On the juniper devices, rstp is enabled on all ethernet switching enabled ports by default, whereas, cisco switches stick to. The juniper networks junos operating system junos os for ex series switches automatically creates the switch s management ethernet interface, me0. Mar 16, 2014 cisco 2960 great switch for all your client devices. Since rstp only has single spanning tree instance for all vlans across a trunk and there is no vlan awareness, all traffic will be forwarded or blocked based. Right, both cisco and juniper have many users and followers. Ok, so for any one that is having pains integrating cisco switches with juniper equipment, i found the problem and the resolution. Juniper cisco interoperability cookbook network test. Aug 26, 2012 vlan difference between juniper and cisco switches there are two port modes in juniper switch i. We are seeing the cisco proprietary bpdus are not switching in the ex4200. Configuring vpn routing and forwarding vrf on juniper j4300. Juniper networks ex series cisco catalyst interoperability. Cisco and juniper switch interoperability networking. Indeed, juniper has been picking up piece of the overall industry at the cost of cisco and the switch business now accounts for almost half of juniper s income. Problem spanning tree interoperability with cisco switches.
Aug 16, 2014 why juniper is superior to cisco throughout the last few quarters, juniper s switch business has developed at a faster pace than cisco s. The best data centerclass switch technologies can provide enterprise organizations with significant advantages in performance, availability and ease of management. Cisco is a pioneer in the manufacture of networking equipment and was founded in the early 1980s 1984. These application notes were requested by a customer for a proof of concept. Juniper networks commissioned network test to assess interoperability, with an emphasis on data center connectivity, between juniper and cisco switches.
By following the stepbystep procedures described in the attached document, it should be possible to verify interoperability and to pass traffic between. Catalyst customers are concerned about how to replace these switches to maintain and enhance their networks performance without disruption to their business. This work includes many tasks such as network designing, choice of ip network, simultaneous working of devices and their configurations. Pvst simulation is also responsible for the interoperability mechanism that mstp cannot provide alone when working with ciscos. The management ethernet interface provides an outofband method for connecting to the switch. A query of lacp status on the commandline interface clis of each switch during each step showed the switches dynamically. Interoperability matrix for cisco nexus and mds 9000 products. The interoperability of juniper and cisco allows the equipment from different vendors to work consistently. Netpatibles switch interoperability test results november 2015 executive summary will thirdparty transceivers interoperate with switches from major networking vendors such as arista, cisco, hpe, and juniper. This configuration guide aims to help networking professionals successfully interconnect juniper networks and cisco systems switches using a variety of popular layer 2 and layer 3 protocols. Not sure which model ex you are trying this with always good idea to include both model and sw version, but below is link to newer els model discussion of stp options. Juniper networks data center solutions, in particular, are on par with the competition. This site provides information on configuring cisco technologies with third party unified communications products and lists features that will. To use me0 as a management port, you must configure its logical port, me0.
May 21, 2018 for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. Hi folks, after reading some docs about configuration options between them i have not connectivity yet. Not sure which model ex you are trying this with always good idea to include both model and sw version, but below is link to newer els. The matter of fact cisco s catalyst 6500 switch has been the workhorse of campus and data center networks globally and is now at its end of sale and end of support lifecycle. Juniper and cisco switches correctly forwarded traffic. The compatibility matrix for older firmware versions will now show under s series.
Cisco devices also use the mtukeyword in the interface configuration context to enable switching of jumbo frames. Juniper networkscisco systems switch interoperability cookbook. There are some comparison between junipers ex4200 switch and ciscos 3750 series catalyst switches, which may help you know more about ex4200 switch and cisco 3750 switches. The wifi interoperability section also uses a cisco 5508 controller and cisco 3602 and cisco 3702 access points. In every test case where juniper and cisco switches supported the same protocol. Juniper networks ex series cisco catalyst interoperability test results 3 cases noted as not tested refer to situations where either the juniper or cisco software image tested did not support a given protocol. But wading through the differences among vendor offerings can be a challenge. Juniper exseries and cisco 6500 stp interoperability.
The configuration guide aims to help networking professionals successfully interconnect juniper networks and cisco ethernet switches using a variety of popular layer 2 and layer 3 protocols. To find out, netpatibles commissioned network test, an independent thirdparty networking. The two companies are at the ofcnfoec show demonstrating 100g bps interoperability between nokia siemens network and juniper s t1600 core router. Cisco ios has separate commands for mtu, describing the maximum transmission unit for the ethernet frameand for the ip mtu, describing the. Cisco interoperability portal the cisco interoperability portal is designed to help you interoperate with your current architecture and applications when moving to cisco unified communications.
Juniper cisco juniper switches are cheaper than cisco. Juniper networks cisco systems switch interoperability cookbook. By following the stepbystep procedures described in this document, it should be possible to verify. Here is a similar question which contains a statement from juniper i think where they have some questions about what they need in order to support these features. If your deployment strategy involves increased use of non cisco switches at l3, its a good idea to consider moving off of eigrp, which is a cisco proprietary protocol. To assess lacp, network test removed and then readded ports members from the lag to verify that both juniper and cisco switches would correctly reconfigure the lag. Juniper networks has maintained steady annual growth in a competitive market. This means that the cisco switch only sees one instance of spanning tree from the juniper on the native vlan vlan 1, and cannot detect loops from the juniper switch on any other vlan. Comment on this article affected products browse the knowledge base for more articles related to these product categories. Understanding interfaces techlibrary juniper networks. Juniper networks hardware compatibility tool helps you find the transceivers, line cards, and interface modules that are supported on juniper networks products. Why cisco is worth nearly 15 times as much as juniper forbes. Details for each protocol are discussed later in this document. This is not the first time that qfx522032cd has excelled in its 400gbe capability and interoperability demonstration.
Juniper cisco protocol interoperability juniper virtual chassis fabric. Mar 06, 2020 junipers qfx522032cd successfully interoperated with the cisco nexus 3432ds switch on a 400gbe link. May 07, 2020 note interoperability between a cisco mds 9000 or cisco nexus 5000 switch and a brocade switch is based on the software version that is running on each switch. Junos, on the other hand, is an advanced endtoend modular network operating system which singlehandedly powers the junipers entire fleet of network and security products.
Arista, bisdn, cisco, delta, eci, ericsson, huawei, juniper, nokia. I dont use these at our data centre although started deploying these at smaller sites and they out perform the gear in head office. Network blogs, news and network management articles. Application notes implement multivrf between a juniper j4300 enterprise router at a main site and a cisco catalyst 3550 multilayer switch at a branch site. Compared to cisco and hpe, juniper is the young pup in the game, however since they were founded in 1996, they have been taking market share from cisco.
The interface in access mode connects to a network device, such as laptop or an ip phone. Playbook switch to a better switch juniper networks. Juniper networks brings 400gbe speeds to starlight official. Interoperability of juniper and cisco devices network switch. Spanning tree stprstp interoperability of ex switches. Nov 23, 2017 cisco is definitely featurerich but evidently not robust enough to garner interoperability. We utilize netapp storage, which is currently connected to a pair of hp 3500yl switches via 10gbe dac cables. It is no longer necessary to query for standalone c. Juniper ingress pe to cisco egress pe via mixed cisco juniper mpls core ingress pe pe2 from juniper pe2, we will validate endtoend reachability to prefix 71. Appendix b lists the software versions tested for each switch. Comparing the best data centerclass switch features. Juniper switches excellent switches, better performance than cisco at a lower price.
Security alerts and vulnerabilities product alerts and software release notices problem report pr. On the cisco devices, the command spanningtree pathcost method long must be entered to make it compliant with ieee stp path cost. Ceside juniperm20 juniperm20 cisco7606 ceside the configs. Juniper egress pe will receive untagged traffic due to mpls pop action performed by penultimate nodes and will do regular l3 ip lookup. Cisco, microsoft, team up to virtual switch for hyperv in windows server 8 september 21, 2011 to recognize cisco catalyst 6500 series 8port 10 gigabit ethernet module january 14, 20 comparison of huawei s12700 series. Cisco c3260 m3m4 has been rebranded as s3260 m3m4 as of 3. Connecting cisco and juniper solutions experts exchange. Spanning tree stprstp interoperability of ex switches with. A violation of these rules will place the port on the cisco switch port into a nonforwarding state until the inconsistency that triggered the violation is resolved. The model numbers of the switches are provided in the table below for reference.