In a particular situation we really need Juniper switches that are fanless. The only fanless switches that Juniper offer are the EX2300 series switches.
We want to create a vritual chassis with (the maximum of) 4 EX2300 switches, so we need both SFP front panel sockets for a redundant VC interconnection. So far so good, but then rise the question how to connect the EX2300 VC to the distribution switches. The 2 available SFP front panel ports are already in use, so only 1 Gbps Copper ports are available as uplinks.
We think about a 4 port LAG (one 1 Gbps port on every switch) but this max 4 Gbps doesn't give us a real good feeling about the design. We would like to use 2 x 10 Gbps fibre uplink instead, but there aren't any left! Are the Juniper possibilities for fanless switches really that poor?
Does anyone know a better solution?
With regards,
Jean