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Supported Platforms and Positioning
The following table lists the supported platforms and positioning:
Name Convention | Supported Platforms | Junos OS Release |
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Forwarding Node | MX304 | 23.4R2 |
Service Node | SRX4600 | 23.4R2 |
Service Node | vSRX | 23.4R2 running on VMWare ESXi |
Test Optics
The fiber optic transceivers used in the test bed are:
- QSFP-100GBASE-SR4: between MX304 and SRX4600s
- QSFP28-100G-AOC-3M: between MX304 and servers hosting vSRXs
This JVD is validated with the fiber optics reference above. However, the technical validation is larger in regard to hardware compatible optics. For more information, see the references for Juniper’s Hardware Compatibility Tool.
- For SRX4600: https://apps.juniper.net/hct/product/?prd=SRX4600
- For MX304: https://apps.juniper.net/hct/product/?prd=MX304
- For MX10004: https://apps.juniper.net/hct/product/?prd=MX10004
vSRX Setup and Sizing
This JVD focuses only on the functional aspect of the solution. It does not matter whether powerful servers are tested for hosting the vSRX(s) and which vSRX size is used here. For real world performances, high end servers (such as Dell or HPE servers with Intel Gold or AMK 9K CPUs, 256GB RAM and ConnectX6 or X7 or later interfaces) with large vSRX sizes are proposed (such as 16 vCPU and 32GB RAM). For vSRX requirements information, see the following Juniper documentation:
- VMware ESXi: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/vsrx/vsrx-consolidated-deployment-guide/vsrx-kvm/topics/concept/security-vsrx-kvm-understanding.html
- KVM: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/vsrx/vsrx-consolidated-deployment-guide/vsrx-vmware/topics/concept/security-vsrx-vmware-overview.html