Ideal for network engineers involved in building a data center, this practical guide provides a comprehensive and technical deep-dive into the new Juniper QFX5100 switching family. You’ll learn how the Juniper QFX5100 enables you to create simple-to-use data centers or build some of the largest IP Fabrics in the world. This book is chock-full of helpful technical illustrations and code examples to help you get started on all of the major architectures and features of Juniper QFX5100 switches, whether you’re an enterprise or service provider. With this book, you’ll be well on your way to becoming a Juniper QFX5100 expert. All of the examples and features are based on Junos releases 13.2X51-D20.2 and 14.1X53-D10. Fully understand the hardware and software architecture of the Juniper QFX5100 Design your own IP Fabric architecture Perform in-service software upgrades Be familiar with the performance and scaling maximums Create a data center switching fabric with Virtual Chassis Fabric Automate networking devices with Python, Ruby, Perl, and Go Build an overlay architecture with VMware NSX and Juniper Contrail Export real-time analytics information to graph latency, jitter, bandwidth, and other features

Like the popular guides The MX Series and Juniper QFX5100 Series, this practical book--written by the same author--introduces new QFX10000 concepts in switching and virtualization, specifically in the core of the data center network. The Juniper QFX10000 Series from Juniper Networks is a game-changer. This new book by Douglas Hanks is the authoritative guide.

Like the popular guides The MX Series and Juniper QFX5100 Series, this practical book--written by the same author--introduces new QFX10000 concepts in switching and virtualization, specifically in the core of the data center network. The Juniper QFX10000 Series from Juniper Networks is a game-changer. This new book by Douglas Hanks is the authoritative guide.

Discover why routers in the Juniper MX Series--with their advanced feature sets and record-breaking scale--are so popular among enterprises and network service providers. This revised and expanded edition shows you step-by-step how to implement high-density, high-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services, using advanced firewall filters, redundant inline services, powerful CoS tool sets, and many other Juniper MX features. This second edition was written by a Senior NOC Engineer, whose vast experience with the MX Series is well documented. Each chapter covers a specific Juniper MX vertical and includes review questions to help you test what you've learned. This edition includes new chapters on load balancing and vMX--Juniper MX's virtual instance. Discover Junos architecture, MX chassis, and Trio Linecards Work with Juniper MX's bridging, VLAN VXLAN, and virtual switches Create a firewall filter framework and discover the latest flexible filtering options Secure your router and add an extra layer of security with Junos DDOS protection and SCFD feature Discover the advantages of hierarchical scheduling, ingress queuing, and flexible remarking Combine Juniper MX routers, using a virtual chassis or MC-LAG Understand and use classical and advanced Trio Chipset's load balancing features Dive into Trio inline services such as inline NAT, redundant logical tunnel, or filter-based GRE tunnel Discover vMX internal architecture and explore the benefits and typical use case of a virtual router