The Juniper Networks EX9200 Line of Ethernet Switches provides a programmable, flexible, and highly scalable foundation for enterprise campus core, aggregation, and data center environments.

Designed to support mission-critical applications, the EX9200 combines high switching capacity, advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 functionality, network virtualization, and high availability in a modular architecture.

In enterprise campus environments, the EX9200 helps organizations provide secure and simplified access to business-critical applications. In the data center, it helps simplify operations and enables the network to adapt to changing business requirements.

The platform supports modern enterprise architectures using technologies such as:

• Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
• Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• MACsec AES-256
• Junos OS
• Advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing
• Multicast
• MPLS
• Network virtualization

Features and Benefits

Flexible and Scalable Interface Cards

The EX9200 supports high-density interface options across:

• 1GbE
• 10GbE
• 40GbE
• 100GbE

The platform also provides deep buffering to help maintain network performance as traffic demands increase.

Secure Campus Fabric

EX9200 switches can operate within an IP fabric using an:

• EVPN-VXLAN overlay

This architecture can extend across multiple enterprise buildings while allowing VXLAN to stretch Layer 2 connectivity across the network.

The result is a flexible foundation for building secure and scalable campus networks.

MACsec AES-256

The EX9200 supports:

• IEEE 802.1AE MACsec
• AES-256 encryption

MACsec provides link-layer:

• Data confidentiality
• Data integrity
• Data-origin authentication

This helps protect traffic transmitted across supported network links.

EX9200 Chassis Options

The EX9200 family includes three main chassis platforms:

• EX9204
• EX9208
• EX9214

Each chassis uses separate dedicated:

• Data plane
• Control plane
• Management plane

This architecture improves scalability, resiliency, and fault isolation across enterprise core and aggregation environments.

EX9204 Ethernet Switch

The EX9204 provides a modular switching platform designed for enterprise core and aggregation deployments.

Architecture

The EX9204 uses separate dedicated:

• Data plane
• Control plane
• Management plane

Power

The chassis supports up to:

• 4 power supplies

Supported input configurations include:

• -40V to -72V DC with 1+1 redundancy
• 100V to 120V AC with 2+2 redundancy
• 200V to 240V AC with 1+1 redundancy

Maximum power draw:

• 2,199W DC
• 2,421W AC

Cooling

The EX9204 includes:

• Internally redundant fan tray
• Side-to-side airflow

Weight

Fully loaded weight:

• 128.0 lb
• 58.1 kg

Fabric Capacity

The EX9204 provides:

• Up to 3 Tbps backplane capacity
• Up to 1.5 Tbps full-duplex capacity per slot
• 1+1 fabric redundancy

Routing Engine

The EX9204 supports:

• Master and backup Routing Engines
• 1+1 Routing Engine redundancy
• Up to 64 GB DRAM
• Dual front-pluggable SSDs
• Up to 64 GB per SSD

Available interfaces include:

• Console port
• Auxiliary serial port
• Ethernet management ports
• USB storage interface

Operating System

The EX9204 runs:

• Juniper Networks Junos OS

EX9208 Ethernet Switch

The EX9208 provides greater chassis capacity for larger enterprise core and aggregation deployments.

Architecture

The EX9208 uses separate dedicated:

• Data plane
• Control plane
• Management plane

Power

The chassis supports up to:

• 4 power supplies

Supported configurations include:

• -40V to -72V DC with 2+2 redundancy
• 100V to 120V AC with 3+1 redundancy
• 200V to 240V AC with 2+2 redundancy

Maximum power draw:

• 4,388W DC
• 4,831W AC

Cooling

The EX9208 provides:

• Internally redundant fan tray
• Side-to-side airflow

Fabric Capacity

The EX9208 provides:

• Up to 7.5 Tbps backplane capacity
• Up to 1.5 Tbps full-duplex capacity per slot
• 1+1 fabric redundancy

Routing Engine

The platform supports:

• Master and backup Routing Engines
• 1+1 redundancy
• Up to 64 GB DRAM
• Dual front-pluggable SSDs
• Up to 64 GB per SSD

Management connectivity includes:

• Console
• Auxiliary serial
• Ethernet management ports
• USB storage interface

Operating System

The EX9208 runs:

• Juniper Networks Junos OS

EX9214 Ethernet Switch

The EX9214 provides the highest capacity configuration in the EX9200 line.

Architecture

The EX9214 uses separate dedicated:

• Data plane
• Control plane
• Management plane

Power

The chassis uses two power zones, with two power supplies available per zone.

It supports up to:

• 4 power supplies

Supported input configurations include:

• -40V to -72V DC with 1+1 redundancy per power zone
• 200V to 240V AC with 1+1 redundancy per power zone

Maximum power draw:

• 9,534W DC
• 9,318W AC

Cooling

The EX9214 provides:

• Front-to-back airflow
• Hot-swappable fan tray
• 1+1 fan redundancy

Weight

Fully loaded weight:

• 350.1 lb
• 158.8 kg

Fabric Capacity

The EX9214 provides:

• Up to 12 Tbps backplane capacity
• Up to 1.5 Tbps full-duplex capacity per slot
• 2+1 fabric redundancy

Routing Engine

The EX9214 supports:

• Master and backup Routing Engines
• 1+1 redundancy
• Up to 64 GB DRAM
• Dual front-pluggable SSDs
• Up to 64 GB per SSD

Available management interfaces include:

• Console interface
• Auxiliary serial interface
• Ethernet management interfaces
• USB storage interface

Operating System

The EX9214 runs:

• Juniper Networks Junos OS

High Availability

EX9200 switches are designed for continuous network operation.

High-availability capabilities include:

• Secure modular architecture
• Fault isolation
• Separate control and forwarding planes
• Transparent failover
• Network recovery
• Graceful Routing Engine Switchover
• Nonstop Active Routing
• Nonstop Bridging
• Unified In-Service Software Upgrade

These features help maintain network availability during hardware, software, or control-plane events.

Layer 2 Features

The EX9200 supports large-scale Layer 2 environments.

Available capabilities include:

• Up to 1 million MAC addresses
• Up to 512,000 ARP entries with ML license
• 256,000 ARP entries without ML license
• Up to 512,000 FIB entries with ML license
• 256,000 FIB entries without ML license
• Jumbo frames up to 9,192 bytes
• Up to 32,000 VLANs

Supported protocols include:

• VLAN Registration Protocol
• Link Aggregation Control Protocol
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
• VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol

Layer 3 Features

The EX9200 provides extensive Layer 3 routing capabilities.

The platform supports:

• Up to 1 million IPv4 RIB entries
• Up to 1 million IPv6 RIB entries
• Static routing
• RIP v1/v2
• OSPF v1/v2
• OSPF v3
• Filter-based forwarding
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
• IPv6
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
• Virtual routers

With the appropriate Advanced Feature license, the platform also supports:

• BGP
• IS-IS

Hardware Tunneling

The EX9200 supports several tunneling and VPN technologies, including:

• GRE tunnels
• MPLS capabilities
• VPLS
• BGP/MPLS VPNs
• Ethernet VPNs

These technologies allow organizations to build advanced enterprise and data center network architectures.

Multicast

The EX9200 supports up to:

• 256,000 IPv4 multicast routes
• 256,000 IPv6 multicast routes

Supported multicast technologies include:

• IGMP v1/v2/v3
• IGMP snooping
• MLD snooping
• PIM-SM
• PIM-SSM
• PIM-DM
• Multicast Source Discovery Protocol

Firewall Filters and Access Control

The EX9200 supports ingress and egress Layer 2 through Layer 4 access control lists.

Available ACL types include:

• Port ACLs
• VLAN ACLs
• Router ACLs

The platform also provides:

• Control-plane Denial-of-Service protection

Quality of Service

EX9200 Quality of Service capabilities include:

• Up to 16,000 policers per chassis
• 8 egress queues per port
• Weighted Random Early Detection
• Weighted Round-Robin queuing
• Strict priority queuing

These capabilities allow organizations to prioritize critical applications and traffic flows across the network.

Network Virtualization

The EX9200 supports integration with multiple network virtualization technologies and platforms.

These include:

• Juniper Networks Contrail
• VMware NSX SDN controllers
• VXLAN
• Open vSwitch Database
• VXLAN Layer 2 Gateway
• VXLAN Layer 3 Gateway
• EVPN
• EVPN Multihoming
• EVPN-VXLAN Layer 2 and Layer 3 Gateway
• VPLS for Data Center Interconnect

Management

The EX9200 provides several management options, including:

• Junos OS command-line interface
• Junos XML management protocol
• SNMP v1/v2/v3
• RADIUS
• TACACS+
• Extensive MIB support
• Firewall-based port mirroring
• Link Layer Discovery Protocol
• Advanced Insight Solutions

EX9200 Platform Specifications

Form Factor

The EX9200 line is available in:

• 5 RU
• 8 RU
• 16 RU

Port Density

Maximum port density includes:

• 40 x 100GbE
• 480 x 10GbE
• 440 x 1GbE

Switching Capacity

The EX9200 platform provides up to:

• 13.2 Tbps switching capacity

MAC Address Capacity

The platform supports up to:

• 1 million MAC addresses

Fabric Technologies

Supported fabric technologies include:

• EVPN-VXLAN
• MC-LAG
• ESI-LAG

Scalable Core and Aggregation Switching

The Juniper EX9200 Line of Ethernet Switches provides a modular foundation for enterprise core, aggregation, campus, and data center environments.

With EX9204, EX9208, and EX9214 chassis options, support for 1GbE through 100GbE connectivity, backplane capacity reaching 12 Tbps, overall switching capacity up to 13.2 Tbps, EVPN-VXLAN, MACsec AES-256, advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing, high availability, and extensive network virtualization capabilities, the EX9200 provides the scalability required for large enterprise networks.