[j-nsp] QFX5110 / VXLAN

Brian Rak brak at gameservers.com
Tue Aug 7 13:50:23 EDT 2018


Are the QFX5200/QFX5210 also only layer 2 EVPN-VXLAN?

On 8/7/2018 1:42 PM, Richard McGovern wrote:
> Correct.  For this functionality one needs either a 10K/MXPTX or EX9200 at current time.  These situations may also require EVPN-MPLS, versus EVPN-VXLAN.  QFX5110 is limited to EVPN-VXLAN at least today.  QFX5100 provide L2 only EVPN-VXLAN.
>
> Thanks for pointing this out.
>
> On 8/6/18, 12:40 PM, "Mike Gonnason" <gonnason at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>      Be aware on the QFX5110 that L3 VXLAN is limited, You cannot route vxlan to
>      vlan:
>      https://prsearch.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=prcontent&id=PR1318178
>      
>      
>      
>      On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 3:51 PM Brant Ian Stevens <
>      branto at argentiumsolutions.com> wrote:
>      
>      > And now there's the announcement of the QFX5120 and EX4650 to the mix.
>      > Those are Trident-3 based, if I am not mistaken.  Boxes look great on
>      > paper...
>      >
>      > --
>      > Regards,
>      > --
>      > Brant I. Stevens, Principal & Consulting Architect
>      > branto at argentiumsolutions.com
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>      >
>      > On 7/4/18 5:03 PM, Scott Harvanek wrote:
>      > > Cost is a factor I don’t think I can get anyone to bite on something
>      > bigger either as the application is solely VXLAN in a compact form factor.
>      > >
>      > > -Scott H
>      > >
>      > >> On Jul 4, 2018, at 2:20 PM, Pavel Lunin <plunin at gmail.com> wrote:
>      > >>
>      > >> Btw, it's a very good question if anyone here has more or less close to
>      > real-world experience with L3 gw and evpn type 5 routes on QFX5110 or maybe
>      > any other trident 2+ based box.
>      > >>
>      > >> Would much appreciate your input.
>      > >>
>      > >> Regards,
>      > >> Pavel
>      > >>
>      > >> July 3, 2018, 18:48 Roger Wiklund <roger.wiklund at gmail.com>:
>      > >>> Hi Scott
>      > >>>
>      > >>> Should be fine as L2 GW. L3 GW and Route Type 5 support is quite
>      > recent.
>      > >>>
>      > >>> Beefier alternatives are QFX10002, or MX204 if you want to go MX route
>      > with
>      > >>> fewer ports. Both have custom ASICs with higher scale, and higher
>      > chance to
>      > >>> overcome caveats/limitations especially tied to chipset limitation.
>      > >>>
>      > >>> Regards
>      > >>> Roger
>      > >>>
>      > >>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Scott Harvanek <
>      > scott.harvanek at login.com>
>      > >>> wrote:
>      > >>>
>      > >>>> Is anyone on here running 5110s for VXLAN/VTEP/EVPN and run into any
>      > >>>> issues?  I’ve gone over the caveats list Juniper has for these in
>      > regards
>      > >>>> to what they won’t do in regards to VXLAN and it seems like they meet
>      > our
>      > >>>> needs… just curious if anyone has run into any lesser documented
>      > issues
>      > >>>> with them.
>      > >>>>
>      > >>>> I’m looking at the list here; https://www.juniper.net/
>      > >>>>
>      > documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/vxlan-constraints-qfx-series.html
>      > >>>> <
>      > https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/vxlan-
>      > >>>> constraints-qfx-series.html>
>      > >>>>
>      > >>>> Is there a better device for VXLAN on the juniper side? We’re looking
>      > for
>      > >>>> something comparable to the Nexus 9372 on the Cisco side.
>      > >>>>
>      > >>>> Cheers!
>      > >>>>
>      > >>>> Scott H
>      > >>>>
>      > >>>>
>      > >>>>
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