Juniper QFX10016-BASE-T TAA-Compliant Core Chassis

Product Description

The Juniper QFX10016-BASE-T is a TAA-compliant base chassis designed for spine-level data center and IP fabric core deployments. Engineered for enterprise and public-sector networks, this platform supports high-density aggregation of leaf traffic while running on Junos OS. It is part of the Juniper QFX10000 series, delivering a scalable foundation for modern data center architectures.

Technical Specifications

• Product Type: Base chassis for line cards and management modules
• Platform: Juniper QFX10000 series spine/core data center switch
• Chipset: Juniper Q5 ASIC with deep buffers
• Operating System: Junos OS
• Compliance: TAA (Trade Agreements Act) certified
• MPN: qfx10016-base-t

Design Features

• Deep-buffer Q5 ASIC chipset for lossless traffic aggregation
• Modular chassis architecture supporting line cards and management modules
• TAA certification for U.S. government and defense procurement eligibility
• Optimized for non-blocking connectivity in IP fabric topologies
• Native support for EVPN-VXLAN overlay networks
• Designed for high-availability core deployments with advanced routing protocol support

Application Area

This chassis is deployed in enterprise data centers as the spine layer of an IP fabric, aggregating traffic from multiple leaf switches with minimal packet loss. It is also used for building scalable EVPN-VXLAN overlays for multi-tenancy and segmentation, as well as for inter-data-center connectivity requiring advanced routing capabilities. Suitable for large-scale private cloud and mission-critical network environments.