Re: Juniper hardware recommendation

[Vincent Bernat <bernat () luffy cx>]

In addition to the QSA, note that 40G LR optics are using CWDM. You can
therefore get 1270, 1290, 1310 and 1330 out of the optic. Not the
favorites channels, but if that's OK for you, configure it as a 4x10G on
the Juniper side.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Thompson <athompson () merlin mb ca>
Sent: 14 mai 2021 13:30 GMT
Subject: RE: Juniper hardware recommendation
To: Bjørn Mork
Cc: nanog () nanog org

> OK, enough people have pointed it out :-).
>
> Clearly I was wrong about the MX 2K family, I missed the SFP+ MIC completely.  That is good to know.
>
> However, the MX 10k family still only shows as being compatible with
> two QSFP cards. And yes, you can get a QSFP-SFP+ breakout cable, but
> those don't let you use SFP+ CWDM/DWDM transceivers.
>
> -Adam
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn () mork no>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 8, 2021 6:32 AM
> > To: Adam Thompson <athompson () merlin mb ca>
> > Cc: Javier Gutierrez Guerra <GuerraJ () westmancom com>; nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: Juniper hardware recommendation
> >
> > Adam Thompson <athompson () merlin mb ca> writes:
> >
> >
> > >   * Skip the MX 2k/10k series – they don’t support SFP+ interfaces!
> >
> > https://apps.juniper.net/hct/model/?component=MX2K-MPC6E
> > https://apps.juniper.net/hct/model/?component=MIC6-10G
> >
> >
> > Bjørn