{"id":382,"date":"2019-06-03T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2021-12-20T21:54:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:54:31","slug":"juniper-ex4550","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/en\/switch-asic\/juniper-ex4550\/","title":{"rendered":"Juniper EX4550 switches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Juniper EX4550 series switches was announced in 2012.  <br>Juniper does not disclose exact chip on which the switch is built. However, it was possible to determine by indirect data that this is the Marvell Prestera CX 8248\/8234 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read ASIC datasheet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/data\/asic\/prestera_cx_8248_8234_pb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/data\/juniper\/juniper-EX4550-datasheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View datasheet<\/a>&nbsp;for EX4550<br><a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/data\/juniper\/juniper-ex-mpls-faq.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MPLS features<\/a> on Juniper EX4550 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> 960 Gbps switching capacity <\/li><li> Forwarding rate of 714 mpps <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>EX4550  In comparison  with EX4500 now fits in  1U and got new expansion modules:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>EX4550-VC1-128G EX4550, 128 Gbps Virtual Chassis module <\/li><li>EX4550-EM-8XSFP EX4550 8-port 10GbE SFP+ expansion module<\/li><li>EX4550-EM-8XT EX4550 8-port 100M\/1G\/10GBASE-T expansion module<\/li><li>EX4550-EM-2QSFP EX4550 2-port 40GbE expansion module    <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Juniper EX4550 switches have lot of issues, same as EX4500, because Juniper have used the same ASIC.<br>Here is a short list of most important:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Issue with buffer lack &#8211; leading to drops when traffic flows from 10g to 1g ports. <\/li><li> MAC hash &#8211; leads to MAC learning issues. <\/li><li> Issues with bandwidth utilization &#8211;  discards at 8-8.5 Gbps. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Article about packet buffer tuning on EX4500\/EX4550 can be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/juniper-ex4500-output-discards\/\">found here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Licenses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f4f5\"><tbody><tr><td> EX4550-AFL <\/td><td>Advanced feature license for IS-IS, BGP, and MPLS <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>EX-QFX-MACSEC-AGG <\/td><td>MACsec Software License for EX4550 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juniper EX4550 series switches was announced in 2012. Juniper does not disclose exact chip on which the switch is built. However, it was possible to determine by indirect data that this is the Marvell Prestera CX 8248\/8234 You can read ASIC datasheet&nbsp;here. View datasheet&nbsp;for EX4550MPLS features on Juniper EX4550 960 Gbps switching capacity Forwarding rate\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isp-tech.ru\/en\/switch-asic\/juniper-ex4550\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Juniper EX4550 series switches. 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