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EX Series Switch Software Features Overview

Table 1 lists the Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switch software features and the Juniper Networks JUNOS Software release in which they were introduced.

Table 1: Summary of Software Features Available on EX Series Switches

Feature Category

Feature

First Release
EX3200 and EX4200 Switches

First Release
EX8200 Switches

Activity Logging and Monitoring

J-Web event view for system log messages

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Real-time performance monitoring (RPM)

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

System logging (syslog) over IPv4

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

System logging (syslog) over IPv6

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Traceroute tool in J-Web interface

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1
Administration

Automatic software download

JUNOS 9.6R1

Not supported

Configuration rollback

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Confirmation of configuration changes

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Software upgrades

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Support for RADIUS external administrator databases

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Supports the following features for automating network operations and troubleshooting:

  • Commit scripts
  • Operation scripts
  • Event policies

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1
Encapsulation

802.1Q encapsulation tags

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

802.1Q filtering and forwarding

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Ethernet:

  • Media access control (MAC) encapsulation
  • 802.1p tagging

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1
High Availability and Resiliency

Graceful protocol restart for IS-IS

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Graceful protocol restart for OSPF and BGP

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) for EX4200 Virtual Chassis configurations

JUNOS 9.1R1

Not applicable

Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) for ARP entries

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) for the forwarding database

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) for port security

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.6R1

Link aggregation control protocol (LACP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Link aggregation control protocol (LACP) support for dual-homing applications in data centers

JUNOS 10.0R1

Link aggregation groups (LAGs)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Link aggregation groups (LAGs) over Virtual Chassis ports (VCPs)

JUNOS 9.6R1

Not applicable

Redundant trunk groups

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Virtual Chassis

  • Atomic software upgrade
  • Fast failover
  • Split and merge

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not applicable

Virtual Chassis

  • Automatic software update on prospective member switches
  • Front-panel configuration of uplink module ports as Virtual Chassis ports (VCPs)

JUNOS 10.0R1

Not applicable

Virtual Chassis

  • Autoprovisioning of Virtual Chassis ports (VCPs)

JUNOS 9.5R1

Not applicable

Virtual Chassis

  • Support for SFP uplink module ports

JUNOS 9.2R1

Not applicable

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for IPv6 (except authentication-type and authentication key)

JUNOS
10.0R1

Not
supported

Interfaces

Digital optical monitoring (DOM)

JUNOS 10.0R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

Interface range support

JUNOS 10.0R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

Power over Ethernet (PoE)

JUNOS 9.0R2

Not applicable

VLAN-tagged Layer 3 subinterfaces

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1
Internet Protocols

IPv4

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

IPv6 (except multicast protocols)

A separate software license is required for IPv6. See Software Licenses for the EX Series Switch Overview.

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported
IP Address Management

DHCP server and relay with option 82 for Layer 2 VLANs

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

DHCPv6 and IPv6 DNS

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Local DHCP server

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Static addresses

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1
Layer 2 Network Protocols

BPDU protection for spanning-tree protocols

JUNOS 9.1R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Extended Q-in-Q VLAN support for multiple S-VLANs per access interface, firewall-filter-based VLAN assignment, and routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs)

JUNOS 9.6R1

Not supported

GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)

JUNOS 9.1R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Layer 2 protocol tunneling (L2PT)

JUNOS 10.0

Not supported

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Link Layer Discovery Protocol-Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED) with voice over IP (VoIP) integration

JUNOS 9.0R2

Not supported

Loop protection for spanning-tree protocols

JUNOS 9.1R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP)

JUNOS 10.0R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

Private VLANs (PVLANs)

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Q-in-Q tunneling

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Root protection for spanning-tree protocols

JUNOS 9.1R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Spanning tree:

  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
  • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
  • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Spanning tree:

  • VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP)

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 9.6R1

Storm control

JUNOS 9.1R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Unknown Layer 2 unicast forwarding

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 10.0R1

Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)—virtual routing instances

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.6R1

Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)—virtual routing instances for multicast traffic

JUNOS 10.0R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

VLAN ID translation

JUNOS 10.0R1

Not supported

VLAN range

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1
Layer 3 Protocols

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

A separate software license is required for BGP and MBGP. See Software Licenses for the EX Series Switch Overview.

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)

A separate software license is required for IS-IS. See Software Licenses for the EX Series Switch Overview.

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

IGMPv1 and IGMPv2

JUNOS 9.1R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

IGMPv3

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

IPv6 protocols: Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3), RIPng, IS-IS for IPv6, IPv6 BGP

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Jumbo frames on routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs)

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)

See the JUNOS Software Routing Protocols Guide at http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos100/index.html.

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

OSPF Multitopology Routing (MT-OSPF)

See the JUNOS Software Routing Protocols Guide at http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos100/index.html.

JUNOS 9.5R1

JUNOS 9.5R1

OSPFv2

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Protocol Independent Multicast dense mode (PIM DM)

See the JUNOS Software Multicast Configuration Guide at http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos100/index.html.

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Protocol Independent Multicast source specific multicast (PIM SSM)

See the JUNOS Software Multicast Configuration Guide at http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos100/index.html.

JUNOS 9.2R1

Not supported

Protocol Independent Multicast sparse mode (PIM SM)

See the JUNOS Software Multicast Configuration Guide at http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos100/index.html.

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Routing Information Protocol version 1 (RIPv1) and RIPv2

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Single-source multicast

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Static routes

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1
Multicast

IGMP snooping with routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs)

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

IGMPv3 snooping

JUNOS 9.6R1

JUNOS 9.6R1

Multicast VLAN registration (MVR)

JUNOS 9.6R1

Not supported
MPLS

MPLS with RSVP-based label switched paths (LSPs) and MPLS-based circuit cross-connects (CCCs)

A separate software license is required for MPLS. See Software Licenses for the EX Series Switch Overview.

JUNOS 9.5R1

Not supported
Network Management and Monitoring

Class of service (CoS)—Class-based queuing with prioritization

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Class of service (CoS)—DSCP, IEEE 801.p, and IP precedence packet rewrites are enabled on routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs).

JUNOS 9.5R1

Not supported

Class of service (CoS)—Interface-specific classifiers on routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs)

JUNOS 9.4R1

Not supported

Class of service (CoS) multidestination

Not applicable

JUNOS 9.5R1

Class-of-service (CoS) support on LAGs

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Class-of-service (CoS) support on routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs)

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Ethernet OAM link fault management (LFM)

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

Interface-specific CoS rewrite rules

JUNOS 9.4R1

Not supported

JUNOS EZQoS for CoS

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Policing

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Port shaping and queue shaping

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Port mirroring

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Port mirroring enhancements

  • Multiple VLAN support
  • Layer 3 interface support

JUNOS 9.5R1

JUNOS 9.5R1

Port mirroring enhancements

  • Support for setting ingress-only and egress-only attributes on members of a VLAN to avoid the flooding of mirrored traffic to the member interfaces of a VLAN in the intermediate switch

JUNOS 10.0R1

Not supported

RMON

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Real-time performance monitoring (RPM)

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

sFlow monitoring technology

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 10.0R1

Simple Network Management Protocol version 1 (SNMPv1), SNMPv2, and SNMPv3

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

System snapshot

JUNOS 10.0R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

Transparent bridging

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1
Security

802.1X authentication

JUNOS 9.0R2

Not supported

Denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed DoS (DDoS) protection

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Dynamic allocation of TCAM memory to firewall filters

JUNOS 10.0R1

Not supported

Dynamic firewall filters for 802.1X authentication

JUNOS 9.0R2

Not supported

Filter-based forwarding

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 9.6R1

Firewall filters and rate limiting

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Firewall filters on LAGs

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 10.0R1

Firewall filter on loopback interface

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.6R1

Firewall filter processing points, additional

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not applicable

MAC-based VLAN

JUNOS 9.2R1

Not supported

MAC RADIUS authentication

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Port security:

  • DHCP option 82

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Port security:

  • DHCP snooping
  • Dynamic ARP inspection (DAI)
  • MAC limiting
  • MAC move limiting

JUNOS 9.0R2

Not supported

Port security:

  • IP source guard

JUNOS 9.2R1

Not supported

Port security:

  • Persistent storage for DHCP snooping

JUNOS 9.4R1

Not supported

Port security:

  • Static ARP support

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Port security and storm control:

  • Automatic recovery for port error disable conditions

JUNOS 9.6R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

Proxy ARP

  • Restricted proxy ARP

JUNOS 10.0R1

JUNOS 10.0R1

Proxy ARP

  • Unrestricted proxy ARP

JUNOS 9.6R1

Not supported

Server fail fallback

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

TACACS+

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

Unicast reverse-path forwarding (RPF)

JUNOS 9.3R2

JUNOS 9.4R1
System Management

Autoinstallation

JUNOS 9.4R1

Not supported

IP directed broadcast

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS command-line interface (CLI)—For switch configuration and management through the console, Telnet, SSH, or J-Web CLI editor

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

J-Web interface, for switch configuration and management

JUNOS 9.0R2

JUNOS 9.4R1

J-Web interface enhancements:

  • The dashboard displays the DC power supply.
  • The Monitoring Chassis Information page displays details about the DC power supply.
  • The Virtual Chassis Monitoring page displays details of Virtual Chassis port (VCP) error and drop counts, VCP maximum bandwidth, and VCP actual bandwidth.

JUNOS 9.4R1

Not applicable

J-Web interface enhancements:

  • The Interface Configuration page displays details about port role configuration.
  • The Link Aggregation Configuration page supports aggregating interfaces with any speed setting.
  • Configuring spanning-tree protocols, GVRP, IGMP snooping, and redundant trunk groups is supported.
  • Monitoring Ethernet switching, spanning-tree protocols, GVRP, and IGMP snooping is supported.
  • Setting up real-time performance monitoring (RPM) and viewing monitoring results is supported.

JUNOS 9.5R1

JUNOS 9.5R1

J-Web license-management tool

JUNOS 9.1R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

J-Web Port Troubleshooting tool

JUNOS 9.2R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Online insertion and removal (OIR) of uplink modules

JUNOS 10.0R1

Not supported

Platform-specific JUNOS Software installation packages—EX Series switches have specific installation packages for each family of switches. Names of the installation packages include the switch family name.

JUNOS 9.4R1

JUNOS 9.4R1

Power over Ethernet (PoE) power management mode

JUNOS 9.3R2

Not supported

Published: 2009-10-08