Table 60: Cabling Requirements For A Virtual Chassis - Juniper EX4500 Hardware Manual

Table 59: Virtual Chassis Components to Consider When Planning an EX4200, EX4500, and
EX4550 Virtual Chassis (continued)
Virtual Chassis Components
EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550
switches

Table 60: Cabling Requirements for a Virtual Chassis

Distance Between Virtual
Chassis Members
Up to 0.5 m
0.5 m through 5 m
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Junos OS Release Running
on the Member Switches
Junos OS Release 11.1
Junos OS Releases 11.2 and 11.3
Junos OS Release 11.4 or later
Junos OS Release 12.2 or later
Table 60 on page 117 describes the cabling requirements for a Virtual Chassis.
Virtual Chassis Cable
Lengths Supported
0.5 m
1 m, 3 m, and 5 m
Chapter 10: Planning the Virtual Chassis
Virtual Chassis Details
You can interconnect up to two EX4500 switches and up to
eight EX4200 switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis.
EX4500 switches must always be configured in the master
and backup roles.
You can interconnect up to two EX4500 switches and up to
eight EX4200 switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis.
The same type of switch must act in the master and backup
roles.
You can interconnect up to ten total EX4200 and EX4500
switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis .
Any switch can be configured in any role in any configuration.
You can interconnect up to ten total EX4200, EX4500, and
EX4550 switches into a mixed Virtual Chassis.
Any switch can be configured in any role in any configuration.
Details
You can interconnect EX4200, EX4500, and EX4550
switches into a Virtual Chassis through Virtual Chassis ports
(VCPs) using the 0.5-meter Virtual Chassis cable.
This Virtual Chassis cable is supplied with an EX4200
switch.
You must order this cable separately for EX4500 and
EX4550 switches, including EX4500 switches that are
shipped with a preinstalled Virtual Chassis module.
You must order these cables separately for EX4200, EX4500,
and EX4550 switches, including EX4500 switches that are
shipped with a preinstalled Virtual Chassis module.
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