      7. Juniper QFX10K Line Cards
      8. QFX10000 Control Board
      9. SIBs
      10. Optical Support
    4. Summary
    5. Chapter Review Questions
    6. Chapter Review Answers
  3. 2. QFX10000 Software Architecture
    1. Software Architecture
      1. Overview
      2. Host Operating System
      3. Linux KVM
      4. virsh
      5. App Engine
    2. ISSU
    3. Summary
  4. 3. Next-Generation Internet Exchange Architecture Case Study
    1. Introduction
    2. IX Requirements
      1. RS Overview
    3. Next-Generation Architecture with EVPN
      1. Topology
      2. Layer 2 Services
      3. Customer Peering Models
      4. Single EVPN Instance
      5. Multihoming
      6. EVPN Control Plane
      7. EVPN and RS
    4. EVPN-VXLAN
      1. Traffic Protection
      2. Traffic Engineering
      3. Load Balancing
      4. Platform Options
      5. Summary
    5. EVPN-MPLS
      1. Traffic Protection
      2. Traffic Engineering
      3. Load Balancing
      4. MPLS Options Summary
      5. Platform Options
    6. Summary
    7. Chapter Review Questions
    8. Chapter Review Answers
  5. 4. Performance and Scale
    1. Design Considerations
      1. Juniper Architectures Versus Open Architectures
    2. Performance
      1. Throughput
      2. Latency
    3. Logical Scale
      1. Firewall Filter Usage
    4. Hashing
      1. Static
      2. Adaptive
      3. Forwarding Options
    5. Summary
    6. Chapter Review Questions
    7. Chapter Review Answers
  6. 5. Junos Fusion
    1. Overview
    2. Architecture
      1. Roles
      2. Features
      3. Modes
      4. Topologies
      5. Protocols
      6. No L3 on SD Ports
    3. Packet Walk-Through
      1. Single AD—Unicast—Extended Mode
      2. Dual AD—Unicast—Extended Mode
      3. Single AD—Multicast
      4. Dual AD—Multicast
    4. Laboratory and Configuration
      1. Topology
      2. Configuration
      3. Verification
      4. Adding a New SD
    5. Summary
    6. Chapter Review Questions
    7. Chapter Review Answers
  7. 6. Ethernet VPN
    1. The Need for EVPN
      1. Data Center Interconnect
      2. Overlay Networking
      3. Standards-Based Multitenancy
    2. Juniper EVPN Architecture
      1. NLRI Types
      2. Data-Plane Metadata
      3. EVPN Services
      4. Automatic Route Targets
      5. Split Horizon
      6. Mass Withdraw
      7. Anycast Gateways
      8. MAC Mobility
      9. MAC Aliasing
      10. Load Balancing
      11. Inter VXLAN-Routing Modes/EVPN Type-5
    3. EVPN Design
      1. DCI Options
      2. EVPN-VXLAN Fabric Options
    4. Case Study
      1. Configuration
      2. Verification
    5. Summary
    6. Chapter Review Questions
    7. Chapter Review Answers
  8. A. EVPN Configuration
  9. Index

Product information

  • Title: Juniper QFX10000 Series
  • Author(s): Douglas Richard Hanks
  • Release date: August 2016
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9781491922255