Juniper QFX5130-32CD 32-Port 400GbE Data Centre Switch

The Juniper QFX5130-32CD provides high-capacity leaf switching for enterprise data centres that need a compact path to faster rack-to-rack movement and less oversubscription. With 400GbE QSFP-DD ports and hot-swappable PSUs, it delivers resilient fabric headroom for demanding workloads.

QFX5130-32CD Key Platform Specifications

  • Primary Use Case: Leaf
  • Access Ports: 32
  • Port Configuration: 32×QSFP-DD
  • Maximum Port Speed: 400G
  • Switching Capacity (Gbps): 25600
  • Routing Capability: Dynamic
Starting from: £11315 Ex. VAT

QFX5130-32CD Overview

As east-west traffic grows and fabric tiers tighten, infrastructure teams need higher backbone capacity with predictable behaviour and clear oversubscription control.

400GbE Switching for Dense Fabric Layers

The Juniper QFX5130-32CD is a 32-port 400GbE switch for leaf, spine and super-spine environments where rack-to-rack movement must stay fast and consistent. Its 32×QSFP-DD port configuration gives production networks a compact path to higher-capacity aggregation.

Built for High-Capacity Operational Roles

With 25,600 Gbps of switching capacity and Junos OS, the platform fits fabric tiers that need straightforward integration and dependable day-to-day administration. It supports the network layer where growth in compute, storage and clustered workloads drives higher demands on the switching plane.

Practical Headroom for Expanding Environments

That makes it easier to keep latency-sensitive and data-heavy traffic moving without forcing an immediate shift to a higher-speed class. It also gives teams room to consolidate fabric design around 400GbE links while maintaining operational clarity.

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QFX5130-32CD Key Features​

Juniper QFX5130-32CD is a data center switching platform for high-density enterprise and cloud environments, designed to provide scalable transport, operational consistency, and a fit-for-purpose fabric foundation.

High-Density Fabric Transport

400G Leaf-Spine Capacity
The platform supports dense fabric connectivity with 32 QSFP-DD ports and up to 400G per port, aligning with high-bandwidth data center interconnect requirements.

Scalable Switching Plane
Its 25,600 Gbps switching capacity supports aggregate throughput for demanding east-west traffic patterns and fabric growth.

Compact Port Architecture
The 32-port QSFP-DD design concentrates high-speed interfaces in a single switch footprint for efficient rack integration.

Data Center Network Alignment
The architecture is suited to modern switching layers that require consistent high-speed transport for application and infrastructure connectivity.

Operational Control and Stability

Platform Consistency
The switch is positioned as a repeatable platform for standardized deployment across production networking environments.

Fabric Scalability
The high-capacity design supports expansion of network fabrics without changing the underlying switch class.

Infrastructure Efficiency
The port density and forwarding capacity help simplify high-speed network design in space-constrained environments.

Speak to a Juniper Networking Specialist

If you are planning a high-speed data center fabric, our Juniper experts can help map QFX5130-32CD capacity to your scaling, connectivity, and deployment requirements.

QFX5130-32CD Technical Specifications

Full specifications for this model are listed below.

Additional information

Product Family

Juniper QFX

Product Series

QFX5100

Deployment

Data Centre

Target Organisation Size

Enterprise

Primary Use Case

Leaf

Product Tier

Standard

Network Architecture

Layer 3

Access Ports

32

Access Port Architecture

QSFP-DD

Total Ports

32

Maximum Port Speed

400G

Port Configuration

32×QSFP-DD

PoE

No

Stacking

Supported

Operating System

Power Redundancy

Hot-swappable PSUs

Maximum VLANs

4096

Routing Capability

Dynamic

Switching Capacity (Gbps)

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QFX5130-32CD Deployment Scenarios

The Juniper QFX5130-32CD is a 32-port 400GbE switch for dense data centre fabrics, lab clusters and provider edge environments that need higher backbone capacity, predictable latency and tighter control of east-west traffic than 100GbE aggregation can provide.

400GbE Data Centre Spine Layers

In large data centres, the QFX5130-32CD fits spine and super-spine roles where many racks push sustained east-west traffic. It helps reduce oversubscription and keeps high-density fabrics moving cleanly between leaf layers.

AI, Platform and Private-Cloud Development Pods

Software teams running AI, GPU and platform labs need fast movement between compute, storage and test systems. This switch supports those rack-to-rack paths when 400GbE fabric links are needed to keep builds and model runs flowing.

Low-Latency Finance Analytics Fabrics

Finance environments use the QFX5130-32CD in cluster networks carrying trading, risk and simulation traffic. It suits teams that need clear bandwidth headroom and consistent fabric behaviour for time-sensitive processing across compute and storage pods.

Rendering and Shared Storage Backbones

Media and entertainment teams can deploy it where render nodes and shared storage exchange very large files all day. It gives the backbone capacity needed when 100GbE switching starts to constrain post-production and media pipeline throughput.

Provider Edge and Metro Cloud Fabrics

Telecoms operators can place the QFX5130-32CD in service-provider edge sites for NFV, peering and metro cloud fabrics. It provides compact 400GbE aggregation without forcing an immediate move to 800GbE switching.

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