Figure 231: Qfx3500 Node Device Fiber-Based Control Plane Connections For; Qfx3000-G Qfabric System - Juniper QFabric QFX3000-G Hardware Documentation

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Chapter 36: Cabling a Fiber-Based Control Plane for the QFX3000-G QFabric System
EX4200-24F or four EX4300-48P Ethernet switches in each Virtual Chassis. QFX3500
Node devices have an RJ-45 or SFP management board. Use the SFP management ports
(labeled and ) to connect the QFX3500 Node device to each Virtual Chassis (see
C0 C1
Figure 231 on page 541).

Figure 231: QFX3500 Node Device Fiber-Based Control Plane Connections for

QFX3000-G QFabric System

Use the following QFX3500 Node devices and EX Series switches for a fiber-based
QFX3000-G QFabric system control plane network:
QFX3500 Node devices with an SFP management board installed. The SFP
management board provides two small form-factor pluggable (SFP) 1-Gbps
management ports labeled
Virtual Chassis EX4200-24F or EX4300-48P switch members with an SFP+ uplink
module installed.
Before you begin to connect a QFX3500 Node device to the fiber-based QFX3000-M
QFabric system control plane network:
Install your QFabric system hardware (Director group, Interconnect devices, and Node
devices). For more information, see
Device" on page 377, "Installing and Connecting a QFX3008-I Interconnect Device" on
page 389, "Installing and Connecting a QFX3600 or QFX3600-I Device" on page
"Installing and Connecting a QFX3500 Device" on page
Create two Virtual Chassis of eight EX4200-24F switch members or four EX4300-48P
switch members.
See "Cabling EX4200 or EX4300 Series Switches Virtual Chassis for a QFX3000-G
QFabric System Control Plane" on page
See Configuring an EX4200, EX4500, or EX4550 Virtual Chassis (CLI Procedure) or
Configuring an EX2300, EX3400, or EX4300 Virtual Chassis.
Interconnect the two Virtual Chassis switches using the 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP+
uplink ports. See "Interconnecting Two Virtual Chassis for Copper-Based QFX3000-G
QFabric System Control Plane Redundancy" on page
Ensure that you have installed 1-Gigabit Ethernet SFP transceivers in management
ports and on each QFX3500 Node device (see
C0 C1
Series Device" on page 709). For a list of supported transceivers and required cables,
see
The Hardware Compatibility Tool
EX Series EX Series
and .
C0 C1
"Installing and Connecting a QFX3100 Director
493.
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453, and
473.
497.
"Installing a Transceiver in a QFX
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