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
1
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
2
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
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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
3
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
Register Products—Mandatory to Validate SLAs | 114
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
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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
4
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
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Removing a QFX5100 Device from a Rack or Cabinet | 179
5
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
6
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
7
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.
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1
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