After many years of rapid technological know-how in networking solutions, Juniper EX4200 24F Layer 3 Switch#, the stackable switch market continues to grow to be a mature and relatively stable one. While each vendor adds its own distinct features and functionality to set itself apart from the rivals, there remain challenges in the deployment of stackable switching solutions, coupled with possibilities to serve the network prerequisites in growing enterprise markets.
For top administration and network administrators drawing up an image for the enterprise network of the future, they must create the idea of usability from deployment of merely one fabric switch chassis to creating just one operating system through the network system — or between networks! And here comes the challenge in stacking up switches. Can you imagine if one of the switches fails or loses power? Could it disrupt or disable network operations and put clients searching for services on hold?
Here is VC or virtual chassis technology. It’s a network virtualization technology revolutionizing the stackable switch configuration deployment in the enterprise network today. It is done by connecting a collection of switches, between 2 and 10 Ethernet switches. Aren’t they too plenty to control, you might ask. Whether there’s 2 or 10 interconnected switches, they all appear as a “single switch” to the network administrator, enabling him to manage all the switches and ports from a single management console. They may be configured into a “stack” of switches to be able to form a single logical loop factor and as a unified control backplane operated by a single operating system (OS) across the entire stack.
A typical configuration of switches inside the virtual chassis technology builds what is known as just one backplane shared by all of the switches. This shared backplane contributes to faster throughput between switch ports and uplink ports back to the access layer of the overall network. In the virtual chassis configuration, when one of many switches fail, these devices will still be operational. Simplified troubleshooting procedures will likely be instituted to restore the failed switch back into action in the shortest length of time and without having to sacrifice workgroup efficiency and support services to your clients.
Amongst fixed-configuration switches created for virtual chassis technology deployment could be the EX4200 24F Layer 3 switch with base 24 10/100/1000 Mbpps ports. The Juniper EX4200 24F Layer 3 Switch, deployed in VC layout, could possibly be stacked to as much as 5 meters high and span 50 kilometers across a whole campus or regional branches. Switches in virtual chassis configuration deliver an optimal virtual backplane speed of 128 Gbps.
To understand why virtual chassis technology brings about optimal traffic flow, it’s deployment of Virtual Chassis Control Protocol (VCCP), a direct path algorithm for optimal traffic flow. Forwarding tables are designed to aggregate intelligence in all switches in the VC, ensuring traffic to take the shortest path to its destination.
One disadvantage of stackable switches is the enlarged physical space requirement for an expanding network in comparison to modular switching devices. Juniper EX4200 24F Layer 3 Switch# offers full Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching capabilities and a many types of high quality applications in addition to Gigabit Ethernet uplinks to edge network. Operating on reliable JUNOS operating system ensures consistent HA and secure connectivity in the entire enterprise network of the future.