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EX-series Switch Software Features Overview

Table 1 lists the EX-series software features and the JUNOS release in which they were introduced.

Table 1: Summary of Software Features Available on EX-series Switches

Feature Category

EX-series Feature

Introduced
in Release
Layer 2 Network Protocols

Routed VLAN interfaces (RVIs)

JUNOS 9.0R2

GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol)

JUNOS 9.1R1
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
  • Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
  • Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

BPDU protection for spanning-tree protocols

JUNOS 9.1R1

Loop protection for spanning-tree protocols

JUNOS 9.1R1

Root protection for spanning-tree protocols

JUNOS 9.1R1

Storm control

JUNOS 9.1R1

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

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

JUNOS 9.0R2
Security

Port security:

  • DHCP snooping
  • Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
  • MAC limiting
  • MAC move limiting
  • Static ARP support

JUNOS 9.0R2

802.1X authentication

JUNOS 9.0R2

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

JUNOS 9.0R2

Rate limiting and firewall filters

JUNOS 9.0R2
Internet Protocols

IPv4

JUNOS 9.0R2
IP Address Management

Static addresses

JUNOS 9.0R2

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

JUNOS 9.0R2
Routing and Multicast Protocols

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

JUNOS 9.0R2

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

A separate software license is required for BGP. For information about software licenses, see Software Licenses for the EX-series Switch Overview.

JUNOS 9.0R2

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

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

A separate software license is required for IS-IS. For information about software licenses, see Software Licenses for the EX-series Switch Overview.

JUNOS 9.0R2

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

IGMP snooping

JUNOS 9.1R1

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

JUNOS 9.0R2

Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) sparse mode

JUNOS 9.0R2

Routing Information Protocol version 1 (RIPv1) and RIPv2

JUNOS 9.0R2

Single-source multicast

JUNOS 9.0R2

Static routes

JUNOS 9.0R2
Encapsulation

Ethernet:

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

JUNOS 9.0R2
 

802.1Q filtering and forwarding

JUNOS 9.0R2
Traffic Management

Policing and shaping

JUNOS 9.0R2

Transparent bridging

JUNOS 9.0R2

Class-based queuing with prioritization

JUNOS 9.0R2
High Availability and Resiliency

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

JUNOS 9.0R2

Graceful protocol restart for OSPF and BGP

JUNOS 9.0R2

Redundant interfaces

JUNOS 9.0R2

Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) for EX 4200 virtual chassis configurations

JUNOS 9.1R1

Redundant trunk groups

JUNOS 9.0R2

Link aggregation

JUNOS 9.0R2
System Management

J-Web interface—For switch configuration and management

JUNOS 9.0R2

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

JUNOS 9.0R2

Simple Network Management Protocol version 1 (SNMPv1) and SNMPv2

JUNOS 9.0R2

J-Web licensing

JUNOS 9.1R1
Activity Logging and Monitoring

System log (syslog)

JUNOS 9.0R2

J-Web event viewer

JUNOS 9.0R2

Traceroute

JUNOS 9.0R2
Administration

Support for RADIUS external administrator databases

JUNOS 9.0R2

Autoinstallation

JUNOS 9.0R2

Configuration rollback

JUNOS 9.0R2

Confirmation of configuration changes

JUNOS 9.0R2

Software upgrades

JUNOS 9.0R2

Supports the following features for automating network operations and troubleshooting:

  • Commit scripts
  • Operation scripts
  • Event policies

JUNOS 9.0R2