Juniper QFX5100 Installation instructions

QFX5100 Switch Hardware Guide

Published

2023-02-26

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QFX5100 Switch Hardware Guide

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Table of Contents

About This Guide | ix

Overview

QFX5100 System Overview | 2

QFX5100 Device Hardware Overview | 2

QFX5100 Device Models | 13

Understanding Hardware Redundancy of QFX5100 Device Components and Funconality | 17

Field-Replaceable Units in a QFX5100 Device | 17

QFX5100 Chassis Descripon and Port Panels | 19

Chassis Physical Specicaons for a QFX5100 Device | 19

Port Panel of a QFX5100-24Q Device | 20

Port Panel of a QFX5100-24Q-AA Device | 25

Port Panel of QFX5100-48S and QFX5100-48SH Devices | 26

Port Panel of QFX5100-48T and QFX5100-48TH Devices | 28

Port Panel of a QFX5100-96S Device | 30

Expansion Modules for QFX5100 Devices | 33

EX4600-EM-8F | 34

QFX-EM-4Q | 36

QFX-PFA-4Q | 37

Access Port and Uplink Port LEDs on a QFX5100 Device | 39

QFX5100 Management Panel | 43

Management Panel of a QFX5100 Device | 43

Management Port LEDs on a QFX5100 Device | 47

Chassis Status LEDs on a QFX5100 Device | 49

QFX5100 Power System | 53

AC Power Supply for a QFX5100 Device | 54

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AC Power Specicaons for a QFX5100 Device | 57

AC Power Cord Specicaons for a QFX5100 Device | 58

AC Power Supply LEDs on a QFX5100 Device | 59

DC Power Supply in a QFX5100 Device | 60

DC Power Specicaons for a QFX5100 Device | 63

DC Power Supply LEDs on a QFX5100 Device | 64

QFX5100 Cooling System | 65

Cooling System and Airow in a QFX5100 Device | 66

Fan Module LED on a QFX5100 Device | 74

Clearance Requirements for Airow and Hardware Maintenance for a QFX5100 Device | 75

Site Planning, Preparaon, and Specicaons

Site Preparaon Checklist for a QFX5100 Device | 78

QFX5100 Site Guidelines and Requirements | 80

Environmental Requirements and Specicaons for a QFX5100 Device | 80

General Site Guidelines | 82

Site Electrical Wiring Guidelines | 82

Grounding Cable and Lug Specicaons for a QFX5100 Device | 83

Rack Requirements for a QFX5100 Device | 84

Cabinet Requirements for a QFX5100 Device | 87

Plan a Virtual Chassis Fabric Deployment | 88

QFX5100 Network Cable and Transceiver Planning | 92

Determining Interface Support for the QFX5100 Device | 92

Cable Specicaons for QSFP+ and QSFP28 Transceivers | 95

Understanding QFX Series Fiber-Opc Cable Signal Loss, Aenuaon, and Dispersion | 97

Calculang Power Budget and Power Margin for Fiber-Opc Cables | 99

How to Calculate Power Budget for Fiber-Opc Cables | 99

How to Calculate Power Margin for Fiber-Opc Cables | 100

QFX5100 Cable and Pinout Specicaons | 102

Cable Specicaons for Console and Management Connecons for the QFX Series | 102

RJ-45 Management Port Connector Pinout Informaon | 103

Console Port Connector Pinouts for the QFX Series | 104

Copper Cable Specicaons for QFX5100-48T and QFX5100-48TH Switches | 104

USB Port Specicaons for the QFX Series | 106

Inial Installaon and Conguraon

QFX5100 Installaon Overview | 109

QFX5100 Standalone Installaon Overview | 109

Virtual Chassis Fabric Installaon Overview | 110

QFX5100 Installaon Safety Guidelines | 111

Unpack and Mount the QFX5100 Switch | 112

Unpack a QFX5100 Device | 112

Mount a QFX5100 Device in a Rack or Cabinet | 114

Before You Begin Rack Installaon | 114

Four-Post Procedure | 116

Connect the QFX5100 to External Devices | 119

Connect a Device to a Network for Out-of-Band Management | 119

Connect a Device to a Management Console Using an RJ-45 Connector | 120

Connect the QFX5100 in a Virtual Chassis or Virtual Chassis Fabric | 122

Connecng QFX Series and EX Series Switches in a QFX Virtual Chassis | 122

Before You Start | 123

Valid Conguraons | 124

Cabling QFX3500 Switches in a QFX5100 Virtual Chassis | 124

Cabling QFX3600 Switches in a QFX Virtual Chassis | 126

Cabling a Mixed QFX Virtual Chassis | 127

Connecng a QFX5100 Device in a Virtual Chassis Fabric | 130

Connect the QFX5100 to Power | 132

Connecng Earth Ground to a QFX5100 Device | 132

Connecng AC Power to a QFX5100 Device | 134

Connecng DC Power to a QFX5100 Device | 137

Congure a QFX5100 Device | 143

Conguring a QFX5100 for Junos OS | 143

Conguring QFX10000 Switches for QFX5100-SH and QFX5100-TH as Satellite Devices | 146

Maintaining Components

Install and Remove QFX5100 Fan Modules | 149

Installing a Fan Module in a QFX5100 Device | 149

Removing a Fan Module from a QFX5100 Device | 151

Install and Remove QFX5100 Power Supplies | 153

Installing a Power Supply in a QFX5100 Device | 153

Removing a Power Supply from a QFX5100 Device | 155

Install and Remove Expansion Modules in a QFX5100-Device | 157

Installing an Expansion Module in a QFX5100 Device | 158

Removing an Expansion Module from a QFX5100 Device | 161

Install and Remove Transceivers and Fiber Opc Cables on QFX5100 Devices | 164

Install a Transceiver | 165

Remove a Transceiver | 167

Connect a Fiber-Opc Cable | 170

Disconnect a Fiber-Opc Cable | 171

How to Handle Fiber-Opc Cables | 172

Power O a QFX5100 Device | 173

Remove a QFX5100 Device | 175

Installing and Removing QFX5100 Device Hardware Components | 176

Powering O an Exisng QFabric Node Device | 177

Removing a QFX5100 Device from a Rack or Cabinet | 179

Troubleshoong Hardware

Troubleshoot the QFX5100 Device | 182

Alarm Types and Severity Levels | 182

Interface Alarm Messages | 184

Chassis Alarm Messages | 184

Creang an Emergency Boot Device for QFX Series Switches | 189

Recovering the Installaon Using an Emergency Boot Device | 190

Contacng Customer Support and Returning the Chassis or Components

Contact Customer Support to Obtain a Return Material Authorizaon | 194

Return the QFX5100 Chassis or Components | 195

Locang the Serial Number on a QFX5100 Device or Component | 195

Lisng the Chassis and Component Details Using the CLI | 196

Locang the Chassis Serial Number ID Label on a QFX5100 Switch | 196

Locang the Serial Number ID Labels on FRU Components | 198

How to Return a Hardware Component to Juniper Networks, Inc. | 199

Guidelines for Packing Hardware Components for Shipment | 200

Safety and Compliance Informaon

General Safety Guidelines and Warnings | 203

Denions of Safety Warning Levels | 204

Qualied Personnel Warning | 206

Warning Statement for Norway and Sweden | 206

Fire Safety Requirements | 207

Installaon Instrucons Warning | 208

Chassis and Component Liing Guidelines | 209

Restricted Access Warning | 209

Ramp Warning | 211

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Rack-Mounng and Cabinet-Mounng Warnings | 211

Grounded Equipment Warning | 215

Laser and LED Safety Guidelines and Warnings | 216

Radiaon from Open Port Apertures Warning | 219

Maintenance and Operaonal Safety Guidelines and Warnings | 220

General Electrical Safety Guidelines and Warnings | 226

Acon to Take Aer an Electrical Accident | 227

Prevenon of Electrostac Discharge Damage | 228

AC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines | 229

AC Power Disconnecon Warning | 230

DC Power Electrical Safety Guidelines | 231

DC Power Copper Conductors Warning | 232

DC Power Disconnecon Warning | 233

DC Power Grounding Requirements and Warning | 234

DC Power Wiring Sequence Warning | 235

DC Power Wiring Terminaons Warning | 236

Mulple Power Supplies Disconnecon Warning | 238

Agency Approvals for the QFX Series | 239

Compliance Statements for EMC Requirements for the QFX Series | 240

TN Power Warning | 245

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About This Guide

Use this guide to plan, install, perform inial soware conguraon, perform roune maintenance, and

to troubleshoot QFX5100 switches.

Aer compleng the installaon and basic conguraon procedures covered in this guide, refer to the

Junos OS documentaon for further soware conguraon.

CHAPTER

Overview

QFX5100 System Overview | 2

QFX5100 Chassis Descripon and Port Panels | 19

QFX5100 Management Panel | 43

QFX5100 Power System | 53

QFX5100 Cooling System | 65

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