From Juniper...........
"you are correct that there isn’t a native 10G SFP+ form factor offered with the 304. QSA adapters are qualified (say for example, Nvidia), and from there it can support native 10G Bidi, WDM, etc. The economics per-port, obviously, get a little expensive with this approach if a lot of native 10G is needed and breakout isn’t an option. Thanks!" Oh and also I just got the call, Juniper is forcing a Price Hike in July. On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 9:10 AM tim@pelican.org <tim@pelican.org> wrote:
The MX204 is pure shocker! Unless the MX304 will come with a license-based approach to run at MX204 pricing, that is Juniper shooting themselves in the foot.
Unless I'm missing a trick, the MX304 doesn't have an answer to installing DWDM, bidi, or other fancy optics in the SPF+ ports on the MX204. QSFP+ breakout to 4 x 10G is supported, but only 4 x vanilla 1310 optics - you'll need an external OEO solution if you want fancy 10G options.
It otherwise seems a nice box on paper, although substantially more expensive than the MX204.
Cheers, Tim.