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Related
Documentation
Interface Specifications for SFP, SFP+, and QSFP+ Transceivers for the QFX Series on
page 104
•
•
Interface Specifications for SFP+ DAC Cables for the QFX Series on page 114
•
Interface Specifications for QSFP+ DAC Breakout Cables for the QFX Series on page 120
•
Installing a Transceiver in a QFX Series Device
•
Removing a Transceiver from a QFX Series Device
Cable Specifications for Copper-Based Control Plane Connections for the QFabric
System
Supported Platforms
QFabric System
QFX Series devices support using RJ-45 patch cables to interconnect the copper-based
QFabric system control plane. The RJ-45 patch cables connect to 1000BASE-T ports on
the network modules in the QFX3100 Director device and the management ports in the
QFX3500 Node device, QFX3600 Node device, and QFX3600-I Interconnect device. In
the QFX3008-I Interconnect device Control Board, the RJ-45 patch cables are used with
1000BASE-T SFP modules (Juniper model number QFX-SFP-1GE-T) installed in the
SFP+ ports.
NOTE: For information about the QFX-SFP-1GE-T SFP module, see “Interface
Specifications for SFP, SFP+, and QSFP+ Transceivers for the QFX Series”
on page 104
.
Table 40 on page 126 lists the specifications for the cables that connect the QFabric
system control plane.
Table 40: Cable Specifications for Copper-Based Control Plane Connections for the QFabric
System
Device
Receptacle Maximum
Length
Cable Specification Port on QFX Series Device
RJ-45 328 feet
(100 meters) Category 5 cable or equivalent
suitable for 1000BASE-T
operation with RJ-45
connectors • QFX3100 Director device network module ports
• QFX3008-I Interconnect device Control Board
management ports (with 1000BASE-T SFP module)
• QFX3600-I Interconnect device management (
C0
and
C1 ) ports
• QFX3600 Node device management (
C0
and
C1
) ports
• QFX3500 Node device management (
C0
and
C1
) ports
Related
Documentation
•
Connecting QFX3100 Director Devices to a Copper-Based QFX3000-G QFabric System
Control Plane Network on page 231
•
Connecting QFX3100 Director Devices to a Copper-Based QFX3000-M QFabric System
Control Plane Network
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