Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switch Solutions

EX Series Ethernet Switches address the access, aggregation, and core layer switching requirements of micro branch, branch office, campus and data center environments, providing a foundation for the fast, secure and reliable delivery of applications that support strategic business processes. EX Series enterprise Ethernet switches deliver operational efficiency, business continuity, and agility, enabling customers to invest in innovative initiatives that increase revenue and help them gain a competitive advantage.

Each line in the EX Series Ethernet Switch family—including the EX2200, EX2500, EX3200, EX3300, EX4200, EX4500, EX6200 and EX8200—is designed to address increasing demands for high availability (HA) and unified communications within high-performance enterprise networks.

In an enterprise campus and branch application, the EX Series Ethernet switches—as part of Juniper’s Simply Connected portfolio—work with Juniper wireless and security solutions to create a standards-based network foundation that is well-aligned and flexible enough to deliver all enterprise applications—everything from file services to IP telephony, messaging, presence, video conferencing, and Web services.

In the data center, the EX Series Ethernet switches are well suited to meeting the challenges of server virtualization and distributed applications. By implementing Juniper’s 3-2-1 data center architecture, the EX Series Ethernet switches enable enterprises to not only improve performance but also to increase operational efficiency.

Juniper’s unique Virtual Chassis technology, available on the EX3300, EX4200, EX4500 and EX8200 lines, allows multiple interconnected devices to operate—and be managed—as a single, logical device, further reducing operational expenses and eliminating the need for protocols such as Spanning Tree.

The EX2200, EX3200, EX3300, EX4200, EX4500, EX6200, and EX8200 lines all run the same Junos operating system as other Juniper router and security solutions, ensuring consistent and predictable behavior and shared feature implementation across the entire network infrastructure.

FEATURE	BENEFIT
Carrier-class reliability	EX Series Ethernet switches leverage the same field-proven Juniper technology — including high-performance ASICs, a carrier-class system architecture, and JUNOS Software — that powers the world’s largest service provider networks.
Security risk management	EX Series Ethernet switches tightly integrate with Juniper’s Unified Access Control (UAC) solution, dynamically delivering network protection, guest access and identity-based QoS based on user, device, and location.
Performance	Each of the EX Series Ethernet switches deliver wire-speed performance on all ports for any packet size. For instance, the EX8200 modular Ethernet switches deliver up to 128 wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports per chassis with nearly 2 billion packets per second throughput—the ideal Ethernet switch platform for next-generation data centers.
Virtualization	Virtual Chassis technology, currently available on the EX4200 line of Ethernet switches, allows up to 10 Ethernet switches to be interconnected and managed as a single, logical device, delivering the reliability, scalability, and manageability of traditional chassis-based systems in a cost-effective, compact platform.
Application control	The EX Series Ethernet switches support eight QoS queues per port, ensuring proper prioritization of control plane, voice, video, and multiple levels of data traffic — with room to converge other networks, such as building automation and video security systems.
Lower total cost of ownership	The innovations of the EX Series Ethernet switches enable new architectures that reduce cost and complexity. Unified management and automation tools consolidate system monitoring and maintenance and save time and money.

EX-Series Ethernet Switch Solutions

SOLUTION	OVERVIEW
	EX2200 Ethernet Switches The EX2200 line of Ethernet switches, ideal for access-layer deployments in branch offices and campus networks, delivers a level of functionality and performance normally associated with higher-cost Ethernet switches.
	EX2500 Ethernet Switches The EX2500 line of Ethernet switches delivers a compact, energy-efficient solution for 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) top-of-rack data center access deployments where high performance, low latency and high availability (HA) are key requirements.
	EX3200 Ethernet Switches The EX3200 line of Ethernet switches offers a high-performance standalone solution for low-density access deployments in the wiring closets of remote offices and small LANs in large office buildings.
	EX3300 Ethernet Switches The EX3300 Ethernet switch with Virtual Chassis technology offers a compact, cost-effective, highly scalable solution for supporting the most demanding converged enterprise access environments.
	EX4200 Ethernet Switches The EX4200 line of Ethernet switches with Virtual Chassis technology combine the availability and reliability of modular systems with the economics and flexibility of stackable switches, delivering a high-performance, scalable solution for data center and campus environments.
	EX4500 Ethernet Switches The EX4500 line of Ethernet switches delivers a scalable, compact, high-performance platform for supporting high-density 10 gigabit per second (Gbps) data center, campus, and service provider deployments.
	EX6200 Ethernet Switches The EX6200 line of chassis-based Ethernet switches is a scalable, resilient, high-performance wiring closet solution designed to provide extremely high port densities in a space-optimized form factor.
	EX8200 Ethernet Switches The EX8200 line of modular Ethernet switches offers flexible, modular platforms that deliver the port densities, scalability, and high availability required for today’s demanding data center and campus core environments.
	Options Switching infrastructure components that support and enable EX Series Ethernet Switch deployments.