Juniper EX4550 Hardware Guide

Chapter 8 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Pluggable Transceivers Supported on EX4550 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SFP+ Direct Attach Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Standards Supported by These Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
QSFP+ Direct Attach Cables for EX Series Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Network Cable Specifications for EX4550 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Understanding EX Series Switches Fiber-Optic Cable Signal Loss, Attenuation,
and Dispersion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Signal Loss in Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Chapter 9 Pinout Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Console Port Connector Pinout Information for an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . 123
Mini-USB Port Specifications for an EX4550 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
USB Port Specifications for an EX Series Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Management Port Connector Pinout Information for an EX4550 Switch . . . . . . 126
Network Port and Expansion Module Port Connector Pinout Information for
EX4550 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
RJ-45 to DB-9 Serial Port Adapter Pinout Information for a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Virtual Chassis Port Connector Pinout Information for EX4550 Switches . . . . . . 131
Chapter 10 Planning the Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Understanding EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550 Virtual Chassis Hardware
Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ports Used to Interconnect Virtual Chassis Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Number of Switches, Required Software Releases, and Member Roles That
You Configure in the Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Virtual Chassis Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Switch Role and Member ID on the LCD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Planning EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550 Virtual Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration
Chapter 11 Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Unpacking an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Parts Inventory (Packing List) for an EX4500 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Registering Products—Mandatory for Validating SLAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Chapter 12 Installing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Installing and Connecting an EX4550 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Mounting an EX4550 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Mounting an EX4550 Switch on Two Posts in a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Mounting an EX4550 Switch on Four Posts in a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Mounting an EX4550 Switch in a Recessed Position in a Rack or Cabinet . . . . . 155
Installing and Removing EX4550 Switch Hardware Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
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