IT teams that need predictable east-west traffic and tighter control over shared infrastructure use Juniper QFX Series as the switching layer for growing data centre fabrics. It supports leaf, spine and DCI roles, so one platform can carry server access, aggregation and interconnect duties without fragmenting management as demand rises.
In compact rooms, larger pods and edge sites, it helps keep latency steady, reduce oversubscription and preserve rack-to-rack throughput. The range covers 25GbE leaf, 100GbE spine and 400GbE fabric roles, with options for dense EVPN-VXLAN designs and higher-radix switches where more headroom is needed.
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| Model | Popularity | Deployment | Target Organisation Size | Primary Use Case | Access Ports | Port Configuration | Maximum Port Speed | PoE Budget (W) | Maximum Switching Capacity (Gbps) | Stackable | Operating System / Management Platform | |
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Juniper QFX5120-32C 32-Port 100GbE Data Centre Switch
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★ ★ ★ | Data Centre | Enterprise | Leaf | 32 | 32×QSFP28 | 100G | — | 6400 | Supported | Junos | View |
Juniper QFX5120-48Y 48-Port 25GbE Data Centre Switch
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★ ★ ★ | Data Centre | Enterprise | Leaf | 48 | 48×SFP28 + 8×QSFP28 | 100G | — | 4000 | Supported | Junos | View |
Juniper QFX5220-32CD 32-Port 400GbE AI Data Centre Switch
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★ ★ ★ | Data Centre | Service Provider | Spine | 32 | 32×QSFP-DD | 400G | — | 25600 | Supported | Junos OS | View |
Juniper QFX5240-64OD 64-Port 800GbE AI Fabric Switch
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★ ★ ★ | Data Centre | Service Provider | Spine | 64 | 64×OSFP | 800G | — | 102400 | Supported | Junos OS | View |
Juniper QFX5130-32CD 32-Port 400GbE Data Centre Switch
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★ ★ ★ | Data Centre | Enterprise | Leaf | 32 | 32×QSFP-DD | 400G | — | 25600 | Supported | Junos OS | View |
Juniper QFX5130-48C 48-Port 100GbE Data Centre Switch
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★ ★ ★ | Data Centre | Enterprise | Leaf | 48 | 48×QSFP28 | 100G | — | 9600 | Supported | Junos OS | View |
Juniper QFX5210-64C 64-Port 100GbE Data Centre Spine Switch
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★ ★ ★ | Data Centre | Service Provider | Spine | 64 | 64×QSFP28 | 100G | — | 12800 | Supported | Junos | View |
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Juniper QFX5241-64OD 64-Port 800GbE AI Data Centre Switch
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Data centre teams need dense east-west capacity, predictable latency and clear leaf, spine and DCI scaling. Juniper QFX Series supports these fabrics with compact 100GbE, 400GbE and 800GbE switching options that help match port density to the role in the network.
Platform, cloud and AI teams need fast movement between compute, storage and test clusters without creating bottlenecks in shared infrastructure. Juniper QFX Series provides fabric options for lab-to-production environments where EVPN-VXLAN connectivity and higher-speed links keep development environments moving.
Finance teams run trading, analytics and risk systems that depend on low latency and controlled oversubscription. Juniper QFX Series fits data centre fabrics for these workloads, giving them the switch capacity they need for stable movement between application, compute and storage racks.
Studios and production teams handle large media files, render output and shared storage traffic that can quickly congest smaller links. Juniper QFX Series supports high-throughput fabric designs for moving content between storage, render nodes and production systems.
Telecoms operators and cloud providers need compact, high-capacity switching for NFV, peering and metro cloud fabrics. Juniper QFX Series gives these environments fixed-platform options for dense aggregation and higher-speed interconnects without moving to a chassis.
Backed by decades of expertise in the IT sector, our specialists support every stage of your deployment — from initial selection through to long-term lifecycle management.
If these options aren’t the right fit for your environment, we provide a wide portfolio of product series and solutions that may better suit your infrastructure. Explore below, or speak to our team and we’ll help you find the right match.
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