Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches Valuable Features
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Mohd Yasir
IP Solution Architect /Deputy Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I am satisfied with the Juniper quality of services capabilities and energy efficiency Ethernet capabilities of the Juniper products.
The main benefits that solutions such as the Juniper products provide are their reliability. We are using the Juniper MX 104 L3 switches and SRX 1500 firewall since 2019, and we have not faced a single failure. They are highly reliable products, especially in the railway environment.
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AbdulMalik
Solution Architect & Services Delivery Manager EMEA at Beyond Technology
1. High-performance: Juniper EX switches offer high-speed interfaces, low latency, and high throughput.
2. Reliability and uptime: EX switches are designed for high availability, with features like redundant power supplies, fans, and switches.
3. Advanced security features: EX switches provide robust security features, including firewall filters, Port Security , 802.1x, and MACsec encryption.
4. Scalability: Juniper EX switches offer a range of models, from compact 1U switches to large chassis-based systems.
5. Easy management: Juniper's Junos operating system provides a single, consistent interface for managing EX switches.
6. Integration with other Juniper products: EX switches integrate seamlessly with other Juniper products, such as SRX firewalls and MX routers.
7. Cost-effective: Juniper EX switches offer competitive pricing, making them a cost-effective option for enterprise networks.
8. Powered by Mist AI: Juniper EX switches are powered by Mist AI, which provides advanced automation, insights, and troubleshooting capabilities
FauzanRahmanto
Network Engineer at DCI Indonesia
The most beneficial feature of this solution for network efficiency is the virtual chassis.
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches help me save funds because, compared to Cisco devices, it has a lower price, making it quite safe for our budget.
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Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches
June 2025
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PRADIPJOSHI
Owner at Shree Atharva Sales Corporation
Juniper EX series switches offer great technology, particularly their Virtual Chassis technology, which is an excellent feature for stacking switches and functions like a single virtual switch. The EX series provides a separation of control, management, and data planes, reducing the attack surface area, ensuring a lesser extent of vulnerability. The PoE budget is commendable, and they manage connectivity effectively.
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MaungTan
Manager Pre Sales at STBL
I have experience with the implementation of Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches.
Regarding the deployment of Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, I find Juniper products to be fantastic, but there is one problem: Juniper does not have small routers. While Juniper does have routers, most of the time, users rely on Cisco Firewalls as routers.
I find Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches to be flexible and desirable.
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches are also scalable.
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Bona Chhith
Principal Network Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Juniper is really good when it comes to the MX router, like edge devices for service providers. The hardware is solid, and a lot of ISPs use MX routers. The SRX firewall is pretty good.
The campus switches and access switches are the most valuable and simple to deploy for Virtual Chassis. Other than that, I don't recommend QFX10000 or 5000.
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MuhammadBilal2
Manager Networks at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
It's got a very strong CLI and many good features, like ACLs and all those kinds of things. We can manage with CLI and we have pretty good experience with our security.
It's pretty good as compared to other vendors.
The solution is simple to implement.
It's easy to use.
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FabioCavalcante
Gerente de contas nacionais | Delivering innovative solutions that stand out for their excellence at Stoneground
It’s easy to set up and manage network fabrics, apply robust policies, cost-effectively scale, and troubleshoot needle-in-a-haystack problems, such as misconfigured VLANs and bad cables.
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PinchasAlbalya
Network Engineer at Ben Gurion University
Juniper switches are smart and we have all the features that we want. You can rollback to the previous version if you make any mistake during configuration. This is not possible in Cisco.
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Rodoljub Katic
Wireless Network Design Engineer at Hyperoptic
While it's not necessarily better, we do need to reduce our reliance on Chinese-manufactured solutions to no more than 20%. Therefore, we need a vendor that does not have equipment made in China.
The setup process is simple.
It's stable.
We have found the product to be scalable.
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Özden-Aydın
Technology Consultant at Netwiser
The most valuable feature of the solution is in the area of MC-LAG, especially for redundancy and backup.
TarunKumar1
Sr. IT Service Manager at Birdeye Inc.
The feature I like the most is the ability to reword changes before committing to the change. We can always reword changes in 10 minutes if they don't work.
The solution is very streamlined, and the performance is very good.
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Pawel Jenner
DevOps and System Engineer at Netyard
The solution works well overall.
It's a switch. Everything which I'm expecting from the switch is on the Juniper EX series.
It is stable.
You can scale the product.
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Matthew Nowak
Network Admin at a government with 11-50 employees
The thing that sets Juniper apart from most switches is that when you're in the command line and you make a configuration change, you just write the command and then say "commit confirmed minutes". For example, I'm configuring a switch here in my office, which is five miles away, and I say, "commit confirmed 5". If I can't get back to the interface within five minutes to be able to make sure the switch came up, it rolls back to the previous configuration. This way I do not get locked out, or the switch doesn't get messed up because of the incorrect configuration. That's an automatic feature, which is pretty slick. I haven't seen that feature with other vendors that I've worked with. That's probably my most favorite feature.
A nice thing about Juniper is that they also have a GUI interface, and it is a little bit better than most other vendors. Their GUI interface does more than a lot of other vendors.
Another nice thing about Juniper is that their training is available for free on their website. I wanted to get certified with Juniper, and I did it for free. On the entry-level exam, they pay for 75% of the exam if you take it through their website.
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Sergey Martynyuk
Works at ITBiz Solutions
We have multiple cases of the customers trying to upgrade their network from Cisco, Aruba and Huawei to Juniper. They do this basically because they want to modernise their network and have an increased capacity. This shift improves their functionality because the Juniper Ethernet switches are more advanced. We provide them with assistance to configure switches, access points and Wi-Fi.
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reviewer1465851
Managing Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Juniper EX Series is part of the Junos operating system and has a candidate configuration feature, which means changes are not immediately applied. It has a consistent command structure across all platforms and can handle both layer-three routing and layer-two switching. Additionally, the Junos OS offers virtualization options and support for multi-chassis and fabric switching. Overall, the Juniper EX Series is a versatile and powerful solution.
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MohammedThousif Ansari
Technical Lead at Tata Communications Ltd
Juniper Switches' best feature is its flexibility.
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Fraud Risk Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
In terms of performance, Juniper switches have a more user-friendly interface and more features than Cisco products. However, in terms of commands, Cisco is simple to use, and the command line is easier to use.
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Gerrard H
IT Support Engineer at Gotech
The most valuable feature of Juniper Ethernet Switches is the public remote configuration option. If you make a mistake in the configuration you can roll it back to the previous configuration automatically after a set time frame increment, such as five or more minutes. In all the other competitors once you press to enter the new configuration is already written in. You cannot roll it back automatically.
Juniper Ethernet Switches provides free training on its website.
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Fauzan Rahmanto
Network Engineer at Media Telekomunikasi Mandiri
The unselect feature is very useful.
The performance is very good. It is very reliable.
It is scalable.
We found the initial setup to be simple.
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Owner at Shree Atharva Sales Corporation
Juniper Ethernet Switches' best features are the high packer sorting and throughput, good uplink port capacity, and virtual setup.
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Manoj Patel
Vice President Digital Network & Security Delivery Group at Microland Limited
One of the most valuable features of Juniper Ethernet Switches is they are rugged.
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SaurabhMishra
Network Infrastructure Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Provides a high level of network functionality through the front rail which is a great feature; it reduces our need for manpower and reduces the cost of cloud integration with ML2 plugins via SDN. They plan to implement additional cost-effective functionalities. It's an advanced solution.
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Ahmed Hawana
Network and Security Engineer at IDSC
There's no specific benefit like I like this or I don't like it, however, it is just allowing us to have a multi-vendor environment. We have other switches also, like boundary switches which are Brocade switches. We are currently we are using a lot of Cisco switches. About 70% of our switches are Cisco.
The solution is stable and scalable.
It's a product that is simple to set up.
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Network Engineer at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature is that Juniper is multiple kernels, so there's isolation, which means you won't get a process that runs away, creating problems across the whole platform.
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Joris Van den Bergh
Team Leader Solution Specialists at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution is easy to use and has good integration.
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CEO at Enterprise Design Group
When you are doing switching for anybody — it could be Motorola or Sprint or a restaurant that is relatively small and has 45 employees — it does not matter. They all have the same PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance needs. If they are in the medical industry in urgent care — like Duke Medical System or just a freestanding office — they all still have the same HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance. When we are configuring switches, we are not only looking at port density in terms of the number of devices that are hooking to it. We are also looking at the VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) configurations and a number of other things. Whether you are dealing with multilink, VLANs, being able to specifically control certain ports, control certain applications, or whatever, you are using almost every feature to some degree on every switch because the utility is valuable.
One of the nicest things about Juniper switches is they work well with other vendor products. When you have to go into a situation where other vendor switches are present, you can make it work.
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Updesh Yadav
Senior network engineer at GoTech
The solution provides advanced switching features like voice VLAN and QoS. It has flexible functionalities compared to other vendors. Also, it delivers a good performance.
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Olajide Olusegun
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security
The Juniper EX Series's most valuable feature is its robustness. Additionally, it is easy to use and great GUI.
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Shankar Raju S M
Senior Technical Director at National Informatics Center
The most valuable features of Juniper Ethernet Switches are the simple configuration and ruggedness.
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Anoop-Kumar
Video conferencing Admin at Akshara Enterprises India Pvt Ltd
Both Juniper and Cisco switches are interoperable. They talk to each other.
The interoperability is very good, but with some switches, it is very rare.
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Elvis Mahadeo
Senior Systems Engineer at Caribbean Development Company
The most valuable feature is switching on our network.
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System Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
For switching, it's stable compared to others.
The switching capacity is very high, and the virtual Chassis feature for stacking is good in general, with high bandwidth for the link, which is also good.
Recently, they are offering cloud-ready switches for the same series. When you have decided to go for the cloud, there are switches that are ready for that.
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Federal Field Systems Engineer at a government with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature of this solution is the Junos operating system. It's an open-source operating system that lets you use the programming languages with it, to tailor it. You can develop automation scripts with JSON or other different programming languages.
Most of the switches are SDN ready, they are 5G ready, and they are going to incorporate wireless into their switches.
It's a flexible platform.
In terms of speed, being the total processing speed and total bandwidth per box, they usually outpace most competitors.
Juniper Ethernet Switches meet the needs of just about every customer.
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Mehdi Mamaghani
Network Security Specialist at Pars Khodro Company
In general, and when I am talking about the Juniper SRX switches that have the Junos operating systems, I find that the admin features are very flexible. For example, the rollbacks or commit confirmed work very well. Fifty configurations can be saved and restored easily. These things are very good for us because it helps us to troubleshoot or to maintain the system. When we have remote access to a device, we can be sure that a process does not get disconnected.
When you want to change a lot of parameters in a configuration, you make your changes and then you can initiate a commit and all the changes will be saved and will be enforced when the device is activated. These features are available in the Juniper switches with the Junos OS. They are very wonderful and powerful capabilities that are unique to the Juniper switching solution. For example, Cisco or FortiGate do not have similar features or they are not very good with these capabilities.
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CornelCristea
Network and Service Development Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The most valuable feature is that the CLI is the same on all of the Juniper devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls.
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Ali Shan
Network Administrator at Virtual University
I like the VLAN capabilities, and the Junos interface is easy to use.
JEGAN N
Founder at SYSTA NETWORKS
Juniper Ethernet Switches' most valuable feature is the Juniper-Mist cloud, which facilitates management of the switches and access points.
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Shafi Haider
Network Engineer at Houston Technologies
The solution is easy to set up.
It offers good connectivity.
It's stable and reliable.
We can scale the solution.
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Emmanuel Bakare
Product Design / Operations Engineer at Zoracom
We have found the granular software feature which defines networking capabilities as the most valuable. It is very valuable for SRX devices and we have found it very easy to configure, set up, and install. I would recommend having it on a cellphone.
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District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
We have found Junos to be the most valuable feature. It is extremely flexible and easy to pick up. The layout (similar to .XML) does take some time to get used to, but there are commands you can use to help alleviate these concerns.
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Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Juniper Ethernet Switches are high-end solutions.
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Wesley Wang
DevOps System Engineer at Monash University
I like the solution's ease of use and stability.
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Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
reviewer654672
Owner & General Manager at a media company with 1-10 employees
The Juniper Ethernet switch feature I find the most valuable is reliability.
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Maina Kaniaru
Managing Director at Spans Partner Gmbh
It is easy to configure, and there are three routing switches.
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Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It's easy to use.
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Head of Infrastructure Network & Security at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
The most valuable feature is the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
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HRaghavan
Manager - IT at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We like Juniper switches because it has some features that allow us to go back to previous configurations. For example, if we change the configuration and there are problems, it's very easy for us to go back to previous working configurations. The company's technical support is also a valuable aspect.
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Vishnu Suresh
IT Administrator at RC Network Solutions Pvt Ltd
The GUI interface distinguishes it from other vendors and makes it easy to operate.
Juniper switches are quick and easy to configure. Depending on the requirements, you only have to configure two or three parameters.
The operational efficiency of these devices is good.
This solution has a lot of features that allow it to be configured in different ways that are suitable in any type of network.
The physical unit is compact.
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Data Center Architecture and Planning at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The switches are pretty typical. They offer good control and good switching.
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Senior Network Engineer at Advanced Technologies
This solution is easy to use.
There is a rollback feature available after you commit the configuration.
Juniper is the best when it comes to the core layer.
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Darrin Khan
Compliance, Security & Testing Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature of this solution is reliability.
The ease of management through the command line interface is very good.
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Service Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
What I like most about this solution is that it is secure.
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Alejandro Mendez
External Plant Coordinator with 201-500 employees
The Virtual Chassis, because you have a centralized administration of a set of switches which makes the operation more efficient.
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Works at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Optimal TCO
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it_user2589
IT Administrator at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
From the technology point of view quality, design, and look-and-feel is good. Network administrators can easily manage and configure these network switches. I have easily configured an L3 switch to create a network campus backbone. Low maintenance required. No certification (CCNA, CCIE) is required to become a network administrator to set up a Juniper network.
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reviewer1488462
Vice President, Network Engineering at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Whether a feature is valuable really depends on what you need. The features you enable depends on the requirement. Juniper switches are very good with MPLS. I haven't tried EVPN on them. They've got Virtual Chassis Fabric, which seems okay.
reviewer1457472
Firewall Engineer at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
The combination of hardware and software makes it a very good solution. It is a modern protocol that they have supported in the switches. The solution has good performance.
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IT at a construction company with 201-500 employees
I like that it's fairly easy to implement these ethernet switches.
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Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
I like the simplicity of it.
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Sachitha Wimalaratne
Senior Presales Consultant at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd
The product is very helpful in troubleshooting. Debugging is quite interesting and very helpful.
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Ahmed Mondher
Network And Security Engineer at TechProTn
The tool's most valuable feature is stability.
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June 2025
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