Figure 27: Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for
a QFX3500 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 7 Transceiver and Cable Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 28: QSFP+ Uplink Port Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration
Chapter 9 Unpacking and Mounting the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 29: Installing an Installation Blade in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 30: Mounting the QFX3500 Device on Four Posts in a Rack Using a
Two-Rail Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 31: Attaching a Mounting Rail to the QFX3500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 32: Slide Mounting Rail onto the Rear Mounting Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chapter 10 Connecting the QFX3500 Device to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 33: Connecting a Grounding Cable to a QFX3500 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 34: Connecting an AC Power Cord to an AC Power Supply in a QFX3500
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 35: Connecting an AC Power Cord to an AC Power Supply in a QFX3600
or QFX3600-I Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 36: DC Power Supply Faceplate for a QFX3500, QFX3600 or QFX3600-I
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 37: Securing Ring Lugs to the Terminals on the QFX3500, QFX3600 or
QFX3600-I DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 11 Connecting the Device to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 38: RJ-45 Connector on an Ethernet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 39: Connecting a Device to a Network for Out-of-Band Management . . . 94
Figure 40: RJ-45 Connector on an Ethernet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 41: Connecting a Device to a Management Console Through a Console
Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 42: Connecting a Device Directly to a Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 43: QFX3500 Using the 40G Ports as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 44: QFX3500 Using the 10G Ports as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 45: QFX3600 Using the 40G Ports as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 46: QFX3500 and QFX3600 Mixed Using the 40G Ports as the VCPs . . . 100
Figure 47: QFX3500 and QFX3600 Mixed Using Both 40G Ports and 10G Ports
as the VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 48: QFX5100 Master Connecting QFX3600 and QFX3500 Using 40G
Ports as VCPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Figure 49: Mixed Mode QFX5100 VCF with QFX3500 and QFX3600 Leaf
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Part 4 Installing, Maintaining, and Replacing Components
Chapter 13 Replacing Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Figure 50: Installing a Fan Tray in a QFX3500 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 51: Removing a Fan Tray from a QFX3500 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 52: Installing a Power Supply in a QFX3500 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Figure 53: Removing a Power Supply from a QFX3500 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Copyright © 2017, Juniper Networks, Inc.x
QFX3500 Device Hardware Documentation