Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches Primary Use Case

Bona Chhith - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Network Architect at a government with 10,001+ employees

The version we're using depends on the model. We use QFX a lot, including versions 5100, 5110, and 5120. For the 4300 and 4400 campus switches, we're running version 21.4.

The solution is deployed on-premises. Juniper doesn't support cloud. 

Juniper just bought an orchestration management platform called Abstract.
Abstract is all greenfield, meaning that it's designed to be built from the ground up. You can't incorporate it with the existing infrastructure.

We have over a million users. I work for AWS, so we do a lot of deployment in Juniper.

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KyeJewell - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Support Engineer at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees

We use the EX series for switching. We use both POE and the standard option. We mainly use 48 port ones because we have quite a large area to cover for networking. We use three or four VLANs on each. The models we use are the EX 2300 and 3300.

We use the Juniper SRX 3040s in a cluster configuration and we have five offices around the globe. And our main office is in Bristol and has two 3034s in the cluster configuration. We've also got a VPN between all the sites. Our other sites use SRX 3020s, which will allow a gigabit to pass through on the firewall.

Our company has about 150 people spread across five continents with multiple offices across the globe. There are four of us at the moment in my team that deal with the actual devices. 

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MN
Network Admin at a government with 11-50 employees

We use it across our whole environment. We use it for everything from our core to our edge. It is basically deployed everywhere. A good percentage of our Juniper switches are in a stacked array. For example, we do four 48-port switches for a wiring closet in a building. They're all stacked together, and they call it ActivChassis. Most companies, such as HP, ADTRAN, also do the same kind of thing. So, we do a virtual chassis formation in our wiring closet. For smaller buildings that only need one switch, we do a single switch at the distant end.

We have a lot from the 2300 Series. We have one 3300 and quite a few from the 3400 Series. We also have one 4550, and we have also been buying the 4350 series ones.

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MuhammadBilal2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Networks at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

We primarily use the solution for the core environment and not in the access environment.

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Thorsten Hansl - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Düsen-Schlick GmbH

I use Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches in my company as access switches for PCs or access points.

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FabioCavalcante - PeerSpot reviewer
Gerente de contas nacionais | Delivering innovative solutions that stand out for their excellence at Stoneground

Our use case is among the 10 largest Brazilian banks, with more than 6 million accounts and presence in all Brazilian states. The institution showed annual growth of 27.6%. Its main businesses include universal banking, savings, loans and mutual insurance. And Stoneground  has approved equipment from Juniper Networks to improve stability, and also to deliver the performance required to support guarantee high throughput and scalability, and ensure compatibility with new technologies

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Rodoljub Katic - PeerSpot reviewer
Wireless Network Design Engineer at Hyperoptic

These are standalone devices. We use them as switches. We use them in the access layer as well as in the aggregation layer. We use them to provide internet services to the end-user.

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TarunKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. IT Service Manager at Birdeye Inc.

We have large offices in New York, India, and in other countries where these switches have been installed for our access layer and core layer.

We have thousands of users. They all use the switches when connecting to LAN or Wi-Fi.

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Pawel Jenner - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps and System Engineer at Netyard

I use it for my customers. 

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it_user1259004 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Enterprise Design Group

A lot of our deployments are hybrid cloud that we do for clients. We are personally using an on-premises installation.  

Our clients' use cases for Juniper Ethernet Switches are pretty broad as far as the industries covered. There are clients that are urgent care facilities, physician's offices, legal offices, restaurants — it really runs across the boards as far as industries. The USDA has a number of Juniper switches that we put in for them.  

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DK
Compliance, Security & Testing Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

We are using multiple EX4200 Virtual Chassis Stacks in an on-premises deployment.

The way we have it configured is that it is our core switch model that holds up our entire infrastructure.

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SM
CTO at ITBiz Solutions

We are the company integrators, who provide solutions to our customers. I don't have much knowledge in this regard since I started in the middle. I have a lot of experience in Huawei and Juniper. It's because the configuration is an easier process and the transport from Juniper is also easy. They are currently using all these products for various purposes in the network which includes connecting to servers and Wi-Fi points. 

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SR
Senior Technical Director at National Informatics Center

I am using Juniper Ethernet Switches for connecting all of our nodes. Mostly for edge connections.

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Mehdi Mamaghani - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Specialist at Pars Khodro Company

We use the layer three switches. We use it for routing, separating the VLANs, and for inter-VLAN routing. Also, we use the product's firewall filters.  

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UY
Senior network engineer at GoTech

We use the solution to access insights for network activities.

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HR
Manager - IT at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'm a manager and we're a user and customer of Juniper. The primary use case is for our network connectivity, for our wireless access. We use it as a POP port and through the radio-network connectivity, it's used for all purposes, like wireless data and e-mails, whatever it is. We use it for video conferencing, basic network switching, really for all purposes. We have about 100 staff using the solution and at any one time, there are around 700 to 800 network divisors connected to the network.

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GH
IT Support Engineer at Gotech

Juniper Ethernet Switches are used to connect other devices to a network, such as other switches.

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FR
Network Engineer at Media Telekomunikasi Mandiri

We still use the solution as a legacy network just for a core switch. It's for the ISP.

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Ahmed Hawana - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at IDSC

We are using the product as edge switches. We have a core switch in one of our branches also, a Juniper switch.

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D6B8 - PeerSpot reviewer
District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

We currently use Juniper for all of our switching/routing infrastructure. Core, aggregate, and access layers are all made up of Juniper components. We also procured and use Junos Space as well as Network Director.

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MP
Vice President Digital Network & Security Delivery Group at Microland Limited

Juniper Ethernet Switches are used in data centers, corporate offices, branch offices, factory environments, and business ops part of the factory environments. 

Wherever there are wireless networks we use the Cisco Meraki's and Arubas. Wherever there are firewalls, we use the Check Points, Cisco ASAs, FortiGate, and Juniper.

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TL
Network Engineer at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees

My primary use of this solution is for core switching and routing.

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VS
IT Administrator at RC Network Solutions Pvt Ltd

We provide network solutions to our clients and Juniper Ethernet Switches are one of the devices that we install and configure for them. We are certified by Juniper to work with these switches.

This solution makes up part of the physical network.

We had one big project where we had to deploy Juniper switches with a firewall.

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ZP
Owner & General Manager at a media company with 1-10 employees

We use Juniper Ethernet switches to connect to other switches and computers.

We are a public service company providing the backbone network for our country. We have the highest level of concentration. We provide our services to some 45 other big operators because we are a carrier's carrier. Not all of this is on one switch as our network stretches across three countries and five cities. We have 12 data centers and not all of them use Juniper switches. We use Juniper switches in two central data centers, to which we connected 12 customers and 20 backbone instances.

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MB
Federal Field Systems Engineer at a government with 51-200 employees

We are service providers and we are vendor agnostic. We try to find a solution that best fits the customer's needs and this is one of the products that we implement for them.

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CC
Network and Service Development Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

We are using this solution for traffic aggregation. We connect multiple services to virtual infrastructure, connecting customers and aggregating traffic to the core.

We have an on-premises deployment.

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Ahmed Mondher - PeerSpot reviewer
Network And Security Engineer at TechProTn

We use the product in data centers. 

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Olajide Olusegun - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security

Our office utilizes Juniper EX Series as part of its infrastructure to provide LAN access for connecting various devices such as PCs, servers, workstations, access points, printers, access doors, and wireless access points.

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Emmanuel Bakare - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Design / Operations Engineer at Zoracom

Our primary use case for this solution is deploying and maintaining network environments. For example, one of our major clients is the leading telecommunication provider in Africa and uses a lot of Juniper devices as part of a core network. We deploy this solution on-premises.

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SH
Network Engineer at Houston Technologies

We primarily use the solution for power networking. 

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SW
Senior Presales Consultant at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd

We have done big projects with the solution. We use the solution for the data center and the access layer features.

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SaurabhMishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Infrastructure Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I'm a network architect and user of this solution.

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EM
Senior Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

We are using this solution as the current network infrastructure in the company.

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FR
Head of Infrastructure Network & Security at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

We use Juniper Ethernet switches for managing resources in our network.

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SB
System Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are solution providers. We offer many solutions to customers and the Juniper Ethernet Switches are part of our offering.

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Md. Al Imran Chowdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at Link3 Technologies

I provide Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches to financial organizations like banks, and I know that the solution is, to date, used in a bank where I have provided it for four years. I haven't got any issues from the bank's side. I think it is a very good product.

From the purpose of the tool as a switch, the features provided by the solution are almost the same. In terms of data handling purposes, I feel Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches are more capable of handling big data compared to the other products in the market. Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches can handle big data switches.

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SC
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Juniper is a networking company that provides mainly WAN Switching.

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it_user1203708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Advanced Technologies

We use this solution for our network in an on-premises deployment. We also provide this solution to some of our customers.

We have twenty-one switches that control our data center, MPLS, and access points.

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SJ
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use only Firewalls, Juniper Switches. We don't have SD-WAN solutions.

We use this solution for connecting.

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KE
Service Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The primary use case of this solution is for the internal network, covering our entire office.

The deployment model we are using is on-premises.

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WW
DevOps System Engineer at Monash University

We use the solution for ethernet access.

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IR
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The primary use case of this solution is for routing.

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DA
Data Center Architecture and Planning at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use the solution for our data center.

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AM
External Plant Coordinator with 201-500 employees

The primary use is as a datacenter, as aggregation and access switches. They are also used in wireless nodes in the core switch segment receiving all last mile services, as in optical fiber.

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RJ
Firewall Engineer at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees

Juniper is a very powerful open-source operating system. You are able to do routing and other tasks using the switches. I was using Juniper Ethernet Switches for a hotspot network.

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NV
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We use this solution for the firewall and switching.

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DM
IT at a construction company with 201-500 employees

We use it for switching.

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Buyer's Guide
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.